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O quadro legal e o investimento

Legislation & Policies
maart, 2016
Mozambique

Este Road Map tem como objectivo propôr os aspectos principais e os passos a seguir para iniciar, acompanhar e contribuir para uma revisão da actual Lei de Terras (LT -Lei 19/97 de 199 de Outubro). A revisão da Lei implica também a subsequente revisão dos instrumentos implementadores, nomeadamente Decretos e Diplomas Ministeriais conexos aprovados desde 1997.

LIMITS REVISITED - A review of the limits to growth debate

Reports & Research
maart, 2016
Myanmar
Global

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
"Four and a half decades after the Club of Rome published its landmark report
on
Limits to Growth
, the study remains critical to our understanding of economic
prosperity. This new review of the
Limits
debate has been written to mark the
launch of the UK All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on the Limits to Growth.
The 1972 report articulated for the first time the dynamic nature of our dependency
on physical resources and on ecological systems. It illustrated the processes of

Ethiopia

Reports & Research
Training Resources & Tools
maart, 2016
Ethiopia
Africa

This Systematic Country Diagnostic (SCD) identifies the binding constraints to reducing extreme poverty and promoting shared prosperity in Ethiopia. Achieving those goals requires a two pronged strategy of building on the strengths of past performance as well as introducing new elements. Progress in rural livelihoods drove poverty reduction in the past and will likely do so in the future. In addition, faster, and more inclusive, private sector-led structural change and ‘getting urbanization right’ are essential going forward.

Supporting Global Food Security in a Changing Climate Through Transatlantic Cooperation

maart, 2016
Global

Policy communities in the United States and Europe are increasingly identifying climate change, environmental deterioration, water management, and food security as key concerns for development and global governance. The interplay of these trends is visible in the upheavals across the Middle East, with food riots and water disputes illuminating the region’s food insecurity.

FAO/WFP CROP AND FOOD SECURITY ASSESSMENT MISSION TO MYANMAR

Reports & Research
maart, 2016
Myanmar

Highlights:

Cyclone Komen made landfall in Myanmar at the end of July 2015
causing extensive flooding to
agricultural land, which remained
submerged
in some areas until September. This caused severe
localized losses to the 2015 monsoon season crops, especially p
addy, in Chin, Rakhine,
Ayeyarwaddy, Yangon, Sagaing
and parts of Bago. However, once the water receded, a large portion
of the flooded areas with paddy was replanted. Overall, the amount of irreversible damage was
limited.

Climate change and agriculture: Strengthening the role of smallholders

Peer-reviewed publication
februari, 2016
Global

Smallholder farmers have a vital role to play in global food security and nutrition, and in supporting a range of development and climate change goals. Strengthening the resilience and commercial viability of these farmers, particularly women and youth, can increase their capacity to contribute to these global goals.

Exploração artesanal de ouro em Manica

Reports & Research
februari, 2016
Mozambique

A exploração artesanal de ouro é uma das principais actividades de rendimento das populações de Manica. O seu legado é transmitido entre gerações. Os vestígios da exploração são notórios ao longo das montanhas, rios e dentro das comunidades. Esta actividade, em alguns casos, envolve toda a família (pai, mãe e filhos) com uma divisão clara de tarefas.

Prioridade para o sector familiar e produção alimentar

Reports & Research
februari, 2016
Mozambique

A importância do sector familiar ultrapassa as funções que são tradicionalmente atribuídas a este tipo de agricultores. Geralmente são referidos a produção alimentar e de matérias-primas para a industrialização e as exportações. Como principal produtor de bens alimentares, a agricultura familiar é fundamental no combate à pobreza, na eliminação da subnutrição que influencia o desenvolvimento cognitivo e motor das pessoas.

Linking livelihood and ecosytem change in two dryland sites in South Africa over a period of 30 years

Reports & Research
februari, 2016
Southern Africa

The ongoing and rapid change (from global to local level) in climate, populations, governments, cultures, environment, land use and economies are critical issues, especially for poor rural communities found in the dryland parts of southern Africa.

The Implications of the FAO's New Voluntary Guildelines on Land Tenure

Videos
februari, 2016
Global

The Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries, and Forests in the Context of National Food Security represent an inclusive, transparent international agreement on the governance of tenure to promote food security and sustainable development by protecting the legitimate tenure rights of millions of people and improving secure access to land, fisheri (Read more at