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Article de revue
The knowledge shop
De-centralized knowledge service is vital for empowering the knowledge deprived poor people. Aiming to provide contextualized and localized knowledge for the poor communities and developing a channel of reliable information for its various clients, Practical ActionBangladesh promotes grass root Knowledge Centres called GyanerHaat.
Bangladesh
2016 - Leisa India
Note/document d'orientation
Recommendations for Western Cod
Crunch Time in Baltic: Opportunities and Threats for Cod and Small Scale Fishers.
As 2017 Baltic TAC negotiations near conclusion, lobbyists are taking a plethora of public stances. Rather than muddying the waters further, LIFE would like to recall the main elements of its Action Plan for Western cod, elaborated in July.
Denmark - Germany
2016 - Low Impact Fishers of Europe
Article de blog
FAO discusses the future of non-wood forest products in the Near East and North Africa
NENA forests has huge potential for the production of a wide range of NWFPs and that the utilization of NWFPs by local communities for food, fodder, medicine and income generation have been practiced for millennia. The workshop will allow participants to develop a regional project which will contribute to poverty reduction...
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Vidéos
Integrated approach against striga
The parasitic weed striga causes more damage to cereal crops in poor soils, so both problems have to be tackled together. In this video we will learn why it is important to combine at least three control methods to reduce striga and obtain a good yield of sorghum, millet, maize...
United Republic of Tanzania
2016 - Access Agriculture
Article de blog
FAO and Armenia sign five-year cooperation agreement
Minister of Agriculture of Armenia Ignati Araqelyan and Raimund Jehle, FAO Representative for Armenia, signed the new Armenia-FAO Country Programmming Framework at a signing ceremony here today.
Healthy livestock and crops, safe food, improved levels of nutrition, reduced poverty, and better management of disaster risk are priorities in the new agreement....
Armenia
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Vidéos
RDR 2016 - UGANDA
20,000 families in 13 districts of Uganda are now imagining their lives differently. . By creating a shared vision, husbands and wives are not only finding ways to break out of their poverty, but they are discovering the value of equality in their homes.Explore the findings of the Rural Development...
Uganda
2016 - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Rapport
Technical and socio-economic characteristics of small-scale coastal fishing communities, and opportunities for poverty alleviation and empowerment
The document provides an overview of the situation that small-scale fishers in developing countries face in terms of: financial and economic performance of fishery enterprises; vulnerabilities and poverty; adaptations to a changing environment including, climate variability and change; and access to technology, infrastructure, financial services and social protection schemes. It...
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Rapport
Investing in rural people in China
China's government is increasing its investment in rural areas, especially in infrastructure, irrigation, education and health. It is also introducing supportive policies, including agricultural tax exemptions; subsidies for agricultural production and increased agricultural procurement prices; and expansion of social protection and social security coverage. Such investments aim to create a...
China
2016 - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Article de blog
Ethiopia has staved off worst of El Niño, but possible impacts of La Niña looming large
$45 million additional funding urgently needed to support Ethiopian agriculture
With this year's main planting season winding down in Ethiopia, there is still a small window of opportunity in September for farmers to plant the last set of crops this year and grow food for millions facing hunger, provided the necessary support arrives on time. The newly released Mid-Year Review...
Ethiopia
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Pratiques
Enfermedades de las abejas: Nosemosis
La nosemosis es una enfermedad de las abejas adultas causada por hongos unicelulares pertenecientes a la Clase: Microsporidia, Familia: Nosimatidi, Género: Nosema. Existen dos subespecies diferentes de Nosema que afectan a Apis mellifera con diferente prevalencia dependiendo de la zona: Nosema apis y Nosema ceranae, responsables de dos formas diferentes de la enfermedad. Ambos...
2016
Vidéos
Storing cowpea seed
Intercropping or rotating cereal crops with legume crops are two of the strategies of integrated striga and soil fertility management. But keeping quality legume seed has two major challenges. First, the seed easily loses its ability to germinate. And second, we are not the only ones who love legumes. Let’s...
Ghana
2016 - Access Agriculture
Article de blog
Social innovation project in mountain areas
A new four-year project founded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovative programme and coordinated by the James Hutton Institute was launched in April 2016. “Social Innovation in Marginalised Rural Areas” (SIMRA) seeks to advance understanding of social innovation and innovative governance in agriculture, forestry and rural development,...
2016 - Montain Partnership
Étude de cas
Agroecology in Extensive Rangeland Pastoralism in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia: Below the Eternal Blue Sky
Mongolia is located in Central Asia in between Russia and China. Only 1% of the arable land in Mongolia is cultivated with crops. The agriculture sector therefore remains heavily focused on nomadic animal husbandry with 75% of the land allocated to pasture, and cropping only employing 3% of the population.
Dundgobi...
Mongolia
2016 - MANIP
Article de revue spécialisée
A Study of the use of ICT Among Rural Farmers
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) can revolutionize Indian farming sector and can benefit all farmers including small landholders. Agriculture is the most important sector with the majority of the rural population in developing countries depending on it. The traditional approaches of agriculture being adapted, has numerous challenges in terms of...
2016
Article de blog
8,000 smallholder farmers benefit
“Just the thought of a drought and its effects made me shudder as the one we experienced during the 2014-2015 season left a trail of destruction among farmers. How were we expected to cope with another drought, made worse by the El Niño, as we were still reeling from the...
Zimbabwe
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Rapport
OECD-FAO Guidance for Responsible Agricultural Supply Chains
The OECD-FAO Guidance for Responsible Agricultural Supply Chains (the Guidance) has been developed to help enterprises observe existing standards for responsible business conduct along agricultural supply chains. These standards include the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, the Principles for Responsible Investment in Agriculture and Food Systems, and the Voluntary Guidelines...
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Article de blog
Réduire les pertes post-capture : un enjeu pour les pêches en RD Congo
La FAO renforce les capacités de l’administration centrale des pêches et de l’aquaculture, et des parties prenantes pour minimiser les pertes après capture
L’Organisation des Nations Unies pour l’alimentation et l’agriculture (FAO) appui le renforcement des capacités sur l’organisation et le fonctionnement de l’unité post-capture. Une formation a été organisée à Kinshasa à l’endroit de trente agents de l’administration nationale des pêches et aquaculture, des entités décentralisées des provinces de Kongo Central et de...
Democratic Republic of the Congo
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Rapport
Rapid needs assessment of the agricultural sector
Floods 2016 - Serbia
Agriculture is a very important economic sector in Serbia, as it accounts for some 9 percent of the total gross national income. In comparison, in the 27 EU countries the percentage of agricultural production lies below 3 percent of the gross national product.
Serbia is highly exposed and vulnerable to natural...
Serbia
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization for the United Nations
Article de blog
COPA chief: ‘All farmers should be connected to the worldwide web’
The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) cannot make sure that a strong policy will be useful and affordable for all farmers in all countries.
That should be done on a national level, but the CAP should secure that there is a framework. This framework should make it possible and at the same...
European Union
2016 - EuroActive
Article de blog
9-е Совещание Руководящего Комитета РНИСОЦАК
9-е Совещание Руководящего Комитета Региональной сети по исследованиям и развитию овощеводства в Центральной Азии и на Кавказе (РНИСОЦАК) состоялось 25-27 октября 2016г. в Ташкенте, Узбекистан.
Цель встречи - оценка текущей совместной работы, обсуждение состояния исследований в области овощеводства и предложения по дальнейшей совместной научно-исследовательской деятельности и развития системы овощеводства в Центральной...
Uzbekistan
2016 - Ассоциация сельскохозяйственных научно-исследовательских организаций Центральной Азии и Южного Кавказа (АСНИОЦАК)
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