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Article de revue
SRI cultivates well-being for women
Women from small and marginal farming families doing SRI have been making the news in India for their adoption of a new approach that challenges the age-old beliefs and practices of rice farming. However, rarely one comes across mention of the impact of SRI on their wellbeing and their bodies.
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Cambodia - India - Malaysia
2015 - ILEIA, Center for Learning on Sustainable Agriculture
Rapport
Report of the ICSF-BOBLME India (East Coast) workshop: implementing the FAO voluntary guidelines for securing sustainable small-scale fisheries in the context of food security and poverty eradication (SSF guidelines), 6-7 March 2015, Chennai, India
The workshop titled, ICSF-BOBLME India (East Coast) Workshop on Implementing the FAO Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-scale fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication (SSF Guidelines) was organized by ICSFin collaboration with BOBLME project.The workshop was the third in a series of consultations held in 2015...
India
2015
Document de travail
Gender, Assets, and Agricultural Development
Lessons from Eight Projects
Ownership of assets is important for poverty alleviation, and women’s control of assets is associated with positive development outcomes at the household and individual levels. This research was undertaken to provide guidance for agricultural development programs on how to incorporate gender and assets in the design, implementation, and evaluation of...
2015 - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Ouvrage
Eyes on their fingertips: some aspects of the arts, science, technology and culture of the fisherfolk of Trivandrum, India
Eyes on Their Finger Tips deals with the traditional marine wisdom of a set of people and the rarest of rare experiences they have had at sea. Through these numerous chapters he takes us into the seas of the fishers. It is a voyage which we cannot make in reality....
India
2015
Ouvrage
Implementing the voluntary guidelines for securing sustainable small-scale fisheries in the context of food security and poverty eradication (SSF Guidelines): perspectives of the fishers and fishworkers on the east coast of India
This report is the outcome of a series of six fishworkers’ consultations, organised to discuss the relevance and implementation of FAO’s Small-Scale Fisheries Guidelines (SSF Guidelines), and my sincere thanks are due to the fishers and fishworkers - both men and women - who attended the consultations in Kakinada (Andhra...
India
2015
Note/document d'orientation
Highlights of recent IFPRI food policy research in India
In the wake of the food crises of the early 1970s and the resulting World Food Conference of 1974, a group of innovators realized that food security depends not only on crop production, but also on the policies that affect food systems, from farm to table. The International Food Policy...
India
2015 - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Fiche d'information
Transformar los medios de vida rurales
A través del programa de CSS entre Nigeria y China, que facilita la FAO, se han destinado a Nigeria a casi 700 expertos chinos desde 2003, en misiones de al menos dos años. Estos expertos han introducido nuevas tecnologías, intercambiado mejores prácticas y compartido conocimientos y experiencias con sus homólogos...
China - Niger
2015 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Rapport
Community Seed Production
Due to this underlying need, FAO, in collaboration with ICRISAT, ICARDA, and CIAT, organized an expert consultation workshop in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in December 2013 on Community Seed Production. The workshop’s objective was to create a roadmap and develop strategies for enhancing effective uptake and implementation of CSP in developing...
Afghanistan - Bolivia (Plurinational State of) - Ecuador - Ethiopia - India - Malawi - Nepal - Peru - Uganda
2015 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Article de revue spécialisée
Gaining identity as farmers: A case of women collectives in Kerala
The Kerala State provides a different picture of the success of women in farming. Collective power of women groups, integration of local self governments and proactive credit schemes have enabled landless women to emerge as commercial organic farmers in Kerala. Women are now visible as major farmers in the State,...
India
2015 - AME Foundation
Document de travail
Climate Change Adaptation Assets and Group-Based Approaches
Gendered Perceptions from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Mali, and Kenya
People who rely on natural resources for their livelihoods are more vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and are often limited in their capacity to adapt to the changes. Vulnerability to climate change is exacerbated when individuals’ asset base is limited or insecure. Because control over assets is highly...
Bangladesh - Ethiopia - Kenya - Mali
2015 - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Article de revue spécialisée
Birbhum’s tribal women show the way
Organised into a collective, 30-odd women farmers in a remote tribal hamlet in West Bengal have not only gained necessary skills on agriculture, but have also learned leadership qualities. Gradually, these women are discovering themselves as decision makers not only in their respective families, but also in their villages.
India
2015 - ILEIA - Centre for learning on sustainable agriculture
Ouvrage
Proceedings of the regional consultation on the promotion of pulses in Asia for multiple health benefits
The UN General Assembly at its 68th session declared 2016 as the International Year of Pulses (IYP). To assist member countries roll out appropriate programmes and action plans on pulses R&D in tune with the goals of IYP, the FAO-RAP organized a Regional Consultation on pulses during 29–30 June 2015...
Thailand
2015 - FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
Document de travail
Mechanization outsourcing clusters and division of labor in Chinese agriculture
Most of the poor in the developing countries are smallholder farmers. Improving their productivity is essential for reducing poverty. Despite small landholdings, a high degree of land fragmentation, and rising labor costs, agricultural production in China has steadily increased. If one treats the farm household as the unit of analysis,...
China
2015 - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Document de conférence
Large Plantations versus Smallholdings in Southeast Asia: Historical and Contemporary Trends
This paper seeks to build on and provide empirical evidence concerning a: over the long term, in most of tropical Asia and Southeast Asia, it is not large farms that replace small ones, since, on the contrary, what is clearly occurring is a transition from plantation to smallholders for an...
2015
Rapport
The Philippines and FAO
Improving food security and strengthening disaster resilience
Since 1945, FAO and the Government of the Philippines have demonstrated a strong commitment to working together towards the eradication of hunger and poverty. FAO established a representation in the country in 1978 and continues to support the Government’s priorities for agriculture, fisheries, forestry and rural development, including nutrition. Recent...
Philippines
2015 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Partie d’un ouvrage
Family Farming: At the Core of the World’s Agricultural History
The diversity of agriculture in the world reflects the immense variety of societies and natural environments on the planet. Indeed, agricultural systems range from various types of shifting slash-and-burn practices – sometimes very similar to those of the first sedentary human groups – to quasi-automated agricultures in some regions of...
2015 - Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement (CIRAD)
Ouvrage
Food Plants for Healthy Diets in Vietnam
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...
Viet Nam
2015
Revue spécialisée
LEISA India - Rural-urban linkages
More and more people are moving towards urban areas for various reasons. This has also increased the demand for food while putting pressure on scarce resources. Urban life styles and food preferences also influence the type of food grown and the way it is grown to meet the growing urban...
China - India - Japan - Nepal
2015 - AME Foundation
Ouvrage
Food Plants for Healthy Diets in Vietnam - Vietnamese
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...
Viet Nam
2015
Article
Yunnan Agricultural and Rural Improvement Project
The objective of this project is to improve livelihoods and income-generating opportunities for poor and vulnerable groups through an integrated approach to development. The project is in line with the government's Five-Year Plan for 2011-2015, which calls for harmonized growth enabling poor populations to benefit from China's overall economic and...
China
2015 - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
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