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LESOTHO: Agricultural Sector Investment Programme - Sustainable Mountain Agriculture Development Programme

Reports & Research
November, 1997
South Africa
Lesotho
Africa

In preparing an investment project, development strategies and project components are defined and revisited during project formulation through a consultative process that often includes Socio-economic and Production Systems Studies. These studies are conducted to develop an appreciation of the situation in which the intended beneficiaries live, and their perceptions of their problems, needs and priorities.

Community Livelihoods and Micro-Industry Support Project in rural and Urban Areas of Northern Iraq (MISPII) - OSRO/IRQ/602/UDG

Reports & Research
September, 2009
Jordan
Iran
Iraq
Turkey
Denmark
Asia

The MISP II aims at initiating a process of sustainable income generation for vulnerable households in Erbil and Sulaymaniyah Governorates of KRG through increased employment and self-employment of household members (beneficiaries). The vehicle for this desired development is technical and business management training of selected beneficiaries undertaken by a number of project trained trainers (TOTs) and a toolkit programme supporting the trainees (TOBs) in performing their acquired skills as employed or self-employed.

More Effective and Sustainable Investments in Water for Poverty Reduction

Policy Papers & Briefs
April, 2016
Tanzania
Rwanda
Ethiopia
Mali
Niger
Madagascar

The project aims at improving food security and reducing rural poverty of smallholder farmers through providing guidance and technical support to enhance the quality, impact and sustainability of Agricultural Water Management (AWM) investments. Water is crucial to economies and to livelihoods and is central for poverty reduction. Sufficient availability and reliable access to water is commonly a constraint, not only to food production, but also to social and economic development and sustainability. Water plays a pivotal role around which other interventions can be organized.

2002 Année Internationale de la Montagne

Journal Articles & Books
November, 2002
Nepal
Kenya
Ecuador
Mexico
Canada

Une dclaration du Directeur gnral de la FAO et du Roi du Npal, un aperu de certains aspects des montagnes et des activits apparentes entreprises dans des pays comme la Bolivie, l'Italie, le Kirghizistan et le Prou, et des informations sur les forts montagnardes, les forts tropicales de brouillard et les montagnes sacres compltent cette incursion d'Unasylva dans les montagnes.