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Book (stand-alone)HandbookRunning farmer field schools in times of COVID-19: A resource handbook 2020
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This handbook provides guidance and suggestions to farmer field schools (FFS) facilitators, Master Trainers, project coordinators and rural advisors to run FFS activities and other agricultural trainings in times of COVID-19. It includes basic protective measures, important considerations, proposed FFS activities, links to WHO resources and videos and more. It was written with FFS activities in mind, but will also be useful for Extension and Advisory Services and anyone running agricultural field trainings. -
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BookletEvaluation reportEvaluation of the project “Kutukula Ulimi m’Malawi - Promoting farming in Malawi, Revitalising Agriculture Clusters and Ulimi wa Mdandanda through Farmer Field Schools in Malawi”
Project code: GCP/MLW/072/EC
2024Also available in:
No results found.This report evaluates the "Revitalising Agriculture Clusters and Ulimi wa Mdandanda through Farmer Field Schools in Malawi" project, known as Kulima. It focuses on the capacity-building component led by FAO in collaboration with Malawi's Ministry of Agriculture and Department of Agriculture Extension Services, covering July 2017 to December 2023. The research/agribusiness and community outreach components were managed by GIZ and an NGO consortium. The evaluation involved analysing the project's theory of change, desk reviews, focus group discussions, and interviews. Kulima supports Malawi's agricultural goals, targeting food security, climate change adaptation, agribusiness, value chain development, gender equality, and youth empowerment. Successes include improved dietary diversity, crop yields, and adoption of low-cost, locally sourced foods. However, challenges remain, such as low adoption of labour-intensive technologies and limited access to veterinary services. The Farmer Field Schools (FFS) method has gained official recognition, but water scarcity, late seed delivery, high livestock mortality, gender imbalances, and limited funding threaten sustainability. Recommendations include aligning agricultural technologies with farmers' needs, strengthening value chain development and market access for FFS groups, increasing focus on livestock studies, and ensuring full integration and comprehensive implementation of the FFS methodology within the institutionalized agriculture extension strategies.
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Book (series)Technical studyThe impact of climate variability and extremes on agriculture and food security - An analysis of the evidence and case studies
Background paper for The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2018
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No results found.Global climate studies show that not only temperatures are increasing and precipitation levels are becoming more varied, all projections indicate these trends will continue. It is therefore imperative that we understand changes in climate over agricultural areas and their impacts on agriculture production and food security. This study presents new analysis on the impact of changing climate on agriculture and food security, by examining the evidence on recent climate variability and extremes over agricultural areas and the impact of these on agriculture and food security. It shows that more countries are exposed to increasing climate variability and extremes and the frequency (the number of years exposed in a five-year period) and intensity (the number of types of climate extremes in a five-year period) of exposure over agricultural areas have increased. The findings of this study are compelling and bring urgency to the fact that climate variability and extremes are proliferating and intensifying and are contributing to a rise in global hunger. The world’s 2.5 billion small-scale farmers, herders, fishers, and forest-dependent people, who derive their food and income from renewable natural resources, are most at risk and affected. Actions to strengthen the resilience of livelihoods and food systems to climate variability and extremes urgently need to be scaled up and accelerated. -
Book (stand-alone)Technical bookGlobal Forest Resources Assessment 2020
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2020FAO completed its first assessment of the world’s forest resources in 1948. At that time, its major objective was to collect information on available timber supply to satisfy post-war reconstruction demand. Since then, the Global Forest Resources Assessment (FRA) has evolved into a comprehensive evaluation of forest resources and their condition, management and uses, covering all the thematic elements of sustainable forest management. This, the latest of these assessments, examines the status of, and trends in, forest resources over the period 1990–2020, drawing on the efforts of hundreds of experts worldwide. The production of FRA 2020 also involved collaboration among many partner organizations, thereby reducing the reporting burden on countries, increasing synergies among reporting processes, and improving data consistency. The results of FRA 2020 are available in several formats, including this report and an online database containing the original inputs of countries and territories as well as desk studies and regional and global analyses prepared by FAO. I invite you to use these materials to support our common journey towards a more sustainable future with forests. -
Book (series)GuidelineDirectives pour la gestion de petites quantités de pesticides indésirables et périmés
Collection FAO: Elimination des Pesticides. 1020-4709 No. 7
2000Dans les pays en développement, les stocks de pesticides périmés, indésirables et interdits, sont une source continuelle de problèmes d’ordre environnemental et de santé humaine. En zone rurale, les déchets de pesticides ont tendance à s’accumuler là où s’exercent des activités agricoles et de lutte contre les ravageurs, qu’elles soient intensives ou extensives. Les habitants des villes, notamment sous les tropiques, sont également touchés par les problèmes liés aux déchets de pesticides et à leurs récipients contaminés que l’on retrouve souvent dans leurs foyers. La plupart des gens ne se rendent pas compte que ces pesticides sont dangereux pour leur santé. Les accidents sont fréquents et souvent fatals, en particulier lorsqu’il s’agit d’enfants. Les personnes qui s’occupent de la gestion ou de l’élimination de petites quantités de déchets dérivés des pesticides n’ont pas de directives précises auxquelles se référer en ce qui concerne la démarche à suivre. Ainsi, des produits chimiques dangereux sont souvent abandonnés à l’air libre, en zones rurales comme en zones urbaines, dans les décharges municipales et même sur les terrains de jeux des enfants. La réutilisation des récipients contaminés à des fins ménagères est une pratique répandue dans nombre de régions en développement et représente un risque sanitaire supplémentaire. En 1994, un groupe d’experts de la FAO, du Programme des Nations Unies pour l’environnement (PNUE) et de l’Organisation mondiale de la santé (OMS), a mis au point une série de directives concernant l’élimination de grandes quantités de pesticides périmés. Ce groupe recommandait alors la préparation d’une seconde série de directives concernant l’élimination des petites quantités de pesticides inutilisables, des déchets qui s’ensuivent et des conteneurs contaminés. Depuis lors, le projet FAO sur la prévention et l’élimination des stocks périmés, financé par le Gouvernement des Pays-Bas, a fait de cette recommandation un de ses objectifs prioritaires. Ces directives sont le résultat du soutien et de l’engagement continus du Gouvernement des Pays-Bas, qui ont permis la mise en route et la continuité d’un projet régional lié aux problèmes des stocks de pesticides périmés. Ces directives n’ont pas pour but de fournir toutes les informations concernant l’élimination des pesticides, mais une stricte adhésion aux principes qu’elles énoncent contribuera certainement à en améliorer la gestion, à réduire l’accumulation ultérieure de pesticides indésirables et contribuera ainsi à les éliminer. Une version révisée pourrait être publiée plus tard si des développements techniques, de nouvelles informations ou de nouveaux documents fournis par les lecteurs le justifiaient. Ces directives seront traduites en plusieurs langues et seront mises à la disposition des gouvernements, des utilisateurs de pesticides, des agents de vulgarisation et des petits agriculteurs.