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Carbon footprint of the banana supply chain
Due to the growth of agricultural production, FAO estimated that emissions from agriculture, forestry and fisheries have almost doubled over the past fifty years and could increase by 18% by 2030 and 30% by 2050 . Since the years 2000, this increase has mainly occurred in developing countries. Between 2001...
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Blog article
Fisheries in Samoa receive boost
The development of the Fisheries sector in Samoa received a boost with the launching of four major initiatives.
Speaking at the launch which took place in July, the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Mr Leuatea Schmidt highlighted the challenges that face the industry. “The challenges include increasing monitoring in an effort...
Samoa
2017 - Food and Agriculture organization of the United Nations
Blog article
Aumentar la productividad de forma sostenible e incluyente es el principal reto del agro en América Latina y el Caribe
Los principales cambios en la agricultura y la ruralidad durante los últimos dos años en América Latina y el Caribe y las perspectivas regionales para el 2018, son los principales temas que aborda la nueva edición del libro Perspectivas de la agricultura y del desarrollo rural en las Américas, lanzado en...
2017 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Policy brief/paper
Dynamic rural-urban linkages for decent rural employment
This policy brief describes how stronger rural-urban linkages can create decent rural employment opportunities for rural youth. It argues that many of these decent jobs can be created in both in-farm and off-farm activities along inclusive agri-food value chains. To achieve this, it is necessary to promote integrated approaches to...
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Blog article
Uruguay: productores de cerdo forman un grupo para fortalecer al sector
En el marco del proyecto "De la granja al plato" buscan desarrollar y fortalecer todos los eslabones de la cadena productiva.
La próxima semana quedará conformado oficialmente el Grupo "Suroeste" de productores de cerdos. El novel colectivo reúne -en principio- a unos 30 productores, y tiene por cometido continuar con el...
Uruguay
2017 - Instituto Nacional de Carnes (INAC)
Blog article
Biodiversity conservation and protected area management course on offer in Fiji
The Forest and Protected Area Management project (FPAM) is assisting the Fiji Ministry for Forestry Fiji through the Forestry Training Centre (FTC) with the development of a new tailored short term courses for Biodiversity Conservation and Protected Area Management.
The Fiji Forestry Training Centre, which is part of the Ministry of...
Fiji
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Blog article
Las mujeres rurales de América Latina y el Caribe sacan la voz
FAO anunció a las ganadoras de su concurso de historias
Mujeres que enfrentaron los efectos de la industrialización del cacao en Bolivia y mujeres que sembraron palmas en los territorios recuperados por la paz en Colombia, son las dos historias que ganaron el concurso de relatos y fotografías organizado por la FAO para dar a conocer las experiencias de vida...
2017 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Blog article
Networking and Rural Youth Capacity Development at the Songhai Center in Benin
Key element to agriculture and rural development transformation in The Gambia
In order to face this development challenge, IFAD’s Livestock and Horticulture Development Project, focusing mainly on women (who are the main producers and managers of rice, vegetables and small ruminants) and the youth, aims to help small-scale rural producers to increase their incomes by improving the yield and quality of...
Gambia
2017 - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Working paper
Gender-differentiated impacts of tenure insecurity on agricultural performance in Malawi’s customary tenure systems
Many African countries rely on sporadic land transfers from customary to statutory domains to attract investment and improve agricultural performance. Data from 15,000 smallholders and 800 estates in Malawi allow exploring the long-term effects of such a strategy. The results suggest that (i) most estates are less productive than smallholders;...
Malawi
2017 - World Bank
Blog article
FAO boosts support to promote legal timber trade in Lao PDR
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is stepping up support for the legal timber trade in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic with the official launch of two new projects that will strengthen the roles of civil society and the private sector in improving forest law enforcement,...
Lao People's Democratic Republic
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Blog article
Programa Sello Manos Campesinas
El Sello Manos Campesinas® es un sistema de acreditación que respalda atributos de productos y servicios generados por pequeños productores a lo largo de todo el territorio nacional. La sola presencia de este sello, asegura el cumplimiento de sus estándares, además de fomentar el desarrollo económico local de familias campesinas.
El...
Chile
2017 - Instituto Desarrollo Agropecuario (INDAP)
Book
Emprendimientos de Agricultura Familiar para la Paz
Metodologías para la innovación social y tecnológica para el desarrollo rural
El libro sistematiza experiencias de las Escuelas de Campo de Agricultores (ECA) en Colombia, productivas y de gestión, desarrolladas por FAO y otras instituciones, en múltiples proyectos de fortalecimiento de comunidades y organizaciones de agricultura familiar. Estos esfuerzos fueron dirigidos a promover la seguridad alimentaria, el autoconsumo, los medios de...
Colombia
2017 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Blog article
UN-FAO supports transformation of agriculture sector in eastern Ukraine
Continued armed conflict and related instability have inflicted enormous losses on the agricultural sector in Ukraine’s Donetsk and Lugansk regions. Yet, as the rest of the economy declines subsistence farming has taken on new importance. It could even become a driver of the local economy, according to a report released...
Ukraine
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Book
Agroindústria familiar: aspectos a serem considerados na sua implantação
O processamento de produtos agropecuários para autoconsumo no âmbito das pequenas propriedades rurais é uma atividade tradicional, realizada pelos agricultores familiares. Certos processamentos podem ser feitos durante todo o ano, como é o caso da fabricação de queijo, enquanto outros ocorrem em épocas específicas, de acordo com a disponibilidade da...
Brazil
2017 - Embrapa Agroindústria de Alimentos
Article
With Fair Access to Fisheries, Irish Island Communities Could Thrive
The geographical isolation of islands makes them highly dependent on the resources available within their localities, especially fisheries resources. The right to fish, and to access fishery resources are prerequisite to the prosperity and very survival of such island communities.
Ireland
2017 - Low Impact Fishers of Europe
Working paper
Double dividend: Power and Agriculture nexus in Sub-Saharan Africa
Increasing access to modern electricity services in Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the main development challenges facing the world over the next two decades. The rural economies are overwhelmingly dependent on agriculture; in fact, agriculture and agribusiness comprise nearly half of Africa’s gross domestic product (GDP). These enterprises require electricity...
Ethiopia - Kenya - Mali - United Republic of Tanzania - Zambia
2017 - World Bank
Book
Políticas Públicas y Marcos Institucionales para Agricultura Familiar en América Latina
Esta publicación analiza la realidad actual y plantea las perspectivas a futuro de la Agricultura Familiar en Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Paraguay y Venezuela.
En el documento se sugieren orientaciones para las acciones a desarrollar en los próximos años, al formularse e implementarse políticas enfocadas en los distintos...
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) - Chile - Colombia - Ecuador - Honduras - Nicaragua - Paraguay - Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
2017 - Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA)
Newsletter
NEWS FROM THE DECK - February 2017
The monthly newsletter of the Low Impact Fishers of Europe
2017 - Low Impact Fishers of Europe
Working paper
An assessment of the livestock economy in mixed crop-livestock production systems in Ethiopia
The livestock subsector has contributed little to the remarkable economic growth recorded in Ethiopia in the last decade. In an effort to stimulate livestock production, the Ethiopian government has recently recognized livestock as an important strategic subsector in which to invest. Unlike most studies that focus purely on aspects of...
Ethiopia
2017 - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Video
Farming with Conservation Agriculture in Kenya
Since the start of the FAO program in 2015 in Kenya, more than 26,000 farmers adopted conservation agriculture in the eight counties; 3,500 of them have now market linkages with contracts and are developing cottage industries.
Kenya
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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