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Fact sheet
Leaving no one behind: Empowering Africa's rural women for Zero Hunger and shared prosperity
This brochure presents the key findings and recommendations of the study entitled “the Regional Outlook on Gender and Agri-food Systems,” which was jointly conducted by the FAO and the African Union Commission. The brochure describes gender gaps in (i) access to and control over productive resources and opportunities, (ii) influence...
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Blog article
Global policy forum mulls how data can prop up drought mitigation
As climate change-induced droughts are becoming more frequent and severe, especially in regions like the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), the workshop looked at how various initiatives such as the ICBA-led project “Regional Drought Management System for Middle East & North Africa (MENA-RDMS)” can help to better respond to...
2018 - International Center for Biosaline Organization (ICBA)
Technical paper
Influence of nutrition-sensitive interventions on dietary profiles of smallholder farming households in East and Southern Africa
This paper aims to explore the influence of nutrition-sensitive interventions on dietary profiles of the beneficiaries of IFAD-funded projects.
Drawing on a desk review of 37 IFAD funded projects in the Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) region, the study used a cross sectional survey data from a purposive sample from selected...
2018 - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Video
Documental El Futuro está en el Monte (parte 3)
Este video describe el trabajo de El Futuro está en el Monte, movimiento que impulsa en la región del Gran Chaco modelos de negocios que promuevan un desarrollo sustentable, competitivo e inclusivo, a través de la puesta en valor del capital natural y cultural, combinando la innovación con los saberes locales.
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Argentina - Bolivia (Plurinational State of) - Paraguay
2018 - ACDI
Video
Informe de Desempeño Social 2017 de la Fundación Microfinanzas BBVA
El sistema de medición social de la Fundación Microfinanzas BBVA es un referente en el sector. Anualmente, publica el progreso de los emprendedores a los que atiende en América Latina. Estos son los principales datos.
2018 - Fundación Microfinanzas BBVA
Report
The State of Agricultural Commodity Markets 2018
There will be no sustainable future without eradicating poverty and hunger. Ensuring food security for all is both a key function of and a challenge for agriculture, which faces ever-increasing difficulties – as populations rise, urbanization increases and incomes grow, the agricultural sector will be under mounting pressure to meet...
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Newsletter article
Portuguese farmers provide answers to climate challenges
For five years, 1000 Portuguese farmers sowed biodiverse seed mixtures, rich in legumes, across 50 000 hectares. This was part of the Terraprima project which tackled multiple challenges including climate change, biodiversity and soil degradation. This nature-based technique offers a potential sustainable intensification solution, simultaneously increasing production and environmental services....
Portugal
2018 - Eip Agri
Blog article
FAO works to increase SDG awareness in Armenia
Agriculture is one of the key sectors defining the sustainable development of Armenia. The Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Armenia, which is responsible for implementing and monitoring the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related to food and agriculture, identifies targets, aligns policy planning documents and, together with the Statistical...
Armenia
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Newsletter
Yemaya Newsletter No.58, December 2018
Sixty-eight-year-old Maria Elena is a fisherwoman, catching fish for a living in Mexico’s Lake Chapala. Earlier, in order to earn enough to meet family needs, in addition to fishing Maria Elena also filleted fish but her deteriorating health no longer permits this. Despite having fished for over 50 years, she...
2018 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Journal article
A review of potential methods for monitoring rangeland degradation in Libya
Natural and human factors exert a profound impact on the degradation of rangelands, human effects being the most significant factor in increasing the severity of deterioration. This occurs through agricultural expansion at the expense of rangelands, and with the number of domestic and wildlife animals exceeding the natural carrying capacity....
Libya
2018
Blog article
The real seed producers
Small-scale farmers save, use, share and enhance the seed diversity of the crops that feed Africa
This report unpacks and explores farmer-managed seed systems and their contribution to food and seed sovereignty, including the benefits they provide to farming communities as a part of their sociocultural, economic, spiritual and ecological livelihoods. The report highlights, exposes and explores how these systems work. It builds on reports of...
Ethiopia - Mali - Senegal - Uganda - Zambia - Zimbabwe
2018 - AFSA
Technical paper
Impacts of climate change on fisheries and aquaculture
Synthesis of currrent knowledge, adaptation and mitigation options
The 2015 Paris Climate Agreement recognizes the need for effective and progressive responses to the urgent threat of climate change, through mitigation and adaptation measures, while taking into account the particular vulnerabilities of food production systems. The inclusion of adaptation measures in the fisheries and aquaculture sector is currently hampered...
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Book
Food Plants for Healthy Diets in Cambodia
Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which:
identify highly nutritious local food plants,
explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way,
detail the nutritional value of the plants and
describe why human bodies require those nutrients.
The resources created by FPS allows people to better...
Cambodia
2018
Video
La contribución de la Fundación Microfinanzas BBVA a los ODS
La Fundación, con su misión de promover el desarrollo sostenible de personas vulnerables, contribuye al cumplimiento de los 17 Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible de la Agenda 2030 de Naciones Unidas.
2018 - Fundación Microfinanzas BBVA
Article
Parasites of Myocastor coypus
a Comparison in Farm Animals and Their Feral Counterparts
The parasitic status in the coypus (nutrias) Myocastor coypus , both farm-bred or free-living on river banks, was determined. The evaluation of faeces from farm-bred coypus indicated infection with the following parasites: Trichuris sp., Strongyloides sp., Trichostrongylus sp., Eimeria seidelli , Eimeria nutriae, Eimeria coypi , and Eimeria myopotami . Free-living...
Czechia
2018 - Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
Miscellanea
Organic is operational
Inspiring innovation for EU agriculture
European agriculture faces increasing restrictions on the use of external production inputs, such as artificial fertilisers, pesticides and antibiotics. Organic farmers have experience in dealing with these issues, which is why organic farming may open new avenues for soil management strategies, weed and pest control, and livestock health and wellbeing,...
European Union
2018 - Eip AGRI Agriculture&Innovation
Video
Food is Life...Life is people. The #FutureofCAP and the #EUbudget
Italian MEP Paolo De Castro and Copa-Cogeca Secretary General Pekka Pesonen sit down for an important exchange of views on the future of the Common Agriculture Policy and the EU budget.
Belgium
2018 - COPA COGECA
Practices
Integrated Shed House for Tropical Farming
In the recent years, shed house was introduced to farmers as an alternative technology for growing vegetables during rainy season because the shed house is roofed with transparent plastic. However, due to the use of plastic, the temperature in the house becomes high, which is not suitable for many parts...
Lao People's Democratic Republic
2018 - Lao Farmer Network
Fact sheet
Country factsheet on small family farms: UGANDA
The Smallholder Farmers’ Data portrait is a comprehensive, systematic and standardized data set on the profile of smallholder farmers across the world.
This Factsheet generates an overview on how small family farmers in Uganda live their lives by using the Data Portrait, putting an emphasis on the constraints they face, the...
Uganda
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Journal article
Exploring the spatio-temporal processes of communal rangeland grabbing in Sudan
The persistent policy of successive Sudanese governments in favouring large-scale agricultural investments at the expense of traditional land use is creating material differences among significant groups of the population. A significant share of this type of investment falls within the territories of the communal rangelands of the country. The aim...
Sudan
2018
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