Forests cover two-thirds of the land area of Timor-Leste. The majority of the population lives in the forested uplands, and their livelihoods depend on agriculture and forest products. In the last decade, forest area has decreased as a result...(more)

Le Togo, malgré ses potentialités dans le domaine de l’élevage, connaît un déficit en produits carnés, qui s’est aggravé d’année en année du fait de la croissance démographique et de la recrudescence des maladies animales...(more)

Le Togo compte cinq zones agro-écologiques, toutes confrontées à des problèmes de dégradation des sols et de baisse de fertilité...(more)

Les Produits forestiers non ligneux (PFNL), malgré la place importante qu’ils occupent dans la vie des populations togolaises, ne sont pas pris en compte à leur juste valeur par les initiatives de gestion des ressources naturelles...(more)

Les zones arides de la région du Sud-Est tunisien ont une longue tradition de culture pluviale, adaptée aux rares ressources en eau, et de lutte contre l’érosion des sols basée sur des méthodes ancestrales de Conservation des eaux et du sol (CES)...(more)

By January 2017 the number of Syrian refugees in Turkey had reached more than 2.8 million. Over 90 percent were hosted in communities while the remaining 10 percent resided in camps...(more)

The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (formerly the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock) is the main government institution responsible for performing agricultural extension activities, with farmers’ associations, agricultural cooperatives, charities, universities and marketing firms being involved in farmer training and extension activities...(more)

Soil is an important resource and a vital part of the natural environment. The ever-increasing global population and subsequent rise in the need for food and land puts pressure on soil...(more)

The commercialization of agriculture in Uganda is faced with a number of challenges, including low productivity and poor quality of products, non-sustainable supplies, limited value addition and agroprocessing initiatives...(more)

Despite the significant transformation of Uganda’s economy and prevailing peace, the country’s economic growth has been fluctuating at a declining rate since 2008-2009, registering its lowest growth rate of 4.8 percent in the financial year from 2013 to 2014...(more)