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Apoiando a agricultura sustentável em Moçambique

Journal Articles & Books
April, 2015
Mozambique
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
advocacy
agricultural land management
sustainable land management
sustainable land use
Em Moçambique há um forte apoio à agricultura sustentável: métodos como sistemas agroflorestais e agricultura de conservação são promovidos cada vez mais pelo Ministério da Agricultura, a sociedade civil, organizações de camponeses e agências de desenvolvimento. Resultados de investigações sugerem que essas práticas aumentam a produtividade, são mais resilientes e economicamente acessíveis. Apesar disso, a adoção pelos pequenos produtores permanece baixa.
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Agricultural mechanization: A key input for sub-Saharan Africa smallholders

Manuals & Guidelines
Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2016
Global
Land & Food Security
agricultural land management
capacity development
farming systems
food security
sustainable land management
sustainable land use
This paper is specifically about agricultural mechanisation: the opportunities provided by mechanisation for intensifying production in a sustainable manner, in value addition and agri-food value chain development, as well as the inherent opportunities implied for improved local economies and livelihoods. The establishment of viable business enterprises agro-processors, transport services, and so forth as a result of increased agricultural mechanisation in rural areas, is crucial to creating employment and income opportunities and, thereby, enhancing the demand for farm produce.
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FAO and the SDGs

Indicators - Measuring up to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

Reports & Research
July, 2017
Global
Land & Food Security
agricultural land management
farmers
farming systems
sustainable development
sustainable land management
sustainable land use
On 25 September 2015, the 193 Member States of the United Nations adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development – including 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 targets – committing the international community to end poverty and hunger and achieve sustainable development between 2016 and 2030. Six months later, a global indicator framework for the SDGs – comprising 230 indicators - was identified to monitor the 169 targets and track progress, becoming the foundation of the SDGs’ accountability structure.
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SDG Indicator 2.4.1: Percentage of Agricultural Area under Productive and Sustainable Agriculture

Expert Meeting - Rome, Italy, 3-5 April 2017

Conference Papers & Reports
April, 2017
Global
Land & Food Security
agricultural land management
capacity development
development agencies
farming systems
sustainable development
sustainable land management
sustainable land use
There has been considerable discussion over the past thirty years on how to define “sustainable agriculture.” During most of this period, sustainability was exclusively considered an environmental issue and was therefore measured as such. The 2030 Agenda requires that all sectors, including agriculture, be considered from the point of view of the three dimensions of sustainability: economic, social and environmental.
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Climate change impacts on agriculture in 2050 under a range of plausible socioeconomic and emissions scenarios

Peer-reviewed publication
August, 2015
Global
Land & Food Security
Land, Climate Change & Environment
agricultural land management
agriculture
climate change
environment
sustainable land use
Previous studies have combined climate, crop and economic models to examine the impact of climate change on agricultural production and food security, but results have varied widely due to differences in models, scenarios and input data. Recent work has examined (and narrowed) these differences through systematic model intercomparison using a high-emissions pathway to highlight the differences. This paper extends that analysis to explore a range of plausible socioeconomic scenarios and emission pathways.
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Minutes from the 4th UK Land Policy Forum meeting, 26 April 2017

New Technologies for Mapping and Documenting Land Rights

Conference Papers & Reports
May, 2017
Global
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
Land & Investments
agricultural land management
community land rights
farmers
indigenous peoples' land rights
indigenous peoples' lands
land
land administration
land allocation
land area
land cover mapping
land economics
land inheritance rights
land investments
land management
land registration
land tenure
land tenure systems
land use mapping
landowners
property rights
sustainable development
sustainable land management
sustainable land use
This event, hosted at ODI in London, was convened to discuss the use of new technologies to map and document land rights, and their impact on land registration and administration, and pr
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Climate change and agricultural policy options: A global-to-local approach

Policy Papers & Briefs
November, 2016
Global
Land & Food Security
Land, Climate Change & Environment
agricultural and rural legislation
climate change
environment
food security
sustainable land management
sustainable land use
Climate change is a significant and growing threat to food security—already affecting vulnerable populations in many developing countries, and expected to affect ever more people in more places, unless action is taken beginning today. Current scenarios for business-as-usual farming under climate change project growing food security challenges by 2050. Worst hit will be underdeveloped regions of the world where food insecurity is already a problem and populations are vulnerable to shocks (Rosegrant et al. 2014).
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Land Rights and Agricultural Productivity

Policy Papers & Briefs
April, 2012
Global
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
agricultural land management
agriculture
farming systems
food security
gender equity in access to land
property rights
rural population
tenure security
sustainable land management
sustainable land use
women
Property rights to land represent the key institutional asset on which rural people build their livelihoods. In fact, in many countries, landlessness is the best predictor of poverty. The nature of farmers’ property rights to land substantially impacts their willingness and ability to adopt productivity-enhancing inputs and investments.
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Food Security: The Challenge of Feeding 9 Billion People

Peer-reviewed publication
February, 2010
Global
Land & Food Security
Land, Climate Change & Environment
climate change
environment
fisheries
food security
rural population
sustainable land management
sustainable land use
urban population
Continuing population and consumption growth will mean that the global demand for food will increase for at least another 40 years. Growing competition for land, water, and energy, in addition to the overexploitation of fisheries, will affect our ability to produce food, as will the urgent requirement to reduce the impact of the food system on the environment. The effects of climate change are a further threat. But the world can produce more food and can ensure that it is used more efficiently and equitably.
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An agent-based model of agricultural innovation, land-cover change and household inequality: the transition from swidden cultivation to rubber plantations in Laos PDR

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2011
Laos
Land & Food Security
agriculture
agricultural land management
sustainable land management
sustainable land use
farmers
farming systems
food security
This article examines the transition from shifting cultivation to rubber production for a study area in northern Laos PDR using an agent-based model of land-cover change. A primary objective of the model was to assess changes in household-level inequality with the transition from shifting cultivation to rubber adoption. A secondary objective was to develop explanations for the rate of rubber adoption in the study area.