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No Thumbnail AvailableBook (stand-alone)Technical bookImprovement of dairy production to satisfy the growing consumer demand in Sub-Saharan Africa - A conceptual framework for research 1994
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Book (stand-alone)Technical studyCollective tenure rights and climate action in sub-Saharan Africa
What are priority investments in rights to achieve long-term sustainability of forest areas?
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No results found.The study on collective tenure rights and climate action in sub-Saharan Africa aims to consolidate and analyse the state of the evidence on how tenure arrangements – in particular collective ownership and management of forests operating in complex systems of contingent factors – impact forest condition outcomes, as well as livelihood outcomes of forest dwellers in sub-Saharan Africa. Based on this evidence, it also presents guidance on actions that can improve these environmental and livelihood outcomes in forest areas.In recent years, growing evidence has documented the contributions to climate change mitigation of lands and forests held under collective tenure by local communities and Indigenous Peoples, and more broadly their contributions to natural resource conservation and increased resilience. Africa is an important region for the recognition of collective rights to forests. Taking collective tenure fully into account is critical for climate action and livelihoods because forms of collective tenure and use rights are the predominant basis for the ownership, control and use of most forests in Africa.With the opportunity presented by increased international attention to the roles of community governance in combating climate change, it is urgent that the evidence base for tenure-forest relationships in sub-Saharan Africa be rapidly assessed and expanded. Assessments should include careful consideration of the roles of contingent factors, as well as agendas for strategic action in the short and medium term, based on this evidence. The costs of inaction are substantial: deforestation and land degradation are accelerating across the African continent, and many high-value forests that were stable in previous decades are now threatened. This trend highlights the need to focus support on the occupant communities who are the stewards of these globally important landscapes and can play a central role in on-the-ground forest conservation. -
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Book (series)Technical reportReport of the Fourth Aquaculture Network for Africa (ANAF) Annual Meeting. Entebbe, Uganda, 4-6 December 2012. 2013
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No results found.This document contains the report of the Fourth Annual Meeting of the Aquaculture Network for Africa (ANAF), which was held in Entebbe, Uganda, from 4 to 6 December 2012. The participants addressed and made decisions on matters concerning relevant follow-up to the third ANAF meeting. The meeting was attended by the ANAF National Focal Points from nine member countries, two international consultants, two representatives from NEPAD, a representative from ACP FISH II (Eastern Africa), a consultant from the FAO Regional Office for Africa and an FAO Aquaculture Officer. The meeting discussed the steps for the establishment and management of National Aquaculture Advisory Group (NAAG) and National Aquaculture Farmer Associations (NAFA) in ANAF Member Countries. The participants adopted a strategy to turn ANAF into a functional Intergovernmental Organization and they discussed and endorsed the ANAF work plan for 2013. During the session, three task forces were established and elaborated the ir terms of references for the preparation of three distinguished reports. These reports will describe the measures that ANAF member countries shall take in order to turn the ANAF into an Intergovernmental Organization. The reports will be presented and finalized at the Fifth ANAF Annual Meeting to be held in September 2013 in Dakar, Senegal. -
Book (stand-alone)High-profileAgricultural trade in the Global South
An overview of trends in performance, vulnerabilities, and policy frameworks
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No results found.South-South Cooperation (SSC) is increasingly recognized as an effective instrument for catalyzing economic development by fostering the exchange of innovation and good practices, and expanding market opportunities across countries with a similar level of development and shared development objectives, such as those reflected in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Key to this economic cooperation are trade and investment relationships among South countries. The importance of South countries in global agrifood markets and trade has been increasing over the last two decades, with growth in their participation, as both exporters and importers, having outpaced that of North countries. Agricultural productivity growth has fueled expansion in the production of some products, while population growth and urbanization, rapid economic growth and increasing per capita incomes have contributed to growing demand for diverse food products. -
Book (stand-alone)Technical bookImpacts of climate change on farming systems and livelihoods in the Near East North Africa. With a special focus on small-scale family farming
Regional Initiative on Small-scale Family Farming for the Near East and North Africa
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No results found.Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals of eradicating poverty (SDG 1), hunger (SDG 2) and clean water and sanitation (SDG 6) is not possible without directly addressing the impacts of climate change (SDG 13). Agriculture and food systems are on the forefront of this challenge and nowhere is this more evident than in the Near East and North Africa (NENA) region. Climate change is projected to increase temperatures and extreme weather events and reduce precipitation and weather predictability. While there will be variations based on local specificity, this will result in a general reduction of the production and productivity of both crops and livestock throughout the farming systems in the NENA region. Small-scale farmers’ livelihoods are at risk due to their direct dependence on natural resources. Further, given that they are the main domestic agricultural producers, the impacts of climate change on these farmers extends beyond the farm to the food security of the region. This makes it even more important for policymakers to determine the most effective ways to support small-scale farmers to ensure that agricultural production and productivity can be managed under changing climate conditions and increasing uncertainty.