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  1. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    December, 2016
    Tunisia, Gambia, Vietnam, Chile, Ghana, Iran, Costa Rica, Georgia, Uruguay, Asia, Africa, Americas

    Dépliant promotionnel sur le rapport sur la Situation des forêts du monde 2016.</p>Stabilisateurs des sols et du climat, régulateurs des cours d’eau, dispensateurs d’ombrage et d’abris ainsi que d’un habitat pour les pollinisateurs et les ennemis naturels des ravageurs d’importance agricole, les forêts et les arbres sous-tendent la durabilité de l’agriculture. Source appréciable de nourriture, d’énergie et de revenu, ils contribuent également à la sécurité alimentaire de centaines de millions de personnes.

  2. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2016
    Mozambique, Kenya, Zambia, Chile, Guatemala, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Madagascar, India, Malawi, Netherlands, Africa

    African agrifood systems are being transformed by multinational capital. To date, research on this transformation has focused most intently on the rise of supermarkets and demand for African land. Multinational investment in African grain trading has received less attention. Using a range of qualitative methods and representative household survey data from Zambia, this article seeks to understand the causes and consequences of multinational investment in smallholder grain markets.

  3. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    November, 2016
    Algeria, Fiji, Nigeria, Dominican Republic, Gambia, Chile, Burkina Faso, China, Iran, Guyana, Niger, Ethiopia, Thailand, Morocco, Malaysia, Haiti, Colombia, Ecuador, Tunisia, Senegal, Turkey, Uruguay

    The publication aims to provide a broad range of data and statistics on forests, and the impact and benefits that forestry has on our environment. It also offers some general information and data about the impact forests and forestry can have in mitigating the effects of climate change, as well as information concerning how they are, in turn, affected by climate change.

  4. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    December, 2016
    Bangladesh, Philippines, Zambia, Gambia, Vietnam, Chile, Peru, Myanmar, Ghana, Namibia, Benin, Malawi, Somalia, Asia, Africa, Americas

    El mundo se comprometió a erradicar la extrema pobreza y el hambre en 2030, llevándolo de regreso a una vía sostenible. El cambio climático amenaza con revertir el progreso que hemos logrado hasta ahora en la lucha contra el hambre y la pobreza. De no controlarse, podría poner en peligro la capacidad de los sistemas alimentarios para asegurar la seguridad alimentaria mundial. El cambio climático está socavando los medios de subsistencia y la seguridad alimentaria de las poblaciones rurales pobres.

  5. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2016
    Algeria, Egypt, Bangladesh, Chile, Germany, Peru, Canada, Iran, Republic of Korea, Kenya, Morocco, Japan, Philippines, Italy, Tanzania, Tunisia, India, China, Brazil

    <p>The purpose of this sheet is to provide comprehensive set of information on GIAHS Programme in a single document which summarizes all the core information uploaded in the website and written in the previously released sources.</p> The overall goal of the global initiative is to identify and safeguard Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems and their associated landscapes, agricultural biodiversity and knowledge systems through catalyzing and establishing a long-term programme to support such systems and enhance global, national and local benefits derived through thei

  6. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    September, 2016
    Estonia, El Salvador, Chile, Guatemala, Australia, Jamaica, Bolivia, Cuba, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Uruguay, Nicaragua, Madagascar, Colombia, Ecuador, Netherlands, Argentina, Paraguay, Mexico, Brazil, South America

    La quinua es un ejemplo extraordinario de un cultivo que pasó de ser considerado olvidado a un cultivo de interés y consumo mundial, tanto es así que la Organización de las Naciones Unidas declararon el año 2013 el Año Internacional de la Quinua. Como todo cultivo en expansión, las plagas y enfermedades asociadas a este cultivo se constituyen en un serio factor restrictivo.

  7. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2016
    France, Bangladesh, Switzerland, Burundi, Chile, Germany, Bulgaria, Bolivia, Austria, Benin, Thailand, Nigeria, Mexico, Australia, Italy, Netherlands, Argentina, Russia, Armenia, Brazil

    See the <a href="http://www.fao.org/3/a-bl813e.pdf"><i>Voluntary Guidelines for Sustainable Soil Management </i></a> adopted by the fourth Global Soil Partnership Plenary Assembly.

  8. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2016
    Fiji, Estonia, Kenya, Chile, Samoa, Germany, Vanuatu, Tonga, Malawi, Republic of Korea, Colombia, Thailand, Nepal, Japan, Kiribati, Hungary, Cameroon, Tanzania, Brazil, Argentina, Latvia, Mexico, Uganda, Czech Republic

    Meeting Name: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA)
    Meeting symbol/code: CGRFA-16/17/Inf.13
    Session: Sess. 16

  9. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2016
    Costa Rica, Switzerland, Japan, Samoa, Chile, Australia, Italy, Poland, Canada, Iran, Ethiopia, Namibia, Lebanon

    Meeting Name: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA)
    Meeting symbol/code: CGRFA-16/17/6
    Session: Sess.16

  10. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    December, 2016
    Georgia, Ghana, Tunisia, Gambia, Vietnam, Costa Rica, Chile, Africa, Asia, Americas

    تدعم الغابات والأشجار الزراعة المستدامة. فهي تثبّت التربة والمناخ وتنظّم تدفق المياه وتؤمّن الظلّ والمأوى وتوفر موئلاً للملقحات والحيوانات المفترسة الطبيعية للآفات الزراعية. وهي تساهم أيضاً في تحقيق الأمن الغذائي لمئات ملايين الأشخاص الذين تشكل بالنسبة إليهم مصادر هامة للأغذية والطاقة والدخل. ومع ذلك، لا تزال الزراعة تشكّل الدافع الرئيسي للتصحّر في العالم وغالباً ما تكون السياسات الزراعية والحرجية والمتعلقة بالأراضي مخالفة لها.

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