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ProjectFactsheetImproving Livelihood and Food Security in Azerbaijan through Sustainable Hazelnut Production - UTF/AZE/016/AZE 2024
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No results found.Agriculture plays a vital role in Azerbaijan, employing over 35 percent of the workforce and contributing 5 percent to the country’s gross domestic product (GDP). Hazelnut cultivation, in particular, stands out as one of the most profitable cash crops in the country. Indeed, as one of the world's top five producers, Azerbaijan produced 72 105 metric tonnes of hazelnuts in 2022.Although government incentives have supported the country’s hazelnut industry, with subsidies for land, seedlings, fertilizer, machinery and export revenue returns, the sector has faced a number of challenges, including low productivity per ha, unsustainable agricultural practices (high fertilizer and pesticide usage) and crop protection risks, the latter deriving mainly from contamination by aflatoxin, a highly toxic carcinogen. In this context, the present project was formulated to empower smallholder farmers to adopt good agricultural practices (GAP) to increase the production efficiency of hazelnuts, with adapted mechanization technologies and services, as well as to increase the quality of nuts produced, with a specific focus on reducing the risk of aflatoxin contamination. The project also aimed to strengthen the relevant government institutions and state agencies, while fostering links with private sector stakeholders. -
ProjectFactsheetImproving Food Security and Rural Livelihoods through Women’s Economic Empowerment - UTF/AZE/015/AZE 2023
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No results found.In Azerbaijan, rural women’s empowerment through agriculture has great potential, considering that 32 percent of female entrepreneurs are engaged in agriculture, forestry and fishing, compared with 24.4 percent of male entrepreneurs. In addition, 77 percent of women in Azerbaijan reside in rural areas. These statistics show how women play a significant role in agriculture. However, they face a number of challenges, such as gender pay gap, informality of jobs, a triple work burden (housework, working on household production and wage work), and poor access to social services, among others. In this context, few efforts, from either public or private providers, have been made in the country to comprehensively assess the needs of women farmers, and to approach them as a particular target group for training and advisory services. Against this background, the project was designed to cover both grassroot-level problems by improving rural women’s access to agricultural information, knowledge, credit, means for processing, and policy-level matters by strengthening gender-responsive rural advisory services and creating a gender-responsive policy environment. -
ProjectFactsheetImproving Livelihoods and Food Security of Rural Populations in Tajikistan through Strengthened Agricultural Institutions - GCP/TAJ/013/EC 2023
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No results found.In August 2012, the Government of Tajikistan approved the Agriculture Reform Programme (ARP) 2012 2020 with a view to supporting agricultural reform in the country, thereby driving plans and policies to reduce poverty, strengthening the livelihoods of rural populations and improving donor coordination. The reform was to be achieved across all agrarian sectors, including agriculture, land, water, agriculture financing and agriculture related governance, with the goal of enhancing private sector development and reducing the dependence of farmers upon state institutions. Given the consensus among Tajikistan’s development partners that the ARP has not been entirely successful on the ground, the present aimed to strengthen the agriculture reform agenda through support to restructuring of the MoA and other government institutions, as well as policy support, capacity building, training and technical assistance. Specifically, the project aimed to develop the technical and analytical capacities of staff in selected government departments, helping to design environmentally sustainable and gender sensitive agriculture policies, implement cost effective disease monitoring and control strategies, develop communication of new policies and regulations within all levels of government and adopting results based monitoring in the field, among other elements.
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Book (stand-alone)GuidelineDirectrices de empleo seguro y saludable para las mujeres trabajadoras de la industria bananera en América Latina 2022
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El documento tiene como objetivo contribuir a una mejora en las condiciones laborales de las mujeres en la industria bananera latinoamericana, a traves de directrices para el empleo seguro y saludable de las trabajadoras en una industria que históricamente ha estado dominada por los hombres. Cuenta con contribuciones de mujeres líderes de la Coordinadora Latinoamericana de Sindicatos Bananeros y Agroindustria, quienes indican los peligros y riesgos percibidos que enfrentan las trabajadoras en los principales países exportadores de banano en América Latina, a saber, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador y Guatemala, y además proporciona una descripción general de las leyes clave que abordan los deberes de los(as) empleadores(as) y los derechos de los(as) trabajadores(as) en materia de salud y seguridad y aspectos relacionados con el género (es decir, protección de la maternidad y lactancia, violencia y acoso en el lugar de trabajo, etc.). En última instancia, destaca los peligros y riesgos para la salud y la seguridad a los que se enfrentan todas las trabajadoras, incluso como resultado de procesos biológicos específicos de las mujeres, y describe los pasos necesarios para realizar evaluaciones de riesgos sensibles al género y la implementación de medidas de control de riesgos para garantizar una ambiente de trabajo seguro y saludable para las mujeres trabajadoras.La publicación contribuye a una de las cuatro mejoras, a saber, Una Vida Mejor. -
BookletCorporate general interestEmissions due to agriculture
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No results found.The FAOSTAT emissions database is composed of several data domains covering the categories of the IPCC Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) sector of the national GHG inventory. Energy use in agriculture is additionally included as relevant to emissions from agriculture as an economic production sector under the ISIC A statistical classification, though recognizing that, in terms of IPCC, they are instead part of the Energy sector of the national GHG inventory. FAO emissions estimates are available over the period 1961–2018 for agriculture production processes from crop and livestock activities. Land use emissions and removals are generally available only for the period 1990–2019. This analytical brief focuses on overall trends over the period 2000–2018. -
BookletHigh-profileFAO Strategy on Climate Change 2022–2031 2022The FAO Strategy on Climate Change 2022–2031 was endorsed by FAO Council in June 2022. This new strategy replaces the previous strategy from 2017 to better FAO's climate action with the Strategic Framework 2022-2031, and other FAO strategies that have been developed since then. The Strategy was elaborated following an inclusive process of consultation with FAO Members, FAO staff from headquarters and decentralized offices, as well as external partners. It articulates FAO's vision for agrifood systems by 2050, around three main pillars of action: at global and regional level, at country level, and at local level. The Strategy also encourages key guiding principles for action, such as science and innovation, inclusiveness, partnerships, and access to finance.