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   National integrated mitigation planning in agriculture: A review paper

   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

   natural resources management

   agriculture

   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.

2. Library Resource

   

   National planning for GHG mitigation in agriculture: A guidance document - Mitigation of Climate Change in Agriculture Series 8

   Journal Articles & Books

   December, 2013

   Egypt, North Macedonia, Brazil, United States of America, Rwanda, Germany, China, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Guyana, Republic of Korea, Finland, Ethiopia, Kenya, Costa Rica, Philippines, South Africa, Colombia, Uruguay, Cambodia, Mexico, Norway, Mongolia

   forestry

   natural resources management

   agriculture

   This guide describes two of the main approaches to greenhouse gas mitigation planning in developing countries: Low-Emission Development Strategies (LEDS) and Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs). It explains the possible relationships between them and their status within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). National mitigation planning processes have policy, technical and institutional dimensions that need to be addressed in an integrated and iterative manner. For each of these dimensions four key elements are outlined.

3. Library Resource

   

   Pastoralist Field Schools Training of Facilitators Manual

   Reports & Research

   December, 2013

   Angola, Honduras, Belgium, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Indonesia, Senegal, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Niger, Mozambique, Uganda, Somalia, Italy, India, South Sudan, Sudan, Mexico, Brazil, Africa

   Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism

   pastoralists

   This PFS training Manual is designed for use by Master Trainers (MTs) during the training of facilitators course. Each lesson/topic is complete in itself detailing the preparations to be made, the materials to be kept handy, the core message to be communicated, and the methods that can be used in communicating the messages. A few sessions may require the presence of a technical person as co-facilitator, but the rest can be handled by any person who has been trained as a PFS Master Trainer.

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   Food and agriculture policy decisions - Trends, emerging issues and policy alignments since the 2007/08 food security crisis

   Reports & Research

   December, 2013

   Algeria, Egypt, Nigeria, Rwanda, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Morocco, Ghana, Malawi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Liberia, South Africa, Lesotho, Cameroon, Argentina, India, Senegal, Chad, Brazil, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Asia, Africa

   land policies

   The report reviews a broad range of food security and agricultural development policy decisions implemented over the period 2007 to 2012 in more than 70 countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean. Selected policy decisions were analysed following FAPDA’s classification, dividing policy decisions into three main categories: producer-oriented policies, consumer-oriented policies, as well as trade-oriented and macroeconomic policies. Policy decisions reviewed included those most debated and most frequently implemented since the 2007/08 food price crisis.