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Libro
The state of food and agriculture 2013
Food systems for better nutrition
Malnutrition in all its forms – undernutrition, micronutrient deciencies, and overweight and obesity – imposes unacceptably high economic and social costs on countries at all income levels. Improving nutrition and reducing these costs requires a multisectoral approach that begins with food and agriculture and includes complementary interventions in public health and education. The traditional role of agriculture...
2013
Documento de trabajo
The six "ins" of climate-smart agriculture
Inclusive institutions for information, innovation, investment, and insurance
This paper reviews the central role of institutions for climate-smart agriculture (CSA), focusing on the role of institutions in promoting inclusivity, providing information, enabling local level innovation, encouraging investment, and offering insurance to enable smallholders, women, and poor resource-dependent communities to adopt and benefit from CSA. We discuss the role...
2013 - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Artículo de revista especializada
Household requirements versus profit optimization
The win-win solution strategies among small-holder farmers in South Western Nigeria
Satisfaction of household requirements and profit maximization has been the main goals of subsistence small-holder farmers in the rural communities of Nigeria. This necessitated the practice of multiple/mixed cropping of arable crops. On the contrary, a part of the National food security agenda of the Federal government is the raising...
Nigeria
2013
Revista especializada
Revista Mundos Rurales, agosto 2013, n° 9: Reforma agraria en Bolivia, apuntes y perspectivas
Este número de Mundos Rurales incluye artículos sobre:
A 60 años de la Reforma Agraria en Bolivia: cambio y continuidad.
Situación de las mujeres y los jóvenes en el acceso a la tierra en altiplano y valles.
El agrarismo y el territorio indígena.
Mujeres: tierra, educación y participación política.
Reforma agraria y la reconfiguración de...
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
2013 - Centro de Investigación y Promoción del Campesinado (CIPCA)
Informe
West Noubaria Rural Development Project Supervision Report
An IFAD supervision mission visited Egypt to supervise the West Noubaria Rural Development Project (WNRDP). The prime objective of the mission was to conduct an in depth assessment of WNRDP implementation progress; propose relevant changes in view of the project winding down phase, and; provide technical assistance and backstopping. The...
Egypt
2013 - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Vídeo
Uganda's Young Agro-pastoralists - Developing future leaders today
Children in Karamoja, northern Uganda, are learning about farming, healthy eating and how to protect themselves from diseases, thanks to the Junior Farmer Field and Life Schools, set up by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and partners across 6 countries in the region. For young people like former...
Uganda
2013 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Revista especializada
Revista Mundos Rurales, marzo 2013, n° 8
Este número de Mundos Rurales incluye artículos sobre:
Concentración y extranjerización de la tierra en el sector soyero y la ganadería
Una mirada a la “Ley marco de la Madre Tierra y Desarrollo Integral para Vivir Bien” y normas conexas
Conflictos de MallkuQuta y Colquiri: la necesidad de un nuevo modelo de gestión...
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
2013 - Centro de Investigación y Promoción del Campesinado (CIPCA)
Artículo de revista especializada
Combining agroecology and management science to design field tools under high agrosystem structural or process uncertainty: Lessons from two case studies of grassland management
One way to improve sustainable agriculture is to use existing resources and technologies better by finding synergies between plants, soil, climate and management practices. However, for many agricultural situations there is a lack of understanding about the structure of biological and ecological relationships that drive resource dynamics. Therefore, it remains...
2013 - Elsevier Ltd
Declaración
Declaración de Antigua
Esta Declaración fue aprobada por la Asamblea de Miembros de la ILC en Antigua, Guatemala, el 25 de abril de 2013. La Coalición Internacional para el Acceso a la Tierra (ILC) es una alianza mundial de organizaciones intergubernamentales y de la sociedad civil que trabajan en colaboración para fomentar y garantizar...
2013 - International Land Coalition (ILC)
Estudio de caso
Traditional Gudeuljang Irrigated rice terraces in Cheongsando
Traditionally, Cheongsando Island had an agricultural environment that was somewhat disadvantageous for paddy agriculture due to steep slopes, sandy soil with rocks and rapid drainage, and a scarcity of water for paddy farming. “Gudeuljangnon,” a product of efforts of Cheongsando Island residents, are rice paddies created by re-engineering the natural...
Republic of Korea
2013 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Libro
Potentially Important Food Plants of North West China
Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which:
identify highly nutritious local food plants,
explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way,
detail the nutritional value of the plants and
describe why human bodies require those nutrients.
The resources created by FPS allows people to better...
China
2013
Documento/nota de orientación
Support to smallholder arable farmers in Botswana: agricultural development or social protection?
Results and policy implications from a Poverty and Social Impact Analysis
In 2012, UNDP-UNEP Poverty-Environment Initiative (PEI) Botswana commissioned a Poverty and Social Impact Analysis of ISPAAD with the aim of analysing the performance of the programme, with particular focus on key programme activities and the impact on poor people, vulnerable groups and the environment. This Policy Brief presents findings from...
Botswana
2013 - United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Parte de un libro
East African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis - Kenya
In this chapter we review some national statistics that will help characterize the capacity of the population to adapt to climate change and describe Kenya’s land base and current agricultural context. Then we show results of crop models that incorporate climate projections from recent global models. Finally, we incorporate those...
Kenya
2013 - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Libro
Learning for rural change
18 stories from Sudan
This book i is a kaleidoscopic view of a variety of agricultural initiatives taking place in the large country of Sudan. Many of the stories present lessons learnt in activities supported by IFAD, the International Fund for Agricultural Development, and the Ministries of Agriculture and of Livestock in Sudan. The...
Sudan
2013
Artículo de revista especializada
Analysis of determinants of productivity and technical efficiency among smallholder common bean farmers in eastern Uganda
The study evaluated factors influencing bean productivity and technical efficiency among smallholder farmers in Eastern Uganda, using a stochastic frontier model and a Tobit model. Findings showed that bean productivity was significantly influenced by plot-size, seeds and planting fertilizer; mean technical efficiency for sampled farms was 48.2%. The Tobit model...
Uganda
2013
Boletín informativo
Farming Matters - Family farming: a way of life
The United Nations declared 2014 as the International Year of Family Farming, recognising the multiple social, economic, environmental and cultural functions of family farmers. Many family farmers have proven to be innovative and resilient under the right socio-political framework and conditions – especially when supported by the right policies.
Using agro-ecological...
2013 - ILEIA, Center for Learning on Sustainable Agriculture
Estudio de caso
Biotechnologies at work for smallholders
Case studies from developing countries in crops, livestock and fish
This book documents a unique series of 19 case studies where agricultural biotechnologies were used to serve the needs of smallholders in developing countries. They cover different regions, production systems, species and underlying socio-economic conditions in the crop (seven case studies), livestock (seven) and aquaculture/fisheries (five) sectors. Most of the...
Argentina - Bangladesh - Brazil - Cameroon - China - Colombia - Cuba - Ghana - India - South Africa - Sri Lanka - United Republic of Tanzania
2013 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Vídeo
PRODERPA: Curso de identificación y formulación de proyectos
UCAR - MAGyP: El siguiente video muestra imágenes del Curso de identificación y formulación de proyectos para jóvenes aborígenes de pueblos originarios de la Patagonia, que se llevó a cabo en las provincias de Neuquén, Río Negro y Chubut, durante los meses de septiembre del 2012 a abril del 2013....
Argentina
2013 - Unidad para el Cambio Rural (UCAR)
Documento de trabajo
Farmers’ perceptions of water policies: a case study from the Jordanian Badia
This report reviews a case study of farmers’ perceptions of policies and regulations to improve water security in the Jordanian Badia. The aim is to improve water management and conservation by engaging all stakeholders, in particular farmers and rural communities, in this common goal. The research forms part of the...
Jordan
2013 - International Center for Agriculture Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)
Artículo de blog
Tunisie : quelle cohérence des politiques de l’eau dans le contexte post-révolution ?
En Tunisie, l’explosion des besoins en eau (eau potable et irrigation) conduit aujourd’hui à de nombreuses incohérences dans les politiques publiques, principalement liées à la poursuite d’une stratégie de gestion de l’offre, qui génèrent des conflits accrus et une montée des revendications autour de l’eau, surtout depuis la révolution tunisienne...
Tunisia
2013 - Fondation pour l'agriculture et la ruralité dans le monde (FARM)
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