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Book (stand-alone)GuidelineWater use in livestock production systems and supply chains. Guidelines for assessment
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No results found.The Technical Advisory Group (TAG) for Water Use Assessment, composed by 30 international experts, has developed guidelines on water footprinting for livestock supply chains. The mandate of the Water TAG was to provide recommendations to monitor the environmental performance of feed and livestock supply chains over time so that progress towards improvement targets can be measured; apply the guidelines for feed and water demand of small ruminants, poultry, large ruminants and pig supply chains; build on and go beyond the existing FAO LEAP guidelines; and pursue alignment with relevant International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standards, specifically ISO 14040, ISO 14044 (ISO, 2006b and 2006a) and ISO 14046 (ISO, 2014). The guidelines on water use assessment include the impact assessment: the assessment of the environmental performance related to water use of a livestock-related system by assessing potential environmental impacts of blue water consumption following the water scarcity footprint according to the framework provided by ISO 14046 (ISO, 2014); and the assessment of the system’s productivity of green and blue water. The guidelines are thus intended to support the optimization of use of water resources and the identification of opportunities to decrease the potential impacts of water use in livestock production. The Water TAG guidance is relevant for livestock production systems, including feed production from croplands and grasslands, and production and processing of livestock products (cradle-to-gate). It addresses all livestock production systems and livestock species considered in existing LEAP animal guidelines: poultry, pig, small ruminant and large ruminant supply chains. -
Book (stand-alone)Manual / guideManual del facilitador - Escuelas de campo para la producción de semillas de calidad de papa 2016
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No results found.Las Escuelas de campo para agricultores (ECA) son esencialmente escuelas sin paredes, con una metodología pedagógica fundamentada en la educación no formal, que introducen innovaciones tecnológicas al tiempo que aprovechan los conocimientos autóctonos. En las ECA, los agricultores son los expertos. Fueron desarrolladas por la FAO a inicios de los años 90, en respuesta a la crisis de producción de alimentos en países asiáticos como consecuencia del uso irracional de plaguicidas. Como resultado de su impacto en el manejo adecuado de los recursos locales, la ECA se difundió a casi todos los países en desarrollo, replicándose y/o adaptándose a cada realidad y diversidad de temas. Este manual está enfocado a la producción de semillas de calidad en la región alto andina, busca potenciar a través de la gestión del conocimiento y del trabajo en equipo, la agricultura familiar como eje del desarrollo local sostenible.