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Ecosystem approach to fisheries: Planning
This course is the second of the series on the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries (EAF), which has been adopted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Committee on Fisheries (COFI) as the appropriate and practical way to fully implement the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries....
2023 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Article
Gouvernance foncière des grands périmètres irrigués au Sahel et justice sociale
L’intérêt du développement de grands périmètres irrigués pour répondre aux enjeux de sécurité alimentaire des pays du Sahel demeure l’objet de nombreuses critiques quant aux effets négatifs de leur mise en place et de leur exploitation : accaparement des terres, dégradation environnementale, vulnérabilité accrue des ménages… Certaines de ces critiques sont...
2023 - Cahiers Agricultures
Video
Alliances innovantes pour des filières viandes durables et adaptées aux consommateurs
Depuis Octobre 2021, une alliance innovante entre ACED, ESFB et La Bonne Viande est nouée pour soutenir le produire local et le consommer local. L'initiative portée par ce consortium vise à : - soutenir la production locale de viandes et produits carnés de qualité et, - encourager la consommation de...
2023 - ACED on YouTube
Blog article
Agroecology beyond cultivated landscapes: Pastoralist experiences from Africa and Central Asia
From the steppes of Kyrgyzstan to the vast plains around Mount Kenya, the Agroecology Fund is proud to support pastoralist initiatives demonstrating that agroecology is an approach that can be applied to different food systems. An age-old, traditional way of life for Indigenous communities across the world, pastoralism upholds many...
2023 - Agroecology Fund
Newsletter article
Support from LEADER expanding across Sweden
Expanding the benefits of LEADER is a key goal for Sweden in the context of the new CAP. More rural areas are now included in LAG territories and the country’s new LAGs are already operational.
Each edition of the LEADER newsletter will feature a “what’s happening with LEADER in …” story....
European Union
2023 - EU CAP NETWORK
Article
The great mistake of plantation programs in cocoa agroforests – Let's bet on natural regeneration to sustainably provide timber wood
Cocoa production has been one of the main drivers of forest loss in West Africa. In the resulting post-forest landscapes, agroforestry has often been recognised as a solution to reconcile the preservation of trees and agriculture. Thus, a large number of tree plantation programs have been carried out in cocoa...
2023
Fact sheet
Sustainable Public Procurement: strategic lever towards a more sustainable food system – new infographics
Sustainable public procurement has countless benefits that make it a strategic lever to trigger a change in the food system. Indeed, increasing the share of organic food products in public procurement makes it more sustainable and can generate a positive impact on kitchen staff training, waste reduction, health, canteen budgets,...
European Union
2023 - Ifoam Organics Europe
Policy brief/paper
Good performance and inclusiveness of poor people in cooperatives and other producer organizations: a possible match?
Insights pre- and post-COVID-19 pandemic from nine producer organizations around the world
Can cooperatives and other producer organizations (POs) combine good performance with the inclusion of poor producers?
A research study on nine POs in different regions, carried out by the Department of Economics of Roma Tre University and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), suggests that this is...
2023 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Technical paper
Green jobs in agrifood systems
Setting a vision for youth in the Sahel
Populations in the G5 Sahel countries are growing rapidly. Given these large cohorts of young populations, over the next five years 11.4 million youth will turn 16 years old, and most will then start to seek jobs in the region. Although the countries are urbanizing, meaning that future economic growth...
Burkina Faso - Chad - Mali - Mauritania - Niger
2023 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Blog article
Equal Opportunities Aren’t Enough! We Need Gender Equity
Women are vital actors in the agricultural sector – making up as much as 80% of the workforce in some parts of the world – yet their work is often not valued or recognised in the way men’s work might be. Agriculture is often still perceived as a man’s business, removing women from...
2023 - IFOAM Organics International
Newsletter
Bulletin de veille n°453 – Spécial Formation agricole et rurale
Formation agricole et rurale : un panorama des enjeux
Après une traversée du désert et une dégradation de la formation agricole et rurale, celle-ci connaît un regain d’intérêt auprès des décideurs, bailleurs ou partenaires techniques. Porteuse de solutions pour répondre au défi de l’emploi des jeunes en Afrique sub-saharienne, il faut...
2023 - Inter-reseaux Développement Rural
E-learning
Pesticide Registration Toolkit
The course introduces the FAO Pesticide Registration Toolkit, a decision support system for pesticide registrars.
2023 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Blog article
Le bocage sahélien en partage
Dans la zone sahélienne au Burkina Faso, les sols sont pauvres, mal protégés par une végétation clairsemée et ont tendance à s’éroder sous l’effet des pluies de mousson. La pression démographique, la diminution du temps de jachère, le surpâturage et les effets des dérèglements climatiques ont conduit, au fil du...
2023 - Gret
Guidelines
Gender mainstreaming in climate investments in the agriculture, forestry and other land use sector in Europe and Central Asia
Regional resource guide
This resource guide aims to support decision-makers, development practitioners, trainers and civil society organizations representing both farmers and rural women in designing and implementing climate investment projects and programmes in the Europe and Central Asia Region. It features a practical conceptual framework to enhance gender mainstreaming in climate investment programming...
2023 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Case study
Rural women in Haiti invest in themselves
Village savings and loan associations help Haitian women build their businesses and futures
The way Yolande Saint Louis describes herself is someone who likes to help others, offering her services to whomever is in need of them. When other women ask how she manages, she says she loves her community of Mapou in southeast Haiti, and she doesn’t want to live elsewhere. That’s...
Haiti
2023 - FAO
Journal article
Mechanization and sustainable agri-food system transformation in the Global South. A review
There is an urgent need for agri-food system transformation to achieve global sustainability goals. Innovations can play a key role in this transformation but often come with both sustainability synergies and trade-offs. One such innovation is agricultural mechanization, which is spreading rapidly in parts of the Global South and is...
2023 - Agronomy for Sustainable Development
Technical paper
Greening for the greater good
By using a multimethod strategy, we seek to generate more rigorous evidence on landscape restoration and its impacts at the household level. Using pre-restoration remote-sensing data, a machine-learning algorithm is used for the identification of similar pieces of land to Action Against Desertification (AAD) restoration sites. Comparison households were then...
Nigeria
2023 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Guidelines
Quick Tips: Working with Nature in Agriculture and Livestock
Agriculture is a fundamentally important human activity that intrinsically depends on nature and at the same time poses a threat to it. Agriculture depends on healthy ecosystems and ecosystem services, such as fresh water, soil fertility, nutrient cycling, pest regulation and pollination. Biodiversity forms the foundation of food production: without...
Armenia - Azerbaijan - Belarus - Georgia - India - Morocco - Tunisia - Ukraine
2023 - European Commission
Blog article
Animal Agriculture: Is it All Bad?
Animal agriculture is a leading driver of ecological destruction. But what if it’s not all bad?
2023
Blog article
Meet Mary an exemplary Kenyan coffee farmer
Mary Wairimu Oloo, who lives in Kenya’s Trans Nzoia County, moved back to her family’s coffee farm after retiring from a government role. Since then she has been diligently improving productivity on the farm, diversifying her income and helping others along the way.
Mary Wairimu Oloo is not just a wife...
Kenya
2023 - Solidaridad Network
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