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NewsletterNewsletterGender Newsletter Asia Pacific January 2018 2018
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No results found.The Asia-Pacific Gender Newsletter for January 2018 showcases interventions, event, and information on FAO's work on gender equality and women's empowerment in Asia and the Pacific. This newsletter is addressed to FAO's staff and development partners as well as whoever is interesting in FAO's work related to gender equality and women's empowerment in the Asia-Pacific region. It provides background information regarding ongoing activities in specific countries and at the regional level on gender in line with FAO's Policy on Gender Equality and the Sustainable Development Goal number 5. -
NewsletterNewsletterGender Asia Pacific Newsletter, July 2019 - Issue #2
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No results found.Rural women are the backbone of the rural economy representing about 43 percent of the agricultural labour force in developing countries. In the Asia-Pacific region, rural women play a key role in food systems and rural household livelihood holding main responsibilities in food production, sale and procurement, food preparation and distribution, family food and nutrition security, as well as child rearing and care giving. As such, gender equality and women’s empowerment in rural areas are central to FAO’s mandate consisting in sustainable agricultural production and rural development for the elimination of hunger and poverty. The Gender Newsletter Asia Pacific #2, 2019 consists in showcasing FAO’s gender-related work at country and regional levels thus contributing to FAO’s strategic objective 6 – Technical quality, knowledge and services. More specifically, this publication intends to share stories, events, publications and activities related to gender and rural women in the Asia-Pacific region with relevant stakeholders on a regular basis. -
NewsletterNewsletterGender Newsletter Asia Pacific September 2017 2017
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No results found.This issue contains stories on country level activities and news and updates on events, publications and trainings relater to the gender work in FAO in Asia and the Pacific. There is a report on FAO's contribution to the Sustainable Development Goal Five (SDG5) and a feature article on Isan Indigenous Thai Silk Yarn production.
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Book (series)Technical bookLiving in and from the forests of Central Africa 2017
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Living in and from the forests of Central Africa is intended first and foremost as a full-scale extension tool concerning NWFPs in Central Africa. It is a work on the groups who have always lived in these forests, forests that contribute to every aspect of their daily lives, both material and spiritual, and enable them to survive even in periods of extreme crisis. -
DocumentOther documentCountry Report: the State of Brazil's Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture 2019
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No results found.These country reports are prepared as a contribution to the FAO publication, The State of the World’s Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture. The preparation of Country Reports provided an overview of existing information gaps and helped to establish a baseline information on biodiversity for food and agriculture. They also provided information on the role of biodiversity for food and agriculture in the provision of multiple ecosystem services. These country reports helped to address the following questions: • What is the state of the conservation and use of biodiversity for food security and nutrition, ecosystem services and sustainability? • What trends can be identified in the conservation and use of biodiversity for food and agriculture and in the effects of major drivers of change? • How can conservation and use of biodiversity for food and agriculture be improved and the contributions of biodiversity to food security and nutrition, ecosystem services, sustainability and the improvement of livelihoods of farmers, pastoralists, forest dwellers and fisher folk be enhanced? -
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