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Boletín informativo n°1 del Proyecto Mujer y Bosque: Gestión integral para la adaptación al cambio climático y la resiliencia comunitaria
Los Boletines Informativos de Proyectos (BIP) tienen como propósito fortalecer la comunicación y procesos de información con todos nuestros socios y contrapartes, así como con organizaciones e instituciones públicas y privadas, dando a conocer proyectos y detalles referidos a avances en su implementación y los resultados alcanzados. En esta ocasión,...
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
2015 - Soluciones Prácticas
Newsletter
US$ 11 million GEF grant to address land degradation, climate change
An ambitious five-year project on integrated natural resources management in drought-prone and salt-affected areas is on its way to take-off, thanks to US$ 11 million in financing from the Global Environment Facility (GEF).
The FAO project will assist Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkey and Turkmenistan in tackling challenges related to desertification, land...
Kazakhstan - Kyrgyzstan - Tajikistan - Türkiye - Turkmenistan
2015
Book
Implementing the voluntary guidelines for securing sustainable small-scale fisheries in the context of food security and poverty eradication (SSF Guidelines): perspectives of the fishers and fishworkers on the east coast of India
This report is the outcome of a series of six fishworkers’ consultations, organised to discuss the relevance and implementation of FAO’s Small-Scale Fisheries Guidelines (SSF Guidelines), and my sincere thanks are due to the fishers and fishworkers - both men and women - who attended the consultations in Kakinada (Andhra...
India
2015
Magazine article
Vegetable growing, a profitable business in Suceava
As professional car mechanic, Vasile Mătrășoaie worked in the former Suceava car repair enterprise, and after work, he took pleasure in growing vegetables. He was even selling to his colleagues the seeds he was planting in order to make some money. This was his beginning in a field in which...
Romania
2015 - Romanian Rural Development Network
Newsletter
Boletín Informativo Trimestral de la Representación de FAO en Ecuador
El boletín, correspondiente al segundo trimestre del año 2015, da a conocer las actividades más importantes llevadas a cabo por la Representación de FAO en Ecuador durante los meses de abril, mayo y junio. En el documento se destaca el evento de lanzamieno del Programa de Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricional...
Ecuador
2015 - Oficina Nacional de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura en Ecuador (FAO Ecuador)
Magazine article
Stakeholder involvement in rural development policy – an overview
This article provides an introduction to the topic of stakeholder involvement in rural development policy and sets the scene for the rest of this EU Rural Review. It clarifies the importance of stakeholder involvement and how and why the EU is prepared to invest so much to support it. It...
2015 - European Union
Blog article
Protección social y agricultura familiar para romper círculo de pobreza
La Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO) señaló hoy que la protección social y la agricultura familiar son la receta para romper el círculo de la pobreza rural, pues la mejor inversión está en el campo.
La batalla para acabar con el hambre y la...
Peru
2015 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Blog article
Egypt changes wheat farmers' subsidy system
Egypt will start buying local wheat from farmers at the average global price starting next season changing the way it subsidises its wheat growers, the cabinet said in a statement on Thursday. In previous years Egypt annually fixed a local procurement price for Egyptian wheat that is above global prices in...
Egypt
2015
Newsletter
Boletín n° 1 del proyecto “Emprendimientos juveniles exitosos con el uso de tecnologías de información y comunicación”
En esta ocasión presentamos el primer BIP del proyecto “Emprendimientos juveniles exitosos con el uso de tecnologías de información y comunicación” que se desarrolla en los municipios de Rurrenabaque y San Buenaventura de los departamentos de Beni y La Paz, en Bolivia. El propósito del proyecto es fortalecer las capacidades...
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
2015 - Soluciones Prácticas
Article
Traditional Olive Grove in Amfissa, Greece
The olive grove of Amfissa is a traditional, non-aligned cultivation of olive trees in Central Greece. Trees are very old - 70% of them are more than 150 years old - they have deep pleats on their trunks and a well-developed crown and, in some cases, they are over 10...
Greece
2015
Website
Estadísticas Agropecuarias
El Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos, basado en el principio 14.3 del Código de Buenas Prácticas Estadísticas del Ecuador y siguiendo su política de transparencia, informa a sus usuarios que se produjo un error de estimación en la publicación de la Encuesta de Superficie y Producción Agropecuaria Continua (ESPAC)...
Ecuador
2015 - Instituto Nacional de Estadìstica y Censos (INEC)
Magazine article
My Farm - The young investors are optimistic about the future
Berindu is an ordinary village located at 31 kilometres from Cluj-Napoca, on the road to Zalău. People from here, householders like in the whole Ardeal, liver their lives working the land and rearing animals. In the small locality affiliated to Sânpaul Municipality from Cluj we found a young investor in...
Romania
2015 - Romanian Rural Development Network
Website
Development of hazelnut production through cooperation
program is implemented by Agency for development of agricultural cooperatives
Georgia
2015
Book
The State of Food and Agriculture 2015
Social protection and agriculture: breaking the cycle of rural poverty
This edition of The State of Food and Agriculture 2015 makes the case that social protection measures will help break the cycle of rural poverty and vulnerability, when combined with broader agricultural and rural development measures.
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on reducing poverty have been met by many countries, yet...
2015 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Website
Cooperativas del Mercosur (CICOPA Mercosur)
CICOPA Mercosur es la entidad sub-regional de la Organización Internacional de las Cooperativas de Producción Industrial, Artesanal y de Servicios (CICOPA), entidad sectorial del cooperativismo de trabajo de la Alianza Cooperativa Internacional (ACI).
Su misión es contribuir al desarrollo de las sociedades de los países del MERCOSUR, profundizando la democracia económica, social y política...
Argentina - Brazil - Paraguay - Uruguay
2015 - Cooperativas del Mercosur (CICOPA Mercosur)
Journal article
Ganadería lechera: una alternativa viable para elevar los ingresos de las familias rurales en el altiplano andino
El presente artículo analiza las características y condiciones que una propuesta de innovación tecnológica debería tener para garantizar que la ganadería lechera sea un instrumento importante en la superación de la pobreza en los productores de zonas altoandinas como los de La Paz en Bolivia. Para esto el autor analiza...
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
2015 - Soluciones Prácticas
Policy brief/paper
Small-scale farmer innovation
This policy brief consolidates lessons learned from an in-depth literature review on small-scale farmer (SSF) innovation systems and a two-day expert consultation on the same topic, hosted in Geneva by Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) in May 2015. The key message is that SSF innovation systems are unique relative to...
2015 - Quaker United Nations Office
Miscellanea
Serbian agriculture getting back on track
Eighteen months after floods washed away the livelihoods of thousands of farm households, Serbian agriculture is getting back on track – thanks to help from the European Union and FAO.
A second phase of assistance for central and western Serbia started in the summer and is now close to completion. More...
Serbia
2015 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Article
Defining small-scale fisheries in the EU on the basis of their operational range of activity The Swedish fleet as a case study
Extending the definition of small scale fisheries is a recurrent issue in policy and research debates. A broader definition of small scale fisheries would need to encompass, in addition to vessel size attributes such as vessel length, variables relating to their local operational range,their social role in coastal communities and...
Sweden
2015
Report
Agriculture and rural prosperity in The Caribbean 2013-2014
Highlights of IICA's technical cooperation
This Special Report provides a summary of the key results obtained in 2013-2014 by our IICA offices across the 15 Member States in the Caribbean Region, including Belize, which is a CARICOM Member state. The document also reports on results achieved under strategic partnerships, including with the EU through the...
2015 - Interamerican Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)
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