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Rural communication services for family farming in Africa: Regional consultation and forum
This report summarizes the results and takeaways of online consultations and a virtual Regional Forum on RCS for Family Farming in Africa, organized by Yenkasa Africa, a regional communication initiative, in collaboration with FAO, farmers’ organizations, rural institutions and communication networks.
2024 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Book
Fish silage production by fermentation
A manual on how microbial fermentation can turn fish waste into a valuable feed ingredient or fertilizer
This publication is a practical manual that will guide the reader through the main principles of producing fish silage by fermentation and explain each step of the fermentation process needed to successfully become a fish silage producer. Fish, including shellfish, are highly nutritious and in much demand all over the...
2024 - FAO
Report
Inégalité Foncière
Quels sont les facteurs à l’origine des pressions inédites sur les terres agricoles dans le monde et comment en assurer un accès équitable ?
La crise financière de 2008 a déclenché une immense vague d’accaparement des terres. Depuis, les pressions exercées sur les terres agricoles subsistent. 15 ans plus tard, les prix des terres ont doublé à l’échelle mondiale et les agriculteur·rice·s subissent des pressions de toutes parts.
En plus des pressions causées par l’accaparement...
2024 - International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems (IPES FOOD)
Report
Rural communication services for family farming
Results of a global forum
The Global Action Plan of the United Nations Decade of Family Farming 2019–2028 (UNDFF) recognizes the need to promote rural communication services (RCS) to advance sustainable food systems. RCS comprise demand-led communication processes, media applications and institutional arrangements to respond to the needs of family farmers and rural populations in...
2024 - FAO
Fact sheet
Developing Gender Transformative Approaches to Strengthen Women’s Land Rights in Bangladesh. Foundational Gender Analysis
Gender Transformative Approaches address root causes of gender inequality by fostering lasting changes in decision-making and resource control, offering a strategic framework to enhance women’s empowerment in accessing and managing land and production means, as well as natural resources.
Bangladesh
2024 - CIFOR-ICRAF
Report
Rural communication services: Trends and experiences in Asia and the Pacific
This study examines RCS trends in family farming and rural transformation in Asia and the Pacific through case studies emphasizing the need for participatory, farmercentered communication. The study concludes with recommendations for embedding RCS into family farming policies and programmes, fostering development opportunities for family farmers and rural communities in...
2024 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Audio
Harnessing diversity for agricultural resilience – Episode 61
Food systems transformation must be sustainable and inclusive, so nobody is left behind. With the right support, every farmer can rise above challenges and drive development, while empowering others to do the same.
From Malawi to Brazil, hear from farmers with disabilities who are rewriting the agricultural narrative. We also explore...
2024 - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Report
Troubling waters
Understanding global water security
The world is not on the precipice of a global water crisis: it is decades into an escalating catastrophe.
Today, global water demand already outstrips availability, with at least half of the global population experiencing highly water-stressed conditions. That is, they live in a region of the world that is highly water stressed for at...
2024 - Center for Strategic and International Studies
Blog article
Joint Programme on Gender Transformative Approaches for Food Security and Nutrition: Reinas Obreras: the women apiarists transforming their local community in Ecuador
The story of female beekeepers in Ecuador shows that by giving women more equitable access to resources and markets, improving their technical skills and knowledge, and addressing deeply rooted social norms perpetuating gender inequalities, gender transformative programming has the potential to enhance food security, improve nutrition and transform agrifood systems....
Ecuador
2024 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Blog article
World Water Day 2024: Invest in women for peace and water security
This year's World Water Day theme, "Water for Peace," is particularly relevant given the global water, food, and humanitarian crises. These crises, exacerbated by conflicts, disproportionately affect women and girls, highlighting the urgent need to empower women in water management and crisis response. Investing in women not only enhances peace...
2024 - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFRPI)
Policy brief/paper
Global actions for sustainable rangelands and pastoralism to achieve Land Degradation Neutrality
A POLICY BRIEF, WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE UNCCD CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES (COP)
Rangelands and pastoralism must be valued and supported for their contribution to achieve local and global goals – particularly towards reaching Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) More than half of the world’s land mass is rangeland – and yet these landscapes and the people who inhabit and manage them have been...
2024 - International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists
Article
Climate change to exacerbate the burden of water collection on women’s welfare globally
Climate change is aggravating water scarcity worldwide. In rural households lacking access to running water, women often bear the responsibility for its collection, with adverse effects on their well being through long daily time commitments, physical strain and mental distress. Here we show that rising temperatures will exacerbate this water...
2024
Working paper
Global actions for sustainable rangelands and pastoralism to achieve Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN)
A science-to-policy review, with recommendations for the UNCCD Conference of Parties
More than half of the world’s land mass is rangeland – and yet these landscapes and the people who inhabit and manage them have been largely neglected. They are a main source of food and feed for humanity, and yet they are also the world economy’s dumping ground. It is...
2024 - International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists
Book
Mapping the development of agroecology in Europe - Volume 2
This second volume of the country reports series enlarges the documentation, analysis, and development of agroecology in Europe, and provides examples of implementation in different countries. The 11 countries studied within this volume show somewhat similar results as found in with the first 13 countries mapped in volume 1. There...
Denmark - France - Hungary - Ireland - Netherlands (Kingdom of the) - Portugal - Republic of Moldova - Slovenia - Spain - Sweden - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2024 - Isara Agro School for Life
Audio
From bees to trees: bringing nature back into agriculture – Episode 60
It's no secret nature is under threat: the world has seen global wildlife populations drop by two thirds over the past 50 years, and agriculture is partly to blame. But from beekeeping to reforestation, small-scale farmers around the planet are doing their part to reverse this trend.
To celebrate World Biodiversity...
2024 - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Policy brief/paper
Information brief
The wildlife–livelihoods–health nexus: challenges and priorities in Asia and the Pacific
The interplay between infectious diseases and wildlife, people and their livelihoods has always been an intrinsic part of human existence. Until recently, however, this nexus has been minimally considered in research and policy. The need for change is increasingly recognized following the emergence of zoonotic diseases such as severe acute...
2024 - FAO
Blog article
New toolkit amplifies inclusive innovation: user research can boost gender-responsive design
The role of digital innovation in agri-food systems is growing exponentially—the potential of digital tools to revolutionize how we detect disease, plan for sustainable use of inputs, or create awareness of seasonal extreme weather events is unchallenged. However, what has been challenged is the inclusivity of the benefits of this...
2024
E-learning
Gender Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in Forestry-Related Sectors
About this program
Explore how gender equality, diversity, and inclusion drive sustainability and transformative change within forest-related sectors.
What you’ll learn:
Foster sustainability and facilitate transformative change
In today’s evolving forest-related sectors, understanding and integrating gender equality, diversity, and inclusion (GEDI) is crucial for fostering sustainability and facilitating transformative change.
This course delves into the...
2024 - The International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO)
Report
The Agri-Food Systems Transformation Protocol-Mapping Agents and Drivers of Transformation
There is a broad consensus that agri-food systems need to be transformed to address the mounting global challenges including food and nutrition security, environmental degradation, and socioeconomic inequities. However, agreement is lacking on what is needed to drive this transformation. This report builds on a sustainability analysis of different proposed...
2024 - Think Tank for Sustainability TMG Research gGmbH
Practices
Gestion intégrée de la fertilité des sols
La fertilité des sols dans un milieu donné est leur capacité de production végétale. Cette capacité se traduit par les rendements les plus élevés. Ainsi, gérer la fertilité des sols, c’est mettre en place des systèmes de cultures qui conservent plus longtemps la fertilité des sols en combinant l’utilisation judicieuse...
2024 - IFDC
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