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Gender equality and food security: women’s empowerment as a tool against hunger
Asian Development Bank, 2013Released during the Asia and the Pacific Regional High-level Consultation on Gender, Food Security and Nutrition (July 2013), this report explores the relationship between gender-based discrimination and the different channels through which households and individuals access food. Focusing on Asia and the Pacific, the author Dr.DocumentUnlocking the power of local knowledge: a novel framework to cost community-based adaptation to climate change
Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2012Current approaches to identify the costs and benefits of adaptation are primarily quantitative, using top-down methodologies that may grossly underestimate the true costs. This policy brief argues that global policies require credible evidence from the local level.DocumentStatistical Yearbook of the Food And Agricultural Organization for the United Nations - FAO_2013_stats_yrbook.pdf
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2013The 2013 edition of FAO's Statistical Yearbook sheds new light on agriculture's contribution to global warming, trends in hunger and malnutrition and the state of the natural resource base upon which world food production depends.DocumentDeveloping a strategic plan for Kizimbani Agricultural Training Institute (KATI), Zanzibar, Tanzania – a contribution
Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2013The Kizimbani Agricultural Training Institute (KATI) fulfils an important role as a vocational training centre for Zanzibar farmers. The demand for extension workers greatly exceeds KATI’s annual throughput of certificate and diploma holders.DocumentClimate-smart agriculture sourcebook
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2013This comprehensive sourcebook on climate-smart agriculture (CSA), produced by the Food and Agriculture Organisation, consists of eighteen modules covering every aspect of planning and implementing CSA policies and projects.DocumentLatin America’s rural family farmers: evolutions in access to markets and rural income structure
Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2013Over time, the rural reality in Latin America has changed, with family farmers now more integrated in markets and significantly less dependent on agriculture for income. What does this mean for family farmers today?DocumentSmallholder agriculture’s contribution to better nutrition
Overseas Development Institute, 2013Commissioned by the UK Hunger Alliance for the June 2013 'Hunger Summit' this report asks "How can smallholder agriculture contribute to improving food security and reducing under-nutrition?"DocumentCreating good employment opportunities for the rural sector
Asian Development Bank, 2011Despite increasing urbanisation in Asia countries, a large fraction of Asia’s poor remain in rural areas. This paper examines the potential for sector-specific productivity growth, human capital, credit markets, and infrastructure to contribute to the development of stable, well-paid employment in rural areas of low-income countries.DocumentSustainable wetland management in the face of climate risks in Niger: the case of La Mare de Tabalak
United Nations Development Programme, 2013The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) recently implemented climate risk management studies in seven countries.