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DocumentWorking paperLand Policy Development in an African Context
Lessons Learned from Selected Experiences
2009Land Tenure Working Paper 14: Growing land scarcity and concern about land-related conflicts and rising levels of rural impoverishment have brought land to the fore once more. The main difference with the recent past is the wide spectrum of actors who want to take part in the elaboration of the land policies, as well as the more and more recognized need to root the proposals in the particular context of each specific country. The paper, focused on African experiences, starts by discussing the importance of Land Policy Issues at Regional Level. It reviews the evolution in thinking regarding land policy ending up with the identification of the critical issues being faced by Africa today whilst remembering the role that FAO can play in promoting a sound partnership between governments and their citizens in the twenty-first century. The core of the document is represented by three different case studies (Sudan, Burkina-Faso and Mozambique) which serve to draw some lessons which can be applied for future interventions in similar contexts. In particular the diversity of policy objectives and the need to embed policy development in other processes are analyzed. The land question in post-conflict situations is also treated in detail as well as how to secure land rights in both customary and statutory regimes. Specific attention is given to the rights of women, which is becoming anincreasingly important issue in Africa and not only there, and specific lessons in land conflict ma nagement. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureCountry fact sheet on food and agriculture policy trends – Mozambique 2016
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No results found.the Mozambique country fact sheet provides a glimpse of the overarching agriculture, food security and nutrition policy frameworks. Itt also highlights trends in key national policy decisions which are affecting producers, consumers and trade in the country. The factsheet synthesizes policy information that is stored in the online policy database, the FAPDA tool. -
Book (stand-alone)Technical bookPolicy Assistance Series 7 - Rethinking Public Policy in Agriculture
Lessons from distant and recent history
2009Also available in:
No results found.In this report FAO establishes, based on contemporary and historical precedents, the need for developing countries to adopt policies that ensure strong complimentarity between targeted publicsector interventions and private sector roles. The report provides a wide range of examples and highlights three important lessons. First, in all the now developed countries, governments, at the early stages of economic development, supported agriculture through, inter alia, price stabilization and provision of inputs such as seeds and fertilizer. The same strategy was successfully employed recently by countries such as Chile and India.
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Book (stand-alone)General interest bookВопросы лесного хозяйства и агролесоводства в национальных планах адаптации
Вспомогательные руководящие принципы
2023Данная публикация «Вопросы лесного хозяйства и агролесоводства в национальных планах адаптации: вспомогательные руководящие принципы» представляет собой техническое руководство по интеграции лесов, агролесоводства и деревьев в процесс разработки и реализации НПА. Его цель – информировать разработчиков политики и государственных служащих, ответственных за планирование и процессы в рамках НПА, а также субъектов деятельности в области лесного хозяйства и других заинтересованных сторон о потребностях лесного хозяйства и агролесоводства для адаптации и их потенциале для поддержки адаптации других отраслей, подотраслей и видов деятельности. -
Book (series)Technical studyPacific oyster farming
A practical manual
2024Also available in:
No results found.The purpose of this manual is to give the reader a foundation of practical knowledge regarding all aspects of Pacific oyster cultivation. It is targeted at new entrants to the market wishing to establish a farm, and existing operators who wish to develop their farms and explore new cultivation techniques. The methodologies described can be applied both to low-tech, low budget, small-scale farming operations and to high-tech, big budget, industrial-scale aquaculture production enterprises. This guide focuses on the functional expertise and technical equipment required to construct and manage an operational farm in the diverse environmental and physical locations in which they can be situated, from the initial stages of finding and selecting a suitable site, to the conclusion of the first production cycle and harvesting the crop. The manual contains a brief introduction which describes the relevance of the species with regards to global aquaculture production figures and how it can form an important part of future food production strategies. Chapter 2 describes the anatomy and biology of Crassostrea gigas and gives an indication as to the environmental conditions in which the species thrives as well as the pathologies and predators that can result in poor health leading to potential mortalities. Chapter 3 deals with all aspects of undertaking a survey of potential oyster farming sites and what data should be collected and examined to assess a site’s suitability, but also which areas are best suited to different cultivation techniques. After this, Chapter 4 introduces the main farming techniques that will be described in detail in the following chapters, which includes off-bottom cultivation, on-bottom cultivation, and suspended cultivation, and gives details of some of the most common cultivation equipment necessary to undertake these operations. The techniques and strategies necessary to procure seed oysters and how to develop them through the nursery stage are also introduced. This includes the basic principles of upwelling, which then leads into Chapter 5, which provides a detailed description of how to build and operate one particular example of a Floating Upwelling System (Flupsy) which is suitable for use in remote but sheltered conditions. Chapters 6, 7 and 8 constitute the main body of the manual and provide an in-depth look into the three major cultivation techniques that this guide concentrates on: “Farming with trestles and bags in the intertidal zone”, “On-bottom cultivation in the intertidal or subtidal zone” and “Offshore longline cultivation”. -
Book (stand-alone)Manual / guideManuel d'étude sur la composition des aliments, vol.1
questions & exercises
2011Le Guide d'étude de la composition des aliments est publié en deux volumes : Questions et exercices - Volume 1 et Réponses aux questions et exercices - Volume 2. Les deux volumes consistent en 17 modules regroupés sous 12 grands thèmes. Chaque module est séparé en différentes sections. Le premier énonce les objectifs d'apprentissage, la matière à étudier et une estimation du temps nécessaire pour compléter le module. Souvent, beaucoup de ressources ou de matériel de référence sont indiqués avec du matériel de lecture supplémentaire. La deuxième section contient les questions, la troisième les exercices. Dans le volume avec les réponses, une section supplémentaire fournit le retour d'information général.