Results
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Tool
2018
Realizing Women’s Rights to Land in the Law. A Guide for Reporting on SDG Indicator 5.a.2
This guide includes a glossary of terms in the Key definitions section. Although grounded in official texts, these definitions have been developed strictly for the purposes of the indicator 5.a.2 methodology only and should not be read to provide a comprehensive or official definition of the term referred to. The guide also cites existing legal and policy examples, with the intention of providing concrete guidance to countries reporting under Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicator 5.a.2 as to the type of provisions that reflect the indicator 5.a.2 proxies. These examples reflect versions of the law and policy framework that were available [...]
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Issue paper
2018
Profil national genre des secteurs de l’agriculture et du développement rural - Mali. Série des Evaluations Genre des Pays
Ce Profil national genre des secteurs de l’agriculture et du développement rural a été préparé dans le cadre du projet de coopération technique de la FAO et de la Commission de la CEDEAO portant sur : « la Réponse Genre aux Plans Régionaux et Nationaux d’Investissement Agricole pour relever le défi Faim Zéro dans la région de la CEDEAO ». Le projet couvre les quinze pays membres de la CEDEAO sous le leadership de Bukar Tijani, Directeur General Adjoint et Représentant Régional pour l’Afrique de la FAO et Siga Fatima Jagne, Commissaire de la CEDEAO pour les Affaires Sociales et [...]
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Tool
2018
Making Forest Concessions in the Tropics Work to Achieve the 2030 Agenda: Voluntary Guidelines. FAO Forestry Paper 180
Sustainable wood products and their value chains can play a fundamental role in achieving the objectives stated in the 2030 Agenda and the Paris Agreement, delivering a wide range of benefits to populations in remote forest areas as well as to local, regional and global society. Generation of income and employment, disaster risk reduction, and reduction of the material and carbon footprint of the planet are some of the direct contributions sustainable forest products can provide to the SDGs and the climate change commitments. Furthermore, sustainable management of natural forests reduces forest degradation and forest production can increase the opportunity cost for deforestation, while generating revenues [...]
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Briefs
2018
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 increases smallholders’ vulnerability and exposure to food insecurity. The findings suggest that policies supporting private agricultural input and output market development are critical for inducing adoption of more diverse, resilient, and profitable cropping systems. Finally, the brief shows that while parastatal institutions may encourage the adoption of maize mono-cropping systems [...]
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Issue paper
2018
FAO's Work on Climate Change. United Nations Climate Change Conference 2018
The Conference of the Parties (COP) of UNFCCC is a prime opportunity to communicate FAO’s work on climate change and to liaise with potential partners, at the numerous side events and parallel events organized around the COP. This booklet seeks to raise awareness on the impacts of climate change on food security and nutrition and advocate for the importance of having the agricultural sectors properly considered in climate change mechanisms, policies and finances.
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Issue paper
2017
تخطيط استعمالات الموارد الأرضية من أجل الإدارة المستدامة للأراضي
تقدم ورقة العمل هذه عرضاً عاماً للتطور التاريخي والحالة التنفيذية الحالية لمفاهيم وأدوات تقييم وتخطيط استعمالات الأراضي من أجل إدارة الموارد والمصطحات الأرضيه ، وتقترح توصيات بشأن الإجراءات المستقبلية. ومن المقترح إجراء عملية تشاورية تشمل مجموعة واسعة من أصحاب المصلحة العاملين على مختلف المستويات لجمع أكبر قدر ممكن من الدروس والخبرات في أدوات وأساليب تخطيط موارد الأراضي ولتحديد أهم الثغرات والفرص المتاحة. ومن أجل الشروع في مثل هذه العملية، أجرى قسم الأراضي والمياه في منظمة الأغذية والزراعة العالمية (FAO)دراسة استقصائية بين أصحاب المصلحة العاملين على مختلف المستويات وفي مختلف القطاعات والأقاليم لتجميع الدروس والخبرات من مستخدمي أدوات تخطيط موارد الأراضي [...]
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Tool
2017
الخطوط التوجيهية الطوعية للإدارة المستدامة للتربة
وُيعت اسطوط التوجيهية الطوعية للإدارة المستدامة للتربة من خلال عملية شاملة في إطار الشراكة العالمية من أجل التربة. وهي تهدف إلى أن تكون مرجعاً يوفّر توايات فنية وسياساتية عامة بشأن الإدارة المستدامة للتربةة لطائفةة واسةةعة مةةن أاةةحاب المصةةلحة الملتةةزم . واعتمةةدت الجمعيةةة العامةةة الرابعةةة للشةةراكة العالميةةة مةةن أجةةل التربةةة )روما، 25 مايوحأيار 2016 ( اسطوط التوجيهية، ووافقت عليها لجنة الزراعة لمنظمة الأغذية والزراعة في دورتهةا ) --( )روما، --(، وأقرينها أخ اً مجلس المنظمة في دورتلخ )--( )روما، --(.
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Issue paper
2017
Legal pluralism, women’s land rights and gender equality in Mozambique. Harmonizing statutory and customary law. FAO legal papers No.104
Throughout history, land has been considered a main source of wealth, social status and power. This publication analyses the impacts of legal pluralism on women's land rights in Mozambique arguing that despite Mozambique's progressive legal framework, efforts are still needed to fully achieve gender equitable and socially just outcomes on the ground. With a largely rural population, and limited knowledge of statutory law, customary rules that are discriminatory towards women tend to prevail over the gender sensitive statutory law, undermining women's land rights.
Based on FAO field experiences in Mozambique, the document presents the realities of customary justice and challenges faced [...]
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Report
2017
Commemorating the 5th Anniversary of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Governance of Tenure
In the five years since the Voluntary Guidelines on the responsible Governance of Tenure (VGGT) was endorsed, the Guidelines have inspired policy and legal reforms in countries, from Gabon to Guatemala, making a real difference to people's lives. Communities, including pastoralists, rural women, fisher folk, rural workers and indigenous peoples are already using the VGGT to claim, secure and restore their legitimate rights to land, forests and fisheries.
FAO, together with relevant stakeholders and partners, and with financial support from the European Union, organized a technical thematic forum from 5 - 6 October 2017 to commemorate the 5th anniversary of the [...]
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Tool
2017
Improving ways to record tenure rights. Governance of Tenure Technical Guide 10
The FAO Governance of Tenure Technical Guides are part of FAO’s initiative to help develop capacities to improve tenure governance and thereby assist countries in applying the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security. The FAO Governance of Tenure Technical Guides are prepared by technical specialists and can be used by a range of actors. They:
translate principles of the Guidelines into practical mechanisms, processes and actions;
give examples of good practice – what has worked, where, why and how;
provide useful tools for activities such as the design of policy and reform processes, for the design of [...]