Agriculture & Rural Development

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Measuring glacier change in the Himalayas

Gervase Poulden uploaded a new Document | 8 February 2013

glacial_melt_in_the_himalayas.pdf 2.21 MB

Publication Date: September 2012 This bulletin highlights the need for more reliable and consistent data about the state of Himalayan glaciers so that the contribution of glacial melt to the Himalayan river basins can be better understood. This is important because declining water availability...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Seeds of Knowledge: Contributing to Climate Change Solutions

Gervase Poulden uploaded a new Document | 8 February 2013

seeds_of_knowledge.pdf 5.87 MB

Publication Date: 2012 This booklet presents 24 case studies from 17 countries on grassroots solutions to the impacts of climate change. Contents Theme: Capacity Building Strengthening capacity for conflict prevention and the protection of natural resources in Peru Strengthening institutional...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Report of the Study of the Economies of Ecosystems and Biodiversity: Water and Wetlands

Gervase Poulden uploaded a new Document | 8 February 2013

report_on_ecosystems_and_biodiversity.pdf 5.25 MB

Publication date: October 2012 This report by The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) team says that the key role that rapidly diminishing wetlands play in supporting human life and biodiversity needs to be recognized and integrated into decision-making as a vital component of the...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Green Carbon: Black Trade Report

Gervase Poulden uploaded a new Document | 7 February 2013

green_carbon_black_trade_small.pdf 13.27 MB

Publication Date: September 2012 This Rapid Response Report looks at the illegal logging trade, which makes up 50 to 90 per cent of logging in key tropical countries of the Amazon basin, Central Africa and South East Asia. It shows that it is being carried out by organized crime and is threatening...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
How to improve FOOD SECURITY in developing countries? Providing global food policy knowledge as an international public good. By IFPRI

Raymond LATASTE updated the event | 4 February 2013

29 Jan

From 29 January 2013
in (Belgium)

Organised by Europaid Unit C

Speakers: *Dr. Teunis van Rheenen *Coordinator for Partnerships, IFPRI and *Dr. Ousmane Badiane*, Director for Africa, IFPRI The *International Food Policy Resarch Institute* (IFPRI) provides knowledge relevant to decision-makers both inside and outside the countries in which it undertakes research...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security
How to improve FOOD SECURITY in developing countries? Providing global food policy knowledge as an international public good. By IFPRI

Raymond LATASTE created a new event | 3 February 2013

29 Jan

From 29 January 2013
in (Belgium)

Organised by Europaid Unit C

Speakers: *Dr. Teunis van Rheenen *Coordinator for Partnerships, IFPRI and *Dr. Ousmane Badiane*, Director for Africa, IFPRI The *International Food Policy Resarch Institute* (IFPRI) provides knowledge relevant to decision-makers both inside and outside the countries in which it undertakes research...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security
Training Farmers in Agroecology: A Sound Investment to Fight Hunger

Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 31 January 2013

During a high level panel on sustainable agriculture held at the European Development Days 2012, experts said that world hunger has diminished worldwide, but it will only continue to do so if farmers are trained to implement agro-ecology principles using such techniques as agroforestry,...

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Training Farmers in Agroecology: A Sound Investment to Fight Hunger

Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 17 January 2013

During a high level panel on sustainable agriculture held at the European Development Days 2012, experts said that world hunger has diminished worldwide, but it will only continue to do so if farmers are trained to implement agro-ecology principles using such techniques as agroforestry,...

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Brussels Development Briefing no. 30: Agricultural Resilience in the face of Crises and Shocks

Ronalee Biasca created a new event | 15 January 2013

04 Mar

From 4 March 2013
Organised by CTA, IFPRI

The 30th Brussels Development Briefing will take place on 4th March 2013 (8h30-13h00) on the important issue of Agricultural resilience in the face of crises and shocks, highlighting proven approaches and successes in key areas of agriculture and rural development of ACP countries and other parts...

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Group: Building resilience of small island economies
Climate-Smart Agriculture Bolsters Farm Production in the Caribbean

Capacity4dev Team updated the Information | 15 January 2013

A new initiative is catching on in the Caribbean that aims to increase and sustain agricultural productivity by incorporating information about weather and climate into the farming process, all under the umbrella of climate-smart agriculture. Promoted by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO...

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Group: Building resilience of small island economies

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