This training handbook is a field guide for training urban and peri-urban vegetable farmers in safe practices when using wastewater in vegetable production. It is designed to provide complete information, knowledge and skills for safer and successful production of vegetables in urban and peri-urban...
With over 1,150 bat species worldwide – representing about twenty percent of the biodiversity of all mammalian species – they carry out important ecological and agricultural functions such pollination and dispersion of seeds. And while many tropical plant species depend entirely on bats for the...
The Learning Center offers self-paced e-learning courses on a wide range of Food Security related topics. The courses have been designed and developed by international experts to support capacity building and on-the-job training at national and local food security information systems and networks.
The Gender in Agriculture Sourcebook provides an up-to-date understanding of gender issues and a rich compilation of compelling evidence of good practices and lessons learned to guide practitioners in integrating gender dimensions into agricultural projects and programs. The Sourcebook is a joint...
Le Guide de nutrition familiale est un guide pratique qui vise à améliorer l’alimentation et la nutrition des familles dans les pays en développement. Il s’adresse avant tout au personnel de santé, aux nutritionnistes, vulgarisateurs agricoles et autres agents de développement qui élaborent du...
Guide pratique pour travailler avec les organisations de producteurs urbains et périurbains à faible revenu Cet ouvrage est le fruit de la collaboration entre la FAO, le Centre canadien de recherches pour le développement international (CRDI) et d'autres partenaires. Cette collaboration a démarré...
Le projet de la FAO relatif aux Critères et Indicateurs sur la Bioénergie et la Sécurité Alimentaire (BEFSCI) a élaboré une série d’indicateurs qui peuvent être utilisés pour évaluer les impacts de la bioénergie sur la sécurité alimentaire tant au niveau national que du projet. En outre, le projet...
This guidebook was prepared by Gary Bickel, USDA Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), Office of Analysis, Nutrition, and Evaluation, and Mark Nord, USDA Economic Research Service (ERS), Food and Rural Economics Division.
Project managers in charge of implementing activities that address food security problems need tools to (1) identify the populations that are food insecure, (2) design interventions that address the causes of food insecurity, and (3) evaluate the impact of their interventions on the food security...
At the invitation of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO), an international group of experts in nutrition, public health, food science and technology gathered in Rome from 19-26 October 1993 to consider the latest scientific evidence about dietary fats...