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FAO and Japan helping to rebuild livelihoods and ensure greater food security in Rakhine State, Myanmar
The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today announced that it has successfully delivered emergency assistance to more than six thousand rural households across Rakhine State, a region of Myanmar where nearly half the population is engaged in the agriculture sector.
In order to avoid food insecurity and improve self-sufficiency, following...
Myanmar
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Artículo de blog
Social innovation in mountain territories: insights from the conference “Mountain regions, territories of innovation”
“Mountain regions, territories of innovation” was the title of an international conference held on January 11-13, 2017 in Grenoble, France. The conference was organised by Labex Item, the platform for mountain research and territorial action in the French Northern Alps; it regroups academic and public institutions and other local stakeholders...
European Union
2017 - SIMRA
Documento/nota de orientación
The community land rights of women and youth in Turkana County, Kenya
This policy brief presents the main findings of a situational analysis and assessment of women’s and youth’s ability to access community land in Turkana County, Kenya, with a focus on their rights. The brief highlights the fact that even though policy and legal frameworks provide for equal rights and nondiscrimination...
Kenya
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Vídeo
Youth in Agriculture
This short film is part of the short films that have been received in the framework of the short film contest organized by ALiSEA and the Luang Prabang Film festival about Youth & Agroecology. The film is to document youth voice on why they choose to work or not to...
Lao People's Democratic Republic
2017 - ALiSEA Mekong
Libro
Europe and Central Asia - Regional overview of food insecurity
Part I of this year’s edition of the State of Food Insecurity in Europe and Central Asia is devoted to the theme of how the nature of food insecurity has evolved in the region over the past 23 years. The familiar four pillars of food security are used to demonstrate...
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Vídeo
Highlights | Harmony In Food And Farming Conference 2017
In his book, ‘Harmony, A New Way of Looking at Our World’, The Prince of Wales shares his insights about the timeless laws and principles which permeate everything around and within us, an understanding of which can enable us to make better sense of the world in which we find...
European Union
2017 - Sustainable Food Trust
Documento/nota de orientación
The Venhorst Declaration
The third European Rural Parliament (18-21 October 2017 – Venhorst, The Netherlands) resulted in the Venhorst Declaration, calling on “citizens and policy-makers to support the vitality of rural areas and to ensure that general policies and programmes are rural proofed.”
The Declaration – supported by over 250 representatives of rural communities...
2017 - European Parliament
Artículo de blog
Social Innovations reduce the impact of forest fires in rural Catalonia
At SIMRA’s first General Assembly, celebrated in Barcelona last May at the Mediterranean European Forest Institute (EFIMED), we got the chance to see first-hand how inhabitants of the Comarca of Bages are minimizing the impact of forest fires in their area.
This location was a very fitting place to learn about...
Spain
2017 - SIMRA
Artículo de blog
De mi huerto a la escuela
Adriana Tambaco, una pequeña agricultora ecuatoriana, nos habla de cómo sus alimentos frescos aportan al desarrollo de su comunidad y de niñas y niños en la provincia de Imbabura.
Ecuador
2017 - Programa Mundial de Alimentos (PMA Ecuador)
Revista especializada
Обзор торговой политики в странах Европы и Центральной Азии
Этот бюллетень предназначен для ежемесячного обновления политики торговли сельскохозяйственной продукцией в регионе и предоставления соответствующих новостей, касающихся торговли сельскохозяйственной продукцией.
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Vídeo
My Name is Lee
"My Name Is Lee" is part of the short films that have been received in the framework of the short film contest organized by ALiSEA and the Luang Prabang Film festival about Youth & Agroecology. It is the story of a young man (Lee Ayu) who has returned to his...
Lao People's Democratic Republic
2017 - ALiSEA Mekong
Artículo de blog
Proyectan feria comunitaria junto a productores de Lipimávida
Luego del II Encuentro de Productores, Compradores y Consumidores de la Quínoa.
Formar una feria comunitaria para comercializar los productos de productores locales y fortalecer el turismo fue una de las principales inquietudes de los vecinos de Lipimávida, localidad costera de la provincia de Curicó, tras participar en el II Encuentro...
Chile
2017 - Universidad Catòlica del Maule (UCM)
Vídeo
Rebuilding soil with livestock: one farmer's story
This film is about Duncan Leaney, a conventional tenant farmer near Taunton in Somerset who realised his farm was no longer viable due to the increasing costs of inputs such as chemical fertilisers and pesticides. At the same time his profit from cereal crops was not going up resulting in...
2017 - Sustainable Food Trust
Documento técnico
Localized public investment and agricultural performance in Malawi
An econometric approach
Using panel data econometric techniques, this paper evaluates how public expenditure influences agricultural performance at the district level in Malawi by empirically estimating localized expenditure multipliers for the districts. The results of the analysis show that public expenditures in agriculture have generally positive but variable impacts on agricultural growth at...
Malawi
2017 - International Food Policy Research Institute
Documento/nota de orientación
The community land rights of women and youth in Tana River County, Kenya
This policy brief presents the main findings of a situational analysis and assessment of women’s and youth’s ability to access community land in Tana River County, Kenya, with a focus on their rights. The brief highlights the fact that even though policy and legal frameworks provide for equal rights and...
Kenya
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Vídeo
FAO-Dimitra Clubs : Stepping stones for rural development
This video highlights the FAO Dimitra Clubs approach, its implementation, functioning modalities and keys features. “FAO-Dimitra Clubs: Stepping stones for rural development” is part of a series that illustrates the impact of FAO-Dimitra Clubs, a successful gender-transformative approach developed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)....
Burundi - Democratic Republic of the Congo - Ghana - Niger - Senegal
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Artículo de blog
FAO session to address climate change impact on animal diseases
Animal diseases that spread across national borders are nothing new – but how those diseases behave under a changing climate and more erratic weather is cause for concern. With support from its member nations, FAO is ramping up efforts to keep transboundary animal diseases at bay, starting with a dedicated...
European Union
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Vídeo
Making local food work against the odds - the story of Blaencamel in west Wales
How can remote areas with harsh climates eat local sustainably produced food all year round? And in the case of west Wales, in terms of vegetables, is there anything to survive on beyond cabbages and leeks? This film captures the story of Blaencamel, a 50-acre farm in the Aeron Valley,...
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2017 - Sustainable Food Trust
Artículo de blog
FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific re-affirms close collaboration with Government of Japan on technical cooperation in the region
FAO’s Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific and representatives from Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) today re-affirmed their close collaboration on technical cooperation work in the region during an annual review of the programme.
Japan
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Artículo de blog
How the “Centrales Villageoises” in France enhance collective renewable energy production in rural and mountainous areas
The Centrales Villageoises (“Village Centers”, in English) are local companies aiming at developing renewable and sustainable energies in rural and mountain territories in France by involving citizens, local communities and businesses.
France
2017 - SIMRA
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