FAO and the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) are guiding an assessment of livelihood adaptation to climate variability and change in the drought-prone areas of Northwest Bangladesh. The project, implemented under the Comprehensive Disaster Management Programme (CDMP) and in close [...]

This 13th edition of the newsletter provides an opportunity for Dimitra and its partners to inform you about their activities over the last six months. It will also present other issues, such as the situation and rights of rural women [...]

In response to the growing number of children orphaned by AIDS, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the World Food Programme and other partners have implemented Junior Farmer Field and Life Schools in some African countries. These [...]

In this latest edition of the Dimitra Newsletter, as in previous editions, we highlight the importance of access by rural populations, and particularly women, to information and communication. The ability to access information and to share it through dissemination and [...]

During the last decade, various aspects of co-operative and other farmer/producer organization development in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) have been analysed, discussed and published. FAO, through the Rural Institutions and Participation Service (SDAR) of its Rural Development Division, its [...]