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Estudio de caso
Terre et Paix. Promoting access to productive land by young people as conflict prevention
Terre et Paix is an EU funded project which has been implemented since February 2015 by the Italian NGO COSPE in partnership with the three national farmers’ platforms of Senegal, Mali and Niger, (CNCR, CNOP and PFPN), under the auspices of ROPPA (Réseau des organisations paysannes et de producteurs de...
Mali - Niger - Senegal
2018 - COSPE Onlus
Artículo de revista especializada
Tanzania: Networking for Strength
A newly established network of women fish processors and traders promises to improve the prospects of women in Africa’s post-harvest sector. The vast fish resources of the African continent offer many benefits. Fishery and aquaculture products supply food, nutrition, income and livelihoods to hundreds of millions of people; they help earn...
United Republic of Tanzania
2018 - ICSF
Miscelánea
Smallholders data-portrait
The updated dataset on Small Family Farms across the world
The Smallholder Farmers’ Dataportrait of the ESA Small Family Farms Team is a comprehensive, systematic and standardized data set on the profile of smallholder farmers, bringing out the characteristics of family farms across the world. It is designed in such a way that differences between countries and regions can be...
Albania - Bangladesh - Bolivia (Plurinational State of) - Cambodia - Ethiopia - Ghana - Guatemala - Indonesia - Kenya - Malawi - Nepal - Nicaragua - Niger - Nigeria - Panama - Tajikistan - Uganda - United Republic of Tanzania - Viet Nam
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Hoja informativa
Expanding Africa's Great Green Wall
Info-poster on the activities and results of Action Against Desertification. Action Against Desertification is an initiative of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) in support of the Great Green Wall initiative and UNCCD national action programmes to combat desertification, implemented by FAO and partners with funding of...
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Hoja informativa
Enhancing food security and market access for land constrained women farmers
Agriculture is the mainstay of the Kenyan economy and contributes over 45 percent of government revenue. The agricultural sector is the largest employer, representing 60 percent of total employment. Overall, approximately 80 percent of rural women are employed in agriculture. However, the percentage of agricultural land held by women remains...
Kenya
2018 - ActionAid International Kenya
Vídeo
Family Farming Campaign: Understanding the importance of small scale farming in Kenya
NTV Kenya. discussion about the practice of family farming and its benefits, and food security with Elizabeth Wanja, Anne Maina, Matthew Muendo, Kate Kibarah and Nelson Mungala.
Kenya
2018 - Inades
Artículo de revista especializada
Adoption of sustainable agricultural practices and food security threats: Effects of land tenure in Zambia
Food security threats in Zambia
Among environmental challenges, sustainable agricultural practices (SAP) are imperative to attain better agricultural productivity and food security status of smallholder farms in sub-Saharan Africa, including in Zambia. To understand the adoption behavior of SAP of Zambian farmers in more depth, the study determines factors that influence the adoption probability of SAP. In...
Zambia
2018 - Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
Prácticas
Producing machines for organic and small-scale farming systems
UNACMA is the only association, at a national level, representing traders and repairers of agricultural machinery, and of machinery for the maintenance of green areas. It is associated with CONFCOMMERCIO MOBILITA and carries forward its objectives mainly in institutions at regional, national and European level. It carries out training and...
United Republic of Tanzania
2018 - Unione Commercianti Macchine Agricole
Informe
Étude diagnostique de la reduction des pertes après récolte de trois cultures
Études de cas dans les sous-secteurs de l’agriculture et de la pêche à petite échelle
Ce rapport décrit les résultats obtenus lors de l’étude diagnostique de la réduction des pertes après-récolte (PAR) de trois cultures (manioc, pomme de terre et tomate) dans certains bassins de production au Cameroun. Il s’agit d’un rapport de synthèse. Les pertes sont présentes à toutes les étapes des chaînes d’approvisionnement...
Cameroon
2018 - Organisation des Nations Unies pour l’alimentation et l’agriculture
Boletín informativo
FAO Regional Office for Africa Newsletter
This newsletter is a good platform resource for knowledge and information sharing, and provides readers with some factual human interest stories related to FAO's work in the regional, subregional and country level. This latest edition of FAO Regional Office for Africa Newsletter which covers the period of July-December 2017 encapsulates...
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Vídeo
Agricultural Services and Digital Inclusion in Africa
Agricultural Services and Digital Inclusion in Africa – Getting agricultural services closer, and as close as possible, to rural farmers by using digital technologies. FAO and its partners are involved in the development and implementation of digital inclusion initiatives and the scaling up of innovative digital services. Bringing solutions closer...
Rwanda
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Informe
Africa's Commitment to end Hunger by 2025
Key Achievements in 2016-2017
The FAO’s Regional Initiative (RI) on “Africa’s Commitment to End Hunger by 2025” assists countries and Regional Economic Communities (RECs) in strengthening their systems and capacities to deliver programmes that contribute to eradicating hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition. Established in 2014, the initiative mobilizes political commitment in support of a...
2018 - FAO
Artículo
Assessing the Impact of Collective Marketing of Paddy Rice in Innovation Platforms by Smallholder Producers in Benin
Market access is a major constraint of smallholder rice producers in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). There is increasing evidence that acting collectively offers one way for smallholders to participate more efficiently in the market. This chapter aimed to identify the determinants of participation in collective marketing of rice in innovation platforms...
Benin
2018 - IntechOpen
Libro
Stories of Change
Read the latest publication by Tropical Agriculture Platform – Capacity Development for Agricultural Innovation Systems (TAP-CDAIS) project on stories of change. This relates to many stories of personal change, organizational change, changes in attitudes, changes in practice and improvements in livelihoods. Some examples of rich learning experiences started with the...
Angola - Bangladesh - Burkina Faso - Ethiopia - Guatemala - Honduras - Lao People's Democratic Republic - Rwanda
2018
Artículo de blog
FAO launches mobile application to support fight against Fall Armyworm in Africa
The application is vital for early detection of Fall Armyworm and guiding best response
FAO launched a mobile application to enable farmers, agricultural workers and other partners at the frontline of the fight against Fall Armyworm in Africa to identify, report the level of infestation, and map the spread of this destructive insect, as well as to describe its natural enemies and the measures that...
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Estudio de caso
Constructing markets for agroecology
An analysis of diverse options for marketing products from agroecology
The purpose of this study is to explore whether and how products from agroecological production systems are being valued in markets. The study is based on a meta-analysis of 12 case studies (Benin, the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Ecuador, France, Kazakhstan, Mozambique, Namibia, Uganda), mainly from...
Benin - Bolivia (Plurinational State of) - Brazil - Chile - China - Colombia - Ecuador - France - Kazakhstan - Mozambique - Namibia - Uganda
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Artículo de revista especializada
The determinants of crop yields in Uganda: what is the role of climatic and non-climatic factors?
It is widely accepted that crop yields will be affected by climate change. However, the role played by climate in affecting crop yields vis-a-vis non-climatic stresses, is often unclear, limiting decision choices around efforts to promote increased production in light of multiple stresses.
Uganda
2018 - Agriculture & Food Security
Vídeo
Bio Gardening Innovations [BIOGI]
Bio Gardening Innovations [BIOGI] is a non profit making organization operating from Vihiga County in Western Kenya.The organization works with small holder farmers and like minded Non Government Organizations and other associations and networks addressing that focus on raising food using agro-ecological principles and sustainable management of natural resources within...
Kenya
2018 - Bio Gardening Innovations [BIOGI]
Documento/nota de orientación
Agricultural policy incentives in sub-Saharan Africa in the last decade (2005–2016)
Monitoring and Analysing Food and Agricultural Policies (MAFAP) synthesis study
The study summarizes the results emerging from the 2017 update of the Monitoring and Analysing Food and Agricultural Policies (MAFAP) indicators for the 2005-2016 period for 14 sub-Saharan African countries. These indicators - comparable across commodities, countries and years - are commonly used to assess the extent of policy support...
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Libro
The End of Desertification?
Disputing Environmental Change in the Drylands
The opening chapters of this book examine something that never occurred but was widely believed to have existed—the late 20th century desertification crisis in the Sahel. Recent advances in climatology and changing weather patterns have effectively terminated further scientific debate about the existence of widespread Sahelian desertification, providing us with...
2018
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