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Book (stand-alone)Advancing Agroforestry on the Policy Agenda. A guide for Decision-Makers
Agroforestry Working Paper, no. 1
2013Agroforestry systems include both traditional and modern land-use systems in which trees are managed together with crops and/or animal production systems in agricultural settings. Even though these benefits justify increased investment in the development of agroforestry systems, the sector is disadvantaged by adverse policies, legal constraints and a lack of coordination between the governmental sectors to which it contributes. To promote agroforestry in national policy frameworks and boost its impact, the Forestry Department of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) – in cooperation with the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Centre (CATIE) and the Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD) – has prepared this guide, designed to assist countries to support conditions that will optimize agroforestry’s contribution to national development. -
Book (series)Farmer field schools for small-scale livestock producers - A guide for decision makers on improving livelihoods 2018Livestock Farmer Field Schools (FFSs) are “schools without walls” where groups of small-scale livestock producers test, validate, and adapt good agricultural and marketing practices that help them increase their production sustainably and to improve their, and their families’, livelihoods. Over the past two decades, Livestock FFSs have been implemented/supported by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and other development stakeholders in a wide range of environments and livestock production systems including pastoralism and agro-pastoralism, dairying, poultry production, integrated rice-duck systems, rabbit production, pig production, beekeeping, beef production, camel production and small ruminant production. Today, the FFS approach is used to spur livestock growth across developing regions, with governments, NGOs, the private sector and other stakeholders increasingly interested in applying it. This guidance document was prepared to help decision-makers involved in policy formulation and programme planning to: (i) gain a basic knowledge of the FFS approach, with emphasis on animal production, health and marketing; (ii) learn about the contribution of FFS to the livelihoods of livestock-dependent communities in different contexts; (iii) recognize the conditions required for the successful implementation of Livestock FFSs; and (iv) comprehend the potential of the FFS approach in a wide range of livestock production systems and socio-economic settings.
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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetTransforming Food and Agriculture to Achieve the SDGs: 20 interconnected actions to guide decision-makers
Technical Reference Document
2018Also available in:
No results found.These guidelines are primarily directed towards decision-makers responsible for integrating the goals and targets of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development into national policies and programmes. They will be of value to public and private actors, including investors, researchers and technical practitioners, involved in the broad area of food and agriculture, and rural development. Complementing FAO’s Common Vision for Sustainable Food and Agriculture and its five principles, this publication presents 20 practical and interconnected actions with the aim of transforming food and agriculture and driving achievement across the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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