本文陈述了联合国粮食及农业组织也全球农村咨询服务论坛关于农技推广今天站在何处及今后将需要走向何处的立场。本文所述的研究结果的意图是在考虑农业科研促进发展的前途时，改进对推广的定位。本文写入了从倡议的一些利益相者以及其他方面得到的反馈意见，也写入了一些案例的研究概况。 陈述这些案例，是为了阐述如今多元化推广系统特点的经验与途， 也是为了提高人们对推广为持续农村发展和减贫作出贡献贡的多种方式的认识。

今天，众多发展中国家在度处于饥饿阴霾的笼罩之下，营养不足人口数已上升至10亿人，占全球总人口的六分之一。国际社会还面临着全球经济衰退， 贸易投资缩水，自然资源枯竭和气候变化等严峻挑战。在传统性别观念根深蒂的影响下， 妇女不能充分参与决策社会经济发展, 导我们无法克服上述挑战。全球农村贫困人口的绝大多数是妇女， 他们在家务劳动和农业生产活动中的辛苦付出大多得不到酬劳， 在客观上导致整个社会对其贡献缺乏认知。 妇女在很多方面获得的资源都少雨男性，例如土地所有权、金融服、培训和其他有助于促进农业生产、农户增收几改善健康营养状况的方法。经济衰退和食品价格涨尤其对妇女及由女性支撑的家庭产生位巨大的影响。两性在社会和经济上的不平等粮食安全和农业经济增长和发胀构成障碍。 为此，在粮农组织新的战略框架下，农村地区两性平等获得资源、产品、服务及参与决策的问题已成为未来10年本组织的主要目标之一。 性别平等问题对于落实2009年11月在罗马举行的世界粮食安全首胸会议决议将是至关重要的。通过将性别公平作为主流观念纳入所有农业和农村发展计划，粮农组织将进一步提高对成员国支持的成效， 从而实现保障性别平等， 消除饥饿与贫困， 确保人人享有粮食安全等重要目标。

食品法典委员会是一个政府间机构， 拥有170多个成员， 处于联合国粮食及农业组织与世界卫生组织创建的粮农组织/世卫组织联合食品标准计划的框架之下， 其宗旨是保障消费者的健康， 确保公平的食品贸易行为。 委员会也致力于促进办凋政府间和非政府间国际组织开展的各种食品标准工作。《食品法典》是委员会的工作成果：汇集了国际上采用的食品标准、准则、规茫以及其他建议。 本出版物中的内容是《食品法典》的组成

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Climate change remains the most significant challenge facing farmers in Benin. Irregular and unpredictable rains, coupled with prolonged droughts and increased incidents of high winds, are decimating crop production across many regions. 

The holistic gardening project in Emuhaya, Western Kenya, is attracting local and international acclaim. Bio Gardening Innovations (BIOGI) is equipping smallholder farmers to break away from monocultures and create thriving, overflowing “food forests” on their farmland.

Amplifying the voices of women farmers is proving an effective way to help tackle gender inequality and promote agroecology, helping small-scale farmers take back power over their land.

High rainfalls in mountainous agricultural regions trigger a need for intervention to help farmers confront food insecurity and restore and protect their soil. 

The Organic Agriculture Centre of Kenya (OACK) saw that by providing the right skills, information and support, they could help small-scale farmers move away from subsistence farming and into thriving livelihoods that improve their local communities and the landscapes they live in

KAFSCUL (Karamoja Agro-Farm Systems Consults), a private organization in Uganda, has been working with small-scale farmers in Jie County to improve soil fertility and make farmland more resilient to adverse weather conditions. 

The Society’s objectives are to encourage and support the development, experimentation, evaluation, and application of participatory mapping methods globally in order to foster interaction and research in this scientific field, and to coordinate with other organizations in the study of participatory processes, mapping, and quantitative analyses. The Society places a...

Agroecology is a dynamic concept that has gained prominence in scientific, agricultural and political discourse in recent years. It is increasingly promoted as being able to contribute to transforming food systems by applying ecological principles to agriculture and ensuring a regenerative use of natural resources and ecosystem services while also addressing the...

The Shashe farms in the Runde catchment area of Zimbabwe extend across three villages. Since 2010, over 500 families from the region have worked alongside ZIMSOFF (Zimbabwe Smallholder Organic Farmers Forum) and AZTREC (Association of Zimbabwe Traditional Environmental Conversationists) to revive arid cattle-ranching land into rich, abundant food forests.

Agricultural communities in Kenya are rehabilitating prisoners through agroecology in a bid to reduce reoffending and revive local independent coffee farms.

Strengthening the productive potential of men and women farmers in arid and poor areas of the Sahel: The case of efficient and accessible agroecological practices in the county of Loga, Niger

As announced in the EU Biodiversity and Farm to Fork strategies and in the Zero Pollution Action Plan, the European Commission is developing an Integrated Nutrient Management Action Plan¹ (INMAP) to tackle the currently unsustainable nutrient flows in the EU. The INMAP will aim to deliver on the European Green...

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Agroecology has gained considerable interest as a concept for designing sustainable agrifood systems. To date however, the effects of farming systems and management practices associated with agroecology (i.e., agroecological interventions) on biodiversity and climate change mitigation have not been systematically reviewed. Here, we perform a meta-analysis using observational and experimental...