Food availability, access, stability and utilization are all part of the multi-dimensional nature of food security. The “availability” aspect, discussed here, refers to the availability of sufficient quantities of food of appropriate quality, supplied through domestic production or inputs.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2007Bangladesh, Switzerland, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Indonesia, Australia, Bolivia, Cuba, Iran, Ethiopia, Republic of Korea, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Lesotho, Vietnam, Costa Rica, Mexico, Netherlands, Argentina, India, Senegal, Uganda
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2007France, United States of America, Egypt, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, United Kingdom, Pakistan, Thailand, Nepal, Morocco, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, India, Sudan, Vietnam
The performance of many canal irrigation delivery systems is unsatisfactory in terms of: (i) water resources management; (ii) service to irrigated agriculture; and (iii) costeffectiveness of infrastructure management. In recent years, participatory approaches and management transfer reforms have been promoted as part of the solution for more cost-effective and sustainable irrigation services. Large agency-managed systems have been turned over partially or completely to various types of management bodies. However, the results have usually been disappointing.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2007France, Nigeria, Mozambique, Zambia, Afghanistan, Guatemala, Iran, Sierra Leone, Ethiopia, Niger, New Zealand, Nepal, Laos, Turkey, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, India, Mongolia, Africa
Le Service des Régimes Fonciers de la FAO a identifié, dans le cadre de son programme de travail pour la période 2006-2007, le thème de l’accès des ruraux pauvres aux informations et procédures légales pour la sécurisation des droits fonciers comme un élément important de son thème de travail.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2007Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Italy, Indonesia, Brunei Darussalam, Australia, Papua New Guinea, India, Guinea, Myanmar, Thailand, Asia
A quarterly news bulletin dedicated to the exchange of information relating to wildlife and national resources management for the Asia-Pacific region.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2007United States of America, China, Sri Lanka, Bulgaria, United Kingdom, Canada, Pakistan, Finland, Thailand, New Zealand, Nepal, Philippines, South Africa, Australia, Myanmar, Netherlands, India, Asia
A quarterly news bulletin dedicated to the exchange of information relating to wildlife and national resources management for the Asia-Pacific region.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2007Bangladesh, United States of America, Nepal, Gambia, China, Indonesia, Congo, Ethiopia, Republic of Korea, Colombia, Thailand, Rwanda, Italy, Philippines, Malaysia, Japan, Myanmar, Cambodia, India, Uganda, Brazil, Kenya
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2007Angola, Mozambique, Zambia, Guatemala, China, Sierra Leone, Ethiopia, Myanmar, Thailand, New Zealand, Nepal, Laos, Philippines, Vietnam, Kyrgyzstan, Italy, Tanzania, Netherlands, India, Mongolia, Cambodia, Asia
Laos depends heavily on rice based agriculture systems and there is evidence that the traditional diversified diet and income base is being eroded, resulting in a negative effect on the livelihoods of the people. The opportunity to gather food in forests is diminishing and dietary diversity is being narrowed.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2007Angola, Nepal, United States of America, Zambia, South Africa, Gambia, Mali, Sweden, Zimbabwe, Italy, Botswana, Germany, Namibia
This publication is part of a series of training materials on natural resources conflict management developed by FAOs Livelihood Support Programme. It supports the discussions presented in Negotiation and mediation techniques for natural resource management (2005) a conceptual guide by sharing recent, real-life experiences of Africans who have used the processes and principles of consensual negotiation and mediation to address natural resource conflicts.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2007Germany, France, Bangladesh, Honduras, United States of America, Nepal, Israel, Burundi, Zimbabwe, China, Guatemala, Indonesia, Jamaica, Bolivia, Ghana, Costa Rica, Colombia, Kenya, Rwanda, Italy, Vietnam, Myanmar, Ecuador, India, Bhutan, Cuba, Europe, Africa, Americas, Asia
Con ocasión del Año Internacional de las Montañas (2002), la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Agricultura y la Alimentación (FAO) y sus asociados emprendieron una sistematización mundial en gran escala de la situación actual y futuras tendencias de la gestión integrada y participativa de las cuencas hidrográficas. Los objetivos generales eran promover el intercambio y la difusión de experiencias de gestión de cuencas de 1990 a 2000, y determinar un paradigma para una nueva generación de programas y proyectos de gestión de cuencas.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2007Nepal, Australia, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Italy, Asia
This working paper reports the first successfully implemented field pilot study in the management strategy of arsenic in crop production and for sustainable environment.
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