Learning Module 4 is the fourth in the FAO capacity development series. It aims to create a basic understanding of OD and system thinking approaches, as even a basic understanding can cultivate a new way of working.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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Acronym:
FAO
Type of Organization:
International Organizations
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An intergovernmental organization, FAO has 194 Member Nations, two associate members and one member organization, the European Union. Its employees come from various cultural backgrounds and are experts in the multiple fields of activity FAO engages in. FAO’s staff capacity allows it to support improved governance inter alia, generate, develop and adapt existing tools and guidelines and provide targeted governance support as a resource to country and regional level FAO offices. Headquartered in Rome, Italy, FAO is present in over 130 countries.
Areas of activity:
Capacity development
Focus of Capacity Development:
Individual
Organizational
Institutional
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Resources from this Organisation
Topic(s)
Publication year
2013
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This module is the second in the series designed to improve Capacity Development (CD) approaches in projects and programmes of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). It includes examples and tools to support endogenous CD processes in the areas of FAO’s mandate.
Topic(s)
Publication year
2012
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There is renewed attention on the importance of advisory services and extension in rural development processes.
Publication year
2012
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The purpose of this paper is to re-examine the role that benchmarking can play in rural and agricultural innovations. Although generally known as 'traditional sector', rural activities are far from static but rather driven by old and new challenges pleading for innovative responses.
Publication year
2011
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This Module is the first in a series of four that address capacity development competencies in FAO. It is intended to provide FAO staff and consultants with a basic understanding and knowledge of Capacity Development (CD), reflecting the international debate as well as FAO’s perspective on CD.
Publication year
2010
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The aim of this paper is to analyze the role of innovation intermediaries (II) in the technology and knowledge transfer process in the agricultural sector.
Publication year
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The State of Food and Agriculture 2014: Innovation in family farming analyses family farms and the role of innovation in ensuring global food security, poverty reduction and environmental sustainability.
Publication year
2014
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Paper presented to the European Initiative for Agricultural Research and Development (EIARD), 12 January 2015.
Publication year
2015
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This white paper has been prepared to support consultations on the content and structure of the FAO National Medium Term Priority Framework for India.
Publication year
2009
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Social learning in multi-actor innovation networks is increasingly considered an important precondition for addressing sustainability in regional development contexts.
Publication year
2013
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This Module is the third in a series of four that address capacity development competencies in FAO.
Publication year
2012
Link to web resource
Owing to its devices that are the ember furnace, the fat collection tray, the indirect smoke generator system and the hot air distributor, the FAO-Thiaroye processing technique (FTT-Thiaroye), focus of this methodological guide, strengthens the functions of existing improved smoking techniques in
Publication year
2015
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