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  1. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    June, 2018
    United States of America, Germany, Bolivia, Ethiopia, Niger, Cameroon, Jordan, Uganda, Tanzania, Chad, Romania, Mongolia, Spain, Mali, China, Australia, Iran, Kenya, Morocco, Italy, India, Lebanon

    The Technical Guide on Pastoralism builds on a number of initiatives and studies from recent years that have shone a light on pastoral governance and land tenure: on the inherent challenges pastoralists face, the shortcomings of governments in securing pastoral tenure, and the emerging examples of success and progress from around the world. This Technical Guide provides solutions to securing pastoral governance and tenure without undermining the inherent, necessary complexity of customary arrang ements.

  2. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    June, 2018
    Nepal, Burkina Faso, Mali, Nigeria, Kenya, Nicaragua, Uganda, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Indonesia, Bulgaria, Suriname, Sierra Leone, Kazakhstan, Ethiopia, Paraguay, Colombia, Belize, Greece

    إن القوانين الوطنية حيوية لحوكمة الحيازة للجميع، وخاصة بالنسبة للشرائح الأكثر ضعفا في المجتمع. يستعرض هذا الدليل الفني الأبعاد القانونية للخطوط التوجيهية الطوعية بشأن الحوكمة المسؤولة لحيازة الأراضي، ومصايد الأسماك والغابات في سياق الأمن الغذائي الوطني وأوجه الترابط بالقانون الدولي الملزم. ويوفّر المشورة للمهنيين القانونيين الذين يعملون مع المؤسسات الحكومية، أو المجتمع المدني أو القطاع الخاص على تقييم التشريعات الوطنية، ودعم الإصلاح القانوني وتحسين التنفيذ وكذلك على تسوية المنازعات.

  3. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    February, 2019
    Ethiopia, Namibia, Burkina Faso, Niger, Panama, Brazil, Jordan, Romania, Russia, Italy, Samoa

    The guidelines are the first comprehensive, global instrument on tenure and its administration to be prepared through intergovernmental negotiations. The guidelines set out principles and internationally accepted standards of responsible practices for the use and control of land, fisheries and forests.

  4. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    November, 2018
    Serbia, Nepal, France, North Macedonia, Nigeria, Kenya, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Ethiopia, China, Cameroon, Tanzania, Bulgaria, Spain, India, South Sudan, Sudan, Pakistan, Niger, Eritrea, Mongolia

    In many countries, pastoralism has historically been practiced in areas that are now partitioned by international boundaries. This is a major barrier to sustainable resource management and to pastoral development. However, there are examples from around the world of efforts to facilitate transboundary movements and transboundary ecosystem management by pastoralists. This report examines how pastoral mobility has been impacted by the creation of unnatural boundaries within their landscapes and how societies cope with these constraints through legal or informal arrangements.

  5. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    October, 2018
    Egypt, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Bolivia, Ghana, Ethiopia, Niger, Colombia, Panama, Malaysia, Burkina Faso, Malawi, Kenya, Zambia, Chile, Vietnam, Thailand, Rwanda, Morocco, Hungary, Mexico, Uganda

    The focus of Strategic Objective 2 stems from FAO’s vision for sustainable agriculture, which is at the heart of the 2030 Agenda. This evaluation assessed FAO’s efforts in promoting integrated approaches for making agriculture, forestry and fisheries more productive and sustainable. These efforts have proven to be highly relevant in countries where agriculture and food systems face urgent sustainability challenges.

  6. Library Resource
    January, 2011
    Qatar, Egypt, Nigeria, United States of America, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Indonesia, Brazil, United Kingdom, Ghana, Russia, Moldova, Ethiopia, Belarus, Mozambique, Laos, Turkmenistan, Philippines, Libya, Tajikistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Kuwait, Argentina, Kazakhstan, Sudan, Bahrain, Armenia, Saudi Arabia, Cambodia, Oceania, Western Asia, Europe, Eastern Asia, Southern Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, Northern America, Northern Africa

    Recent increases in the level of agricultural commodity prices and the resulting demand for land has been accompanied by a rising interest in acquiring agricultural land by investors. This paper studies the determinants of foreign land acquisition for large-scale agriculture.

  7. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    June, 2006
    Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Chile, China, Colombia, Ecuador, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Hungary, India, Iran, Kenya, Laos, Mali, Mozambique, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, South Africa, Sudan, Thailand, Uganda, Vietnam, Zimbabwe, Western Africa, Middle Africa, Central America, South America, Western Asia, Southern Asia, South-Eastern Asia

    This introductory section covers the period since the submission of the last Mid-Term

    Plan until present, and concentrates on the following areas:

    > Principal areas of progress.

    > Developments in 2005 and early 2006.

    > Changes to the CPMT strategic plan.

    > Research achievement highlights.

    > Program progress.

    At this point – just under half way (two years and six months) in the implementation

    of the first CPWF phase (and three-and-a-half years since inception began)

  8. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2013
    France, Nigeria, United States of America, Peru, Morocco, United Kingdom, Canada, Iran, Ethiopia, Republic of Korea, Cameroon, Thailand, Slovakia, Costa Rica, Japan, Italy, Argentina, India, Sudan, New Zealand, China, Mexico, Saudi Arabia

    Meeting Name: Global Soil Partnership Plenary Assembly
    Meeting symbol/code: GSPPA: I/2013/2

  9. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2014
    Egypt, United States of America, Nepal, Peru, Indonesia, Australia, United Kingdom, China, Ethiopia, Republic of Korea, Cameroon, Thailand, Mozambique, South Africa, Malaysia, Botswana, Poland, India, Senegal, Uganda, Norway, Kenya

    Meeting Name: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA)
    Meeting symbol/code: CGRFA-15/15/Inf.17.1
    Session: Sess. 15

  10. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2013
    North Macedonia, United States of America, Germany, China, Azerbaijan, Indonesia, Ghana, Ethiopia, Italy, Finland, Colombia, Kenya, Jordan, Morocco, Barbados, Mexico, Moldova, Armenia, Brazil, Montenegro, Norway

    This review of national greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation planning in the agriculture sector provides national policy makers and others in the agriculture sector with an overview of national mitigation planning processes to aid them in identifying the relevance of these processes for promoting agricultural development. It also gives policy makers and advisors involved in low-emission development planning processes an overview of mitigation planning in the agriculture sector and highlights the relevance of agriculture to national mitigation plans and actions.

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