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Blog article
Réduire les pertes post-capture : un enjeu pour les pêches en RD Congo

La FAO renforce les capacités de l’administration centrale des pêches et de l’aquaculture, et des parties prenantes pour minimiser les pertes après capture
L’Organisation des Nations Unies pour l’alimentation et l’agriculture (FAO) appui le renforcement des capacités sur l’organisation et le fonctionnement de l’unité post-capture. Une formation a été organisée à Kinshasa à l’endroit de trente agents de l’administration nationale des pêches et aquaculture, des entités décentralisées des provinces de Kongo Central et de...
Democratic Republic of the Congo
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Website
Asia and the Pacific's Blue Growth Initiative

The world’s marine and freshwater ecosystems – the Blue World – provide essential ecosystem services, biodiversity, food and livelihoods for hundreds of millions of people. The concept of a "blue economy" came out of the 2012 Rio+20 Conference. It is based on the premise that healthy and sustainable ocean ecosystems are more productive...
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Report
Regional strategy and action plan for sustainable intensification of aquaculture in the Asia-Pacific region

This publication is the outcome of regional activity and the regional initiative on sustainable intensification of aquaculture for blue growth in Asia-Pacific so it contributes to the strategic objective 2. It will be important regional strategy document to support the concerted effort of member country governments and the regional /international...
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Conference paper
Sustainable aquaculture development and its role in the food security and economic growth in Eritrea: Trends and prospects

Eritrea is a small developing nation in the Horn of Africa with total area 124,320 Km2 and has a population of about 6 million. Eritrea is situated in a strategically important part of the Red Sea.Eritrea has an extensive 2,234km coastline, 1,151km of it coming from its mainland and 1,083km...
Eritrea
2016

Article
Fishing livelihoods as key to marine protected areas: insights from the World Parks Congress

Marine protected areas (MPAs) have become a widely used tool for marine conservation and fisheries management. In coastal areas, it has become clear that the success of MPAs, and the achievement of sustainable fishery production, requires a combination of effective management and conservation frameworks, maintenance of decent fisheries livelihoods, and...
2016

Journal article
Vingt ans d’aquaculture en Afrique du Nord : évolutions, bilan critique et avenir

Cet article présente l’évolution de la situation de l’aquaculture en Afrique du Nord au cours des 20 dernières années, ainsi que les potentialités et contraintes spécifiques à chaque pays. Ce travail est un des produits du projet européen Aquamed (2011–2013). L’analyse des évolutions du secteur, y compris les capacités de...
Algeria - Egypt - Morocco - Tunisia
2016

Newsletter article
Projeto de piscicultura começa a mudar a vida de famílias indígenas

Comunidade indígena tem na criação de peixe uma atividade de subsistência alimentar, com comercialização do excedente
A piscicultura faz parte de um projeto de sustentabilidade e desenvolvimento econômico nas comunidades indígenas de Roraima. O projeto é de suma importância não só para os indígenas, envolvidos diretamente, como também ao Estado, por receber e consumir peixe de qualidade.  A economia da comunidade foi favorecida com o recebimento do projeto,...
Brazil
2016 - Folha de Boa Vista

Conference/Meeting
Farmers' Congress Appeal 2016

On June 2, 2016 the delegates, gathered for the Georgian Farmers’ II Congress held in Tbilisi and discussed problems related to the following three main issues: 1. Market access for smallholder farmers and cooperatives; 2. Smallholder farmers and agricultural cooperatives’ access to investment funds and financial resources; 3. Effects of...
Georgia
2016 - Biological Farming Association ELKANA

Article
Sustainable farming systems in Bangladesh and Japan receive global recognition

Four new sites designated Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems for innovation, sustainability and adaptability
Four traditional farming systems in Bangladesh and Japan have been designated today by FAO as "Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems."
Bangladesh - Japan
2015 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Blog article
中国的新时代小农场及其纵向一体化:龙头企业还是合作组织?

中国农业的未来不在于大规模机械化的农场,而是在于资本-劳动双密集化的小规模畜-禽-鱼饲养和菜-果种植家庭农场。中国的食品消费正从原来的8:1:1型,即八成粮食、一成肉食、一成蔬菜向4:3:3型转化。它促进了农业结构的相应转型。小规模家庭农场其实比大农场更适合中国的新时代农业,包括绿色农业,因为它需要的是频繁的、多种小量的手工劳动,不允许简单的规模经济效益,更多依赖的是范围经济效益。同时,它也更适合于中国高人口压力的实际。 但小农场仍然需要从生产到加工到销售的纵向一体化,虽然并不附带耕作上的横向一体化。合作组织正是在如此的背景下,为了把小农场与规模加工和销售整合起来而自发性地兴起的。但是近年来中国政府一直在积极扶持资本主义型的龙头企业,把它们认作纵向一体化的第一选择。今天,中国农业正面临一个十字路口,其将来的纵向一体化将以什么样的组织模式为主尚是个未知数。
China
2015

Report
Highlights from FAO results in Africa, 2014

Supporting Sustainable Agriculture Development for a Hunger Free Africa in the next 10 years
This document is a compendium of FAO Africa results in 2014. The results focus on FAO Africa Regional Initiatives which were implemented in alignment with the Organization’s Corporate Strategic Objectives and Country Programming Frameworks, namely eradicating hunger and malnutrition, promoting sustainable and productive agriculture, reducing rural poverty, enabling inclusive and...
2015 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Report
Agriculture, forestry and fishery statistics 2014

The Agriculture, forestry and fishery statistics statistical book provides a selection of topical data. Information is presented for the European Union (EU) and its Member States, and is supplemented (when available) with data for EFTA members and for the acceding and candidate countries to the EU. This publication aims to...
2015 - European Union

Video
IYFF+10 Global action for Family Farming - AIAF+10 Impulso global por la Agricultura Familiar

This video shows the intense global campaign coordinated by the World Rural Forum The central objective of the IYFF+10 initiative will remain improving public policy in favor of Family Farming. This campaign, recently launched by the FRM, will have, within its broad framework for action, three main components: promotion of National...
2015 - World Rural Forum (WRF)

Journal article
Transformations agricoles et agricultures familiales

quelques défis mis en lumière durant l’Année internationale de l’agriculture familiale
Ce numéro thématique des Cahiers Agricultures apporte une contribution à les perspectives post-AIAF, en continuité de travaux initiés dès 2008 par l’initiative d’Observatoire des agricultures du monde et d’un séminaire international organisé sur ce sujet lors du 10e symposium de l’International Farming System Association (http://www.worldagricultureswatch.org/events/july-2012-10th-ifsa-symposium), portant sur les enjeux des...
2015 - Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement (CIRAD)

Case study
Exploraciones n°23: roles de género en la actividad pesquera del Lago Titicaca, reflexiones para el pensamiento sudamericano

Estudio de caso de la comunidad Gran Puni
El presente ensayo describe detalladamente la participación de mujeres y hombres en la pesca tradicional de una comunidad a orillas del Lago Titicaca, que comparten Bolivia y Perú. El trabajo fue calificado como tercer premio del Concurso anual de artículos y ensayos sobre agricultura familiar comunitaria, destacando de manera especial...
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) - Peru
2015 - Instituto para el Desarrollo Rural de Sudamérica (IPDRS)

Blog article
Mayor productividad agrícola y valor añadido serán claves para que América Latina y el Caribe enfrente la desaceleración económica

El aumento de la productividad, la diversificación y el valor añadido son  la mejor apuesta de América Latina y el Caribe para lograr un crecimiento estable y sostenido del sector agrícola en un escenario caracterizado por la desaceleración de la demanda mundial de productos agroalimentarios, plantean FAO, CEPAL e IICA...
2015 - Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL)

Book
Perspectivas de la agricultura y del desarrollo rural en las Américas

Una mirada hacia América Latina y el Caribe 2015-2016
En esta sexta edición del documento “Perspectivas de la agricultura y del desarrollo rural en las Américas”, la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), la Oficina Regional para América Latina y el Caribe de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)...
2015 - Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL)

Book
The consumption of fish and fish products in the Asia-Pacific region based on household surveys

Fish and fish products play a highly important role in the food and nutritional security of rural, urban and coastal populations throughout Asia and the Pacific. In many countries, catching or farming aquatic resources forms a vital part of rural people's livelihoods and contributes a major source of protein, especially...
2015 - Food and Agriculture Organization of The United Nations

Blog article
Noruega y FAO firman acuerdo para mejorar la contribución de la pesca de pequeña escala a la seguridad alimentaria mundial

Tone Skogen, Secretaria de Estado del Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores de Noruega y José Graziano da Silva, Director General de la FAO, firmaron hoy un acuerdoque busca aumentar la contribución de la pesca de pequeña escala a la seguridad alimentaria y a los medios de vida sostenibles. La firma del acuerdo...
2015 - Oficina Regional para América Latina y el Caribe de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)

Policy brief/paper
Directrices voluntarias para lograr la sostenibilidad de la pesca en pequeña escala

En el contexto de la seguridad alimentaria y la erradicación de la pobreza
Las Directrices voluntarias para lograr la sostenibilidad de la pesca en pequeña escala en el contexto de la seguridad alimentaria y la erradicación de la pobreza (en adelante, las Directrices PPE) representan el primer instrumento acordado en el plano internacional dedicado por entero al sector de la pesca en pequeña...
2015 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
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