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  1. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    September, 2015
    South Africa

    The preservation, development and sustainable use of agricultural land are of vital importance to ensure longterm food security in South Africa. These principles of food security as well as an integrated, inclusive rural economy underpin the core focus areas of the National Development Plan, Vision 2030 (NDP).

  2. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    November, 2016
    Mauritania, Kenya, Benin, Namibia, Africa

    This publication will present efforts by FAO and partners on mapping the intervention area of the Great Green Wall initiative and restoration opportunities based on data gathered through Collect Earth and in support of presenting FAO's effort at COP22 in Marrakech on 14 November 2016.

  3. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    December, 2016
    Bangladesh, Philippines, Zambia, Gambia, Vietnam, Chile, Peru, Myanmar, Ghana, Namibia, Benin, Malawi, Somalia, Asia, Africa, Americas

    El mundo se comprometió a erradicar la extrema pobreza y el hambre en 2030, llevándolo de regreso a una vía sostenible. El cambio climático amenaza con revertir el progreso que hemos logrado hasta ahora en la lucha contra el hambre y la pobreza. De no controlarse, podría poner en peligro la capacidad de los sistemas alimentarios para asegurar la seguridad alimentaria mundial. El cambio climático está socavando los medios de subsistencia y la seguridad alimentaria de las poblaciones rurales pobres.

  4. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    December, 2014
    Burkina Faso, Benin, Nepal, Mauritania, Burundi, Zimbabwe, China, Indonesia, Australia, Ghana, Congo, Malawi, Seychelles, Kenya, Lesotho, Somalia, Madagascar, Myanmar, Zambia, India, Senegal, Chad
  5. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    December, 2015
    South Africa, Netherlands, Germany

    The XIV World Forestry Congress (WFC) delivers a strong message: global challenges require increased efforts to better manage land by integrating forests and other land uses. Why is better integration of forests and other land uses essential? What barriers on the ground must be overcome to simultaneously increase agricultural output and boost the productive and protective functions of forests? How can policymakers, the private sector, stakeholders and researchers contribute to a more integrated and sustainable approach to land use?

  6. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    February, 2016
    Nepal, South Africa, Finland, Sweden, Germany, Myanmar

    Small forest and farm producers manage a third of the world’s forests. Together, these smallholder families, indigenous people and local communities are the world’s largest investors in forests. They are key to sustainable forest and farm management and have a critical role to play in the success of global concerns such as Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+), climate change adaptation and green growth. Yet all too often their voices go unheard.

  7. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    December, 2011
    Rwanda, Morocco, Kenya, Libya, Somalia, Uganda, Ethiopia, Burundi, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, South Africa, Congo, Djibouti, Malawi, Sudan, Africa

    In cooperation with the Government of Ethiopia, the Subregional Office of Eastern Africa (SFE) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) introduced a parasitic wasp to control a fast-spreading aphid pest infestation threatening to destroy cypress tree plantations in parts of the Amhara and Tigray Regional States in the north of Ethiopia.

  8. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    September, 2016
    Seychelles, Rwanda, Burkina Faso, Malawi, Somalia, Madagascar, Central African Republic, Eswatini, Ghana, Djibouti, Sierra Leone, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Africa
  9. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    December, 2014
    Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali, Burundi, Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka, Eswatini, Canada, Congo, Ukraine, Malawi, Costa Rica, Niger, Seychelles, Kenya, Philippines, Lesotho, Madagascar, Myanmar, Kazakhstan, Gabon, France

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