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    Reports & Research
    December, 2013
    North Macedonia, Bangladesh, Honduras, Iraq, El Salvador, Chile, Zimbabwe, China, Indonesia, Australia, Bolivia, Ghana, Costa Rica, Colombia, Mozambique, Lesotho, Madagascar, Ecuador, Kuwait, Cuba, Argentina, India, Austria

    Meeting symbol/code: GSPPA-I/13/Report
    Session: Sess.1

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    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2013
    Bangladesh, Switzerland, Nepal, China, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Pakistan, Thailand, Mozambique, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Cambodia, India, Bhutan, Republic of Korea, Vietnam, Asia

    More than 50 senior representatives from 12 countries representing various sectors - health, agriculture (horticulture/livestock), fisheries, agricultural marketing, agricultural policy planning, urban development, NGOs, academia and industry - attended the regional workshop on strengthening urban and peri-urban agriculture towards resilient food systems in Asia.

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    Reports & Research
    December, 2013
    Chile, United States of America, Israel, Sweden, Guatemala, China, Australia, Bolivia, Suriname, Venezuela, Eritrea, Yemen, Peru, South Africa, Ecuador, Argentina, Paraguay, Mexico, Brazil, South America, Americas

    En todas las regiones áridas y semiáridas del mundo se considera a “las tunas”, como proveedoras de usos múltiples con notables condiciones para zonas marginales. Los tunales, fueron siempre de interés para Santiago del Estero, Argentina, desde su fundación, iniciándose luego una serie ininterrumpida de esfuerzos para alcanzar un conocimiento exhaustivo sobre las mismas, tarea que aun continua. El grupo de trabajo de la Universidad Nacional de Santiago del Estero ha trabajado en el tema por largo tiempo, en forma constante, sostenida.

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    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2013
    France, United States of America, Spain, Chile, Peru, Canada, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Colombia, Panama, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Ecuador, Brazil, Argentina, China, Montenegro, Uruguay, Cuba, South America

    FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical Paper 582. This study reports on the experiences with a diversity of cases of rights-based benthic and finfish fisheries management regimes from the Latin American region.

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    Reports & Research
    December, 2013
    France, Brazil, United States of America, Japan, Malaysia, Afghanistan, China, Italy, Indonesia, Netherlands, India, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Asia

    With 16 percent of the world’s population, India has 2.45 percent of the world’s land resources and 4 percent of its water resources. It is obvious that supply will barely match future demand. Around 50 percent of irrigated agriculture and 85 percent of rural drinking water comes from groundwater. Sustainable management of groundwater plays a major role in the agriculture sector, contributing to the economic development of a mainly agrarian country. Half of farmer households in India are indebted and the average outstanding loan increases with the size of the landholding.

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    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2013
    Angola, Greece, United States of America, Rwanda, China, Namibia, Australia, Eswatini, Canada, Iran, Iceland, Thailand, New Zealand, Kenya, Mozambique, Jordan, South Africa, Vietnam, Italy, Tanzania, Botswana, Kazakhstan, Mongolia

    Under the current challenges of food security, climate change adaptation and mitigation, further provision of ecosystem services and sustainable intensification of agriculture, soil information becomes fundamental to guide wise policies and decisions. This document reviews the present availability of soil information from legacy maps and reports and from ongoing Digital Soil Mapping efforts. Currently, the soil science community is limited in its capacity to provide accurate and updated information to the different soil users.

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    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2013
    Qatar, France, Honduras, Japan, Nicaragua, Chile, Australia, Ireland, Canada, Venezuela, United Kingdom, Samoa, Maldives, Kenya

    The purpose of the United Nations challenge badges is to raise awareness, educate and, most of all, motivate young people to change their behaviour and be active agents of change in their local communities. Challenge badges are appropriate for use with school classes and youth groups, and are endorsed by WAGGGS and WOSM. They include a wide range of activities and ideas that can easily be adapted by teachers or leaders.

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    Reports & Research
    December, 2013
    Switzerland, Israel, China, Sri Lanka, Bolivia, Pakistan, Niger, Thailand, Morocco, Malaysia, Haiti, Tanzania, Brunei Darussalam, India, Chad, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Mongolia, Asia

    Tigerpaper is a quarterly news bulletin dedicated to the exchange of information relating to wildlife and natural resources management for the Asia-Pacific region. Forest News reports on FAO forestry activities in the Asia-Pacific region.

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    Reports & Research
    December, 2013
    Nepal, France, Equatorial Guinea, Bangladesh, Switzerland, China, Myanmar, Indonesia, Panama, Congo, India, Guinea, Pakistan, Republic of Korea, Thailand, Asia

    Tigerpaper is a quarterly news bulletin dedicated to the exchange of information relating to wildlife and natural resources management for the Asia-Pacific region. Forest News reports on FAO forestry activities in the Asia-Pacific region.

  10. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2013
    Bangladesh, Honduras, United States of America, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Jamaica, Pakistan, Niger, Nepal, Japan, South Africa, Vietnam, Somalia, Tanzania, Botswana, India, Armenia, Kenya

    The guide is an important resource for development professionals and researchers working with households and communities. The objective of the gender and climate training guide is to address the lack of information on how men and women adapt to, and mitigate climate change. The Participatory Action Research methods and activities of the guide help ensure that gender is reflected in research activities and outcomes. The guide will help promote gender-sensitive adaptation and mitigation activities in projects for agriculture and food security.

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