In addition to global developments and food policy changes, 2014 also saw important developments with potentially wide repercussions in individual countries and regions. This chapter offers perspectives on major food policy developments in various regions including Africa, the Middle East and North Africa, Central Asia, South Asia, East Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean.

Food and nutrition insecurity are becoming increasingly concentrated in conflict-affected countries, affecting millions of people. Policies and interventions that build resilience to these shocks have the power to not only limit the breadth and depth of conflict and violence around the world, but also strengthen national-level governance systems and institutions.

Appetite for fish continues to expand around the globe, despite the stagnant levels of capture fish production. What is the role that aquaculture can play in supplying the world with adequate animal protein? What lessons can be drawn from dynamic Asian aquaculture producers that might guide emerging fish farmers in Africa and elsewhere?

People in developing countries—particularly the agricultural poor—face a host of risks to their lives and livelihoods, including those stemming from globalization, climate change, and weather shocks. These experiences highlight the importance of social protection, which can have a potentially significant impact on reducing poverty and vulnerability when implemented with the optimal design, targets, and resources.

Ce document vise à contribuer au programme d’action en cours pour le développement de l’Afrique au sud du Sahara.

This report is timely input into the ongoing development agenda for Africa South of the Sahara (SSA).

This study presents an approach to analyzing decentralized forestry and natural resource management and land property rights issues, and catalyzing collective action among villages and district governments. It focuses on understanding the current policies governing local people's access to property rights and decision making processes, and learning how collective action among community groups and interaction among stakeholders can enhance local people's rights over lands, resources, and policy processes for development.

This 2014–2015 Global Food Policy Report is the fourth in an annual series that provides a comprehensive overview of major food policy developments and events. In this report, distinguished researchers, policymakers, and practitioners review what happened in food policy in 2014 at the global, regional, and national levels, and—supported by the latest knowledge and research—explain why. This year’s report is the first to also look forward a year, offering analysis of the potential opportunities and challenges that we will face in achieving food and nutrition security in 2015.

Guia de sistematização para os casos de Movimento Regional de Terra e Território (versão em Português). Documento útil para a apresentação de novos casos.

Guía de sistematización de Casos para el Movimiento Regional por la Tierra y Territorio. Manual útil para las personas que deseen presentar un nuevo caso.

Al llegar al número 100 del boletín virtual quincenal Apuntes y de la serie de artículos Diálogos, la autora, cofundadora y miembro del equipo del Instituto para el Desarrollo Rural de Sudamérica, comparte con las y los lectores algunos avatares y lecciones del proceso.
 
En la ruta
Carmen Beatriz Ruiz*

Iniciamos nuestras actividades del año 2013 con la entrega del número 95 de la serie de artículos Diálogos.  En esta oportunidad el Instituto para el Desarrollo Rural de Sudamérica (IPDRS) invitó a la investigadora boliviana Andrea Baudoin Farah a que comparta con los cinco mil suscriptores/as del boletín Apuntes una perspectiva general de los principales desafíos que  Bolivia y Perú, los principales países andinos productores de quinua deben enfrentar en el futuro inmediato.
 
Quinua: Desafíos andinos en competencia internacional
Andrea Baudoin Farah