Agricultural activities are directly dependent on the availability and quality of natural resources, particularly land and water. While the availability of land has featured strongly in South Africa’s growth and transformation policy agendas, this piece focusses on presenting a more detailed view of the quantity and quality of South Africa’s land resource, and how this impacts the agricultural use and viability of land resources in sustaining South Africa growth objectives.
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Library ResourceDocumentos de política y resúmenesJunio, 2022Sudáfrica
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Sector Assessment (Summary): Agriculture And Natural Resources
Documentos de política y resúmenesDiciembre, 2016TayikistánTajikistan’s population is predominantly rural and largely dependent on agriculture. Agriculture accounts for a quarter of Tajikistan’s gross domestic product and export revenues, 39% of tax revenues, and half of total employment. Given the widespread migration of male Tajik workers overseas, women constitute the majority of employees (accounting for 53% of the economically active population in agriculture). Arable land is in short supply at 0.15 hectares (ha) per capita (rising to 0.20 ha per capita for the rural population).
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Past, present and the future
Documentos de política y resúmenesSeptiembre, 2019SingapurThis paper outlines Singapore’s major sustainability challenges and its policy response in the areas of land use, transportation, waste management, water, and energy. We review the current and past Concept Plans from the perspective of sustainable land use and provide an overview of transportation policy in Singapore. We also examine Singapore’s policies to manage increasing wastes and review the four tap water management plan. Finally, we look at various initiatives by the government for sustainable use of energy.
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Library ResourceDocumentos de política y resúmenesMarzo, 2012Argelia, Egipto, Eritrea, Etiopía, Kenya, Libia, Marruecos, Mauritania, Sudán, Sudán del Sur, Túnez, África occidental, África oriental, África septentrional
Few regions present bigger development challenges than the African drylands – home to nearly 300 million people, and the vast majority of Africa’s poor. Food security and rural welfare in these areas are limited by a range of factors, biophysical, socio-economic and policy-related. And many of the biggest challenges – poverty, drought, land degradation, food insecurity – will be exacerbated by climate change.
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Library ResourceDocumentos de política y resúmenesNoviembre, 2019Brasil
A gestão pública das águas e os conflitos territoriais na Bacia Hidrográfica do rio Paraguaçu
Por Iñigo Arrazola Aranzabal Mestre em Desenvolvimento Territorial Rural pela Flacso, Quito - Equador e Claudio Adão Dourado de Oliveira
Antropologo pela Universidade Salesiana de Quito e Pós graduado em Direito Agrário, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro - UFG
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Library ResourceDocumentos de política y resúmenesDiciembre, 2017
Farmer-led investments in agricultural land and water management (ALWM) are transforming livelihoods and food security across South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Potential exists for even greater benefits, for even more beneficiaries. Understanding what factors influence adoption and impact of ALWM interventions can help ensure sustainable, positive effects of future investments. WLE has designed a suite of tools and investment models to support policy makers and development agents to leverage and extend the investments farmers are already making.
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Library ResourceDocumentos de política y resúmenesMarzo, 2014Viet Nam, Asia sudoriental
This CPWF Outcome Story details efforts to improve livelihoods for dam-affected communities in Viet Nam through the introduction of a new variety of short-duration cassava.
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Library ResourceDocumentos de política y resúmenesOctubre, 2017Etiopía, África, África oriental
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Library ResourceDocumentos de política y resúmenesAgosto, 2019África, África oriental, Kenya, Tanzania
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Library ResourceDocumentos de política y resúmenesDiciembre, 2018
The residents of the Ganges and Mekong River deltas face serious challenges from rising sea levels, saltwater intrusion, pollution from upstream sources, growing populations, and infrastructure that no longer works as planned. In both deltas, scientists working for nearly two decades with communities, local governments and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) have demonstrated the potential to overcome these challenges and substantially improve people’s livelihoods.
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