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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureRemotely sensed information for crop monitoring and food security – Techniques and methods for arid and semi-arid areas
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No results found.This fact sheet describes the course that describes how the information derived from remote sensing is obtained and best used for crop monitoring in a food security context. It outlines what the exact meanings of the products are and shows how their early warning and food availability information contents can be combined efficiently with other sources (e.g. households surveys, market analyses, nutritional surveys, etc.). -
No Thumbnail AvailableDocumentOther documentForestry and food security 1990The current issue of Unasylva takes a long look at the relationship of forestry with food security, and asks the question, ''How can forestry development programmes and activities become as relevant as possible in ensuring economic and physical access to food by all people at all times?" In the lead article, M. Hoskins sets out the actual and potential contributions of forestry to food security, and suggests practical strategies for the incorporation of food security components in forestry devel opment activities.
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Book (stand-alone)Technical studyAgricultural Finance Revisited: Why? 1998“Agricultural Finance Revisited: Why?” is the first in a series of publications to be produced under the umbrella title “Agricultural Finance Revisited” - a joint initiative between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the German Technical Cooperation (GTZ). The publication reviews the different experiences and sets out the issues involved in the changing status of agricultural finance in developing countries. An enabling environment, dynamic policy generation and implementation as well as better banking practices that ensure improved effectiveness, efficiency and outreach of agricultural financial services are considered essential in efforts to increase agricultural production and in the achievement of socio-economic development objectives. The policy framework developed in the first of the publications listed below is then complemented with discussion of operational issues pertaining to institutions, their sustainability an d their performance.