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Exploring inclusive palm oil production
ETFRN news 59
This ETFRN News edition brings together 24 articles and interviews from around the world that reflect on the following questions: How do such actions and their impacts differ between different smallholder types and organizations? How do they differ between countries, regions and corporate contexts? What are the effects of various...
Brazil - Cameroon - Colombia - Democratic Republic of the Congo - Ghana - Honduras - Indonesia - Nigeria - Papua New Guinea - Peru - Sierra Leone - Solomon Islands - Uganda
2019 - Tropenbos International
Case study
Passivity, Replication, and Creation
The Pathway from Subsistence Entrepreneurship to Community Well-Being
Why do subsistence entrepreneurs start pursuing non-subsistence economic activities? And how do non-subsistence entrepreneurial actions in the agricultural and industrial sectors respectively impact poverty in the entrepreneur’s community? This case study builds on the concept of replication opportunity, the entrepreneur’s imitation of the observable economic activities enacted by her peers, and entrepreneurial embeddedness, the...
Cameroon
2019 - ICENECDEV
Report
Étude diagnostique de la reduction des pertes après récolte de trois cultures
Études de cas dans les sous-secteurs de l’agriculture et de la pêche à petite échelle
Ce rapport décrit les résultats obtenus lors de l’étude diagnostique de la réduction des pertes après-récolte (PAR) de trois cultures (manioc, pomme de terre et tomate) dans certains bassins de production au Cameroun. Il s’agit d’un rapport de synthèse. Les pertes sont présentes à toutes les étapes des chaînes d’approvisionnement...
Cameroon
2018 - Organisation des Nations Unies pour l’alimentation et l’agriculture
Report
International Centre for Environmental Education and Community Development - Impact Report 2018
Partnering for Impact
At ICENECDEV partnering is at the core of our strategy: They partner to end extreme poverty and promote the protection of the Environment. And in today’s development landscape partnership is important to drive the global development Agendas—partnering with the business community is more important than ever before to achieve the...
Cameroon
2018 - ICENECDEV
Report
Access to finance for forest and farm producer organisations (FFPOs)
Growing populations and consumption patterns are squeezing forests – especially through industrial agriculture. But many of the 1.5 billion people who live within the world’s remaining forest landscapes are farmers too, albeit smallholders. Many grow and protect trees. Most also hunt and gather from the forest. Forests provide them with...
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) - Cameroon - Gambia - Guatemala - Kenya - Liberia - Mexico - Myanmar - Nepal - Nicaragua - Viet Nam - Zambia
2018 - International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
Video
Améliorer la sécurité alimentaire en zones urbaines en Afrique centrale
Entre 2014 et 2017, la FAO a mis en place un projet portant sur ‘La sécurité alimentaire renforcée en milieu urbain en Afrique Centrale grâce à une meilleure disponibilité de la nourriture produite localement’’. Pendant 3 ans, un soutien matériel et des formations ont été apportés à plus de 3...
Cameroon - Chad - Democratic Republic of the Congo - Equatorial Guinea - Gabon - Sao Tome and Principe
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Blog article
5 New National Committees of Family Farming Created or in the Process of Development in 2017
Currently, 37 National Committees of Family Farming (NCFF) are actively working on political advocacy in their countries.
In 2017, the network of National Committees for Family Farming expanded with the incorporation of new countries like Fiji, Macedonia, and Chad, while in Japan and Cameroon important efforts were made in the establishment...
Cameroon - Chad - Fiji - Japan - North Macedonia
2018 - World Rural Forum
Book
Living in and from the forests of Central Africa
Living in and from the forests of Central Africa is intended first and foremost as a full-scale extension tool concerning NWFPs in Central Africa. It is a work on the groups who have always lived in these forests, forests that contribute to every aspect of their daily lives, both material...
Cameroon - Central African Republic - Chad - Congo - Democratic Republic of the Congo - Equatorial Guinea - Gabon - Rwanda - Sao Tome and Principe
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Working paper
Gender, Climate Change, and Resilient Food Systems
Lessons from Strategic Adaptation by Smallholder Farmers in Cameroon
Climate change has major impacts on the food security and livelihoods of smallholder farmers in Africa south of the Sahara. Vulnerable to the vagaries of weather and to being chronically poor, women farmers are unequally and more negatively affected by climate change and seasonal changes than male farmers. This study...
Cameroon
2017 - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Fact sheet
Amélioration de l’emballage alimentaire pour les petites et moyennes entreprises agroalimentaires en Afrique subsaharienne
Cette fiche du Projet Amélioration de l'emballage alimentaire pour les petites et moyennes entreprises agroalimentaires en Afrique Subsaharienne MTF/RAF/299/IMA descriptive présente les réalisations prévues, les objectifs, les partenaires de mise en oeuvre, les résultats et impacts attendus.
Cameroon - Côte d'Ivoire - Ghana - Kenya - Nigeria - United Republic of Tanzania - Zambia
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Policy brief/paper
Briefing Note on FAO Actions on Fall Armyworm in Africa
Fall Armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda), FAW, is an insect native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas. Its larval stage (photo) feeds on more than 80 plant species, including maize, rice, sorghum, millet, sugarcane, vegetable crops and cotton. FAW can cause significant yield losses if not well managed. It can...
Benin - Burundi - Cabo Verde - Cameroon - Ethiopia - Ghana - Kenya - Niger - Nigeria - Rwanda - Sao Tome and Principe - Togo - Uganda - Zimbabwe
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Blog article
L’horticulture urbaine : une opportunité pour les jeunes de Foumbot
Les journées portes ouvertes de Foumbot, dans la région de l’Ouest Cameroun, qui se sont déroulées le 31 mars 2017, ont été l’occasion de faire découvrir au public, les produits issus des exploitations maraîchères. Cet événement organisé dans le cadre du projet d’horticulture urbaine et péri-urbaine intitulé «Renforcement de la...
Cameroon
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Technical paper
Five years of the AAF’s technical assistance facility
Enhancing the food security impact of agri-business investments in Africa
To amplify the development impact of the African Agriculture Fund, the International Fund for Agricultural Development actively promoted a Technical Assistance Facility to work alongside its investments. Blending development finance with technical assistance can be a powerful tool to achieve business growth and development outcomes. After five years of implementation,...
Burkina Faso - Cameroon - Ethiopia - Madagascar - Malawi - Nigeria - Sierra Leone - South Africa - Zambia
2017 - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Event
Conférence régionale sur l’agriculture familiale et l’agri business en Afrique Centrale : Construire l’avenir avec les jeunes
La conférence a pour objectif de Montrer l’importance de l’agriculture familiale dans un contexte d’émergence de l’agri- business en Afrique Centrale, en vue d’un soutien plus accru des gouvernements et des partenaires en faveur des organisations paysannes, en particulier des jeunes entrepreneurs agricoles.
Analyser les politiques publiques nationales et régionales en matière...
Cameroon
2017 - Plateforme Régionale des Organisations Paysannes D'Afrique Centrale (PROPAC)
Case study
Taking stock of agribusiness chambers in Africa
Lessons learnt, success factors and good practices
Inclusive agribusiness umbrella organisations (which ideally are vertically integrated down to the level of smallholder farmers’ organisations) could be key institutions to contribute to policy dialogue and design from the perspective of the private sector. Furthermore, they have the potential to carry forward the implementation of such policies on the...
Cameroon - Ethiopia - Ghana - Senegal - South Africa
2016 - New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD)
Journal article
Intensifier la culture du maïs pour améliorer la sécurité alimentaire : le producteur du Nord Cameroun y a-t-il intérêt ?
L’intensification de la culture du maïs, majoritairement destinée à l’autoconsommation rurale et à l’approvisionnement des villes, est une opportunité pour améliorer la sécurité alimentaire des régions septentrionales du Cameroun et limiter la pression foncière. Pour étudier sa faisabilité, trois niveaux d’intensification ont été testés en 2013 dans 32 champs de maïs...
Cameroon
2016 - CIRAD
Fact sheet
Sustainable production intensification and value chain development in Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa is generally characterized by low production and productivity in the agriculture sector, despite rapidly growing human population which calls for closing the production gap in crops, livestock, forestry, aquaculture and fisheries. At the same time, ecosystems are under pressure, a situation which is further challenged by climate change,...
Cameroon - Chad - Côte d'Ivoire - Democratic Republic of the Congo - Kenya - Mali - Mozambique - Rwanda - Zambia
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Policy brief/paper
Sustainable production intensification and value chain development in Africa
Based on experience and lessons learned in 2014-15, Africa’s Regional Initiative 2 (RI2) (originally entitled “Integrated Management of Agricultural Landscapes in Africa”) has been revamped for implementation in 2016-17 to sharpen its focus and to make it more programmatic. It takes a food systems approach with two integrated components, namely...
Cameroon - Chad - Democratic Republic of the Congo - Kenya - Mali - Mozambique - Rwanda - Zambia
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Event
Regional workshop for Africa: Towards productive, sustainable and inclusive agriculture, forestry and fisheries in support to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
In September 2015, countries adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This will shape their development programmes in a transformational way for the next 15 years. At the last FAO Regional Conference for Africa, held in Abidjan in April 2016, many delegates asked the organization to assist countries in their...
Cameroon - Chad - Côte d'Ivoire - Democratic Republic of the Congo - Mali - Mozambique - Rwanda - Zambia
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Fact sheet
Converging challenges, compounding risks - A region under high pressure
In the Sahel, extreme poverty, fastgrowing populations, climate change, recurrent food and nutrition crises, armed conflicts and insecurity are building up to a perfect storm threatening the lives of communities already living on the brink of crisis.
The region is one of the world’s climate change hotspots. Increasingly unpredictable weather patterns,...
Burkina Faso - Cameroon - Chad - Mali - Mauritania - Niger - Nigeria
2016 - UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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