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  1. Library Resource
    Remembering Elinor Ostrom

    Her Work and its Contribution to the Theory and Practice of Conservation and Sustainable Natural Resource Management

    Informes e investigaciones
    Abril, 2014
    Eritrea, Kenya, México, Canadá, Mongolia, India, Global

    This special issue of Policy Matters focuses on the outreach and impact of Dr. Elinor Ostrom's groundbreaking research on common property (or commons) theory. Her work was instrumental in shaping contemporary analyses of resource management and conservation, especially at a local level. This collection of research papers, essays, commentaries, and songs build upon her work and provide case studies demonstrating the practical application of her theoretical contributions. 

  2. Library Resource
    Informes e investigaciones
    Diciembre, 2006
    Kenya, Uganda, Perú, Sudán, Ecuador, Bolivia, India, Etiopía, Colombia, Asia, África, América del Sur, Asia meridional

    There are many options for enhancing food production from fish in managed aquatic systems.The most appropriate technology, however, will vary from place to place, and the conditions under which one technology is prefered over another are still not well defined.

  3. Library Resource
    Artículos de revistas y libros
    Febrero, 2019
    Qatar, Bangladesh, Honduras, Estados Unidos de América, Alemania, Sri Lanka, Pakistán, Jordania, Tanzania, Kuwait, Arabia Saudita, Países Bajos, Iraq, China, India, Irán, Filipinas, Nicaragua, Italia, Emiratos Árabes Unidos, Malta, Brasil, Global

    Water - Source of food security. World Food Day: 16 October 2002.<p></p>Water and food security are intimately connected. Many of the over 800 million people in the world who still go hungry live in water-scarce regions. When FAO launched its Special Programme for Food Security in 1994, it was well aware that limited access to water was often a major constraint to increasing food production.

  4. Library Resource
    Artículos de revistas y libros
    Octubre, 2018
    Turkmenistán, Estados Unidos de América, Italia, Kiribati, Tayikistán, Afganistán, Alemania, Uzbekistán, Kirguistán, Irán, Kazajstán, India, Rusia, Chad, Pakistán

    This river basin overview describes the state of the water resources and water use, as well as the state of agricultural water management in the Aral Sea basin. The aim of this report is to describe the particularities of this transboundary river basin and the problems met in the development of the water resources, and irrigation in particular.

  5. Library Resource
    Artículos de revistas y libros
    Octubre, 2018
    Bangladesh, Sudáfrica, Gambia, Etiopía, China, Mauritania, India, Sudán del Sur, Chad, Pakistán, Níger, Sudán, Brasil

    Sustainable Development Goal 1, ending poverty in all its forms, everywhere, is the most ambitious goal set by the 2030 Agenda. This Goal includes eradicating extreme poverty in the next 12 years, which will require more focused actions in addition to broad-based interventions. The question is: How can we achieve target 1.1 and overcome the many challenges that lie ahead? By gaining a deeper understanding of poverty, and the characteristics of the extreme rural poor in particular, the right policies can be put in place to reach those most in need.

  6. Library Resource
    Artículos de revistas y libros
    Marzo, 2019
    Estados Unidos de América, España, Sudáfrica, Israel, Chile, Alemania, Italia, Australia, Reino Unido, Austria, India, Costa Rica, México, Nueva Zelandia

    This publication contains the papers presented at the Expert Consultation on Issues in Water Law Reform, convened by FAO in Pretoria, Republic of South Africa, 3 to 5 June 1997. The Expert Consultation was the first activity under, and served as a launch for, the FAO-funded and -executed project of technical assistance to the Republic of South Africa, TCP/SAF/6711 "Review of water legislation". It was arranged and timed so as to provide a comparative water law and administration input to the drafting of a National Water Bill, then underway.

  7. Library Resource
    Artículos de revistas y libros
    Diciembre, 2005
    Camerún, España, Estados Unidos de América, Armenia, Sudáfrica, Singapur, Kirguistán, Chile, Azerbaiyán, China, Rumania, Indonesia, Australia, Canadá, Nueva Zelandia, Japón, India, Rusia, Pakistán, México, República Democrática del Congo

    This publication offers a fresh look at the theory and practice of modern water rights, from a comparative law angle. It sheds light on a number of key features of such rights, and contrasts these to traditional forms and kinds of water rights. It teases out and discusses the relevant problematique, including in particular that elicited the sale and leasing of water rights. Finally, a stock-taking and assessment of modern water rights systems impacts are volunteered. This publication complements two earlier issues featured in the FAO Legislative Studies series, i.e.

  8. Library Resource
    Artículos de revistas y libros
    Marzo, 2019
    Nepal, Bulgaria, Marruecos, Uganda, Sudáfrica, México, Turquía, España, Albania, Alemania, Perú, Italia, El Salvador, Armenia, Costa Rica, Colombia, Túnez, India, Bolivia, Pakistán, Rumania

    A robust regulatory framework for the corporate governance of water user's organizations is a fundamental ingredient of irrigation management transfer policies. The present publication offers a comparative analysis of the contemporary legislation of a wide variety of countries, providing the needed regulatory framework for water user's organizations to function and grow.

  9. Library Resource
    Artículos de revistas y libros
    Octubre, 2018
    Nepal, Bangladesh, China, Italia, Reino Unido, Congo, India, Bhután

    This river basin overview describes the state of the water resources and water use, as well as the state of agricultural water management in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna basin. The aim of this report is to describe the particularities of this transboundary river basin and the problems met in the development of the water resources, and irrigation in particular.

  10. Library Resource
    Artículos de revistas y libros
    Septiembre, 2018
    Kenya, Marruecos, Estados Unidos de América, Mauritania, Somalia, Uganda, Etiopía, Chile, Perú, Namibia, Tanzania, Ecuador, Liberia, China, India, Sierra Leona, Sudán, Sri Lanka, Eritrea, Brasil

    Drought is one of the main causes of food insecurity. In 2011, the horn of Africa has faced the worst drought in 60 years. An estimated 12.4 million people suffered from a massive food shortage. To mitigate the impact of agricultural drought, it is of high importance to dispose of timely and reliable information of the condition of food crops and grassland areas in all regions and countries in the world.

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