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Тематическое исследование
Seeds of the past adapted to the present and future
Little black millet and white onion, two farmers’ seeds returning to Niger
In Niger, climate change and economic factors are affecting the living conditions of agricultural producers. Distorted by the promise of better yields, many Nigerien producers have abandoned their farming practices and peasant varieties to adopt new and sometimes inappropriate practices. This case deals with black millet and white onion, two...
Niger
2019 - SWISSAID
Книга
Potentially Important Food Plants of Zambia
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...
Zambia
2018
Журнальная статья
Dix ans après 2008, l’Afrique de l’Ouest est-elle mieux préparée face aux crises alimentaires ?
L’ampleur des mobilisations partout dans le monde et les émeutes dites « de la faim » qui se sont multipliées au printemps 2008, touchant notamment l’Afrique subsaharienne (Sénégal, Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Cameroun) ont surpris les observateurs. Selon la FAO, la hausse des prix en 2007 et 2008 a accru de façon considérable la facture alimentaire des importations...
2018 - Inter-réseaux
Газетная статья
Farmers’ perceptions, practices and proposals for improving agricultural productivity in South Sudan
This study was carried out to establish farmers’ perceptions regarding low agricultural productivity and to document their proposals for improving the performance of agriculture sector in South Sudan. The results reveal that the major challenges related to low agricultural productivity as perceived by farmers include poor leveling of fields, poor...
South Sudan
2018
Тематическое исследование
The institutional construction of family farming in the CPLP member states
Family Farming, represented by more than 500 million farms, produced about 80% of the World´s food in value terms, using reduced resources. It is fundamental to Food Security and Nutrition (FSN), fighting poverty, mitigating the impacts of climate change and preserving biodiversity and landscape. Family agriculture contributes directly to ten...
Angola - Brazil - Cabo Verde - Equatorial Guinea - Guinea-Bissau - Mozambique - Portugal - Sao Tome and Principe - Timor-Leste
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Мероприятие
FAO Malawi to Conduct 3 FFS Master Trainers’ Courses
FAO Malawi is set to kick-off three Farmer Field School (FFS) master trainer’s courses that will run from 8 October 2018 to 28 February 2019. These courses aim to impart knowledge and skills to 90 government and non-governmental organization (NGO) extension workers, training them as master trainers on FFS methodology....
Malawi
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Статья
Un réseau de fermes agroécologiques pour autonomiser des femmes au Togo et au Bénin
Adaptation Basée sur les Ecosystèmes
Des groupements de paysans et paysannes ont pu tirer profit du projet de promotion de la souveraineté alimentaire axé sur la valorisation des pratiques agroécologiques au Bénin et au Togo. Avec l’appui du Service chrétien d’appui à l’animation rurale (Secaar), ils se sont organisés en réseaux de paysans et de...
Benin - Togo
2018 - IED Afrique
Проект
Helping smallholder producers to access markets in marginalized areas of Kenya and South Sudan
Low agricultural production and low household incomes mean that food security in the northwest of Kenya and the southeastern part of South Sudan continues to be a challenge. With smallholder producers and small and medium-sized entrepreneurs often marginalized and excluded from access to markets at national and regional levels, there...
Kenya - South Sudan
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Технический документ
e-Agriculture Promising Practice
aWhere’s agronomic and weather based tips for smallholder farmers
aWhere delivers agricultural intelligence to farmers, farm managers, crop consultants and researchers all over the world. The company aims at making agronomic and weather data available to farmers through intermediaries such as research centers, governments, information companies, mobile network operators and non profit organizations which can integrate the data into...
Ghana - Kenya - Uganda
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Статья
Agricultural transformation and food and nutrition security in Ghana: Does farm production diversity (still) matter for household dietary diversity?
Africa south of the Sahara experienced an acceleration of economic growth in recent years that was accompanied by structural changes in national economies. Some African countries, such as Ghana, managed to utilize rapid growth for poverty reduction and improving food and nutrition security. Transformation of agriculture appears to have played...
Ghana
2018 - Elsevier
Технический документ
The impact of markets and policy on incentives for rice production in Rwanda
FAO Agricultural Development Economics Working Paper 18-02
The prioritization of rice as a strategic food and cash crop in Rwanda has paid dividends, with production increasing by one-third during 2010–2015. However, production expansion has failed to keep pace with growing consumption demand. In 2015, around 30 percent of national consumption was met by imported long grain rice....
Rwanda
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Информационный сборник
Country factsheet on small holder family farms: NIGERIA
The Smallholder Dataportrait is a comprehensive, systematic and standardized data set on the profile of smallholder farmers across the world.
This Factsheet generates an overview on how small family farmers in Nigeria live their lives by using the Dataportrait, putting an emphasis on the constraints they face, the choices they make....
Nigeria
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Доклад
Resilience analysis of Karamoja, Uganda 2016
The region of Karamoja, located in the northeast of Uganda, is the poorest and least developed region in the country. Historically, Karamoja has been a pastoral area; crop production, which is less reliable there, has recently emerged as an important source of household food and income in some areas. Although...
Uganda
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Информационный сборник
Agroecology plus six (AE+6)
More than 12 million small-scale farmers and their families in the risk-prone, dryland areas of the Western Sahel have become chronically vulnerable to food and nutrition insecurity. This growing crisis is due to a constellation of factors, including the collapse of soil fertility and climate change. Agroecology Plus Six (AE+6)...
Burkina Faso - Mali - Senegal
2018 - Groundswell International
Видеоматериал
Promoting Decent Rural Youth Employment in Agriculture
This video describes the Integrated Country Approach, an FAO’s youth project in Uganda which provides strategic technical support to government of Uganda in developing youth inclusive National Policies and Strategies for Youth Employment in Agriculture. The project also supports evidence generation, dialogues and training. Through capacity building, the ability of...
Uganda
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Журнал
AGRIDAPE: Adaptation Basée sur les Ecosystèmes
Ce numéro de la revue AGRIDAPE fait un focus sur des expériences qui rentrent dans le cadre général d’une stratégie locale d’adaptation aux changements climatiques s’appuyant sur les ressources du milieu naturel, en lieu et place d’un recours abusif à des intrants externes qui pourraient être nuisibles à l’environnement.
Les contributeurs...
Senegal
2018 - IED Afrique
Мероприятие
The Second Africa Congress on Conservation Agriculture
The Second Africa Congress on Conservation Agriculture will be held on 9-12 October 2018 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
The aim of 2ACCA is to bring together expert knowledge, information, and insights from practitioners from across different sectors and interests groups at all levels of agriculture development in the public, private and...
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Доклад
Baromètre de l’économie verte du Sénégal 2018
Le Baromètre de l’économie verte du Sénégal est une analyse détaillée de l’état de la transition vers une économie durable et inclusive du Sénégal. Elle revient par exemple sur le programme de création d’opportunités d’emplois verts qui vise le secteur de l’agriculture, aux côtés de celui de l’industrie et des...
Senegal
2018 - UICN Senegal
Технический документ
La transhumance transfrontalière du bétail
Enjeux pour l’Afrique de l’Ouest
La transhumance transfrontalière est trop souvent réduite à une activité génératrice de conflits qu’il est possible de régler très facilement en fermant les frontières. Cette note aux décideurs montre une réalité beaucoup plus complexe. La mobilité pastorale en Afrique de l’Ouest représente un apport économique de plusieurs dizaines de milliards...
Burkina Faso - Mali - Mauritania - Senegal
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Политический обзор/документ
Crop diversification increases productivity and stabilizes income of smallholders
FAO Agricultural Development Economics Policy Brief 8
In sub-Saharan Africa, crop diversification features prominently in many countries’ climate change adaptation strategies. This study focuses on the determinants of adoption and on the impact of seven cropping systems in Malawi, Mozambique, and Zambia. The work finds that the selection of a high volatile or low productive cropping system...
Malawi - Mozambique - Zambia
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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