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Rapport
Strategies for combating climate change in drylands agriculture
Synthesis of dialogues and evidence presented at the International Conference on food security in dry lands, Doha, Qatar, November, 2012
The evidence presented in this report shows that many of the most effective climate change interventions have their roots in agriculture. Targeted agricultural investment in spreading the technologies and practices described here, and backed up by robust policies, can reduce the vulnerability of farming communities to drought and climate change...
2012
Comptes rendus de conférence
Strategies for combating climate change in drylands agriculture
The aim of this report is to examine the problem of changing climate patterns in dry land areas and its effect on rural populations and offer some practical solutions, as input the Conference of Conference of the Parties (COP18) United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) It has been...
2012 - CGIAR
Document de conférence
Work, family and farm: new forms, new adjustments? Liveability in the dynamics of livestock farming systems
Farming has been undergoing profound changes as not only agriculture, but also work patterns and family dynamics have evolved. The continuity of farm businesses depend not only on technical and economic performance, but also on the life conditions the system offers farmers and their families. Here we define the liveability...
2012 - HaL Archives Ouvertes
Document de travail
Poverty and gender effects of smallholder organic contract farming in Uganda
The objectives of this study were, first, to examine the impacts of certified organic contract farming on the food security of the smallholder farm households participating in such arrangements, and second, to assess the role of gender relations in these dynamics. In particular, the study considered how the costs and...
Uganda
2012 - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Étude de cas
Linking smallholder pastoralist milk producers and agro-industries in the greater Bamenda area of Cameroon
Over 95% of pastoralist women in the North West Region of Cameroon depend exclusively on milk production for their income. The overall decline in pastoral resources in the past decades has affected milk productivity, drawing attention and technical support from public and non-governmental partners. However, this did not lead to...
Cameroon
2012 - SNV Netherlands Development Organisation
Ouvrage
Catálogo de Hortalizas Nativas de Guatemala
Con el fin de contribuir a la popularización del conocimiento sobre las hortalizas nativas subutilizadas, de cuyo centro de origen forma parte nuestro país, se presenta éste catálogo que fue generado como producto de la recopilación de información existente en la literatura especializada y experiencias de investigación realizadas por el...
Guatemala
2012
Article de revue
Transhumance in Spain
A Safe Bet for Regional Development and Biodiversity
The Spanish NRN promotes the revitalisation of transhumance, a practice that is crucial to the preservation of Spain’s natural and cultural heritage, which after decades of decline and neglect is now designing its future in the ‘White Book on Transhumance’. As a result of the physical makeup of Spain, Europe’s...
2012
Article de revue spécialisée
Caracterización y evaluación de la sustentabilidad de fincas en el Alto Urubamba, Perú
En el establecimiento de sistemas agropecuarios eficientes es fundamental su caracterización en relación a dimensiones de nivel agronómico, ecológico, técnico, productivo y, socioeconómico. Esta caracterización permite obtener información relevante en la identificación de las limitaciones del sistema de producción a fin de establecer medidas que permitan desarrollar la finca en...
Peru
2012 - Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina (UNALM)
Note/document d'orientation
Building an effective advocacy movement for sustainable and equitable agricultural development in Africa modernisation of smallholder agriculture and policy making in Uganda
Agriculture is the backbone of Uganda’s economy and an important driver of economic development and poverty reduction. Approximately 73% of Ugandans depend on agriculture. However, the sector currently faces many multifaceted challenges which include land degradation, inadequate market access, unreliable weather and civil strife. Agricultural growth is also affected by...
Uganda
2012 - TRUSTAFRICA
Rapport
Develop methodologies to improve soil, agronomic, irrigation water and drainage management for salinity control
This technical report series captures and documents the work in progress of the Iraq Salinity Project, in its seven research themes, working at the regional, farm and irrigation system scales. Technical reports feed into the Iraq Salinity Assessment, a synthesis and solutions to solving the problem: Situation Analysis (Report 1);...
Iraq
2012 - International Center for Agriculture Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)
Article de revue
Local food systems, short supply chains and rural development in France
Short supply chains have existed in France for a long time, however, new and different forms have recently emerged delivered by new actors who are looking beyond the simple economic dimensions of local food. In particular, it is obvious that short supply chains have the potential to work as an...
France
2012
Document technique
Current best practice farmers and their techniques
This technical report series captures and documents the work in progress of the Iraq Salinity Project, in its seven research themes, working at the regional, farm and irrigation system scales. Technical reports feed into the Iraq Salinity Assessment, a synthesis and solutions to solving the problem: Situation Analysis (Report 1);...
Iraq
2012 - International Center for Agriculture Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)
Article
Assessing the Sustainability of Small Farmer Natural Resource Management Systems. A Critical Analysis of the MESMIS Program (1995-2010)
Sustainability assessment oriented to improve current systems and practices is urgently needed, particularly in the context of small farmer natural resource management systems (NRMS). Unfortunately, social-ecological systems (SES) theory, sustainability evaluation frameworks, and assessment methods are still foreign not only to farmers but to many researchers, students, NGOs, policy makers/operators,...
2012
Rapport
Report of the workshop on the social and economic aspects of fisheries in the RECOFI region
Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain, 22–24 April 2012
The RECOFI Workshop on Social and Economic Aspects of Fisheries in the RECOFI region was held in Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain from 22 to 24 April 2012, following the agreement at the sixth session of the Regional Commission for Fisheries held in Rome from 10 to 12 May 2011. The...
Bahrain - Iran (Islamic Republic of) - Iraq - Kuwait - Oman - Qatar - Saudi Arabia - United Arab Emirates
2012 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Article
Researching the Future of Pastoralism in Central Asia’s Mountains
This paper synthesizes research findings on contemporary mountain pastoralism in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, based on a longer review characterizing mountain agropastoralism in Central Asia. The focus is here on the principal issues that have been emphasized over the past two decades in policy, programs, and projects regarding pastoralism in Central...
Kyrgyzstan - Tajikistan
2012
Partie d’un ouvrage
Características y evolución de la pobreza, la desigualdad y las políticas públicas en zonas rurales de América Latina
A fines de la década de 1980, en un estudio sobre la pobreza rural a nivel regional, la FAO advertía que la “crisis económica de años recientes ha intensificado los problemas relacionados con la pobreza de un gran número de personas en zonas urbanas y rurales” (…) “No solo ha...
2012 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Document de travail
The scaling up of agroecology: spreading the hope for food sovereignty and resiliency
The Green Revolution, the symbol of agricultural intensification not only failed to ensure safe and abundant food production for all people, but it was launched under the assumptions that abundant water and cheap energy to fuel modern agriculture would always be available and that climate would be stable and not...
2012 - Sociedad Científica Latinoamericana de Agroecología (SOCLA)
Article de revue spécialisée
The rural and rurality in Latin America: discussion on conceptual categories
This article analyzes the conceptual trajectory of rural - rurality, proposing the discussion on the approach towards new rurality. The present dynamics of the labor market, of global agri-food chains, of demographic processes impacting on the rural family structure, and the configuration of urban networks in rural areas raises new...
2012 - Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso
Étude de cas
Conservation Agriculture and sustainable crop intensification
A Zimbabwe case study
Agricultural productivity in Zimbabwe, like in many other countries in SSA has been declining over the years despite the numerous advancements made in agricultural technology development. Yield levels usually averaging below 1t ha-1 have resulted in persistent cereal deficits despite the large area put under production each year. Declining soil...
Zimbabwe
2012 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Article de revue spécialisée
Social Cohesion And Environmental Management In A Rural Southeast Mexico
A central concept of the current agenda of public policies is sustainability. Achieving it requires actions favoring ecological balance that can counteract social uprooting which generates behaviors that do not consider environmental effects in the short / medium / long term. It is therefore important to incorporate social factors that...
Mexico
2012 - Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán
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