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Community Organizations Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Acronym
FAO
United Nations Agency

Focal point

Javier Molina Cruz
Phone number
+390657051

Location

Headquarters
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
00153
Rome
Italy
Working languages
Arabic
Chinese
English
Spanish
French

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Serving both developed and developing countries, FAO acts as a neutral forum where all nations meet as equals to negotiate agreements and debate policy. FAO is also a source of knowledge and information. We help developing countries and countries in transition modernize and improve agriculture, forestry and fisheries practices and ensure good nutrition for all. Since our founding in 1945, we have focused special attention on developing rural areas, home to 70 percent of the world's poor and hungry people.

Members:

Naomi Kenney
Ilario Rea
Ana Paula De Lao
Marianna Bicchieri
Valerio Tranchida
Dubravka Bojic
Margret Vidar
Brad Paterson
Carolina Cenerini
VG Tenure
Stefanie Neno
Julien Custot
Francesca Gianfelici
Giulio DiStefano
Renata Mirulla
Gerard Ciparisse
Jeff Tschirley
Marieaude Even
Richard Eberlin
Yannick Fiedler
Rumyana Tonchovska
Ann-Kristin Rothe
Sally Bunning
Imma Subirats

Resources

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Inventario forestal nacional - Manual de campo - Modelo

Journal Articles & Books
november, 2004
Costa Rica
Guatemala
Lebanon

Este manual de campo contiene las definiciones y procedimientos utilizados para planificar y realizar un inventario y evaluación forestal nacional siguiendo el método desarrollado por el programa de Evaluación de Recursos Forestales (ERF) de la FAO. La metodología, basada en un muestreo de campo a nivel nacional, ya ha sido ensayada y aplicada en varios países desde el año 2000 (Costa Rica, Guatemala, Filipinas, Camerún y Líbano).

Drought impact mitigation and prevention in the Limpopo River Basin

Journal Articles & Books
november, 2004
South Africa
Mozambique
Italy
Zimbabwe
Botswana

Southern Africa is particularly susceptible to climate variability and drought and is increasingly being threatened by desertification processes, degradation of land and water resources and loss of biodiversity. Although rainfed farming is a high-risk enterprise, it is also a way of life and people are committed to making the best of the scarce resources at their disposal. However, droughts tend to reduce production to below the already marginal levels, thus threatening subsistence farming.

Les petites entreprises communautaires de produits forestiers: analyse et développement des marchés, brochure D

Journal Articles & Books
november, 2004

L’objectif principal de la Phase 2 consiste à sélectionner les meilleurs produits tout en renforçant la capacitédes membres du groupe cible à développer leur entreprise. Tout comme dans la Phase 1, les informationssont recueillies au sujet des quatre dossiers de développement de l’entreprise (marché/économie, gestion desressources/environnement, volet social/institutionnel, et science et technologie) afin d’identifier les opportunitéset contraintes puis de sélectionner les produits les plus prometteurs. Les trois étapes de cette phase sont présentéesdans l’Encadré D.1.

¿ Los enfoques basados en los modos de vida sostenibles tienen una repercusión positiva en la población rural pobre?

Journal Articles & Books
november, 2004
Bangladesh
Honduras
Kenya
Zambia
Gambia
Zimbabwe
Indonesia
Bolivia
Canada
Pakistan
Eritrea
Mozambique
Laos
Yemen
Nepal
Uganda
Kyrgyzstan
Madagascar
Myanmar
India
Mongolia

En el presente documento se examinan diversos casos de proyectos en que se aplicaron enfoques o principios basados en los modos de vida sostenibles y que, como consecuencia de ello, surtieron un efecto concreto en la reducción de la pobreza. Puesto que no se trata de un estudio comparativo entre éste y otros tipos de enfoques, no se han tomado en consideración casos de planteamientos más “tradicionales”.

Réforme agraire: Colonisation et coopératives agricoles 2004/2

Journal Articles & Books
november, 2004
Angola
Egypt
Malawi
Burkina Faso
Namibia
Guinea-Bissau
Bolivia
Côte d'Ivoire
Congo
Djibouti
Guinea
Ethiopia
Pakistan
Colombia
Indonesia
Cyprus
South Africa
Lesotho
Uganda
Madagascar
Italy
Mexico
Brazil
Africa
Americas

The second volume of Land Reform, Land Settlement and Cooperatives for 2004 comprises eight articles that examine a range of areas central to land tenure activity. They provide a stimulating and, in some cases, critical set of perspectives on how best to tackle some of these issues.