Agriculture & Rural Development

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Giving Pacific islanders greater say in ocean science

Nadia Tjahja posted Information | 10 March 2014

The isolated cultures spread across the Pacific were experts of marine biology long before modern science arrived. A rich bank of local knowledge amassed over generations of physical and spiritual reliance on the ocean furnished these communities with a deep understanding of ocean currents, species...

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Group: Building resilience of small island economies
Liberia – Strengthening Integrated Systems for Management and Prevention of Malnutrition in Greater Monrovia

Julien Morel uploaded a new Document | 10 March 2014

acf_liberia_aligning_case_study_en_dec_2013_ld.pdf 774.82 KB

In April 2011, Action Contre la Faim (ACF) launched an integrated food security and nutrition programme with the aim of reducing of morbidity and mortality from malnutrition in children under five years old in Greater Monrovia. The project focused on three main levels of intervention: - Community...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
Strengthening linkages between research and extension for food and nutrition security in Asia and the Pacific

Sarah Cummings posted Information | 7 March 2014

The Food and Agriculture Organization – Regional Ofﬁce for Asia and the Paciﬁc (FAO-RAP) and the Centre for Alleviation of Poverty through Sustainable Agriculture (CAPSA) of the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Paciﬁc (ESCAP) organized a two-day Expert Consultation on...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
Drivers of succes for agricultural transformation in Africa

Nadia Tjahja posted Information | 25 February 2014

Despite many challenges facing African agriculture, the sector remains key to rural employment, food security and livelihoods to the most vulnerable. Growing agricultural productivity attacks poverty from three different directions. It increases the productivity and incomes of the majority of...

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Group: Agriculture & Rural Development
Small Farmers, Big Business

Diane KELECOM updated the Information | 25 February 2014

Following the European Development Days 2013 session on Small Farmers, Big Business , Brecht Lein and Thembi Maunze spoke to capacity4dev.eu about a smallholder farmers project in Zimbabwe, which aimed to make seed available to smallholder famers and to improve food security in Zimbabwe. In this...

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Small Farmers, Big Business

Capacity4dev Team posted Information | 24 February 2014

Following the European Development Days 2013 session on Small Farmers, Big Business , Brecht Lein and Thembi Maunze spoke to capacity4dev.eu about a smallholder farmers project in Zimbabwe, which aimed to make seed available to smallholder famers and to improve food security in Zimbabwe. In this...

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Group: Agriculture & Rural Development
Launch of the first-ever UNDP/EU Partnership Report - "Towards a Life of Dignity for All – 10 Years of UNDP-EU Strategic Partnership"

Laura Giappichelli posted Information | 20 February 2014

"In the last decade, the EU has provided EUR 3.3 billion to UNDP’s activities in 115 countries (many more if including also regional and global programmes) through the signature of around 800 contracts . Some key results include: We worked in 98 countries advancing good governance , contributing to...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Towards a Life of Dignity for All - UNDP/EU Report

Laura Giappichelli uploaded a new Document | 20 February 2014

final_undp-eu_10-year_report.pdf 7.34 MB

Report Summary The UNDP Brussels Office has produced a first-ever report on the partnership between UNDP and EU. The report is presented at the occasion of the 10 th year anniversary of the Strategic Partnership Agreement between UNDP and EU, which was jointly signed in 2004. The report presents...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Briefing Note - Supporting adaptation to climate change in Africa's livestock sector

Kyriaki POULIADOU uploaded a new Document | 18 February 2014

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supporting_adaptation.jpg Livestock production is increasing throughout Africa, driven by human population growth, improving living standards and urbanization. Seventy percent of the rural poor own livestock and over 200 million people rely on livestock for income. Livestock provide both food and...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Building Climate Change Resilience for African Livestock in Sub-Saharan Africa

Kyriaki POULIADOU uploaded a new Document | 18 February 2014

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resilience.jpg The insight that climate change will in affect agricultural production in developing countries in particular has resulted in support to increase the adaptive capacity among vulnerable populations. This study focuses on livestock production systems in Africa, as African livestock...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy

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