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development of soil and water conservation policies and practices in five selected countries from 1960 to 2010

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2013
Indonesia, Bolivia, Tunisia, United States of America, Spain, Ethiopia
Land, Climate Change & Environment
sustainable land management
land cover
land degradation
farmers
Since the 1930s there has been worldwide concern about the effects and impacts of land degradation. After the problems experienced in the Dust Bowl in the USA, much attention was paid to soil and water conservation in both developed and developing countries. Initially Governments stimulated the establishment of physical control measures, such as terraces, check dams and reforestation. This was achieved through top-down regulations, and Forestry Departments were often in charge of the implementation.
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Situation des Forêts du monde 2016. Dépliant

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2016
Tunisia, Gambia, Vietnam, Chile, Ghana, Iran, Costa Rica, Georgia, Uruguay, Asia, Africa, Americas
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
forest land
land use
sustainable land management
Dépliant promotionnel sur le rapport sur la Situation des forêts du monde 2016.</p>Stabilisateurs des sols et du climat, régulateurs des cours d’eau, dispensateurs d’ombrage et d’abris ainsi que d’un habitat pour les pollinisateurs et les ennemis naturels des ravageurs d’importance agricole, les forêts et les arbres sous-tendent la durabilité de l’agriculture. Source appréciable de nourriture, d’énergie et de revenu, ils contribuent également à la sécurité alimentaire de centaines de millions de personnes.
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Can smallholders double their productivity and incomes by 2030?

Journal Articles & Books
September, 2016
Algeria, Egypt, Malawi, Rwanda, Croatia, Burkina Faso, China, Morocco, Ghana, Malta, Ethiopia, Republic of Korea, Niger, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Mozambique, Cyprus, Japan, Vietnam, Albania, Italy, Cambodia
agricultural land management
agriculture
This paper assesses past trends in agricultural land and labour productivity, as a test whether it is feasible to meet the SDG target 2.3, namely doubling productivity and incomes of smallholders within a 15-year time span, if history were to serve as a guide. The target implies agricultural productivity would need to increase by 4.6% per year on average during 2015-2030. Available country-level data on land productivity (1961-2012) and labour productivity (1980-2012) for 140 countries shows that past trends fall well short of the desired pace of productivity growth.
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WATER and PEOPLE: whose right is it?

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2002
Nepal, Morocco, Kenya, South Africa, Lesotho, Syrian Arab Republic, Ecuador, Gambia, India, Senegal, Thailand, Lebanon
natural resources management
water management
water rights
women
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The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture - 2006 (SOFIA)

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2007
Egypt, Bangladesh, United States of America, Chile, Germany, Peru, Indonesia, Norway, Canada, Republic of Korea, Thailand, Italy, Japan, Uganda, Myanmar, Tanzania, Netherlands, India, Russia, China, Brazil, Cambodia
fisheries
land governance
land tenure
Several decades ago, the efforts of public administrations were concentrated on developing fisheries and aquaculture and ensuring growth in production and consumption. Then, in the 1980s, as many resources became fully or overexploited, the attention of policy-makers began to focus instead on fisheries management, in addition to development of aquaculture. Aquaculture continues to expand, while marine capture fisheries – when summed together worldwide – seem to have reached a ceiling.
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Impacts des investissements étrangers dans l'agriculture des pays en développement: résultats d'études de cas

Reports & Research
December, 2015
Mozambique, Egypt, Morocco, Nigeria, Philippines, Mali, Zimbabwe, Madagascar, Ghana, Congo, Sudan, Niger
land rights
sustainable development
De plus en plus d’éléments tendent à démontrer que l’investissement dans le secteur agricole des pays en développement est l’un des moyens les plus efficaces pour réduire la pauvreté et la faim. Les investissements agricoles peuvent produire des avantages très divers en faveur du développement. On ne peut cependant pas s’attendre à ce que ces avantages se produisent automatiquement, et certaines formes d’investissement à grande échelle comportent des risques pour les pays hôtes.
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Nominations for, and Establishment of the Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils. First meeting of the Plenary Assembly of the Global Soil Partnership

Reports & Research
December, 2013
France, Nigeria, United States of America, Peru, Morocco, United Kingdom, Canada, Iran, Ethiopia, Republic of Korea, Cameroon, Thailand, Slovakia, Costa Rica, Japan, Italy, Argentina, India, Sudan, New Zealand, China, Mexico, Saudi Arabia
land management
Meeting Name: Global Soil Partnership Plenary Assembly
Meeting symbol/code: GSPPA: I/2013/2
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FAO's Work on Climate Change

Reports & Research
October, 2016
France, Bangladesh, Honduras, Germany, Peru, Guatemala, United Kingdom, Congo, Guinea, Cameroon, Seychelles, Morocco, Philippines, Japan, Myanmar, Ireland, Gabon, Norway
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
sustainable land management
forest land
sustainable development
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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FAO’S COOPERATION WITH UN SYSTEM ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING THE BRETTON WOODS INSTITUTIONS

Reports & Research
December, 2001
Honduras, Kenya, Croatia, Guatemala, Sri Lanka, Malta, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Panama, Eritrea, Thailand, Nepal, Philippines, Uganda, Somalia, Uruguay, Cambodia, Tunisia, India, Sudan, Mexico
natural resources management
Meeting symbol/code: C 2001 INF/22
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Geographic information systems in fisheries management and planning. Technical manual

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2003
Bangladesh, United States of America, Chile, Zimbabwe, China, Namibia, Jamaica, Ghana, Costa Rica, Thailand, Mexico, Uganda, Italy, Netherlands, Tunisia, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Brazil, Greece
fisheries
The FAO Inland Water Resources and Aquaculture Service (FIRI) has been active in promoting the use of geographic information systems (GIS) and remote sensing in fisheries and aquaculture since 1985. However, a manual to use along with GIS software for the fisheries biologists in the field explaining GIS in a way that is understandable to non-GIS users had not been produced until now. This manual was written to overcome this knowledge-gap, it is a “do-it-yourself-manual” giving a short introduction to GIS software and its applications in fishery science.