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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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Nicaragua: Nota de políticas sobre el acceso a la tierra

Reports & Research
November, 2008
Honduras
Nicaragua
Guatemala
Colombia
Venezuela
Guinea
Mexico
Brazil
Americas

La presente Nota de Políticas sobre el acceso a la tierra en Nicaragua ha servido de insumo a la preparación de la nueva Estrategia de Asistencia al País (CAS, en sus siglas en ingles) que el Banco Mundial presentó a su Junta en 2007. El nuevo CAS tiene por objetivo orientar la labor del Banco Mundial en Nicaragua en los próximos cinco años.

Legal Empowerment in Practice. Using Legal Tools to Secure Land Rights in Africa

Journal Articles & Books
November, 2008
Mali
Zimbabwe
Namibia
United Kingdom
Canada
Sierra Leone
Ethiopia
Niger
Cameroon
Mozambique
South Africa
Uganda
Italy
Tanzania
Senegal
Norway
Ghana
Africa

Land lies at the heart of social, political and economic life in much of rural Africa. It provides a major source of livelihoods, income and employment; a basis for social and political relations; and has major historical, cultural and spiritual significance. In many places, rapid socio-economic changes are undermining the security of land access for poorer and more vulnerable groups – particularly in high-value lands such as peri-urban areas, irrigated schemes and fertile lands.

Opportunities to mainstream land consolidation in rural development programmes of the European Union

Journal Articles & Books
November, 2008
Serbia
North Macedonia
Armenia
Turkey
Croatia
Azerbaijan
Denmark
Ukraine
Bulgaria
Ireland
Austria
Belarus
Italy
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Hungary
Moldova
Albania
Montenegro
Poland
Germany
Georgia
Romania
Czech Republic
Europe

Land consolidation can be an important tool for increasing agricultural competitiveness and improving rural conditions. Farmers can become more competitive when they decrease fragmentation and increase the size of their farms, and rural communities can benefit when consolidation projects include components to improve local infrastructure and the environment.

Modernization Strategy for Irrigation Management in Almatti Lift Systems-KJBNL. Karnataka, India

Policy Papers & Briefs
November, 2008
India

The Masscote application presented here has been initialized through a training workshop in Karnataka for engineers and managers from the Krishna Bhagya Jala Nigam Limited (KBJNL) focussing on ALMATTI irrigation systems from 13th to 21st May 2008. The contributions of the working group sessions at this workshop (RAP–MASSCOTE) have been largely included in this report.

Customary water rights and contemporary water legislation: mapping out the interface

Journal Articles & Books
November, 2008
Bangladesh
Nigeria
Mali
Peru
Australia
Bolivia
Canada
Guyana
Philippines
Japan
Italy
Ecuador
Netherlands
Argentina
Senegal
Paraguay
Ghana

Many questions about customary legal developments go unexplained if no recourse is made to the connection between legal and economic systems. Since time immemorial they interact, justify and fertilise each other. Most of all, if we believe that customary laws and justice develop and transform themselves, the question is: how much does economic development influence legal institutions and rules?