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Sustainable rangeland management in Sub-Saharan Africa - Guidelines to good practice
These Guidelines on Sustainable Rangeland Management in Sub-Saharan Africa come at a critical moment. Rangelands are under growing pressure from land degradation as well as crop and urban land expansion, among other threats. Moreover, the capacity of rangelands to sustainably supply markets will be tested over the coming decade as the global and regional demand for...
South Africa
2019 - WOCAT
Technical paper
Strengthening FAO’s commitment to agroecology
This publication is based on research carried out by a team working on agroecology transitions. This work is supported by the Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience of Coventry University (CAWR) and the AgroEcology Fund.
Between 2014 and 2018, FAO’s global dialogue on agroecology has brought together more than 1400 participants...
2019 - Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience (CAWR) at Coventry University
Case study
Institutional Dissonance, Acceptable Deviance and Socio-Economic Opportunities
How Marginalized Women Farmers Engage in Bottom-up Institution-Building in Cameroon
Drawing from extant literature on institution-building processes and emancipation through entrepreneurship, the author conducts an ethnographic study among rural farmers in Western Cameroon to inquire whether marginalized individuals can succeed to change institutions within their communities and what strategies they might devise to do so.
Cameroon
2019 - ICENECDEV
Event
Retos y oportunidades del Desarrollo y la Gobernanza Territorial en la perspectiva de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible
Es indudable que, en los últimos 30 años, la región ha experimentado avances significativos en la reducción de la pobreza y el hambre. Sin embargo, las brechas urbano-rurales siguen siendo profundas, y en ese contexto, también se registra desigualdad entre ruralidades. Hay territorios rurales con niveles de pobreza y pobreza...
2019 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Article
Intensification for redesigned and sustainable agricultural systems
In the mid-20th century, food production from agriculture sharply increased worldwide; however, this was achieved through heavy use of agrochemicals. Extensive collateral damage from excessive use of pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers has occurred to the wider environment. This has led to biodiversity loss, pesticide resistance and the emergence of new...
2019 - Science
Report
Agroecological and other innovative approaches for sustainable agriculture and food systems that enhance food security and nutrition
Summary and Recommendations
Food systems are at a crossroads. Profound transformation is needed to address Agenda 2030 and to achieve food security and nutrition (FSN) in its four dimensions of availability, access, utilization and stability, and to face multidimensional and complex challenges, including a growing world population, urbanization and climate change, which drive...
2019 - Committee on World Food Security (CFS)
Blog article
Inde: l'agriculture bio à grande échelle
A la veille des résultats des élections législatives, nous verrons comment l'Inde est un laboratoire d'initiatives écologiques, notamment dans le domaine de l'agriculture. Même si le modèle dominant reste l'agro-chimie, de nombreux États misent sur la permaculture, l'agro-foresterie et l'agriculture biologique à grande échelle en réaction aux ravages sanitaires et...
India
2019
Event
Sistemas Alimentarios y Desigualdad: soluciones para América Latina y el Caribe de cara a los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible
América Latina y el Caribe por tercer año consecutivo ha incrementado el número de personas subalimentadas, llegando a 39.3 millones. Los sistemas alimentarios pueden ser parte de la solución, ya que involucran a toda la cadena, desde la producción, transformación, comercialización y consumo, pero requieren de una transformación profunda. FAO...
2019 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Policy brief/paper
Thriving in diversity: smallholders organising for climate resilience
With their ability to mobilise 1.5 billion smallholder producers, forest and farm producer organisations (FFPOs) can help drive a paradigm shift away from large-scale monocultural systems, which are vulnerable to climate change and highly inequitable. FFPO businesses embody greater diversity and equity, pursuing market opportunities for a diverse basket of...
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) - Ecuador - Ghana - Guatemala - Kenya - Madagascar - Nepal - Netherlands (Kingdom of the) - Togo - Viet Nam - Zambia
2019 - International Institute for Environment and Development
Article
For this chicken farmer, disability is not an obstacle to success
Takeo, Cambodia – With both hands handicapped, Than Ponlok, a resident of Trapeang Roung Village, Udom Soriya Commune, Tramkak District, Takeo Province, says, “I do farming to the extent possible with my disability, such as raising chickens. I can do everything except building the chicken pen so I hire others...
Cambodia
2019 - Asian Farmers' Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA)
Blog article
Hemp: high time for the EU to weed out prejudice
A LinkedIn Op-ed on the potential of the hemp sector and its benefits for enviornment and bioeconomy.
Belgium
2019 - Copa Cogeca
Report
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
Blog article
Le Sahel a besoin d’une révolution agroécologique
Selon le paysan Ibrahima Coulibaly et le géographe Laurent Bossard, la région doit construire son avenir sur ses ressources naturelles, humaines et culturelles, et non dans la charité internationale.
2019 - Le Monde Afrique
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
Video
Mulheres são responsáveis pela colheita familiar - Elas já até receberam um selo do Governo Federal que reconhece o trabalho das agricultoras
Elas já até receberam um selo do Governo Federal que reconhece o trabalho das agricultoras.
Há muito tempo atrás, o homem cuidava das terras e a mulher cuidava da preparação do alimento. Mas, isso vem mudando com o tempo. Em Itanhaém, por exemplo, as coisas estão bem diferentes. Além de plantar, elas também são responsáveis pela produção de alimentos tradicionais e nutritivos com produtos locais.
Algumas...
Brazil
2019
Event
Un llamado a la Transformación: Agricultura Sostenible y resiliente para lograr los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible
América Latina y el Caribe (ALC) contribuye con menos de 10% del total de emisiones de Gases de Efecto Invernadero (GEI). No obstante, la agricultura contribuye significativamente a esta porción en la región, correspondiendo al 23% de las emisiones de GEI, sumados de 19% de emisiones relativas a cambio de...
2019 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Working paper
Agriculture, nature conservation or both? Managing trade-offs and synergies in sub-Saharan Africa
Boosting agricultural production to meet the food demands of growing and more prosperous populations increasingly comes with a cost to the ecosystems upon which human life more broadly depends. Yet many developing countries (and some developed countries) do not acknowledge or understand these trade-offs. This is becoming one of the...
2019 - International Institute for Environment and Development
Article
AgriCoop boosts native paddy seedlings production
Battambang, Cambodia – The Sangha Phal Agricultural Cooperative was established and registered officially at Battambang Agricultural Department in February 2004. The agricultural cooperative, located in Prey Sangha Village, Khnach Romeas Commune, Bavel District, Battambang, was established initially with 48 members of whom 15 were female with a total capital of...
Cambodia
2019 - Asian Farmers' Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA)
Report
The Regional Rural Development Standing Working Group (SWG) In South-East Europe
For nearly two decades, the EU accession is seen as crucial to a successful domestic transformation in South Eastern Europe (SEE). The EU integration process is of a regional character and cannot be completed without joint efforts and venture among SEE counties. Regional cooperation first requires a focal point to...
2019 - Regional Rural Development Standing Working Group in South Eastern Europe
Video
Aqua 2018 – #WeRAquaculture
Aquaculture has seen spectacular growth in recent years, and Aqua 2018 celebrated aquaculture’s role as one of the most important food industries worldwide. Held 25-29 August in Montpellier, France, Aqua 2018 brought together scientists, practitioners, students, industry and civil society to highlight the latest global developments in aquaculture research and...
2019 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
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