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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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Participatory Policy Reform from a Sustainable Livelihoods Perspective

Journal Articles & Books
november, 2003
Honduras
Mozambique
Mali
Bolivia
Ghana
Malawi
Costa Rica
Uruguay
Rwanda
South Africa
Turkey
Kyrgyzstan
Mexico
Argentina
India
Bhutan
Uganda
Brazil
Kenya

Policies have considerable impact on people’s livelihoods. They influence the access people have to livelihoods assets and the strategic possibilities for employing these assets to reach favourable livelihoods outcomes. However, policies developed at central level are often not responsive to the policy needs at local level and, therefore, not conducive to local livelihood strategies. Local populations, especially poor and marginalized groups, have often a very weak or only indirect influence on the policy framework affecting their livelihoods.

Economie de l'agriculture de conservation

Journal Articles & Books
november, 2003
Paraguay
Canada

L'agriculture de conservation est un approche innovante pour améliorer l'utilisation des ressources pour une production durable. Ses avantages incluent une réduction des intrants, une meillure stabilité des rendements, une amélioration des échanges d'éléments nutrifs dans le sol est une augmentation de la rentabilité à long terme. Cette étude examine les facteurs financiers et autres qui affectent l'adoption est le succès de l'agriculture de conservation que ce soit au niveau de l'exploitation au niveau national ou mondial.

Data sets, indicators and methods to assess land degradation in drylands

Reports & Research
november, 2003
Burkina Faso
United States of America
France
China
Pakistan
Australia
Republic of Korea
Morocco
Mexico
Uganda
Italy
Botswana
Netherlands
Tunisia
Argentina
India
Senegal
Vietnam

This report summarizes the findings of the e-mail conference that took place from 9 October to 4 November 2002 and which was organized by the Land Degradation Assessment in Drylands project (LADA). The report contains exchanges of views on data sets and methods that may be used to assess land degradation and a discussion on the biophysical, socio-economic and institutional indicators that explain the root causes, driving forces, status, impact and reponses to land degradation at various scales.

Tigerpaper/Forest News

Reports & Research
november, 2003
Nepal
Afghanistan
Bangladesh
Switzerland
Japan
Mali
China
Myanmar
Indonesia
Canada
India
Guinea
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
Asia

A quarterly news bulletin dedicated to the exchange of information relating to wildlife and national resources management for the Asia-Pacific region.

Tigerpaper/Forest News

Reports & Research
november, 2003
Nepal
Afghanistan
Bangladesh
Switzerland
Japan
Mali
China
Myanmar
Indonesia
Canada
India
Guinea
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
Asia

A quarterly news bulletin dedicated to the exchange of information relating to wildlife and national resources management for the Asia-Pacific region.