Africa Lead II is a program dedicated to supporting and advancing agricultural transformation in Africa as proposed by the African Union Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program. It will also contribute to the Feed the Future goals of reduced hunger and poverty by building the capacity of Champions—defined as men and women leaders in agriculture—to develop, lead, and manage the policies, structures and processes needed for the transformation process.
The Feed the Future Asia Innovative Farmers Activity (AIFA) is a regional project transforming the lives of farmers by developing and supporting a regional technology ecosystem that fosters new technology, partnerships, and innovative practices in South and Southeast Asia with a focus on Bangladesh, Cambodia, and Nepal. The project aims to build a diverse regional agricultural innovation community that can test, adapt, and share the latest practices and technologies with smallholder farmers in the region.
The youth crisis has recently received much attention from the global community, particularly in how it intersects with the future of agriculture. Causes of the youth crisis include univeral youth disinterest in agriculture, deskilled youth populations, lack of access to resources, gender disparity and lack of reliable data regarding youth in agriculture.
This report covers the Feed the Future Asia Innovative Farmers Activity for the 2015-16 fiscal year (September 18, 2015-September 30, 2016).
Feed the Future Asia Innovative Farmers Activity (AIFA) is a regional project working to facilitate the scaling of critical agricultural technologies through regional partnership and technology transfer. The project works with a range of agricultural technology stakeholders on a regional basis (private sector, research institutions, governments, networks, etc.) to increase food security, reduce poverty, and improve environmental sustainability by facilitating agricultural innovation and technology diffusion in the Asia region.
From November 1, 2012 to June 30, 2015, Michigan State University subcontracted Washington State University together with the University of Rwanda (UR) in order to deliver a gender sensitive Masters of Science in Agribusiness program at UR. The project had three specific objectives, to strengthen the human and institutional capacity of UR in teaching and applied research in agricultural sciences; to promote and support women's access to graduate education in agricultural sciences; and to extend UR's knowledge about, and women's expertise in, agricultural sciences to the community.
Se espera que este plan sea la hoja de ruta, tanto para los líderes locales, como para los funcionarios de instituciones que apoyan el territorio. Aquí podrán encontrar las prioridades identificadas por los actores y las líneas de acción que se deben seguir para alcanzar los objetivos planteados. No está de más señalar que la puesta en práctica de este plan requiere del esfuerzo mancomunado de todos los actores sociales del territorio, así como de toda la ayuda financiera y técnica que puedan prestar los actores institucionales.
Este documento presenta un análisis del contexto macroeconómico y sectorial y de las tendencias y perspectivas para los cultivos, la ganadería, la pesca, los bosques, el bienestar rural y las políticas públicas e institucionalidad del sector. A partir del análisis de las tendencias y las perspectivas, cada capítulo ofrece a consideración de los tomadores de decisiones una serie de recomendaciones que se considera aportarían a afrontar los retos de la dinámica económica mundial y a aprovechar las oportunidades que ofrece.
This document examines the macroeconomic and sectoral context and the trends and outlook for crops, livestock, fisheries, forests and rural well-being, as well as the public policies and institutional framework for these sectors. Based on an analysis of the trends and prospects, each chapter offers a series of recommendations for the consideration of decision-makers, in an effort to help address the challenges posed by the global economic dynamics and to take advantage of opportunities.
Las políticas públicas inclusivas requieren de cambios en el marco institucional y normativo; en las prácticas de cómo funcionan las instituciones; en la lógica de actuación de sus dirigentes y funcionarios; en los métodos de implementación de las políticas y programas; y en el enfoque de aterrizaje de las acciones.