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ArticleJournal articleTowards the development of a strategy for sustainable commercialization of non-timber forest products in Kenya: A situational analysis
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
2022Also available in:
No results found.Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) play a significant role in the livelihoods of Kenyans. This paper reports the key strengths that could be optimized, opportunities available, weaknesses that need to be mitigated, and threats that require recognition to have a strategy for the sustainable commercialization of NTFPs in Kenya. This study was funded by The Restoration Initiative (TRI) project being implemented by FAO and other partners. It involved consultations with 50 institutions and a review of relevant publications, reports, policies, legislation, and strategies. The key interventions in the sub-sector include research and development, resource assessment and mapping, value chain analyses, capacity building, value addition, piloting plantation production, and policy reviews for a limited number of products such as gums and resins, honey, aloes, and mushrooms. The major stakeholders are collectors, community groups, traders, National government agencies, County Governments, private sector actors, development partners, and civil society organizations. Key barriers to the commercialization of NTFPs include deforestation, traditional production, and harvesting technologies, inadequate bulking facilities, insufficient value addition, weak market linkages, and information systems as well as weak policy and institutional frameworks. It is concluded that sustainable commercialization of these products in the country requires a strategy that involves revision/domestication of laws and policies, public-private partnerships, research, innovation, value addition, technology development and transfer, capacity building, synergies and complementarities. Keywords: Non-timber forest products, situational analysis, strategy, Kenya ID: 3485349 -
ArticleJournal articleEnhancing inclusive management and cooperation of forests for persons with disabilities in Kenya
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
2022Also available in:
No results found.Kenya is one of the richest countries when it comes to natural forest terrains categorized as protected. These areas embrace various types of ecosystems namely: forests, wetlands, savannah, marine, arid and semi-arid. The areas are managed by two State Corporations: the Kenya Forest Service (KFS) and the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) mandated enhance forest management and to conserve and manage wildlife in Kenya respectively whereas enforcing related laws and regulations. Despite the existing legislations, the access of the forest terrains by persons with disabilities (PWDs) remains unaddressed due to lack of inclusive standardized guidelines. Under this premise, the objective of the study is to establish the existence of inclusive forest access policies in Kenya, as well as explore best practices that can be incorporated on inclusive regulations for forests without boundaries. The study will use an online survey to collect primary data and synthesize the literature to ascertain the extent to which PWDs can access forest landscapes and terrains. The findings of this study will be beneficial to various stakeholders in the forest management sector: Kenya Wildlife Service, Kenya Forest Service, development agencies and all stakeholders within the forestry sector. Keywords: Persons with disability, forest management, inclusive legislation ID: 3622975 -
ArticleJournal articleThe use of Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) to assess urban forests dynamics in West Africa: A case study of Mbao Classified Forest, Dakar (Senegal)
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
2022Also available in:
No results found.Mbao Classified Forest is the largest urban forest in Dakar. It covers an area of 720 hectares and is the most important green lung of the city. This forest plays a key role in terms of carbon storage and sequestration, air pollution removal, and more generally in ecosystem services provision. Hence it is urgent to monitor the dynamic of this forest over the past twenty years (1998-2018) because a lot of infrastructures including a water pumping station and a highway were established inside during this period. These installations make it subject to encroachments and the risk of depletion that could compromise its existence. The aim of this this paper is to assess urban forest dynamics using artificial intelligence and vegetation indices. To achieve this goal the first step is to perform a forest inventory. We opted for a sampling rate of 0.5%. The area of a plot in the i-Tree Eco inventory is 391 m2 with a radius of 11.16 m, which resulted in a total number of 90 plots. The variables measured for each tree are D.B.H, total height, crown width. The allometric equations were used to compute the above-ground biomass. The NDVI of every plot was computed from Landsat datasets followed by the development of a linear regression model with NDVI as the independent variable and biomass as the dependent variable. Landsat imagery enables the NDVI computation of each plot during the twenty past years and using the regression model, the biomass was determined over this period. Our results provide a sound basis to advocate the safeguarding of Mbao Classified Forest. Keywords: Urban forest, biomass, NDVI, inventory. ID: 3621874
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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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Book (stand-alone)Technical bookThe future of food and agriculture - Trends and challenges 2017
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No results found.What will be needed to realize the vision of a world free from hunger and malnutrition? After shedding light on the nature of the challenges that agriculture and food systems are facing now and throughout the 21st century, the study provides insights into what is at stake and what needs to be done. “Business as usual” is not an option. Major transformations in agricultural systems, rural economies, and natural resources management are necessary. The present study was undertaken for the quadrennial review of FAO’s strategic framework and for the preparation of the Organization Medium-Term plan 2018-2021. -
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.