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Comptes rendus de conférence
Technology creation and transfer in small ruminants: roles of research, development services and farmer associations
Small ruminants are important for income generation and security, food supply and for development in rural Mediterranean areas especially in mountainous and marginal regions. Nevertheless, the adoption of cost-effective technologies and management practices for improving flock productivity and farmers' incomes is limited. This is largely due to socio-economic factors, such...
Algeria - Egypt - Morocco - Portugal - Spain - Tunisia - Türkiye
2014 - International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM)
Note/document d'orientation
Plan of action: Jordan 2014–2018
Resilient livelihoods for agriculture and food and nutrition security in areas of Jordan affected by the Syria crisis
In November 2013, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) fielded an agriculture programme development mission to Jordan with the objectives of updating and expanding its “Agricultural Livelihoods and Food Security Impact Assessment and Response Plan for the Syria Crisis in the Neighbouring Countries of Egypt, Iraq,...
Jordan
2014 - Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) - Regional Office for the Near East and North Africa
Rapport
The state of food insecurity in the world 2014
Strengthening the enabling environment for food security and nutrition
SOFI 2014 presents updated estimates of undernourishment and progress towards the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) and World Food Summit (WFS) hunger targets
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) - Brazil - Haiti - Indonesia - Madagascar - Malawi - Yemen
2014 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Rapport
Hungry for land: small farmers feed the world with less than a quarter of all farmland
Governments and international agencies frequently boast that small farmers control the largest share of the world's agricultural land. Inaugurating 2014 as the International Year of Family Farming, José Graziano da Silva, Director General of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), sang the praises of family farmers but didn't...
2014 - GRAIN
Vidéos
Family farming in Jordan
In the Near East and North Africa, population growth, urbanization, a fragile resource base, climate change and low productivity exacerbate the fight against hunger and malnutrition. But the introduction of ‘Farmer Field Schools’ in the Jordan Valley and across the country has helped family farmers boost their production, income and...
Jordan
2014 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Document technique
Managing salinity in Iraq's agriculture
An overview of the potential solutions and development of a national framework for the management of soil and water salinity in central and southern Iraq
This report is the second in a series of three publications that comprises an overview of the Iraq Salinity Assessment. This report documents solutions and impacts identified in the first report in this series. The third report in the Assessment proposes investment options and methods to analyze the investment options...
Iraq
2013 - International Center for Agriculture Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)
Revue spécialisée
CIHEAM Watch Letter 24 - Rural development in the Mediterranean Countries
Agro-food chain is the only chain in the economy that can bring together and integrate numerous of economic activities, can connect hundreds of local enterprises with thousands consumers and producers, offering a unique opportunity to rural development, which consequently can reinvigorate the region’s economy and the whole national economy. Rural...
Algeria - Egypt - Portugal - Spain - Tunisia
2013 - Centre international de hautes études agronomiques méditerranéennes (CIHEAM-IAMM)
Étude de cas
Learning routes
Experiences in Morocco and Egypt
After screening several success cases within these two themes in different countries, Morocco (farmers’ organisations) and Egypt (water management) were chosen as the host countries for the Learning Routes. Six exemplary cases (three per route) were selected. As preparation for the Learning Route, Procasur and ILEIA, supported by local KariaNet...
Egypt - Morocco
2013 - Centre for lLearning on Sustainable Agriculture (ILEIA)
Fiche d'information
Conditional cash assistanceto build resilience against water scarcityin the West Bank - Creating employment opportunities and enhancing adaptive capacities to recurrent drought within protracted crises
Drought-like conditions coupled with chronic water shortages due to restricted access of Palestinians to their water resources has been threatening the livelihoods of thousands of poor farming families in the West Bank, especially those dependent on rain-fed crops and livestock as an indispensable supplementary source for their income and food...
Palestine
2013 - Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO)
Vidéos
In the words of family farmers: Egypt
Almost 73 million young people in the world are unemployed. This is especially a major challenge in the Arab world. For Hassan Abdul Rahman, the solution was to move to the desert and learn to farm.
Egypt
2013 - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Rapport
A new approach to mining agricultural gene banks – to speed the pace of research innovation for food security
This report presents the possibilities of ‘FIGS’, a new technique for searching agricultural genebanks, that helps crop breeders and their managers achieve faster and better targeted pinpointing of improved crops for the future. This approach helps genebank managers, crop breeders, development agencies and donors to improve the effectiveness of crop...
2013 - International Center for Agriculture Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)
Fiche d'information
Farming for profit in the Egyptian desert
Spurred by the need to create more arable land and produce more food, Egypt's growing population is expanding into the desert. An IFAD-supported project is helping the new settlers reclaim the land and fulfil its productive potential. And by linking farmers to buyers through contract farming, a healthy local economy...
Egypt
2013 - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Rapport
West Noubaria Rural Development Project Supervision Report
An IFAD supervision mission visited Egypt to supervise the West Noubaria Rural Development Project (WNRDP). The prime objective of the mission was to conduct an in depth assessment of WNRDP implementation progress; propose relevant changes in view of the project winding down phase, and; provide technical assistance and backstopping. The...
Egypt
2013 - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Ouvrage
Learning for rural change
18 stories from Sudan
This book i is a kaleidoscopic view of a variety of agricultural initiatives taking place in the large country of Sudan. Many of the stories present lessons learnt in activities supported by IFAD, the International Fund for Agricultural Development, and the Ministries of Agriculture and of Livestock in Sudan. The...
Sudan
2013
Document de travail
Farmers’ perceptions of water policies: a case study from the Jordanian Badia
This report reviews a case study of farmers’ perceptions of policies and regulations to improve water security in the Jordanian Badia. The aim is to improve water management and conservation by engaging all stakeholders, in particular farmers and rural communities, in this common goal. The research forms part of the...
Jordan
2013 - International Center for Agriculture Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)
Article de blog
Tunisie : quelle cohérence des politiques de l’eau dans le contexte post-révolution ?
En Tunisie, l’explosion des besoins en eau (eau potable et irrigation) conduit aujourd’hui à de nombreuses incohérences dans les politiques publiques, principalement liées à la poursuite d’une stratégie de gestion de l’offre, qui génèrent des conflits accrus et une montée des revendications autour de l’eau, surtout depuis la révolution tunisienne...
Tunisia
2013 - Fondation pour l'agriculture et la ruralité dans le monde (FARM)
Article de blog
Après le « printemps arabe » : pour de nouvelles politiques alimentaires, agricoles et rurales en Afrique du Nord
L'actualité quotidienne nous rappelle en permanence que la situation économique, sociale et politique en Egypte et dans les pays du Maghreb demeure très fragile. L'avenir est lourd d'incertitudes. Les évènements du « printemps arabe » et leurs suites, qui se déroulent actuellement, ont de multiples dimensions et soulèvent de nombreuses...
2013 - Fondation pour l'agriculture et la ruralité dans le monde (FARM)
Document de travail
Soil conservation and water harvesting to improve community livelihoods and fight land degradation in the mountains of Syria
In the mountainous and arid regions of northwest Syria, water and land resources are under pressure from natural and human-induced forms of land degradation. This has resulted in lower incomes for families dependent on olive farming. This study explores the impact of natural resource management, supported by a micro-credit system,...
Syrian Arab Republic
2013 - International Center for Agriculture Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)
Vidéos
River of milk: Afghan dairy farmers prosper
The dairy sector in Afghanistan is thriving. Thousands of small farmers are benefiting from an FAO project funded by Italy that is improving the collection, processing and marketing of their milk. Women control almost 90 % of the profits. Milk producers are organized into cooperatives. Demand for milk products is...
Afghanistan
2013 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Comptes rendus de conférence
Sustainable agricultural development of highlands in Central, West Asia and North Africa
Synthesis of Regional Expert Meeting on Highland Agriculture
The objective of this report is to review the current status, constraints and potential of highlands in Iran, Morocco and Turkey and to define elements of a research strategy and ICARDA’s research priorities for sustainable agricultural development in the highlands of the Central and West Asia and North Africa...
Iran (Islamic Republic of) - Morocco - Türkiye
2013 - International Center for Agriculture Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)
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