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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetFactsheetCountry factsheet on small family farms: TANZANIA 2018
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No results found.The Smallholder Farmers’ Data portrait is a comprehensive, systematic and standardized data set on the profile of smallholder farmers across the world. This Factsheet generates an overview on how small family farmers in Tanzania live their lives by using the Data Portrait, putting an emphasis on the constraints they face, the choices they make. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureFamily farming in Kenya 2021
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No results found.Family farms feed and employ two-thirds of the African population and work 62 percent of the land. Family farmers ensure the future of Africa and are at the heart of food security and sustainable food systems. The review updates the information on the situation of family farming in Kenya, offers a critical look from the perspective of the different actors about the progress and challenges it faces. In particular, it makes an approach to public policies and national action plans in force or in process in the country and the importance of their implementation. In the same way, it places the producer organizations that group the farming families present at the national level, whose objective is the strengthening and resilience of family farming within the framework of sustainable agri-food systems. The country review emphasizes the Decade of Family Farming (2019–2028), and contributes substantively to Pillar 4 “Strengthening organizations of family farmers and their capacity to generate knowledge, represent their members and provide inclusive services in the urban-rural areas ”. The publication represents a transversal communicational section within the framework of the multi-stakeholder amalgam of family farming, summarizes the current situation and presents future problems. It is intended to fill the existing information gaps in rural areas. Within this framework, the Yenkasa Africa communication initiative implements a regional campaign to raise awareness on the UNDFF and promote improved communication capacities and services for family farming in Kenya. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureFamily farming in Sierra Leone 2021
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No results found.Family farms feed and employ two-thirds of the African population and work 62 percent of the land. Family farmers ensure the future of Africa and are at the heart of food security and sustainable food systems. The review updates the information on the situation of family farming in Sierra Leone, offers a critical look from the perspective of the different actors about the progress and challenges it faces. In particular, it makes an approach to public policies and national action plans in force or in process in the country and the importance of their implementation. In the same way, it places the producer organizations that group the farming families present at the national level, whose objective is the strengthening and resilience of family farming within the framework of sustainable agri-food systems. The country review emphasizes the Decade of Family Farming (2019–2028), and contributes substantively to Pillar 4 “Strengthening organizations of family farmers and their capacity to generate knowledge, represent their members and provide inclusive services in the urban-rural areas ”. The publication represents a transversal communicational section within the framework of the multi-stakeholder amalgam of family farming, summarizes the current situation and presents future problems. It is intended to fill the existing information gaps in rural areas. Within this framework, the Yenkasa Africa communication initiative implements a regional campaign to raise awareness on the UNDFF and promote improved communication capacities and services for family farming in Sierra Leone.
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Book (stand-alone)Corporate general interestFAO: Retos y oportunidades en un mundo globalizado 2019Este libro identifica los retos y oportunidades relacionados con la alimentación y la agricultura en el contexto de la Agenda 2030, presenta soluciones para conseguir un mundo más sostenible y muestra cómo se ha estructurado la FAO para brindar una mejor asistencia a sus Miembros en los esfuerzos por lograr los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible.
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Book (stand-alone)Manual / guideSoil testing methods manual
Doctors Global Programme – A farmer-to-farmer training programme
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The Soil Doctors programme is developed under the umbrella of the Global Soil Partnership and promotes the establishment of a farmer-to-farmer training system. The Soil Doctors Global Programme aims to build the capacity of smallholder farmers on the practice of sustainable soil management and, by doing so, support governmental agencies and organizations working on agricultural extension at the field level (promoting broader impact and a reduction of costs). Trainings will also rely on the establishment of demonstration farms and experimental fields by the Soil Doctors, which might attract the interest of research institutes and universities involved in the programme. The programme also aims to educate farmers on soil science principles for practices of sustainable soil management and aims to achieve this by providing them with a set of tools composed of some educational materials and a soil testing methods (STM) manual for preliminary soil analysis. The STM is a collection of locally relevant, and easy to use, soil analyses procedures that would be selected by each area where the program is implemented. -
Book (stand-alone)General interest bookCatalysing young agri-entrepreneurs' investments and ensuring their sustainability – Strategic planning tool 2020
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The achievement of the first two Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – end poverty and hunger by 2030 – requires substantial investments. To fully contribute to sustainable development, both public and private investments should be perfectly aligned with the SDGs. In this context, empowering youth to invest in their own farms and businesses along agricultural value chains should be a key component of sustainable development-centered investment promotion and mobilization strategy for three reasons: the improvement of food security; the promotion of the added value of food products; and the improvement of employment and economic well-being. This strategic planning tool can help propel investments by young agri-entrepreneurs at national or regional levels, and help ensure their sustainability. It analyses the current environment and overall conditions young investors face while offering practical solutions to overcome the main challenges identified. The strategic planning tool also helps ensure that decision-makers take ownership of the results through a participatory and inclusive process. The strategic planning process consists of four steps: 1. Identify which actions to prioritize (promising agri-food chains; target areas and groups of young people with the potential to become successful agri-entrepreneurs and who need help the most); 2. Analyse the current context, institutional, policy, legal, and incentive frameworks as well as existing services which help young agri-entrepreneurs make sustainable investments in the agricultural sector and food systems; 3. Develop a common vision of the optimal situation for young agri-entrepreneurs investing in agri-food chains; and 4. Develop practical solutions to enhance sustainable and responsible investments by young agri-entrepreneurs. This tool was piloted and validated in Tunisia in 2019/2020.