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Book (stand-alone)Technical bookSMALL-SCALE SEED ENTERPRISE
Start-up and Management
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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) gives a particular attention to seed industry development in developing countries as part of its mission of freeing the world from hunger. Since 1982, FAO has had a continuous history of involvement in the seed sector of Afghanistan, which has resulted in the implementation of several seed projects in close partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture and funding from countries including The European Union, Germany , Japan, The Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland. This handbook is developed as a guide for the much needed training required by the new small-scale seed enterprises. It focuses on developing entrepreneurial skills and attitudes among farmer groups in Afghanistan who are or will be interested in establishing private seed businesses. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureBoosting the capacities of small-scale producers and small and medium-sized enterprises for the nutrition of the most vulnerable 2023
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No results found.FAO’s vision for nutrition is a world where all people are eating healthy diets from efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable agrifood systems. Multiple actors need to be mobilized to enable this transformation, and small-scale producers and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are particularly important, as they form the backbone of food systems in most countries. However, they face critical finance, policy and capacity development challenges in making their businesses more nutrition-sensitive. FAO is working towards leveraging the potential of local small-scale producers and SMEs as a key to reducing hunger and malnutrition, and improving livelihoods among the poorest and most vulnerable. The project, “Protecting the diets of the most vulnerable people as part of COVID-19 response and recovery programme”. The project aims to strengthen the matching between the supply and demand of safe, nutritious and locally produced food by enhancing the capacities of small-scale producers and SMEs. The project also aims to increase access to food for consumers whose nutritional requirements put them at high risk of malnutrition – such as women of reproductive age, and children. -
ProjectFactsheetGreen Climate Fund Project Formulation, Readiness and Start-Up Support: Sustainable Ecosystem-Based Transformation of Natural Resource Management in Kyrgyzstan (SET NRM) - TCP/KYR/3606 2020
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No results found.Kyrgyzstan is one of the most vulnerable countries to the impacts of climate change in Central Asia It is affected by drought, land and mudslides while flooding events and river banks erosion are set to increase in frequency and intensity Recurrent extreme weather events and marked changes in microclimate are already being observed with particular magnitude in target areas Forests and pastures are among the most sensitive resources being impacted by climate change and reduced productivity of low altitude pastures and decreased resilience of forest ecosystem are increasing the vulnerability of communities and negatively impacting rural livelihoods Climate change, coupled with unsustainable management of natural resources, threatens both key ecosystems and Kyrgyzstan’s cultural heritage and development opportunities The Government of Kyrgyzstan is developing plans and programmes to tackle climate change however, significant resources are needed to implement them Against this background, the Government requested that FAO provide technical assistance to design and start up a Green Climate Fund ( funded investment project aimed at increasing mitigation, climate resilience and low emission sustainable development as well as preparing a funding proposal for the project, and strengthening stakeholder capacity to implement it.
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