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Le Cambodge et la FAO

Policy Papers & Briefs
November, 2015
Cambodia
Asia

Le Cambodge est devenu Membre de la FAO en 1950 mais la collaboration entre le pays et l’Organisation s’est limitée à la seule aide humanitaire pendant les années du régime des Khmers rouges et lors de la période de troubles civils qui a suivi.

Focusing small-scale aquaculture and aquatic resource management on poverty alleviation

Journal Articles & Books
November, 2002
Nepal
Laos
Bangladesh
Philippines
Malaysia
China
Italy
Cambodia
India
Sri Lanka
Thailand
Asia

Living aquatic resources play a fundamental role in sustaining the livelihoods of many of the rural poor in Asia, providing crucial buffers to shock and food insecurity, and offering opportunities for diverse and flexible forms of income generation. As with any production-based intervention, the poorest groups face significant constraints to entry into aquaculture. However, aquaculture offers many opportunities for livelihood benefits that other sectors do not. Aquaculture technologies appropriate for poor people are now largely in place.

Governing Land For Women and Men: Gender and Voluntary Guidelines on Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land and other Natural Resources

Reports & Research
November, 2011
Africa
Algeria
Madagascar
Malawi
Rwanda
Tanzania
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ghana
Mauritania
Honduras
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Northern America
Asia
Tajikistan
Indonesia
Malaysia
Bangladesh
India
Pakistan
Europe
Albania
Germany

Land Tenure Working Paper 19. The present paper is written as part of the overall Voluntary Guidelines consultation and development process and is a contribution to the subsequent preparation of the Gender Technical Guide. It contextualises and defines gender for the Voluntary Guidelines, discusses what governance of tenure means from a gender perspective and identifies and analyses key issues and themes. It then summarises recommendations relevant to gender before drawing some conclusions for the development process of the Voluntary Guidelines.

Improving tenure security for the poor in Africa

Journal Articles & Books
November, 2006
Burkina Faso
Nigeria
Mozambique
Zimbabwe
Australia
Ghana
Malawi
Niger
Ethiopia
Rwanda
South Africa
Lesotho
Uganda
Somalia
Uruguay
Tanzania
Senegal
Sudan
Cameroon
Norway
Kenya
Africa

Most of the world’s poor work in the “informal economy” – outside of recognized and enforceable rules. Thus, even though most have assets of some kind, they have no way to document their possessions because they lack formal access to legally recognized tools such as deeds, contracts and permits.

2002 Année Internationale de la Montagne

Journal Articles & Books
November, 2002
Nepal
Kenya
Ecuador
Mexico
Canada

Une dclaration du Directeur gnral de la FAO et du Roi du Npal, un aperu de certains aspects des montagnes et des activits apparentes entreprises dans des pays comme la Bolivie, l'Italie, le Kirghizistan et le Prou, et des informations sur les forts montagnardes, les forts tropicales de brouillard et les montagnes sacres compltent cette incursion d'Unasylva dans les montagnes.

FAO in Asia and the Pacific 2002-03. Regional highlights

Journal Articles & Books
November, 2004
Egypt
Bangladesh
United States of America
Samoa
China
Sri Lanka
Indonesia
Iran
Republic of Korea
Thailand
Pakistan
Philippines
Malaysia
Japan
Uzbekistan
Myanmar
Papua New Guinea
India
Sudan
Nauru
Cambodia
Asia

The first in a new series of biennial reports, this publication describes FAO priorities and activities in the Asia-Pacific region during 2002 and 2003. The introduction contains a succinct analysis of the main socio-economic developments affecting agriculture in the region. Other sections describe the challenges facing the region and present solutions in support of food security and poverty alleviation while protecting the region's natural resource base.