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Book (stand-alone)Technical bookHow much do large-scale and small-scale farming contribute to global deforestation?
Results from a remote sensing pilot approach
2023Also available in:
No results found.The study presented in this document expands on the work conducted during the Global Forest Resources Assessment (FRA) 2020 Remote Sensing Survey (RSS) and revisits the extensive dataset of areas where deforestation occurred over periods 2000–2010 and 2010–2018 to subclassify and assess deforestation drivers. Notably, considering the importance it would have in designing appropriate strategies for halting deforestation, the study assesses the share of agriculture-driven deforestation linked to small-scale and large-scale farming, both for cropping and livestock systems. The goal was not only to further characterize the global deforestation drivers in 2000–2018 but also to identify methods and tools that can help in exploring the deforestation drivers using Earth Observation – by adding more options to the original FRA RSS query and by trying to define subjective characteristics of the activities. -
ProjectFactsheetSustainable Large-Scale Green Production and Value Promotion of Quinoa in Qinghai - TCP/CPR/3803 2024
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No results found.Quinoa is a crop with high nutritional value, and the demand for quinoa products in the domestic and international market has been in constant growth in recent years. The Qaidam Basin (including Dulan County, Ulan County, Delingha City and Golmud City), located in Haixi Tibetan and Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture of Qinghai Province, has unique natural, climatic and ecological characteristics that make it one of the best quinoa planting areas in China. Quinoa produced in the Qaidam Basin has advantages in yield and quality compared to that produced in other regions in the country; the quality meets or exceeds international standards, with products that are favoured by consumers at home and abroad. Introduced to Qinghai in 2012, quinoa underwent two years of planting trials from 2012 to 2013 and three years of large-scale cultivation from 2014 to 2016. In 2017, the planted area of quinoa in the Qaidam Basin reached 30 000 mu, with an average yield of from 230 to 300 kg/mu and an output value of from CNY 3 000/mu to CNY 3 500/mu, three times that of crops such as wheat and rapeseed. The Qinghai Implementation Plan of Agricultural Modernization (2016-2020) was proposed to develop the quinoa industry, which has great potential for farmers in the deeply impoverished areas of Qinghai -
ProjectFactsheetStrengthening National Capacities of Producer Organizations in the Nena Region - TCP/RAB/3603 2020
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No results found.Small-scale family farming accounts for more than 80percent of agricultural production in the Near East andNorth Africa (NENA) region and plays an important role infood security, poverty alleviation and sustainablemanagement of natural resources. The average landholding size has decreased in the past decades, while atthe same time there has been an increase in the numberof SSFF and in total agricultural land. Small-scale familyfarmers (SSFF) do not have the possibility of realizingeconomies of scale or developing a market powercomparable to their trading partners. In addition, theyface high transaction costs and difficulties in accessingproductive services and resources and are thereforegenerally unable to seize economic opportunities. Ageingfarmer populations and limited access to social protectionand productive assets such as financial services, water andland and activity and input markets represent severeconstraints for the development of SSFF and theirorganizations, thereby limiting opportunities foremployment in agriculture.
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