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Book (series)Technical reportLivestock Sector Policies and Programmes in Developing Countries
A Menu for Practitioners
2010Also available in:
No results found.The livestock sector contributes to the livelihoods of an estimated 70 percent of the worlds rural poor. The increasing demand for animal protein in low and middle income countries provides an opportunity for the poor to improve their livelihoods. However, the nature of livestock farming is determined by policy and institutional frameworks that rarely favour the poor. Launched in 2001 by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the Pro-Poor Livestock Policy Initia tive (PPLPI) facilitates and supports the formulation and implementation of livestock-related policies and institutional changes that have a positive impact on the world’s poor. To achieve this, PPLPI combines stakeholder engagement with research and analysis, information dissemination and capacity strengthening. Livestock Sector Policies and Programmes in Developing Countries A Menu for Practitioners comprises a user-friendly, non technical compilation of livestock sector policies /programmes, including case studies, to assist policy makers and development practitioners in formulating and implementing plans for institutional reforms and livestock sector-related policies that will benefit livestock farmers in particular and, in general, all stakeholders along the value chain. -
Book (series)Technical reportLivestock sector development for poverty reduction: an economic and policy perspective Livestock’s many virtues 2012
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Livestock contribute to the livelihoods of an estimated 70 percent of the world’s rural poor. The increasing demand for animal protein in low- and middle-income countries provides an opportunity for the poor to improve their livelihoods. However, the nature of livestock farming and marketing of livestock and their products is determined by policy and institutional frameworks that rarely favour the poor. Launched in 2001 by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the Pro-P oor Livestock Policy Initiative (PPLPI) facilitates and supports the formulation and implementation of livestock-related policies and institutional changes that have a positive impact on the world’s poor. To achieve this, PPLPI combines stakeholder engagement with research and analysis, information dissemination and capacity strengthening. Livestock sector development for poverty reduction: an economic and policy perspective reviews major aspects of the livestock-poverty interface with the ob jective of identifying the conditions under which livestock can be an effective tool for poverty reduction; the interventions that allow livestock’s poverty reduction potential to be unlocked, and the contexts in which they do so; and ways of facilitating sustainable implementation of these interventions. -
BookletTechnical reportWorkshop report: Exchange of experience on successful rice sector development policies in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia
Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania, 24–26 October 2022
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No results found.The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) organized a regional rice policy workshop, Exchange of Experience on Successful Rice Sector Development Policies in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia, in Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania, from 24 to 26 October 2022. The workshop aimed to facilitate the exchange of policy and institutional experiences in developing rice value chains among selected countries in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. It was intended to begin cooperation among institutions in the two continents to promote a sustainable, innovative, inclusive, and efficient rice value chain in sub-Saharan Africa. This report presents the themes, topics and recommendations discussed. The workshop gathered 30 policymakers and technical experts from Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Mali, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Uganda, India, the Republic of Korea, Thailand, Viet Nam, AfricaRice, the Coalition for Africa's Rice Development (CARD), the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), the Rice Observatory of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Common Market for East and Southern Africa (COMESA), and the East African Community (EAC).
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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.
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BookletCorporate general interestEmissions due to agriculture
Global, regional and country trends 2000–2018
2021Also available in:
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. -
DocumentOther documentImproving coordination and synergy between social protection and agriculture in Ethiopia 2021
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