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FAO Regional Conference for the Near East (NERC)
FAO Regional Conferences are an official forum where Ministers of agriculture and senior officials of Member Countries from the same geographic region meet to elaborate on regional challenges and priority matters related to food and agriculture. Main role of the Conferences is to promote regional coherence on global policies and...
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Event
FAO Malawi to Conduct 3 FFS Master Trainers’ Courses
FAO Malawi is set to kick-off three Farmer Field School (FFS) master trainer’s courses that will run from 8 October 2018 to 28 February 2019. These courses aim to impart knowledge and skills to 90 government and non-governmental organization (NGO) extension workers, training them as master trainers on FFS methodology....
Malawi
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Newsletter
Yemaya - ICSF’s Newsletter on Gender and Fisheries
Women in fish processing and trade in many parts of the world are increasingly getting organised and networked to build capacity and entrepreneurial capabilities. The current issue brings together many such examples: from the Caribbean, of women fishers’ organisations working towards networking, representation and capacity building; from Africa, of women...
2018 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers ISCSF
Journal
La Tierra del Agricultor y Ganadero - 270
Número 270 de la revista oficial de UPA “La Tierra del agricultor y ganadero''
UPA insiste ante el Gobierno y la Unión Europea :La PAC solo tendrá futuro si concentra sus apoyos en la agricultura familiar; UPA lidera en Europa la defensa de la agricultura familiar en la PAC del futuro; El 3º Encuentro...
Spain
2018 - UNIÓN DE PEQUEÑOS AGRICULTORES Y GANADEROS (UPA)
Article
Un réseau de fermes agroécologiques pour autonomiser des femmes au Togo et au Bénin
Adaptation Basée sur les Ecosystèmes
Des groupements de paysans et paysannes ont pu tirer profit du projet de promotion de la souveraineté alimentaire axé sur la valorisation des pratiques agroécologiques au Bénin et au Togo. Avec l’appui du Service chrétien d’appui à l’animation rurale (Secaar), ils se sont organisés en réseaux de paysans et de...
Benin - Togo
2018 - IED Afrique
Newsletter article
FAO calls to respect indigenous peoples’ collective rights to lands, territories and natural resources
From 16-27 April 2018, the Seventeenth Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues is taking place under the theme: “Indigenous peoples’ collective rights to lands, territories and resources”. As this theme directly links to FAO’s mandate, FAO Director-General, José Graziano da Silva, delivered a video-message in which he stressed the need...
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Project
Cash for work in Iraq
Funded by the Belgian Government, FAO launched in 2016 a CFW programme to rehabilitate land and agricultural infrastructure for 12 000 conflict-affected people in 30 villages in Kirkuk, Anbar, Salah Al Din and Ninewa governorates. In addition to benefit local farmers by enabling them to restart or expand farming activities...
Iraq
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Project
Andalusian Shepherd School 2017
Shepherds contribute to the socioeconomic and environmental development of rural areas. The project provided the necessary training to those who wish to find a professional path in pastoralism.
The modular courses give students all the necessary knowledge on the traditional extensive cattle and shepherd activities while incorporating the tools and innovations...
2018 - European network for Rural Development
Project
Helping smallholder producers to access markets in marginalized areas of Kenya and South Sudan
Low agricultural production and low household incomes mean that food security in the northwest of Kenya and the southeastern part of South Sudan continues to be a challenge. With smallholder producers and small and medium-sized entrepreneurs often marginalized and excluded from access to markets at national and regional levels, there...
Kenya - South Sudan
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Newsletter article
From the editor, Yemaya, No.57, July 2018
July 2018 witnessed the release of the flagship report of the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO): The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture (SOFIA) 2018. A trove of information that, in the months to come, will be unpacked and discussed by activists and researchers in the fishery and aquaculture sectors,...
2018 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Technical paper
e-Agriculture Promising Practice
aWhere’s agronomic and weather based tips for smallholder farmers
aWhere delivers agricultural intelligence to farmers, farm managers, crop consultants and researchers all over the world. The company aims at making agronomic and weather data available to farmers through intermediaries such as research centers, governments, information companies, mobile network operators and non profit organizations which can integrate the data into...
Ghana - Kenya - Uganda
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Article
Women in Fisheries website launched
New research exploring women’s roles in fishing families officially gets going, as the Women in Fisheries project launches its new website.
2018 - Low Impact Fishers of Europe
Project
Resilience through biodiverse cropping and millet recipes driven by Indian women network
This project is currently being implemented in the North of India since 2018 and focuses mainly on female smallholder farmers. The scope is to strengthen resilience through biodiverse cropping and seed system and broaden the type of crop produced in this region. The project is particularly in line with the...
India
2018 - Agroecology Coalition
Newsletter
TBTI Digest, January 2018
The Too Big to Ignore (TBTI) Digest contains all of the project's recent activities and outputs.
2018 - Too Big To Ignore - Global Partnership for Small-Scale Fisheries
Article
Agricultural transformation and food and nutrition security in Ghana: Does farm production diversity (still) matter for household dietary diversity?
Africa south of the Sahara experienced an acceleration of economic growth in recent years that was accompanied by structural changes in national economies. Some African countries, such as Ghana, managed to utilize rapid growth for poverty reduction and improving food and nutrition security. Transformation of agriculture appears to have played...
Ghana
2018 - Elsevier
Video
Smart villages
‘Smart villages’ is about rural people who take the initiative to find practical solutions – both to the downsides and to the exciting new opportunities arising locally.
2018 - European Network for Rural Development
Book
Regional Strategy for Disaster Risk Management in the Agriculture Sector and Food and Nutrition Security in Latin America and the Caribbean (2018 - 2030)
This Strategy is conceived as a regional instrument that seeks to contribute from a sectoral perspective to the implementation of the FNS-CELAC Plan, the Regional Action Plan for the Implementation of the Sendai Framework and the corresponding instruments and efforts carried out at a sub-regional level in the framework of...
2018 - Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC)
Video
Progrès Herbe: La prairie temporaire - une culture à part entière (Nicolas Jotterand)
Selon Nicolas Jotterand, la mise en place d’une prairie artificielle est à prendre au sérieux, au même titre qu’une autre culture. La réussite de cette dernière dépend du soin mis à la préparation du sol et au semis. Ensuite, les fauches et pâtures devront s’effectuer dans de bonnes conditions. Afin...
2018 - The Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL)
Event
3rd World Small-Scale Fisheries Congress
The 3rd WSFC is a transdisciplinary forum for anyone interested in small-scale fisheries to participate in an interactive discussion about the future of the world's small-scale fisheries.
The overall goal of the Congress is to facilitate opportunities for researchers, students, young professionals, practitioners, fishers and fishers’ organizations, environmental groups, and policymakers...
2018
Report
World Livestock: Transforming the livestock sector through the Sustainable Development Goals
The report “Transforming the livestock sector through the sustainable development goals” examines the sector’s interaction with each of the SDGs, as well as the potential synergies, trade-offs, and complex interlinkages involved. The publication is intended to serve as a reference framework for Member States as they move forward to realize...
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
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