Agriculture & Rural Development

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Free E-learning course from FAO: Social analysis for agriculture and rural investment projects

Denise Melvin posted Information | 6 September 2013

The course provides guidance on how to introduce social analysis into investment programmes and projects. In particular, it describes how to use social analysis in the project cycle, the sustainable livelihoods framework, the main entry points for conducting social analysis, and how to integrate...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
Africa Adaptation Newsletter June 2013

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) uploaded a new Document | 4 September 2013

aaknet_newsletter_vol_2_1.pdf 5.99 MB

Publication Date: June 2013 This issue of the Africa Adaptation Newsletter contains articles on the private sector’s role in climate change adaptation in Africa, moving towards an agro-ecological approach, and how to use knowledge to induce positive change

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Towards Sustainable Land management in the Pamir-Alai Mountains

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) uploaded a new Document | 4 September 2013

towards_sustainable_land_management.pdf 3.28 MB

Publication Date: August 2012 This Policy Brief presents the findings of the Sustainable Land Management in the Pamir-Alai Mountains (PALM) project . It contains targeted recommendations, best practices and generic guidelines in the field of sustainable land management and ecosystem conservation...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Democratic People's Republic of Korea: Environment and Climate Change Outlook

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) uploaded a new Document | 4 September 2013

democratic_peoples_republic_of_korea_environment_and_climate_change_outlook.pdf 5.91 MB

Publication Date: 2012 Report by the Ministry of Land and Environment Protection of North Korea on the country's environment and cllimate change outlook. Technical assistance for the report was provided by UNEP.

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Follow-up to Asian Agricultural Development

Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 3 September 2013

Last month, consultant Yves Leenaerts, working with colleagues from the EuropeAid Rural Development, Food Security, Nutrition Unit, borrowed the capacity4dev video camera and editing suite, creating two new videos. This month we’re featuring the second interview, which was conducted in person with...

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Africa Adaptation Knowledge Network Newsletter March 2013

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) uploaded a new Document | 2 September 2013

aaknet_newsletter.pdf 2.35 MB

Publication Date: March 2013 This first issue of the Africa Adaptation Knowledge Network's newsletter includes reports on using adaptation to tackle food insecurity, boosting coastal resilience in Ghana and community-based adaptation. Subscribe to AAKNet's newsletter on its homepage .

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
GEAS July 2013

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) uploaded a new Document | 2 September 2013

fromhotspotstohopespots-connectinglocalchangestoglobalaudiences.pdf 880.08 KB

Publication Date: July 2013 This edition of the Global Environmental Alert Service explains how satellite imagery can tell stories about environmental change by providing visual evidence of both positive and negative large-scale local environmental change. UNEP's satellite imagery work and its...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Asian Agricultural Development

Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 29 August 2013

Earlier this month, consultant Yves Leenaerts, working with colleagues from the EuropeAid Rural Development, Food Security, Nutrition Unit, borrowed the capacity4dev video camera and editing suite, and created two videos. “I was lucky that two experts on agricultural development agreed to share a...

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Follow-up to Asian Agricultural Development

Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 29 August 2013

Last month, consultant Yves Leenaerts, working with colleagues from the EuropeAid Rural Development, Food Security, Nutrition Unit, borrowed the capacity4dev video camera and editing suite, creating two new videos. This month we’re featuring the second interview, which was conducted in person with...

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System Rice Intensification (SRI) in Nepal

Capacity4dev Team updated the Information | 28 August 2013

This video shows impressive results of System Rice Intensification (SRI) in Nepal. The introduction of SRI in selected villages in 2009 was funded by the EU Food Facility.

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Group: Agriculture & Rural Development

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