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Manual y caja de herramientas de perspectiva de género para talleres comunitarios
La Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO) en México en conjunto con la Secretaría de Agricultura, Ganadería, Desarrollo Rural, Pesca y Alimentación (SAGARPA), impulsan desde 2016 un proyecto para incorporar la perspectiva de género en las políticas públicas, iniciando con el Proyecto de Seguridad...
2018 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (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
Article
Reflections of the working party on fruit and vegetables on the future of the community aid scheme for fruit and vegetable producer organisations
Fruit and vegetables
Reflections from Copa and Cogeca Working Party on Fruit and Vegetables on the future of the community aid scheme for the producer organizations in the sector
Belgium
2018 - COPA COGECA
Newsletter
IFOAM Newsletter - The INSIDER
The insider, it is a Monthly IFOAM News page, who brings more generic information on organic agriculture
2018 - IFOAM
Journal article
The little we know: an exploratory literature review on the utility of mobile phone-enabled services for smallholder farmers
Mobile technologies could help to improve service delivery to smallholder farmers, but whether such services are fulfilling their potential remains poorly understood. To address this gap, this article presents an exploratory literature review regarding the impact of mobile phone-enabled services on farmers in developing countries. The review highlights a dearth...
2018 - Center for Development Research, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Journal article
Les déterminants de la pluriactivité des ménages agricoles en Algérie
Dans cet article, la pluriactivité décrit une situation dans laquelle un agriculteur n’est pas entièrement investi (en termes de force de travail et/ou de capital) dans les activités agricoles. La pluriactivité est parfois appelée agriculture à temps partiel, ou travail hors ferme (Mishra et Goodwin, 1997).
L’article est divisé en 6...
Algeria
2018
Blog article
ASEAN Member States and UN FAO agree five-year plan to strengthen cooperation in agriculture and forestry and combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing
The ten countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have pledged to collaborate with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in order to strengthen cooperation for improvements to agriculture and forestry.
The ASEAN Member States, with a combined population of more than 640 million –...
Viet Nam
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Video
Growing a sustainable future - Turkey
Hundreds of refugees from war-torn Syria receive agricultural training organized by a partnership of FAO, UNHCR and the Turkish government, helping them find the em-ployment needed to build futures in Turkey.
Türkiye
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Journal article
Women in Fisheries: Eight Shells
Women from marine fishing communities of Barbados, St Kitts, Grenada, and Belize visited Tárcoles and Chomes in Puntarenas and the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica as part of a women’s learning exchange aimed at strengthening the capacities of fisherwomen in the backdrop of the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale...
2018 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Fact sheet
Increase the use of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure among CSOs and Grassroots Organizations - Malawi
Increase the use of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure among CSOs and Grassroots Organizations – Malawi is a country factsheet that provides information on the project “Increase the use of the VGGT among CSOs and Grassroots Organizations”, a general overview of governance of natural resources in...
Malawi
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Blog article
In Kyrgyzstan, FAO logistics centre will supply schools with local produce
A logistics centre was opened today in northern Kyrgyzstan’s Kemin district to aid in supplying local schools with fresh agricultural produce. An initiative of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the centre should improve the quality of school meals and secure a sustainable market for local...
Kyrgyzstan
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Video
Yunus - A Syrian Refugee in Turkey
Yunus is one of hundreds of refugees from war-torn Syria benefitting from training organized by a partnership between FAO, UNHCR and the Turkish government which trains them in skills needed to find much-needed work in Turkey’s agricultural sector.
Türkiye
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Blog article
Smart Villages : For a Smarter Future of Rural areas
On 13th April 2018 in Bled, Slovenia, a joint conference between the European Commission and the European Parliament was organised on “European Action for Smart Villages: for a brighter future of rural areas in the EU” (for more information and to see the streaming of the plenary session, click here).
This...
2018 - Euromontana
Journal article
How do social movements shape organic food markets? Comparing the construction and institutionalization of Participatory Guarantee Systems in Brazil and France
Social movements have become central actors in the battles that are re-framing contemporary food markets in a variety of organizational and institutional configurations. With the aim of understand this process, this article contrasts the experiences of Nature & Progrès (France) and Ecovida Agroecology Network (Brazil). These movements are changing organic...
Brazil - France
2018 - Universidad Federal do Rio Grande Do Sul
Project
Food loss and waste reduction and value chain development for food security in Egypt and Tunisia
The project aims to reduce food loss and waste through a value chain development approach, focusing on the post-harvest, marketing and processing stages and promoting value chains that are better organized, have a reduced impact on environment, inclusive of smallholders, better able to generate added value, providing increasing opportunities for...
Egypt
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Journal article
Disaster Response: Being Ready
2017 is considered the most costly hurricane year on record. During its hurricane season, decades of development gains in some small islands in the Caribbean were eradicated. Beginning on 8 September 2017, Hurricane Irma tore through the Caribbean, bringing destruction and devastation. As communities were assessing the damage and loss...
2018 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Book
México rural del Siglo XXI
La Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO), presenta en una nueva publicación un análisis de cómo está el campo mexicano hoy, una fotografía que muestra las características del sector rural en el siglo XXI.La nueva publicación de la FAO retrata los rostros de la nueva ruralidad...
Mexico
2018 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Book
Buenas prácticas para la resiliencia de los medios de vida rurales en el ámbito de la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional
El valor añadido de la coordinación, colaboración y sinergia entre la FAO y el PMA
La Oficina Subregional de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO) para Mesoamérica y la Oficina Regional del Programa Mundial de Alimentos (PMA) para América Latina y el Caribe, ambas ubicadas en Panamá, compartieron conocimientos y herramientas para la validación y sistematización de buenas...
Colombia - Dominican Republic - Ecuador - Guatemala
2018 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Blog article
FAO works to better understand backyard pig sector, key in the fight against swine fever
African swine fever is one of the major animal health challenges worldwide, as demonstrated by recent developments in China and the European Union, where recent outbreaks have prompted health officials to take action.
The disease first entered Europe through Georgia, back in 2007, in an unprecedented epidemic that would gradually spread...
Georgia
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Journal article
MCS: Fishing for the Future
A World Bank-funded project for 12 countries in the East African and Indian Ocean regions attempts to allow fishers to maximize revenue but not deplete stocks.
2018 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
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