Poland was one of the 44 founding members of FAO, participating in the Hot Spring Conference in 1943 as well as in the FAO founding conference in Quebec City on 16 October 1945. FAO’s shared history of cooperation with the Government of Poland has focused on projects that improve the safety and…

The following article contains analysis of role played by the Agency of Agricultural Estates (in Polish: Agencja Nieruchomosci Rolnych – ANR) in the process of forming local development in rural areas. The Agency is in possession of the Resources of Agricultural Estates of National Treasury (in…

Biodiversity conservation is gradually shifting its dependency on public protected areas to take a more holistic ecosystem and landscape approach that includes private lands in addition to public lands. However, effective practice of biodiversity conservation on private land also depends on…

Meeting Name: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA)
Meeting symbol/code: CGRFA-15/15/14
Session: Sess. 15

Meeting Name: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Team of Technical and Legal Experts on Access and Benefit-Sharing
Meeting symbol/code: CGRFA/TTLE-ABS-2/14/Inf.3 Add.1
Session: Sess. 2

In the last decade, the increased interest in bioenergy production has led to the need for improved crop residue management. Crop residues have historically been used for many other purposes: to sustain healthy soils for food production, as feed and bedding for livestock, and as raw material for…

Meeting symbol/code: CGRFA/TTLE-ABS-1/14/Inf.1
Session: Sess.1

Meeting symbol/code: CGRFA-15/15/Inf.11
Session: Sess.15

Meeting symbol/code: CGRFA/TTLE-ABS-1/14/Report
Session: Sess.1

Meeting Name: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA)
Meeting symbol/code: CGRFA-15/15/Inf.17.1
Session: Sess. 15

The macroeconomic conditions. The current conditions for the agricultural land trading in Poland. The principles for management of agricultural land owned by the State Treasury. The agricultural land buy/sell transactions. The prices of agricultural land. The lease of agricultural land. The sale…

This review paper focuses on research schemes regarding urbanity and urbanization, and brings together both cultural and physical approaches. First, we review the cultural and social construction of urbanity (as related to urbanization) in Germany. In the early 20th century, urbanity was mainly…