Reforming Urban Laws in Africa, A Practical Guide, was written by Stephen Berrisford and the late Patrick McAuslan. It provides hands-on guidance to officials, practitioners and researchers working on the urgent task of improving, modernising and rationalising urban legislation in the Sub-Saharan region.
Drawing on a survey of large-scale ecological restoration initiatives, we find that managers face contradictory demands. On the one hand, they have to raise funds from a variety of sources through competitive procedures for individual projects. These projects require the specification of deliverable outputs within a relatively short project period.
A toolkit of 26 items designed for people designing or improving community-based paralegal programmes. It draws lessons from both grassroots experience and research. Includes
ولعل النمو السكاني، فضلاً عن اتساع المناطق الحضرية بوتيرة سريعة، إلى جانب التنمية الاقتصادية، تسبب في إحداث ضغط غير مسبوق على المياه، لاسيما في المناطق الجافة. ويشكل الشح المتفاقم في المياه والتنافس على هذا المورد تهديداً رئيساً للتطورات المستقبلية على صعيد الأمن الغذائي والحد من وطأة الفقر، وبخاصة في المناطق الريفية.
This publication summarized the activities of the project (Coping with water scarcity – the role of agriculture- Phase III: Strengthening national capacities in Lebanon). The project has helped improve the national, regional and local capacity to cope with water scarcity, as a result of an improved knowledge on how water is being used in the agricultural sector. The ultimate beneficiaries of the project were the communities of the Bekaa area, who benefited from development programme, the pilot project and interventions utilizing water for agriculture and more efficiently.
شهد استخدام المياه على المستوى العالمي زيادة بمعدل فاق معدل الزيادة السكانية بمقدار الضعف خلال القرن الفائت، ووصل عدد أكبر من الأقاليم إلى الحد الذي لا يمكن بعده توفير خدمات مياه يعتمد عليها. وتضطلع منظمة الأغذية والزراعة، بالتعاون مع وزارة الزراعة ووزارة المياه والطاقة، بتنفيذ عدد من المشاريع في لبنان للتأقلم مع شح المياه وتحسين الأمن الغذائي واستئصال شأفة الفقر. وتأتي هذه المشاريع ضمن برنامج «التأقلم مع شح المياه ودور الزراعة » لمنظمة الأغذية والزراعة الذي جرى تحديده كواحد من البرامج المرجعية والرئيسية للتعاون بين الحكومة الإيطالية ومنظمة الأغذية والزراعة.
The Land Cover Atlas of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan was initially prepared in the framework of the FA O Government Cooperative Programme under the auspices of the project on “Strengthening Agricultural Economics, Market Information and Statistics Services”. The project was formulated upon the request from the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and funded by the European Commission. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FA O) provided technical assistance as the executing agency in close cooperation with all parties.
The infographic takes into account the progress from NAPAs (2007) to NAPs (2010). It has considered the undertakings in adaptation planning and adaptation components made by different countries in their INDC submissions.
This paper is specifically about agricultural mechanisation: the opportunities provided by mechanisation for intensifying production in a sustainable manner, in value addition and agri-food value chain development, as well as the inherent opportunities implied for improved local economies and livelihoods. The establishment of viable business enterprises agro-processors, transport services, and so forth as a result of increased agricultural mechanisation in rural areas, is crucial to creating employment and income opportunities and, thereby, enhancing the demand for farm produce.
The activities of the African Group on Statistical Training and Human Resources (AGROST) during the period 2015-2016 focused on support to the training component of the Action Plan for Africa of the Global Strategy to Improve Agricultural and Rural Statistics in Africa.
