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Projet Social de Développement Marahoué: Autonomisation des femmes
Projet d'Autonomisation de 6000 femmes de la Région de la Marahoué. Mise à Disposition de semences certifiées de Maïs BEERA EV-8728-SR par la Fondation Lady Jeanne.
Côte d'Ivoire
2017 - ANASEMCI
Étude de cas
Climate resilient sustainable agriculture for adaptation to climate change in The Gambia
Smallholder farmers in Gambia are increasingly facing climate related induced disasters and vulnerabilities affecting their lives and livelihoods. During 2010-2012, farmers faced flash floods, periods of drought, disease infestation, saline intrusion, deforestation and massive erosion of their farmlands resulting in crop failure and reduced food security. ActionAid has introduced agroecological...
Gambia
2017 - Action Aid
Article de revue spécialisée
Ethiopian dairy value chains
Quality upgrading in ethiopian dairy value chains: dovetailing upstream and downstream perspectives
In this article, we analyze opportunities and constraints for upgrading product quality in the dairy value chain in Ethiopia. Our analysis is based on an integrated understanding of supply chain performance both from producer and from consumer perspectives. We outline as main drivers for quality upgrading: (a) factors that influence...
Ethiopia
2017
Note/document d'orientation
Bringing agro-ecological alternatives to light
A process of reflection & engagement in West Africa
Over the course of 2017, the International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems (IPES-Food) will seek to support and stimulate an open reflection on the future of agricultural development in West Africa. While industrial agriculture and ‘Green Revolution’ approaches promise short-term increases in productivity, they are yet to provide...
2017 - International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems (IPES-Food)
Étude de cas
Early warning weather information, Senegal
Agriculture in Senegal is predominantly rain-fed and so erratic weather patterns present an everincreasing risk to smallholder farmers across the country. Late onset of rain can lead to a reduced growing season; unexpected torrential rain and flash-flooding can lead to farmers losing scarce resources of seed, other farm inputs and...
Senegal
2017 - Action Aid
Article de blog
A first atlas on rural migration in sub-Saharan Africa
Development of rural areas can shape the future of migration
A first atlas to offer a better understanding of complex rural migration patterns in sub-Saharan Africa has been published today.
The atlas – Rural Africa in motion. Dynamics and drivers of migration south of the Sahara – also highlights the important role rural areas will continue to play in shaping the continent’s migration for decades...
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Étude de cas
Agroecology for home and market: a winning combination for rural Communities in Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe
The main cause of food insecurity for many communal households in Zimbabwe is their reliance upon a form of subsistence-based agriculture which is dependent on a limited range of inputs often poorly suited to local conditions. The current agricultural system prioritizes monocropping and grain yield over other factors of food...
Zimbabwe
2017 - Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA)
Article
Huge victory for Kenya’s Ogiek as African Court sets major precedent for indigenous peoples’ land rights
Minority Rights Group International (MRG) wholeheartedly applauds an historic judgment from the African Court of Human and Peoples Rights in Arusha today in favour of the Ogiek community of Kenya. Following an eight-year legal battle, the Court found that the Kenyan government violated seven separate articles of the African Charter in a land rights...
Kenya
2017
Article de blog
Marking the importance of pulses in Angola
Pulses are already part of the standard diet in Angola, especially beans (butter, pinto and dry beans) and chickpeas. However, the fair hoped to highlight the wide range of available pulses that can be incorporated into an everyday diet and to raise awareness of the important environmental and nutritional benefits...
Angola
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Note/document d'orientation
The Social Cash Transfer Programme and the Farm Input Subsidy Programme in Malawi
Complementary instruments for supporting agricultural transformation and increasing consumption and productive activities?
The Government of Malawi is currently reviewing the Farm Input Subsidy Programme (FISP), which was initiated in 2005/2006, as a programme to combat poverty and food insecurity. This paper is intended to inform the FISP review and, in particular, how it can be coordinated with the Social Cash Transfer Programme...
Malawi
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Article de blog
Raising awareness of pulses in Brava and Boa Vista Islands
Cabo Verde celebrates a successful International Year of Pulses
School teachers and managers, community leaders and local stakeholders came together in Cabo Verde in the last weeks of December to celebrate the International Year of Pulses (IYP) with several awareness raising events.
This awareness-raising campaign aimed at educating children and adolescents about the importance of healthy nutrition habits, including the...
Cabo Verde
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Rapport
Against the odds, smallholder farmers maintain agricultural biodiversity in South Africa
This report is a result of research conducted in partnership with Tshintsha Amakhaya, Farmer Support Group, TCOE Zingisa and Surplus People Project. The report investigates the state of farmer-managed seed systems in rural South Africa. Through 3 case studies in Eastern Cape, Northern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal, the report highlights both...
South Africa
2017 - African Centre for Biodiversity
Note/document d'orientation
Small-scale soya farming can outperform large-scale agricultural investments
Agriculture is an important engine for economic growth in Africa, but effective agricultural strategies to support rural development and poverty alleviation are scarce. State investment in the small-scale farming sector is minimal and the entrepreneurial family farm sector remains underrepresented. Meanwhile, large-scale land investments are advocated as means to bring...
Mozambique
2017 - International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
Bulletin d'information
Bulletin bimestriel d’informations de la FAO - Niger: N° 001 du 10 mars 2017
Le bulletin traite de la célébration de la journée mondiale de l'alimentation 2016 et de la journée internationale des légumineuses, de la protection sociale, du lancement du projet de réduction du travail des enfants dans l'agriculture, de l'évaluation du programme pays de la FAO, des clubs dimitra, de l'appui aux...
Niger
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Document de travail
Targeting farmers in institutional procurement programmes
Case study of the PAA Africa Programme in Senegal
This paper presents the targeting system adopted in Senegal to implement food purchases using procurement preferential treatment for small-scale family farming food outputs. The study provides a detailed description of the selection of farmers producing rice in the Kédougou region and discusses how it influenced the performance of food purchases...
Senegal
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Article de revue spécialisée
The global food system still benefits the rich at the expense of the poor
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Like many problems in the global South, the global food system issues can be traced back to a colonial history. Back in 1989 two sociologists, Harriet Friedmann and Philip McMichael, developed a useful concept in their work on agrarian studies: Global food regimes. They described two key periods where the...
Uganda
2017 - Support for Women in Agriculture and Environment (SWAGEN)
Rapport
Report on the Second FAO Africa Regional Nutrition Coordination and Programming Consultation
Advancing Multisectoral Nutrition Sensitive Food Systems Post ICN-2 Agenda for Africa
This report highlights the outcomes of the three-day deliberations of the Second FAO Africa Regional Nutrition Coordination and Programming Consultation meeting with key recommendations and next steps. The report will be shared as a PDF document. There are no plans to print the document.
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Étude de cas
Organizational challenges and the institutional environment
A comparative analysis of dairy cooperatives in Kenya and Morocco
The present study focuses on dairy cooperatives in Kenya and Morocco, to explore how and to what extent the institutional environment has been enabling the development and performance of the cooperatives. The focus on dairy generates insights that are relevant for many countries, because it is a sector in which...
Kenya - Morocco
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Article
Haller, Aquaponics and Urban Farming
The family backyard aquaponic system.
Seeking solutions and income development systems for urban farmers with limited access to water and land.
2017 - The Haller Foundation
Rapport
The state of agricultural extension and advisory services provision in Malawi
Insights from household and community surveys
This is part of a series of descriptive reports and later in-depth analysis of the survey data. These series are aimed to provide an assessment of the state of agricultural extension and advisory services provision in Malawi in order to inform policy and reform processes and programming by the government...
Malawi
2017 - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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