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CPWF Annual Report 2003

Reports & Research
April, 2004
Bangladesh, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Ecuador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Kenya, Laos, Malawi, Mali, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, South Africa, Sudan, Vietnam, Zimbabwe, Western Africa, Middle Africa, Eastern Africa, Central America, South America, Western Asia, Northern Africa, Southern Asia, South-Eastern Asia, Southern Africa
water management
In the months since approval in November 2002, the Challenge Program on Water and Food
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Broadening the feed resource base: Fodder trees and shrubs for improved livestock feed in West Asia, North Africa and the Sahel: CGIAR Systemwide Livestock Programme, Project Brochure

September, 2004
Northern Africa, Western Africa, Western Asia
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
rangelands
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Report of the Third Session of the Agriculture, Land and Water Use Commission for the Near East (ALAWUC) – (Doha, Qatar, 9 - 11 March 2004)

Reports & Research
March, 2004
Algeria, Qatar, Egypt, Morocco, Iran, Turkey, Kuwait, Tunisia, Sudan, Asia
Land, Climate Change & Environment
sustainable land management
natural resources management
water management
Session: Sess. 3
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FORESTS AND WATER IN AFRICA: THEIR LINKS WITH FOOD SECURITY AND POVERTY REDUCTION

Reports & Research
December, 2004
Kenya, Morocco, Tunisia, South Africa, Ghana, Congo, India, Ethiopia, Niger, Eritrea, Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
sustainable land management
forest land
forest management plans
1. Degradation of natural resources is a significant constraint to sustainable agricultural development in many developing countries. In particular, water scarcity is a major threat to achieving food security and reducing poverty. Better water management, therefore, is critical to reaching international targets to halve the proportion of people without access to drinking water by 2015.
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Summary of Food and Agricultural Statistics 2003

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2004
Bangladesh, United States of America, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Germany, China, Guatemala, Indonesia, Grenada, Jamaica, United Kingdom, Pakistan, Colombia, Costa Rica, Bolivia, Philippines, Japan, Tunisia, Argentina, India, Russia, Bahamas, Brazil
natural resources management
land use
water management
This report shows a broad range of statistics pertaining to world food and agriculture. It presents, where appropriate, the differences between developed and developing countries, continents and regions. It is hoped that managers and policy-makers dealing with international issues relating to food and agriculture will find the tables useful.
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Maritime societies, fisheries law and institutions in the western Mediterranean. A summary of collective rights and decentralized systems of professional discipline.

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2004
Algeria, Monaco, France, Morocco, Tunisia, Japan, Mauritania, Croatia, Denmark, Italy, Australia, Canada, Malta, Spain, Greece, Europe, Africa
decentralization
natural resources management
This publication considers fisheries management policies in the Mediterranean in the light of the new objectives of sustainability and governance. Emphasis is put on the decentralization of public action and the reform of institutional mechanisms.The first chapter assesses the historical and societal bases of the dualism of small-scale fisheries and industrial fisheries. The dialectical relationship of power between these socio-economic categories is a result of arbitration by the public authorities that have entered into a spiral of interventionism.
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FAO in Asia and the Pacific 2002-03. Regional highlights

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2004
Egypt, Bangladesh, United States of America, Samoa, China, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Iran, Republic of Korea, Thailand, Pakistan, Philippines, Malaysia, Japan, Uzbekistan, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, India, Sudan, Nauru, Cambodia, Asia
natural resources management
agriculture
rural development
sustainable development
The first in a new series of biennial reports, this publication describes FAO priorities and activities in the Asia-Pacific region during 2002 and 2003. The introduction contains a succinct analysis of the main socio-economic developments affecting agriculture in the region. Other sections describe the challenges facing the region and present solutions in support of food security and poverty alleviation while protecting the region's natural resource base.
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Report of the Expert Consultation on the Role of Small-scale Fisheries in Poverty Alleviation and Food Security. Rome, 5–8 July 2004.

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2004
Egypt, United States of America, Chile, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom, Cambodia, India, Senegal, Colombia, Thailand
natural resources management
poverty
The Expert Consultation was convened by FAO in order to elaborate guidelines on the policies and actions needed to increase the contribution of small-scale fisheries to poverty alleviation and food security. The twenty-fifth session of the FAO Committee on Fisheries, held in Rome from 24 to 28 February 2003, requested FAO to develop such guidelines as part of its series of technical guidelines on the implementation of the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries.
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Rapport de la dix-septième session du Comité des pêches pour l’Atlantique Centre-Est. Dakar, Sénégal, 24-27 mai 2004.

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2004
Angola, Nigeria, Spain, Mauritania, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Cape Verde, Togo, Morocco, Portugal, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Senegal, Chad, Gabon, Norway
natural resources management
This document is the final report of the seventeenth session of the Fishery Committee for the Eastern-Central Atlantic (CECAF), which was held in Dakar, Senegal, from 24 to 27 May 2004.
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Information Products for Decisions on Water Policy and Water Resources Management in the Nile Basin

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2004
Rwanda, Egypt, Japan, Uganda, Burundi, Italy, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Kenya, Africa
water management
This report describes the project of strengthening the ability of the governments of the Nile Basin states to take informed decisions with regard to water resources policy and management in the Nile Basin. This objective to be achieved through the development of information products that integrate technical water resources and water use data with other relevant data, including in particular demographic, socio-economic and environmental data.