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  1. Library Resource
    Institutional & promotional materials
    April, 2018
    Kenya, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Gambia, Fiji, Haiti, Italy, Tanzania, Senegal, Ethiopia, Niger

    Fact sheet on capacity development actvities of Action Against Desertification. Action Against Desertification is an initiative of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) in support of the Great Green Wall initiative and UNCCD national action programmes to combat desertification, implemented by FAO and partners with funding of the European Union.

  2. Library Resource
    Institutional & promotional materials
    June, 2018
    Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Guatemala, Colombia, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Philippines, Nepal, Belgium, Netherlands

    Increase the use of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure among CSOs and Grassroots Organizations – Mongolia is a country factsheet that provides information on the project “Increase the use of the VGGT among CSOs and Grassroots Organizations”, a general overview of governance of natural resources in the country, and information on activities undertaken in the country in collaboration with local CSOs and grassroots organizations.

  3. Library Resource
    Institutional & promotional materials
    September, 2018
    Angola, Yemen, Burundi, Nigeria, United States of America, Argentina, Zambia, Gambia, Uganda, Mali, Somalia, Tanzania, Australia, Netherlands, Congo, Senegal, South Sudan, Chad, Republic of Korea, Niger, Malawi

    Report, prepared by FAO and the OECD with inputs from IFPRI, IFAD, the World Bank and WTO, submitted to the G20 Presidency of the Republic of Argentina in response to the Presidency’s request for information on future trends and challenges faced by global agriculture, with a special focus on the role of soils in promoting food security and the measures that could be undertaken to facilitate sustainable soil management.

  4. Library Resource
    Institutional & promotional materials
    June, 2018
    Chad, Niger, Nigeria, Congo, Gabon

    Depuis 2013, l’insurrection de Boko Haram et sa répression ont entraîné des bouleversements majeurs dans la région du lac Tchad. Les pasteurs et leurs troupeaux, en particulier, ne peuvent plus circuler librement et n’ont plus accès à certains parcours. Hier au cœur d’une économie informelle et d’une intégration régionale « par le bas » très dynamique, l’élevage pastoral connaît actuellement une crise inédite dans la région. Quelles en sont les caractéristiques ? Comment penser son développement dans un tel contexte?

  5. Library Resource
    Institutional & promotional materials
    August, 2018
    Burkina Faso, Gambia, Mali, Senegal, Chad, Niger, Brazil, Africa

    This brochure highlights the objectives and key information of the FAO project entitled “One million cisterns for the Sahel”. It aims to illustrate the project activities’ expected positive impacts in terms of food security, agricultural activities and nutrition among beneficiairies. The objective is to inform FAO partners and donors on this innovative initiative aiming to introduce rainwater harvesting and storage systems at the community level. <p></p>

  6. Library Resource
    Institutional & promotional materials
    May, 2018
    Kenya, Rwanda, Egypt, United States of America, Tanzania, Zambia, Lesotho, Mozambique, Samoa, Jordan, Indonesia, Botswana, Iran, Malawi, Niger, Lebanon

    This brochure presents FAO’s work on mainstreaming biodiversity as a cross-cutting theme in the agriculture, fisheries and forestry sectors. It provides examples of on-the-ground activities and highlights relevant international mechanisms. It shows how biodiversity and ecosystems benefit people in countless ways by providing food, clean water, shelter and raw materials for our basic needs. Agriculture is a major user of biodiversity but also has the potential to contribute to the protection of biodiversity.

  7. Library Resource
    Institutional & promotional materials
    March, 2018
    Bangladesh, Nigeria, Peru, Ghana, Ethiopia, Niger, Malawi, Honduras, Uganda, Tanzania, Ecuador, Cambodia, Paraguay, Burkina Faso, Iraq, Burundi, Nepal, Nicaragua, Tajikistan, Haiti, Mexico, Vietnam

    For rural women and men, land is often the most important household asset for supporting agricultural production and providing food security and nutrition. Evidence shows that secure land tenure is strongly associated with higher levels of investment and productivity in agriculture – and therefore with higher incomes and greater economic wellbeing. Secure land rights for women are often correlated with better outcomes for them and their families, including greater bargaining power at household and community levels, better child nutrition and lower levels of gender-based violence.

  8. Library Resource
    Institutional & promotional materials
    July, 2018
    Kenya, Mozambique, Niger, Honduras, Bolivia, Peru, Venezuela, Bangladesh, Norway, Germany

    In light of the endorsement of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (VGGT), this Information Brief aims to provide concise and practical elements for a gender-equitable governance of tenure of land, fisheries and forests. Developed jointly with the FAO study The Right to Food and the Responsible Governance of Tenure: A dialogue towards implementation, this Information Brief offers a right to food perspective on a crucial governance matter for the implementation of the VGGT.

  9. Library Resource
    Institutional & promotional materials
    August, 2018
    Mozambique, Kenya, Burundi, Guatemala, Myanmar, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Malawi, Pakistan, Niger

    La terre, les pêches, les forêts et d'autres ressources naturelles est crucial pour les moyens de subsistance et les pratiques sociales, culturelles et religieuses. La plupart des habitants des zones rurales des pays en développement ne disposent pourtant d'aucune forme de documentation pour protéger leurs droits à la terre et aux ressources naturelles, ce qui met en péril leurs moyens de subsistance ainsi que leur sécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle.

  10. Library Resource
    Institutional & promotional materials
    August, 2018
    Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Africa

    Au Sahel, le changement climatique accentue l’irrégularité des pluies et les chocs climatiques, tels que les sécheresses répétées et les inondations. Les conséquences sont désastreuses pour les ménages ruraux les plus pauvres, qui peinent à y faire face et voient leur vulnérabilité s’accentuer. Les femmes sont généralement les plus touchées.

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