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Jacques Charmes commented on information | 31 July 2016

AVSI: Jacques Charmes de l'Equipe RNSF visite l’organisation artisanale des potières de Katiola (Côte d'Ivoire)

Merci Bamba d'avoir posté ce souvenir de ma visite à la coopérative des potières de Katiola, au village de Darakodougou, où l'accueil fut si chaleureux et restera inoubliable. De telles visites de terrain permettent de mieux comprendre les besoins des populations et d'apprécier la démarche du...

Group: Informal Economy Support Facility
Dynamic Trade Policy for Small Island Developing States: Lessons for the Pacific from the Caribbean

David Walker posted Information | 26 July 2016

Small island developing states (SIDS) have common economic challenges and are faced with high costs for energy, infrastructure, transportation, trade logistics and public administration. These challenges are increasingly undergirded by new concerns such as the high incidence of chronic non-...

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Group: Building resilience of small island economies
Nouvelle série: Les nouvelles opportunités de l’économie alimentaire ouest-africaine

Lia Beyeler posted Information | 25 July 2016

L’économie alimentaire ouest-africaine s’est profondément transformée ces 60 dernières années sous l’effet de l’urbanisation et de la croissance des revenus. L’ensemble des activités de production, transformation et distribution qui concourent à l’alimentation humaine, représente un total de 178...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
New OECD Working Paper Series: Emerging opportunities in the West African food economy

Lia Beyeler posted Information | 25 July 2016

Driven by urbanisation and income growth, the West African food economy has radically changed over the past 60 years. The food economy, including all activities involved in producing food, from production to processing, transport and distribution totalled USD 178 billion in 2010, equal to 36% of...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
Achieving the SDGs through profitable, sustainable and inclusive agriculture

Lebo Mofolo posted Information | 18 July 2016

In order to end hunger, achieve food security and improve nutrition in African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries, agri-food systems have to be significantly transformed. The role of agriculture for inclusive growth and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) was examined at...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
Achieving the SDGs through profitable, sustainable and inclusive agriculture

Lebo Mofolo posted Information | 18 July 2016

In order to end hunger, achieve food security and improve nutrition in African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries, agri-food systems have to be significantly transformed. The role of agriculture for inclusive growth and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) was examined at...

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Group: Building resilience of small island economies
Emae declared Organic Island

David Walker posted Information | 11 July 2016

The 4th of July 2016 will go down as an historic date for the chiefs and people of Emae when they declared the Island an Organic Island, Vanuatu’s first. In collaboration with Provincial Governance Strengthening Program (PGS) under the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Farm to Table, the...

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Group: Building resilience of small island economies
AVSI: Jacques Charmes de l'Equipe RNSF visite l’organisation artisanale des potières de Katiola (Côte d'Ivoire)

BAMBA Lassine posted Information | 8 July 2016

Dans le cadre du suivi des activités du Projet Intégré d'Appui à l'Autonomisation des Artisans de Côte d'Ivoire que réalise AVSI avec UE, M. Jacques CHARMES de l'Equipe RNSF-UE-Bruxelles a visité l’organisation artisanale des potières de Katiola. Ces braves artisanes, font partie des 5.000...

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Group: Informal Economy Support Facility
Vanuatu Agrotourism Policy Setting Workshop, Port-Vila, Vanuatu, 25-27 May 2016

Lebo Mofolo updated the Information | 29 June 2016

Tourism is the lifeblood of many Pacific economies, and agritourism provides a promising avenue for diversification and trade growth. In light of this, CTA and the Government of Vanuatu, together with IICA and PIPSO will organise a workshop on policy setting for improved linkages between...

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Group: Building resilience of small island economies
Video: Christine Mweene, follower farmer from Monze District, Zambia, on conservation agriculture

Capacity4dev Team updated the Information | 28 June 2016

To read Christine's testimonial and learn more about conservation agriculture in Zambia, see the Voices & Views ' Zambia: Small Changes Deliver Big Results for Farmers '

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA

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