Between 2012 and 2017, Vi Agroforestry and partners supported the development and implementation of the Lake Victoria Farmers’ Organisation Agroforestry (FOA) program. Under this program, and in cooperation with 40 member-based farmer organizations spread across Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda, approximately two million female and male farmers, school children and young people were mobilized to implement agroforestry and sustainable agriculture land management (SALM) practices in different agroecosystems of Lake Victoria catchment areas.
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsAugust, 2018Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksMarch, 2008Mozambique
Quando do Ministério da Planificação e Desenvolvimento veio a solicitação para que apresentasse uma palestra sobre os desafios do desenvolvimento rural, foi-me dito que deveria usar uma abordagem que provocasse a reflexão e a discussão crítica. Evidentemente, sem que eu próprio reflectisse criticamente sobre os desafios do desenvolvimento rural estaria incapaz de ajudar quem quer que fosse a fazer o mesmo. Lancei-me, então, na tarefa de construir um quadro analítico provocador e crítico que servisse para construir esta conversa. É este raciocínio que aqui pretendo apresentar.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchNovember, 2015Nepal, Kenya, Zambia, Guatemala, China, Tanzania, Ecuador, Congo, Guinea, Ethiopia
Esta brochure presenta los mensajes clave de la FAO sobre el cambio climático y la seguridad alimentaria. Se incluye un resumen de la ayuda más reciente de la FAO a los países para hacer frente a los impactos del cambio climático. También se reúne los conocimientos más relevantes en materia de cambio climático, incluyendo las herramientas y metodologías de la FAO que puede proporcionar a los países para informar sobre sus emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero procedentes de la agricultura, la ganadería y la silvicultura.
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Library ResourceJune, 2014Tanzania
The policy note builds on experience
from both Tanzania and other Sub-Saharan African countries
with similar socioeconomic and environmental contexts. This
policy note puts forward and discusses a range of policy
measures along the entire charcoal value chain in Tanzania.
The development of this policy note benefited from a variety
of recent studies on charcoal utilization and trade
conducted in the country. This policy note is structured as -
Library ResourceReports & ResearchNovember, 2015Kenya, Bangladesh, Japan, Zambia, Vietnam, Tanzania, Ecuador, Jamaica, Ethiopia
This booklet presents the key messages of FAO on climate change and food security. It includes a synthesis of the most recent support provided by FAO to countries to face the impacts of climate change. It also brings together the most relevant knowledge on climate change including tools and methodologies FAO can offer to countries to report on their greenhouse gas emissions coming from the agriculture, livestock and forestry sectors.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchOctober, 2016France, Bangladesh, Honduras, Germany, Peru, Guatemala, United Kingdom, Congo, Guinea, Cameroon, Seychelles, Morocco, Philippines, Japan, Myanmar, Ireland, Gabon, Norway
The Conference of the Parties (COP) of UNFCCC is a prime opportunity to communicate FAO’s work on climate change and to liaise with potential partners, at the numerous side events and parallel events organized around the COP. This booklet seeks to raise awareness on the impacts of climate change on food security and nutrition and advocate for the importance of having the agricultural sectors properly considered in climate change mechanisms, policies and finances.
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsDecember, 2015Nepal, Kenya, Samoa, Somalia, Germany, Peru, Tanzania, Ghana, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Finland, Norway, Europe
Cooperation between Finland and FAO has been ongoing since the Organization was established in 1945. Finland has contributed as well as financially, through active participation in FAO’s work and has been a key donor for projects around the world. As a traditional partner in FAO’s Assistant Professional Officer (APO) Programme, Finland has frequently financed APOs since 1965.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2015Rwanda, Philippines, Uganda, Sweden, Guatemala, Peru, Cambodia, Republic of Korea, Lebanon, South America, Caribbean
Meeting symbol/code: FO:LACFC/2015/6
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsMarch, 2018Uganda
The Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (VGGT) set out internationally-accepted principles and standards for responsible practices, providing a framework for governments, the private sector and civil society to use when developing policies and programmes for improving food security.
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsMarch, 2018Africa, Malawi
The Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (VGGT) set out internationally-accepted principles and standards for responsible practices, providing a framework for governments, the private sector and civil society to use when developing policies and programmes for improving food security.
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