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REPORT: Commodities at a Glance: Special issue on cashew nuts

Francois Stepman posted Information | 22 April 2021

UNCTAD (2021) Commodities at a Glance: Special issue on cashew nuts , April 2021, 41 pp. Cashew nuts are enjoying increasing popularity all around the globe. The top three cashew-consuming countries – India, the United States and Germany – are on three different continents. Cashew nuts are consumed...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
Ziway-Shalla Basin in Balance

Tiisetso Mathole updated the Information | 21 April 2021

Ziway Shalla is a closed water basin, located in the Rift Valley of Ethiopia, the country’s most important wetland area. It secures the livelihoods of local communities, a broad spectrum of wildlife and migratory birds. However, this unique ecosystem is currently threatened through overconsumption...

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Group: Ecosystem-based approaches to DRR and CCA
New Handbook for Parliamentarians - practical guidance on transforming food systems and improving nutrition

Francois Stepman posted Information | 20 April 2021

19 April 2021 . FAO (2021) New Handbook for Parliamentarians - practical guidance on transforming food systems and improving nutrition 72 pp. The online Handbook was produced in collaboration with the Scaling-Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement, the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) Research and Innovation (R&I) Programme

Francois Stepman posted news | 16 April 2021

9 February 2021 /OACPS: The ACP Innovation Fund is a key instrument of the Research and Innovation (R&I) Programme implemented by the Secretariat of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) to unlock innovation potential in its Member States and accelerate sustainable...

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Programme: DeSIRA
Supporting the transformation of agricultural and food systems through agroecological approaches (DG INTPA / EU)

Guy FAURE uploaded a new Document | 16 April 2021

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This technical note aims to provide support for reflection and decision-making to develop interventions aimed at supporting the transformation of agricultural and food systems, based on the principles of agroecology and in line with the priorities of the European Green Deal. In this perspective, it...

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Programme: DeSIRA
STREAM - Sustainable Resilient Ecosystem and Agriculture Management in Mongolia

Guy FAURE posted news | 16 April 2021

The European Union, GIZ and FAO sign an agreement to implement an agriculture and forestry project in Mongolia (DeSIRA and GCCA+) The new cooperation project is called “Sustainable Resilient Ecosystem and Agriculture Management in Mongolia” or “STREAM” in short. STREAM aims at increasing the...

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Programme: DeSIRA
ICSIAPL Kenya

Guy FAURE created a new WIKI page | 15 April 2021

ICSIAPL : Integrated & Climate Smart Innovations for Agro-Pastoralist Economies and Landscapes in Kenya’s Arid and Semi-Arid Land ’s Objective of the project : To enhance livelihoods of agro-pastoralist communities through improved forage production and livestock husbandry, building on market...

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Programme: DeSIRA
COACH: A European project on territorial food systems

Francois Stepman posted news | 15 April 2021

Farmers and small operators tend to have a weak position on the market. They lack bargaining power, face barriers to accessing markets, and struggle to achieve a fair income. At the same time, due to growing public awareness of the environmental crisis, and the rise of diet-related ill-health, many...

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Programme: DeSIRA
REPORT: The impact of disasters and crises on agriculture and food security

Francois Stepman posted Information | 12 April 2021

FAO (2021) The impact of disasters and crises on agriculture and food security : 211 pp. On top of a decade of exacerbated disaster loss, exceptional global heat, retreating ice and rising sea levels, humanity and our food security face a range of new and unprecedented hazards, such as megafires,...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
REPORT: 2021 Global Food Policy Report: Transforming Food Systems after COVID-19

Francois Stepman posted Information | 12 April 2021

COVID-19 has upended local, national, and global food systems, and put the Sustainable Development Goals further out of reach. But lessons and momentum from the world’s response to the pandemic can contribute to food system change. In the 2021 Global Food Policy Report, IFPRI researchers and...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA

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