Agriculture and agro-processing are important in Zambia's economy, representing more than 40 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) and contributing about 12 percent of national export earnings. Agriculture employs some 67 percent of the labor force and supplies raw materials to agricultural industries, which account for some 84 percent of...

The International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD), on which Agriculture at the Crossroads is based, was a three-year collaborative effort begun in 2005 that assessed our capacity to meet development and sustainability goals of: • Reducing hunger and poverty • Improving nutrition, health and rural livelihoods • Facilitating...

The present study was carried out in North Sinai region. Data were collected as part of the project "Multinational approaches to enhance goat production in the Middle East" sponsored by MERC, USAID. Three goat production systems were identified according to water source and type of feeding or grazing: (i) the...

Este material recoge la riqueza tecnológica, agropecuaria y cultural de la provincia de Canchis; mitos e historias son utilizados conjuntamente como herramientas pedagógicas para lograr un aprendizaje que fomente el desarrollo y la modernización de técnicas de crianza, pero que a la vez revalore las prácticas tradicionales de las comunidades altoandinas. 

Unacceptably high rates of micronutrient deficiencies persist mostly among resource-poor communities who rely on subsistence farming. In these communities, consumption of vegetables and fruits is the most sustainable way of reducing micronutrient deficiencies. Apart from enhancing dietary diversity, indigenous vegetables and fruits are often easier to grow, resistant to pests,...

This book, from project formulation to final publication, and all the heroic efforts in between, is the result of the resolve, vision and hard work of Harriet V. Kuhnlein. She praises and credits the vast network of indigenous leaders and their communities, the chapter authors, and collaborators around the world,...

La magnitud de la crisis financiera y económica global que estalló en el segundo semestre de 2008 ha conmocionado a los expertos y a la opinión pública mundial, por lo que no resulta sorprendente que el debate económico se haya centrado en la crisis financiera internacional y su impacto en...

In the past two decades, Japanese agriculture has been shrinking under policies of deregulation, with domestic production being replaced rapidly by imports, in which multinational agribusinesses are key players. Today there is an increasing presence of multinational corporations in Japanese rural sites. Dole Japan, a subsidiary of Dole Food Company,...

Participants in the workshop shared experiences from nine projects in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. All projects had a common objective: to add value to an agricultural product and link smallholder farmers to profitable markets in a lasting way. The commodities included bulb onions in Kenya and Tanzania; fresh fruits in...

La Política Nacional de Desarrollo Rural Integral que aquí se presenta, es el fruto del trabajo de varios meses de diálogo, así como de formulación y discusión de propuestas entre gobierno y organizaciones sociales, en el marco del proceso establecido el 30 de abril de 2008 con la oficialización e...

Le produit concerné par le projet au Cameroun est l’ananas de la variété Cayenne Lisse. Le partenaire du projet est le «Groupe d’Initiatives Communes» «Unité Agropastorale du Cameroun» (GIC UNAPAC). Cette organisation cultive une plantation d’ananas sur des terres cédées par ses membres fondateurs. Elle exporte les ananas de cette...

En 2005 el Frente Parlamentario contra el Hambre de América Latina y Caribe (FPH - ALC) surge en el marco de un proceso político regional como es la Iniciativa América Latina y Caribe sin Hambre 2025 (IALCSH); la que busca construir compromisos políticos en los países y en la región, en...

A través de SEMINARIO DE ENERGÍAS RENOVABLES PARA EL DESARROLLO RURAL, orientado a escuelas, universidades, medios de comunicación, instituciones, organizaciones, público en general y decidores políticos, se logran poner en común las tecnologías existentes para intercambiar tanto los avances como los desafíos técnicos que se aplican para el uso de...

This paper uses a rural household survey dataset collected in 2006 and 2008 to investigate the impact of a market-based land resettlement project in southern Malawi. The program provided a conditional cash and land transfer to poor families to relocate to larger plots of farm land. The average treatment effect...

El documento busca proporcionar información sobre el estado de situación y la evolución del sector agropecuario boliviano. Bajo el entendido que la identificación, caracterización y entendimiento de las unidades económicas rurales así como su dinámica económica, política, social y cultural es la base para interacción en pro del desarrollo. A...

International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD) was to assess the impacts of past, present and future agricultural knowledge, science and technology on the - reduction of hunger and poverty, - improvement of rural livelihoods and human health, and - equitable, socially, environmentally and economically sustainable...

The latest assessment of rural poverty in the country, conducted by IFAD, found that half of Syria's poor rural households depend on wages for their livelihood. One third of poor rural people cultivate crops and raise livestock to obtain an income. The incidence of poverty is lowest among the 20...

La filière coton de l’Afrique centrale connait une crise qui affecte les économies nationales, les acteurs de la filière et les exploitations agricoles (EA) productrices de coton. Si cette tendance à la baisse de la contribution du coton à l’économie nationale se poursuit au cours des prochaines années, les filières...

About 8 per cent of the Indian population belongs to a category listed as ‘Scheduled Tribes’ enumerated in the Schedule to Article 342 of the Constitution of India. Tribal people have been seen to be strongly associated with the forests, hills and remote areas, practicing a unique life style, having...

This paper provides a summary of the results of an analytical review of EU Member States support for mountain areas under EAFRD (2007-2013). The analysis was conducted by the ENRD Contact Point. The main purpose of the review was to provide an overview of the different RD support measures available...