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Access to finance for forest and farm producer organisations (FFPOs)
Growing populations and consumption patterns are squeezing forests – especially through industrial agriculture. But many of the 1.5 billion people who live within the world’s remaining forest landscapes are farmers too, albeit smallholders. Many grow and protect trees. Most also hunt and gather from the forest. Forests provide them with...
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) - Cameroon - Gambia - Guatemala - Kenya - Liberia - Mexico - Myanmar - Nepal - Nicaragua - Viet Nam - Zambia
2018 - International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
Технический документ
Young people and family farming
Global study elaborated by the WCC (World Coordinating Committee) of the IYFF+10 and coordinated by the WRF that analyzes and highlights the common and global challenges faced by rural youth from all 5 continents.
Costa Rica
2018 - WRF
Газетная статья
Gendered aspirations and occupations among rural youth, in agriculture and beyond: A cross-regional perspective
Based on 25 case studies from the global comparative study ‘GENNOVATE: Enabling gender equality in agricultural and environmental innovation’, this paper explores rural young women’s and men’s occupational aspirations and trajectories in India, Mali, Malawi, Morocco, Mexico, Nigeria, and the Philippines. We draw upon qualitative data from 50 sex-segregated focus...
India - Malawi - Mali - Mexico - Morocco - Nigeria - Philippines
2018
Статья в блоге
Asian countries warned that deadly African Swine Fever is ‘here to stay’ – utmost diligence required to avoid major damage to food security and livelihoods
The outbreak of African swine fever in China, first detected last month by authorities there, is accelerating and will almost certainly emerge in other countries in Asia, a regional emergency meeting convened by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) heard today.
African Swine Fever (ASF) was first detected in Asia...
China
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO
Работа конференции
Underutilized Crops for Food and Nutritional Security in Asia and the Pacific
In order to address the issue of hunger and malnutrition through nutrient rich and climate resilient underutilized crops, the Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions (APAARI), a unique voluntary, membership-based, self-mandated, apolitical and multi-stakeholder (70 members) organization in the Asia-Pacific region planned a multi-stakeholder “Regional Expert Consultation on Underutilized Crops...
2018 - Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions (APAARI)
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Future Smart Food
Rediscovering Hidden Treasures of Neglected and Underutilized Species for Zero Hunger in Asia
Future Smart Food: Rediscovering Hidden Treasures of Neglected and Underutilized Species for Zero Hunger in Asia has as its purposes: i) to demonstrate the multidimensional benefits of Neglected and Underutilized species (NUS) and their potential contribution to achieving Zero Hunger; ii) to identify promising NUS that are nutrition-dense, climate-resilient, economically-viable...
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO
Статья в блоге
Fall Armyworm likely to spread from India to other parts of Asia with South East Asia and South China most at risk
Fall Armyworm could threaten the food security and livelihoods of millions of small-scale farmers in Asia as the invasive crop-eating pest is highly likely to spread further from India, with South East Asia and South China most at risk, FAO warned today.
Recently detected in India - the first time it...
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
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Report of the National Workshop on Small-scale Fisheries, Cyclone Ockhi and Disaster Risk Management 29 to 30 May, 2018, Kerala, India
National Workshop on Small-scale Fisheries, Cyclone Ockhi and Disaster Risk Management was held on 28 to 29 May, 2018 at Thiruvananthapuram. The workshop was organised by the International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) Trust with the support of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The...
India
2018 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Статья в блоге
Growing momentum to close the net on illegal fishing
A growing number of countries are signing up to a global agreement that helps stop illegal fishing, as the international community today marks the first International Day for the Fight Against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing. IUU fishing is estimated to affect one in every five fish caught, with an...
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Книга
Cyclone Ockhi: Disaster Risk Management and Sea Safety in the Indian Marine Fisheries Sector
Between 29 November and 3 December, 2017, Cyclone Ockhi devastated hundreds of lives and livelihoods of coastal fishing communities in Kerala and Tamil Nadu, India. This study assesses the impacts of the cyclone on fishing communities and the mechanisms in place at the local, national and international levels to address...
India
2018 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Тематическое исследование
Farm to systems
In small and remote villages in South Asia, our rich agricultural crop/breed diversity and associated knowledge is slowly getting wiped out and is being replaced by a handful of `high yielding’ and `improved’ crops/breeds. Rampant use of chemicals has led to the death of soil and is poisoning our food...
India
2018 - Deutsche Welthungerhilfe
Мероприятие
The 34th session of the Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific
There will be a full schedule of presentations, discussions and activities. Some of the highlights of the Conference include a Ministerial Roundtable on Zero Hunger, a Roundtable on "Imagining future healthy and inclusive food systems in Asia and the Pacific,” an Exhibition honoring the achievements and progress of the 10 Regional...
Fiji
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Журнал
Samudra Report No. 79, August 2018
The opening editorial Comment in the current issue argues that as the implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication (SSF Guidelines) gets under way, it is imperative to lobby for policies and processes that will empower small-scale fishing...
2018 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Книга
State of Land in the Mekong Region
The Mekong region has undergone rapid socio-economic growth over the past two decades alongside pronounced transformations in a number of key sectors and relations between the rural majority and increasingly-affluent urban centres. Land—as both a foundation for national development and the livelihood basis for millions of rural and agricultural households—continues...
Cambodia - Lao People's Democratic Republic - Myanmar - Thailand - Viet Nam
2018 - Centre for Development and Environment
Газетная статья
India / Natural Hazards: In the Eye of the Storm
In the wake of tropical cyclone Ockhi, the focus now should be on improving at-sea cyclone preparedness and search-and-rescue co-ordination to save precious lives.
India
2018 - ICSF
Журнал
Comment/Editorial: From Rhetoric to Reality
As the implementation of the SSF Guidelines gets under way, it is imperative to lobby for policies and processes that will empower small-scale fishing communities
2018 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Практики
Grape Mundo: an ecosystem for grape farming
“Grape Mundo” is a technology ecosystem that guides grape farmers to do precision and sustainable grape farming to produce high-quality grapes using minimum chemicals, thus lowering the cost. This ecosystem also helps grape farmers sell export quality and residue-free grapes across a huge PAN India market, without any involvement of...
India
2018 - Rta Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
Журнал
Sri Lanka/Co-operatives: Wellbeing Aspirations
Fisheries co-operatives in Sri Lanka need to be restructured into true co-management platforms to ensure the sustainable use of coastal zone resources
Sri Lanka
2018 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Газетная статья
India/Cyclone Ockhi: A Stitch in Time
Cyclone Ockhi, which hit southern India late last year, brought out the need to empower communities to manage risks through locally owned and locally appropriate approaches
India
2018 - ICSF
Книга
Promoting Indigenous Knowledge and Good Agricultural Practices in Climate Change Adaptation
Climate change is one of the most important challenges to sustainable development in the Northern mountainous region of Vietnam.
IK is also used in cultivation techniques in extreme climatic conditions. With cultivation conditions are mainly sloping land, many traditional techniques have been applied to limit soil erosion due to heavy rainfalls...
Viet Nam
2018 - ALiSEA
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