This bcrochure describes the programme ""APRACA: Enhancing access of poor rural people to sustainable financial services through policy dialogue, capacity-building and knowledge-sharing in rural finance" that aimed to: enhanced the capacity of regional financial institutions in valuechain and renewableenergy financing, riskmanagement strategies, and microfinance for agriculture. Enhancing access of poor rural people to sustainable financial services through policy dialogue, capacity-building and knowledge-sharing in rural finance (i) provide avenues for enhanced policy dialogue among stakeholders in the target countries, on thematic areas such as value-chain financing, riskmanagement strategies, renewable-energy financing, and microfinance for agriculture; (ii) promote replication of rural finance best practices by IFADsupported investment projects and selected rural finance institutions (RFIs), while strengthening their capacity to provide sustainable rural financial services; and (iii) enhance knowledge- and experience-sharing among APRACA members, IFAD projects and a wider audience
Cette publication offre de nombreux exemples concrets détaillant différentes manières de réengager les jeunes dans le secteur agricole. Elle montre à quel point des programmes éducationnels sur mesure peuvent offrir aux jeunes les compétences et la perspicacité nécessaires pour se...
Grants for agricultural innovation are common but grant funds specifically targeted to smallholder farmers remain relatively rare. Nevertheless, they are receiving increasing recognition as a promising venue for agricultural innovation. They stimulate smallholders to experiment with improved practices, to become...
Malgré les efforts déployés ces dernières années pour améliorer la situation de l’agriculture en Afrique subsaharienne, peu de changements ont été observés. Cet insuccès est dû, en partie, au fait que ces efforts ont été consentis par diverses entités de...
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...
This book represents the proceedings of the FAO international technical conference dedicated to Agricultural Biotechnologies in Developing Countries (ABDC-10) that took place in Guadalajara, Mexico on 1-4 March 2010. A major objective of the conference was to take stock of...