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Assessment of farmers' perceptions and the economic impact of climate change in Namibia
Case study on small scale irrigation farmers (SSIFs) of Ndonga Linena Irrigation Project
This paper examines perceptions of small-scale irrigation farmers (SSIFs) with regard to climate change and their adaptation strategies in terms of its effects. The The Multinomial Logit (MNL) and the Trade-Off Analysis models were applied. Farm-level data was collected from the entire population of 30 SSIFs at the Ndonga Linena...
Namibia
2014 - Polytechnic of Namibia
Fact sheet
La agricultura familiar, fuente de vida y derechos
Hoja informativa que transmite información sobre la agricultura familiar en Paraguay, su definición, estadísticas, situación actual, seguridad y soberanía alimentaria.
Paraguay
2014 - Centro de Documentación y Estudios (CDE)
Magazine article
Empowering rural stakeholders in the Western Balkans
Opportunity – the road to empowerment of stakeholders and to partnership between stakeholders and governments
The role of different levels of governance is not fully clear. Action at village level is very limited. Mechanisms for connecting governments and stakeholders are emerging. Governments are committed to the further involvement of stakeholders. The groundwork for LEADER-type partnerships is being laid. Rural development networks are in place or...
2014 - EU Agriculture and Rural development
Video
In the words of family farmers: Ethiopia
76% of the world's poorest people live in rural areas of developing countries. Many, like Boru Gudo, depend on agriculture - and irregular rainfall - to survive. Boru explains how regular access to water has change his life.
Ethiopia
2014 - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Report
Summary of Cows, missing milk markets and nutrition in rural Ethiopia
In rural economies encumbered by significant market imperfections, farming decisions may partly be motivated by nutritional considerations, in addition to income and risk factors. These imperfections create the potential for farm assets to have direct dietary impacts on nutrition in addition to any indirect effects via income. We test this...
Ethiopia
2014 - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Ethiopian Development Research Institute (EDRI)
Article
THE IMPORTANCE OF AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES IN POSTCOMMUNIST ROMANIA
The new types of successful cooperative structures developed in European countries have stimulated a dialogue within Romania on the benefits and the opportunities brought by these structures. This subject is highly relevant for us taking into account that in a capitalized economy, agriculture is a simple and efficient response to...
2014
Report
Agriculture and livestock survey A2 farms 2012
This Report presents the results of the 2011-2012 Agriculture and Livestock Survey (ALS) in A2 Farms conducted by the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency.
Zimbabwe
2014 - Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency
Website
Giedrikai farm
Daiva and Arūnas have been running their farm since 2001. Their farm is situated in Kiršoniai village, Biržai district. The farm is a certified ecological farm. Farmers became national winners of international contest of environmentally-friendly farming – WWF Baltic Sea Farmer of the Year . The farm is located near...
Lithuania
2014 - Baltic Deal
Magazine article
Agricultura familiar y soberanía alimentaria. Diversidades territoriales de las políticas públicas en Misiones y Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Este trabajo presenta avances de una investigación grupal en la que se analizan políticas públicas que articulan agricultura familiar –AF– y seguridad y soberanía alimentaria –SSA– en Argentina a partir de la década de 2010. Desde esta temática se busca contribuir al conocimiento de la problemática del desarrollo y del...
Argentina
2014 - CONICET
Fact sheet
Capacity Development Support to Rural Women on the Socio-Economic and Gender Aspects of Sustainable Rural Development
This project, started in 2014 under the FAO-Turkey Partnership Programme, was developed to improve services for rural women by enhancing the capacity of institutions and of agricultural extension and rural advisory services staff in Turkey and Azerbaijan. The project’s ultimate objective was to promote rural women’s socio-economic integration and enhance...
Azerbaijan - Türkiye
2014 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Website
Norup Farm
Norup Farm is situated in Skåne, 20 km north of Kristianstad, in South Sweden. It is owned and cultivated by the Norup family and has been in the family since the beginning of the 20th century. The main crop is potato, but there is also a production of cereals, peas,...
Sweden
2014 - Baltic Deal
Conference proceedings
State of food and agriculture in the Near East and North Africa Region
The number of chronically undernourished people in the Region in 2010-13 reached 79.4 million, representing 11.2% of the population which was higher than in the 2008-2010 period. In addition, an estimated 31.0% of children under five are stunted. On the other side of the malnutrition spectrum, nearly one quarter of...
2014 - Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Fact sheet
Value Chains for Food Security and Nutrition in the Pacific Islands
The declining export competitiveness of farmers and fishers in the Pacific Islands, coupled with increased dietary dependence on imported food, has led public and private sector stakeholders in the Pacific to prioritize improving the capacity of their agricultural sectors to meet their domestic food needs. As a result, there is...
Cook Islands - Fiji - Samoa
2014 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Blog article
Les exploitations agricoles familiales intégrées, solution à la sécurité alimentaire
Des chercheurs ivoiriens du secteur agricole relèvent que des exploitations familiales intégrées peuvent permettre d’atteindre la sécurité alimentaire et le développement durable en Côte d’Ivoire. Une expérience pilote menée de 2011 à 2012 dans la localité de Korhogo par l'organisation non gouvernementale Chigata, en collaboration avec le Comité Français pour...
Côte d'Ivoire
2014 - Chigata
Video
La escuela del silencio
"La escuela del silencio". Una mirada a la desigualdad de género en la educación.
Peru
2014 - UNICEF Perú
Blog article
Creating a brighter future for farmers
Charcoal smokers introduced by the South-South Cooperation programme have improved women’s income in the Edeha fish market.
During the past ten years, over 600 Chinese experts and technicians have been deployed in Nigeria to share their agricultural skills with local farmers. The South-South Cooperation (SSC) programme, which has been fully funded by the Government of Nigeria and facilitated by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United...
Nigeria
2014 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Conference paper
COFI/2014/3. Committee on Fisheries, Securing sustainable small-scale fisheries: Update on the development of the voluntary guidelines for securing sustainable small-scale fisheries in the context of food security and poverty eradication (SSF guidelines), Thirty-first Session, Rome, 9-13 June 2014
This document recalls the consultative processes that informed the preparation of the draft Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication (SSF Guidelines) by the FAO Secretariat. Referring to the Chairperson’s report, it recounts the progress of the two sessions of the...
2014 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Report
Upper Egypt rural development project supervision report
Main report and appendices
The UERDP constitutes a USD 20 million development investment financed by Government (almost USD 3.7 million) and IFAD (loan of USD 15 million and grant of USD 1 million). The project is contributing to reducing poverty and improving livelihoods of the rural poor in Qena and Assiut governorates of Upper...
Egypt
2014 - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Website
Fårdala Farm
Fårdala Farm is run by Claes and Gunnar Bergstrand, together with their families. Claes and Gunnar, who are first cousins, are the third generation on the farm. The business is operated as a sole propriatorship formed in 1991. Fårdala is located on the slope of Varvsberget Mountain about 15 km...
Sweden
2014 - Baltic Deal
Fact sheet
NETHERLANDS - Common Agricultural Policy
During the next 7 years, the new CAP is going to invest more than EUR 61 billion in Dutch farming sector and rural areas. Key political priorities have been defined at European level such as: jobs, sustainability, modernization, innovation and quality. In parallel, flexibility is given to the Netherlands to...
Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
2014 - European Commission
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