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United Nations agencies launch environmental protection and resilience project for host communities and refugees in Bangladesh
Families living in the world’s largest refugee camp this week received the first 2,500 stoves and liquid petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders that are part of a United Nations project to protect the environment and build resilience for people living in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.
The “SAFE Plus” (Safe Approaches to Fuel and...
Bangladesh
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Artículo
New project promotes indigenous food and sustainable tourism in the Philippines
Slow Food and the Mountain Partnership Secretariat, hosted by FAO, have signed an agreement to improve the livelihoods of mountain people, with special focus on Cordillera’s mountain community in the Philippines.
The agreement came ahead of today’s International Mountain Day – a day celebrated each year on December 11 to highlight the importance of mountains to people’s lives and livelihoods.
The two organizations committed to creating stronger synergies between mountain food products and sustainable tourism services. This includes promoting high-quality, indigenous, mountain...
Philippines
2018
Informe
Access to finance for forest and farm producer organisations (FFPOs)
Growing populations and consumption patterns are squeezing forests – especially through industrial agriculture. But many of the 1.5 billion people who live within the world’s remaining forest landscapes are farmers too, albeit smallholders. Many grow and protect trees. Most also hunt and gather from the forest. Forests provide them with...
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) - Cameroon - Gambia - Guatemala - Kenya - Liberia - Mexico - Myanmar - Nepal - Nicaragua - Viet Nam - Zambia
2018 - International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
Artículo de revista especializada
Gendered aspirations and occupations among rural youth, in agriculture and beyond: A cross-regional perspective
Based on 25 case studies from the global comparative study ‘GENNOVATE: Enabling gender equality in agricultural and environmental innovation’, this paper explores rural young women’s and men’s occupational aspirations and trajectories in India, Mali, Malawi, Morocco, Mexico, Nigeria, and the Philippines. We draw upon qualitative data from 50 sex-segregated focus...
India - Malawi - Mali - Mexico - Morocco - Nigeria - Philippines
2018
Artículo de blog
Asian countries warned that deadly African Swine Fever is ‘here to stay’ – utmost diligence required to avoid major damage to food security and livelihoods
The outbreak of African swine fever in China, first detected last month by authorities there, is accelerating and will almost certainly emerge in other countries in Asia, a regional emergency meeting convened by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) heard today.
African Swine Fever (ASF) was first detected in Asia...
China
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO
Actas de conferencia
Underutilized Crops for Food and Nutritional Security in Asia and the Pacific
In order to address the issue of hunger and malnutrition through nutrient rich and climate resilient underutilized crops, the Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions (APAARI), a unique voluntary, membership-based, self-mandated, apolitical and multi-stakeholder (70 members) organization in the Asia-Pacific region planned a multi-stakeholder “Regional Expert Consultation on Underutilized Crops...
2018 - Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions (APAARI)
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Future Smart Food
Rediscovering Hidden Treasures of Neglected and Underutilized Species for Zero Hunger in Asia
Future Smart Food: Rediscovering Hidden Treasures of Neglected and Underutilized Species for Zero Hunger in Asia has as its purposes: i) to demonstrate the multidimensional benefits of Neglected and Underutilized species (NUS) and their potential contribution to achieving Zero Hunger; ii) to identify promising NUS that are nutrition-dense, climate-resilient, economically-viable...
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO
Artículo de blog
Fall Armyworm likely to spread from India to other parts of Asia with South East Asia and South China most at risk
Fall Armyworm could threaten the food security and livelihoods of millions of small-scale farmers in Asia as the invasive crop-eating pest is highly likely to spread further from India, with South East Asia and South China most at risk, FAO warned today.
Recently detected in India - the first time it...
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Informe
Report of the National Workshop on Small-scale Fisheries, Cyclone Ockhi and Disaster Risk Management 29 to 30 May, 2018, Kerala, India
National Workshop on Small-scale Fisheries, Cyclone Ockhi and Disaster Risk Management was held on 28 to 29 May, 2018 at Thiruvananthapuram. The workshop was organised by the International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) Trust with the support of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The...
India
2018 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Artículo de blog
Growing momentum to close the net on illegal fishing
A growing number of countries are signing up to a global agreement that helps stop illegal fishing, as the international community today marks the first International Day for the Fight Against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing. IUU fishing is estimated to affect one in every five fish caught, with an...
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Libro
Cyclone Ockhi: Disaster Risk Management and Sea Safety in the Indian Marine Fisheries Sector
Between 29 November and 3 December, 2017, Cyclone Ockhi devastated hundreds of lives and livelihoods of coastal fishing communities in Kerala and Tamil Nadu, India. This study assesses the impacts of the cyclone on fishing communities and the mechanisms in place at the local, national and international levels to address...
India
2018 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Estudio de caso
Farm to systems
In small and remote villages in South Asia, our rich agricultural crop/breed diversity and associated knowledge is slowly getting wiped out and is being replaced by a handful of `high yielding’ and `improved’ crops/breeds. Rampant use of chemicals has led to the death of soil and is poisoning our food...
India
2018 - Deutsche Welthungerhilfe
Acto
The 34th session of the Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific
There will be a full schedule of presentations, discussions and activities. Some of the highlights of the Conference include a Ministerial Roundtable on Zero Hunger, a Roundtable on "Imagining future healthy and inclusive food systems in Asia and the Pacific,” an Exhibition honoring the achievements and progress of the 10 Regional...
Fiji
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Revista especializada
Samudra Report No. 79, August 2018
The opening editorial Comment in the current issue argues that as the implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication (SSF Guidelines) gets under way, it is imperative to lobby for policies and processes that will empower small-scale fishing...
2018 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Libro
State of Land in the Mekong Region
The Mekong region has undergone rapid socio-economic growth over the past two decades alongside pronounced transformations in a number of key sectors and relations between the rural majority and increasingly-affluent urban centres. Land—as both a foundation for national development and the livelihood basis for millions of rural and agricultural households—continues...
Cambodia - Lao People's Democratic Republic - Myanmar - Thailand - Viet Nam
2018 - Centre for Development and Environment
Artículo de revista especializada
India / Natural Hazards: In the Eye of the Storm
In the wake of tropical cyclone Ockhi, the focus now should be on improving at-sea cyclone preparedness and search-and-rescue co-ordination to save precious lives.
India
2018 - ICSF
Revista especializada
Comment/Editorial: From Rhetoric to Reality
As the implementation of the SSF Guidelines gets under way, it is imperative to lobby for policies and processes that will empower small-scale fishing communities
2018 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Prácticas
Grape Mundo: an ecosystem for grape farming
“Grape Mundo” is a technology ecosystem that guides grape farmers to do precision and sustainable grape farming to produce high-quality grapes using minimum chemicals, thus lowering the cost. This ecosystem also helps grape farmers sell export quality and residue-free grapes across a huge PAN India market, without any involvement of...
India
2018 - Rta Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
Revista especializada
Sri Lanka/Co-operatives: Wellbeing Aspirations
Fisheries co-operatives in Sri Lanka need to be restructured into true co-management platforms to ensure the sustainable use of coastal zone resources
Sri Lanka
2018 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Artículo de revista especializada
India/Cyclone Ockhi: A Stitch in Time
Cyclone Ockhi, which hit southern India late last year, brought out the need to empower communities to manage risks through locally owned and locally appropriate approaches
India
2018 - ICSF
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