Celebrating the 50th anniversary of International Earth Day on April 22 2020, UNDP launched a new way of helping farmers: Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration for Systemic Change: A New Approach to Strengthening Farmer Support Systems, a guidance note which encourages and guides governments to develop new partnerships, enable innovation and strengt
This guide explains how to operationalize inclusion of women, Indigenous Peoples and other under-represented groups in multi-stakeholder forums (MSFs).
Researchers at the University of Queensland have worked on research projects in the PNG Highlands since 2005. These projects were, and are, applied research to manage soil fertility in sweetpotato-based cropping systems in the Highlands. They were funded by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research. Our key collaborator was PNG’s National Agricultural Research Institute. Although the projects were in the field of Soil Science, specifically soil fertility management, our approach has always been multidisciplinary.
The Water Resources Department, Government of Maharashtra, responsible for building infrastructure and delivering water to farmers and other users, has so far created irrigation potential of about 5.3. million hectares and the current utilization is about 76%. About 5000 Water User Associations (WUAs) have been established to manage the water supply within their designated areas. However, the water use efficiency and productivity is adversely impacting the overall water security of the state.
India is witnessing dwindling gains from agriculture for the smallholder farmers because of high cost of inputs, changing climate impacting production, fluctuating market prices of outputs, and weak delivery of services at the last mile. The value share of farmers in the commodity supply chain needs to be increased to ensure that farming remains a remunerative livelihood option. There has to be a wider acceptance of the fact that the country needs partnerships among multiple players with complementary knowledge and expertise for its agricultural development.
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) financed the second Cordillera Highland Agricultural Resource Management Project (CHARMP2), in areas where poverty is most severe among indigenous peoples in the highlands of the Cordillera Region in northern Philippines. The aim is to reduce poverty and improve the livelihoods of indigenous peoples living in farming communities in the mountainous project area. The indigenous peoples consist of many tribes whose main economic activity is agriculture.
l presente libro tiene el propósito de servir de guía al conjunto de acciones que deben redundar en el posicionamiento de la política de extensionismo, creando un ambiente favorable para consolidar la implementación de una política consistente de Extensionismo Rural con Enfoque Territorial. El proceso de difusión de las bases de la política de extensionismo debe enfocarse en los lineamientos establecidos, sistematizados con la intención de lograr un posicionamiento claro entre todos los actores responsables de su implementación.
Los aportes de la agricultura para el país son indiscutibles: cerca del 20% al Producto Interno Bruto, 40% del empleo nacional, alimentos; aunque la mayoría de cultivos se producen en sistemas convencionales algunos como el café y el cacao son generadores de servicios ecosistemicos como la captura de carbono y la infiltración de agua. Así mismo, la agricultura es generadora de cohesión social comunitaria y un extraordinario reservorio de cultura popular. Tres elementos de contexto ponen en riesgo este carácter multifuncional de la agricultura.
Este documento está pensado para dar una respuesta integrada a las necesidades específicas de los jóvenes rurales, trabajando desde temas de empoderamiento personal y grupal como autoestima, liderazgo, trabajo en equipo y comunicación, etc.; hacia otros más técnicos como asociatividad, generación de empresas, formulación de proyectos, gestión territorial y políticas públicas, entre otros. Procurando con ello una preparación más holística para enfrentar los retos de la ruralidad y las capacidades suficientes para tener un mejor acceso a las oportunidades de su entorno.
L' étude de la Banque Mondiale a identifié des mesures d’atténuation pouvant apporter des solutions à court et à long termes aux problèmes du secteur agricole du Niger. Il s’agit, notamment de :
l’utilisation de variétés à haut rendement résistantes à la sécheresse,
l’application de techniques de CES/DRS et de gestion des ressources naturelles,
l’extension des surfaces sous irrigation,
la lutte préventive contre les criquets pèlerins,