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Pampero TV
Serie de videos que muestran investigaciones, noticias, tecnología y avances que pueden ser adaptados por la pequeña agricultura.
Argentina
2017 - TV Pampero
Journal article
Ghana: Child labour, no child’s play
Worldwide, the figures on child labour are worrying. According to estimates from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Labour Organization (ILO), there are about 215 mn ‘child workers’, many of whom work full-time, and close to 170 mn are ‘trapped’ in activities considered...
Ghana
2017
Manual
Guía para implementar estrategias locales de compras públicas a la agricultura familiar
La Guía brinda información elemental para que autoridades locales, entidades técnicas, productores y productoras y público en general puedan interiorizar y poner en marcha procesos para abastecer programas de compras públicas a partir de la producción local de alimentos y de la participación directa de la agricultura familiar, dinamizando la...
Colombia
2017 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Video
A Kenyan Fish Farming Entrepreneur
This video tells the story of Joyce, an inspiring and entrepreneurial Kenyan fish farmer who has overcome many challenges to develop a thriving Tilapia and Catfish farming business. FAO and the ASTF fund are supporting aquaculture programs in Kenya with the aim to increase local fish production to fulfil local...
Kenya
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Policy brief/paper
Africa Sustainable Livestock 2050: Country Brief Egypt
This document provides a departing point and a brief summary of the livestock weight, impacts and related-policies for possible livestock evolution by 2050
Egypt
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Report
Young Farmers are Key in the Future CAP
Facilitating access to succession brokers for farming families in all EU Member States is necessary in order to broach the difficult conversation about the transfer of land between generations, CEJA also calls the EU to pay a particular attention to young people not coming from a farming background by implementing...
European Union
2017 - The European Council of Young Farmers CEJA
Conference paper
Nota Conceptual: VIII Foro de los Frentes Parlamentarios contra el Hambre
El Frente Parlamentario contra el Hambre de América Latina y el Caribe, surgido en 2009 con el apoyo del Parlamento Latinoamericano y Caribeño (PARLATINO), en el marco del compromiso intergubernamental Iniciativa América Latina y el Caribe sin Hambre, se constituye como un espacio plural y participativo donde el diálogo, la...
2017 - Frente Parlamentario contra el Hambre de América Latina y el Caribe
Journal article
West Africa: Illegal fishing, the black hole in the seas
In West Africa, where about 7 mn people depend directly on fishing as a source of income, this access is increasingly hindered by industrial fleets which, often illegally, target areas that are otherwise reserved for small-scale fishers and their communities. Illegal fishing is worth US$2.3 bn in the waters of...
2017
Manual
Ulinzi wa maji na virutubisho kwenye udongo
Soils are a non-renewable resource on which 95% of our food supply depends. Short-sighted chemical fertilizer applications in conventional farming are depleting soils at an alarming rate. Instead of using potent chemicals that degrade soil, organic farmers continuously give back to the soil, maintaining soil health and fertility for future...
2017 - Tanzania Organic Agriculture Movement (TOAM)
Book
Necesidad, demanda y obtención de crédito en el sector agropecuario en el Perú
Este estudio analiza la evolución del crédito agropecuario y los factores determinantes de su necesidad, demanda y uso efectivo por parte de los productores agropecuarios del Perú. Identifica que los principales factores para la solicitud y la obtención de crédito son la asistencia técnica, la titulación y asociatividad; por último,...
Peru
2017 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Book
Connecting Smallholders to Knowledge, Networks, and Institutions
Information and communication technology (ICT) has always mattered in agriculture. Ever since people have grown crops, raised livestock, and caught fish, they have sought information from one another. Today, ICT represents a tremendous opportunity for rural populations to improve productivity, to enhance food and nutrition security, to access markets, and...
2017 - World Bank
Technical paper
Transboundary threats to food and nutrition security in Southern Africa. Issue 1. April- June 2017
The Bulletin highlights outbreaks of transboundary pests and diseases that have the potential to impact food and nutrition security in Southern Africa. It also captures recently concluded and upcoming events that are being organized by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and stakeholders to improve the capacities...
Angola - Botswana - Democratic Republic of the Congo - Malawi - Mauritius - Mozambique - Namibia - Seychelles - South Africa - Eswatini - United Republic of Tanzania - Zambia - Zimbabwe
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Newsletter
TBTI Digest, September 2017
The Too Big to Ignore (TBTI) Digest contains all of the project's recent activities and outputs.
2017 - Too Big To Ignore - Global Partnership for Small-Scale Fisheries
Fact sheet
Measuring climate change impacts on farm income in Central Asia
Despite serious influences of climate change on food security and farm income, there is insufficient research in Central Asia on the impact of climate change on agro-ecosystems, farm incomes, and analysis of the potential adaptation strategies. There is very limited use of integrated assessments critical for analyzing environmental, economic and...
Kazakhstan - Kyrgyzstan - Tajikistan - Uzbekistan
2017 - International Center for Agriculture Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)
Report
Small scale fisheries and "Blue Growth" in the EU
Research for PECH Committee
This study presents an overview of Blue Growth emerging industries and investigates the linkages with the traditional maritime activity of fisheries with emphasis on small-scale fisheries. Positive synergies are investigated as well as possible opportunities (and threats) that Blue Growth can or should offer to small-scale fisheries and coastal communities...
European Union
2017 - blomeyer & sanz , Directorate-General for Internal Policies of the Union (European Parliament)
Book
Mulheres dos Cafés no Brasil
A ausência de mulheres nas mesas de abertura de simpósios, conferências e seminários sobre café ou nas diretorias das cooperativas e sindicatos rurais ou, ainda, representando o País no exterior pode levar a uma conclusão – precipitada e errônea – de que, no Brasil, as mulheres não desempenham um papel...
Brazil
2017 - Embrapa Café
Policy brief/paper
Strategic work of FAO to increase the resilience of livelihoods
Together with its partners, FAO works to increase the resilience of agricultural livelihoods at risk of disasters and crises. People with resilient livelihoods are better able to withstand damage, recover and adapt when disasters cannot be avoided. The increasing frequency and intensity of disasters caused by climate change reinforces the...
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Manual
Mesa de incidencia política de las mujeres rurales colombianas
Esta herramienta de comunicación e incidencia es el resultado de estrategias implementadas por grupos de mujeres que trabajan por la garantía de sus derechos, el reconocimiento de sus identidades y la participación en los espacios de toma de decisiones que afectan a las mujeres rurales en Latinoamérica.
Con esta herramienta se...
Colombia
2017 - Iniciativa Basada en Compromisos "Mujer Rural y Derecho a la Tierra" - ILC LAC
Policy brief/paper
Strengthening sector policies for better food security and nutrition results
Livestock
The livestock sector is a complex one that touches not only on animal production and agriculture but on environment, health, and land-use rights. Addressing all of these topics within a policy is a delicate task especially where there is a wide range of competing objectives: economic growth, employment, equality, food...
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Event
Digitising agriculture and food value chains
The digital single market offers many opportunities for agriculture and food value chains -up to the consumer- to become smarter, more efficient, more circular and more connected. This event will place Horizon 2020 investments in farm and food digitisation in their broader policy context and showcase successful and inspirational projects....
European Union
2017 - The EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation
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