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Harnessing the role of rural organizations in social protection
An inventory of practices
This study presents an inventory of practices highlighting the role rural organizations play in: (i) delivering member-based social assistance and insurance, and other complementary services; and (ii) collaborating with national and international counterparts in the delivery of national and international social protection programmes. The inventory builds on an initial review...
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Video
Trip for exchange experience of Ghanians fish operators in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire
Trip for exchange experience of Ghanians fish operators in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire
Côte d'Ivoire - Ghana
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Video
Supporting indigenous women in Nicaragua: the Mayagna women of the Mayaring Cooperative
he Mayagna group is the second-largest indigenous group in Nicaragua, with over 18 000 people located mostly in or near the Bosawás Biosphere Reserve. Their community faces significant problems with illegal timber extraction and agricultural expansion in its territories. FAO's Forest and Farm Facility works with the Mayagna community, including the Mayaring Cooperative,...
Nicaragua
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Blog article
Two new projects to give a boost to rural areas in Moldova
Berry production and the development of rural areas and livelihoods will be the focus of two new FAO projects starting soon in Moldova.
One of the projects will help build capacities in the area of agriculture and rural development policy – for policy makers, local officials and others who will be...
Republic of Moldova
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Blog article
The Future of food?
'Farm-to-fork' is not just a trendy buzzword but an exciting new ethos for how we eat that's taking hold in all walks of Irish life - from an urban farm in Dublin to an open prison in Cavan and a Michelin-star restaurant in Galway
2017 - Life Food & Drink
Blog article
Após 25 anos, Governo Federal retoma investimento no serviço estatal de ATER
O Governo Federal, depois de 25 anos, anuncia a retomada os investimentos nas entidades públicas estaduais de Assistência Técnica e Extensão Rural (ATER), as Emateres. A Secretaria Especial de Agricultura Familiar e do Desenvolvimento Agrário (SEAD), através da Agência Nacional de Assistência Técnica e Extensão Rural (ANATER), levará o serviço...
Brazil
2017 - Secretaria Especial de Agricultura Familiar e do Desenvolvimento Agrário (SEAD)
Video
El cambio climático y la agricultura familiar- Proyectos de FONTAGRO
Un resumen de proyectos cofinanciados por FONTAGRO y sus instituciones miembros y socias en temas de agricultura familiar y cambio climático. Version reducida proyectada durante el XII Taller de Seguimiento Técnico de Proyectos FONTAGRO La Ceiba, Honduras, 2017 el 20 de junio de 2017.
2017 - XII Taller de Seguimiento Técnico de Proyectos FONTAGRO La Ceiba
Technical paper
Tareas estratégicas para la gestión del desarrollo de los territorios rurales
El Sistema de Gestión Estratégica para el Desarrollo Territorial y la Agricultura Familiar (SiGET) publica tres tipos de fascículos, respectivamente enfocados en aspectos conceptuales, cuestiones de metodología y aportes sobre formación. Estos fascículos son elaborados a partir de la práctica y la refexión colaborativa con los actores territoriales en países...
2017 - Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA)
Conference paper
V Reunión Regional Red de Sistemas Públicos de Abastecimiento y Comercialización de alimentos para América Latina y el Caribe
En seguimiento a la IV reunión Técnica Regional de “Sistemas Públicos de Abastecimiento y Comercialización de Alimentos en América Latina y el Caribe”, realizada en el mes de abril de 2016 en Santa Cruz – Bolivia, los delegados de los países participantes de Brasil, Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panamá,...
2017 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Event
Encuentro Latinoamericano y Caribeño de Jóvenes Rurales
Este evento tiene como objetivo la formulación de una Agenda Latinoamericana y Caribeña de Juventudes Rurales, que se basa en experiencias desarrolladas por la Secretaría Ejecutiva del Consejo Agropecuario Centroamericano (SECAC) y la Reunión Especializada sobre Agricultura Familiar del Mercosur (REAF), y está dirigida a las y los jóvenes rurales,...
2017 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Blog article
Why India's farmers want to conserve indigenous heirloom rice
While India was home to more than 100,000 rice varieties only 50 years ago, today more than 80% of the area dedicated to grow rice is planted with hybrid varities.
Thanks to the efforts of about 1,400 farmers in the Koraput region (Odisha state), traditional varieties of "desi dhaan", as they...
India
2017
Blog article
FAO y UNESCO crean alianza para fortalecer la educación alimentaria y erradicar el hambre y el sobrepeso
La Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Agricultura y la Alimentación (FAO) y la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura (UNESCO), han diseñado una estrategia de trabajo conjunto para fortalecer la educación alimentaria y nutricional y promover su integración en las políticas públicas...
2017 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
E-learning
Hyper-temporal remote sensing to support agricultural monitoring
The course presents an approach for improved mapping and differentiating spatial-temporal facts at country-level (agro-environmental stratification), using the best remotely sensed data and most modern interpretation/analysis methods.
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Newsletter
FAO Ectad Newsletter - Indonesia
ECTAD’s work in the Asia-Pacific region mainly focuses on emerging pandemic threats like H7N9
Indonesia
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Technical paper
Les petites exploitations agricoles françaises
Dans les années 60, les politiques publiques ont cherché à faire diminuer drastiquement le nombre de petites exploitations agricoles (EA). Et pourtant, aujourd’hui elles, sont toujours présentes dans le paysage agricole européen et français. La persistance des petites EA questionne : ces EA ont-elles développé des stratégies économiques qui les...
France
2017 - Unité de recherche Laboratoire Montpelliérain d’Economie Théorique et Appliquée (LAMETA)
Event
Foro Taller – Innovaciones Sociales para la Agricultura Familiar
El Foro Taller: “Innovaciones Sociales para la Agricultura Familiar” busca promover un espacio teórico – práctico con el compartir de las experiencias de diferentes organizaciones agrarias de la Agricultura Familiar junto a universidades, centros de investigación, redes de sustentabilidad y comunidades sociales del país en procesos como Agroecología, Bio-construcción, Circuitos...
2017 - Red Nacional de Agricultura Familiar de Colombia (RENAF )
Journal
Strengthening women’s roles as risk and resource managers at the frontline of climate change
Research shows that in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) climate variability already influences water availability, ecosystem services, and agricultural production. According to downscaled climate projections, the risks of climate-induced hazards such as floods, landslides, and droughts are projected to increase significantly by 2050. To an increasing degree, rural women in...
Nepal
2017 - International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Kathmandu, Nepal
Audio
Mulheres rurais da agricultura orgânica buscam visibilidade
Em apoio à campanha Mulheres Rurais, Mulheres com Direitos, Viva Maria continua querendo animar nossas Marias a participarem dessa importante iniciativa. Silene, trabalhadora rural da região Serrana do Espírito Santo, compartilha sua história e pede que outras mulheres façam o mesmo. Silene se dedica à agricultura orgânica e articula uma rede de...
Brazil
2017 - Radio Agência Nacional
Video
What are the main UN bodies mandated to focus on indigenous peoples?
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples are the three bodies that focus on indigenous peoples in the UN system.
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - FAO
Journal article
Family Farming in the Albanian Mountainous Areas
Local Agro Pastoral Farming Systems and Market Integration Perspectives
The objectives of this paper are to understand the evolution of family farming in a mountainous area of Southern Albania after the fall of communism in 1991 and to identify the socio-economic developments that characterize this territory in very last years. According to primary or secondary historical data, there is...
Albania
2017 - Natural Resource Economics Division Graduate School of Agriculture Kyoto University
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