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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureImproving water productivity in the field with farmers: Farmers Field Schools on water in Jordan 2022
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No results found.The North Jordan Valley (NJV) is located in the northwest of Jordan and it has a subtropical climate with warm winters and hot summers, with a mean annual rainfall of about 350 mm. The warm climate made the area an important agricultural area that mainly produces citrus. Vegetables (e.g., hot peppers, eggplants, okra and others) and other fruit trees (e.g., banana, grapes and date palm) are cultivated in the area as well. Water deficiency is evident in this area and the Jordan Valley Authority (JVA) adopted reduced water allocations (quotas) for farmers in NJV. For the local community in NJV, agriculture is the main employment sector and the main source of income. In addition to scarce water, the major challenges faced by farmers are the high prices of agricultural inputs and low yield prices. Producing more benefits with less water (increased water productivity) is one of the most strategic response to such challenges. Benefits can be either biophysical (yield, expressed in mass unit – kg), economical (returns, expressed in monetary terms – $) or even social when considering job created or dietary value. The analysis of local crop production showed that there is a significant gap between the actual yields and the attainable yields. the reader will know more about FAO's farmer field schools (FFS), its methodology and implementation. in addition to Farming practices implemented through FFSs including the objective of the FFS for each practice, the method applied by the FFS in the demonstration field and the method applied by traditional farmers. -
ProjectFactsheetStrengthening Capacity of Smallholder Farmers and Farmers’ Organizations in Angola through Farmer Field Schools - UTF/ANG/059/ANG 2024
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No results found.Agriculture is Angola’s second largest productive sector. On average, it contributes 9.7 percent to the country’s gross domestic product, making it the main economic activity of the Angolan people. At present, 80 percent of Angolan farmers are smallholders who produce around 80 percent of all agricultural products in the country. However, they face a number of constraints, comprising weak capacity and limited knowledge of improved agricultural practices and technology; poor access to extension services; limited access to modern inputs, including seeds and fertilizers; inadequate market information; and post-harvest losses. The agriculture sector’s institutional capacity is also weak, particularly in relation to irrigation, policy analysis and agricultural statistics. Against this background, the project aimed to support smallholder producers to improve their production conditions and organization for marketing in three provinces considered the breadbasket of Angola, Bié, Huambo and Malanje. The project built on a previous World Bank-supported project - the Market Oriented Smallholder Agriculture Project (MOSAP I) - implemented in the three above-mentioned provinces. -
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Book (stand-alone)Technical bookStrengthening the enabling environment for responsible investment in agriculture and food systems – Evidence from Liberia 2021
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No results found.Under its CFS RAI Umbrella Programme, FAO is strengthening the capacities of Liberian state and non-state actors to enhance the enabling environment for responsible investment in agriculture and food systems. This includes the present baseline study, drafted by ZOA with support from FAO; the delivery of blended learning programmes for policymakers; capacity development activities for civil society; and multi-stakeholder policy dialogue which is expected to result in concrete policy recommendations. These activities are carried out under the inter-regional project “Enhancing the enabling environment for responsible investment in agriculture and food systems” (GCP/INT/920/GER), which is funded by Germany. The project operates at global, regional, and country levels (Lao PDR, Liberia, and Sierra Leone). -
ArticleJournal articleForest Ecology and Management. Science to Sustain the World’s Forests
Special Issue: Changes in Global Forest Resources from 1990 to 2015. Volume 352. 7 September 2015
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No results found.This paper introduces a Special Issue of Forest Ecology and Management that includes a collection of analytical results from the 2015 Global Forest Resources Assessment (FRA 2015) covering 25 years of forest change (1990–2015). FRA 2015 builds on a series of global assessments that began in 1948 and covers change in forest area and type, volume, biomass and carbon stocking, measures of sustainable forest management, biodiversity and conservation, soil and water protective functions, wood product ion and a number of socio-economic variables. It covers 234 countries and territories with an emphasis on forest resource change over a twenty-five year period (1990–2015) and also looks forward to anticipated forest change – both as government targets for forest area and projected change (to 2030) to global production and conservation forest area (to the year 2050). -
ArticleJournal articleGlobal mass timber panel (MTP) industry during the COVID-19 pandemic: Initial findings
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
2022Also available in:
No results found.For nearly two years, the COVID-19 pandemic has continued to affect global economies in various ways. It has been disrupting supply/value chains of manufacturers in all sectors, and the mass timber panel industry has not been an exception. However, the exact extent of the impact is difficult to measure by conventional means because the mass timber panel industry is specialty oriented and does not follow a commodity model of other forest products sectors. It has navigated without losses the global recession of 2008. Global surveys of the industry conducted before 2020 have hinted an exponential increase of its output volume (projected more than 2 million cubic meters for 2020) and a healthy growth in regions outside Central Europe. The objective of presented project was to use another survey designed to capture the effect of current crisis. The paper presents preliminary outcomes available ahead of the formal conclusion of that survey. Keywords: Cross-laminated timber, CLT, CLT business, CLT manufacturers, MTP business, MTP manufacturers, survey, industry survey. ID:3615115