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Book (stand-alone)Growth through Pricing Policy: The Case of Cocoa in Ghana 2018
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No results found.Cocoa has and continues to play a central role in the economy of Ghana which is now the second largest producer of cocoa beans in the world. But it has not always been so. At its nadir in the early eighties, the cocoa sector was one half of what it was in the decade after independence. The paper argues that the key to this success is anchored to specific strategies put in place and managed by the state-run marketing board, COCOBOD. An important strategy was to pass on an increasing share of export prices to producers, which with growing global prices in the 2000’s gave producers higher real prices. Two major government programmes – also initiated in early 2000’s – offered farmers improved varieties, subsidized fertilizer and free pest and disease control. These programmes triggered a cocoa revolution by enabling farmers to more than double their yields. This transformation was inclusive because cocoa production remains traditional and labour intensive, and enabled smallholders to intensify production to a greater extent compared to large holders. Improved land productivity contributed to reduced poverty, where incidence rates among cocoa growing households have nearly halved since 2005. -
Book (stand-alone)Success case replication. A manual for increasing farmer household income by mobilizing successful farmers and groups to train their peers 2000
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No results found.This publication is a step-by-step guide to multiplying village micro-businesses by motivating rural micro-entrepreneurs to train others on how to copy their success. It is based on a joint project of FAO and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). Case studies from the project countries - Bhutan, Lao PDR, Mongolia, Nepal, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Viet Nam - show how this can be a highly effective rural development and income generation tool. The manual also lists pitfalls to be avoided. More than 3300 farm households were trained under the project. An estimated 71 percent of these also became successful micro-entrepreneurs with an annual average income gain of US$449. -
DocumentBrazilian planted trees industry and biodiversity: A case of success
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
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No results found.Brazil is home to the greatest biodiversity on the planet. Around 20% of the world's biodiversity is found here due to territorial extension, its distinct biomes and favorable climate and soil conditions. One of the great allies of environmental conservation is the Brazilian forestry sector, which believes that the solution for the conservation of biodiversity must be aligned with economic development projects.
The trees planted by the Brazilian forest sector are mainly found in previously degraded areas and integrated with natural forests in mosaic planting, creating ecological corridors that contribute to the conservation of biodiversity and serve as habitat for animals, plants and microorganisms.
In order to demonstrate the sector's commitment to conservation of biodiversity The Brazilian Tree Industry (Ibá) gathered information about their associated companies’ projects and monitoring data. These initiatives date back to the early 1970s and it is notorious that this practice has intensified in recent years by the incresead awareness of the topic relevance by the companies, governments and society.
The Brazilian forestry sector has six million hectares of protected natural areas and nine hectares of commercial plantations, which represents less than 2% of the Brazilian territory. The area occupied by the forestry sector, both for planting and for conservation purposes, has positive indexes of biodiversity. The forest companies provide shelter for more than 5790 species of fauna and flora in five different biomes (Amazon, Caatinga, Cerrado, Atlantic Forest and Pampa). Regarding threatened species, for example, 38% of mammals and 45% of birds are found in these areas.
This are some few numbers found in biodiversity monitoring reinforcing the commitment of the Brazilian planted tree sector, and brings the idea that conserving the environmental and productivity is alighted. Keywords: Monitoring and data collection, Biodiversity , onservation, Sustainable forest management, Research, Knowledge management ID: 3479062
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