El propósito de ese informe es aportar insumos en el marco de un amplio diálogo de saberes, para el reconocimiento de la estrecha relación entre la investigación agrícola para el desarrollo, la innovación tecnológica y el bienestar de las comunidades rurales con referencia a sus medios de vida.
Esta tesis constituye un insumo construido de manera participativa con las comunidades agrarias y rurales de Camino Verde, El Triunfo, Nueva Gomera, Nuevo Monte Cristo y San Rafael, con el propósito de analizar en conjunto la situación actual y expectativa de desarrollo a futuro de las familias campesinas.
Este documento tiene como propósito aportar elementos de análisis de género en las cadenas de valor para identificar potencialidades y limitaciones de las mujeres dentro de las cadenas, la relación con la autonomía económica y el impacto en la mejora de sus capacidades para generar recursos propios, controlar activos y propiciar la plena participación en las decisiones que afectan sus vidas y entorno.
Este libro busca Identificar la capacidad institucional (pública y privada) de contribuir al fortalecimiento empresarial y asociativo de productores y agroempresarios; Construir instrumentos de gestión del conocimiento (bienes públicos) que permitan fortalecer la capacidad institucional de apoyar el desarrollo agroempresarial y asociativo de los productores, con base en el estudio de la realidad de los “países bandera”, así como en el análisis de otras experiencias exitosas; Desarrollar, y validar, arreglos e instrumentos institucionales, y Diseñar una estrategia para promover la difusión
The devastation caused in Philippines by Typhoon Reming was the trigger for the Government request to FAO for the project “Strengthening Capacities for Climate Risk Management and Disaster Preparedness in Selected Provinces of the Philippines (Bicol Region)”. This technical project summary report provides a consolidated overview about the specific project activities, the implementation processes, main findings and the establishment of institutional mechanisms that were established to promote ongoing collaboration between farmers, agriculture extension workers, researchers and local governme
In line with the Watershed Guidelines of 2008 - released by the Government of India - the Indian Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, in partnership with the German International Cooperation (GIZ), has implemented a project called ‘Strengthening Capacity Building for Decentralized Watershed Management’. The objective of the project was to improve the capacities and networking of central and state organizations to implement large public investment for decentralized watershed management programs. The project was piloted and implemented in Rajasthan, Karnataka and Uttarakhand.
This Module is the third in a series of four that address capacity development competencies in FAO. It is intended to enhance FAO’s practices in designing, developing, delivering and evaluating its activities in support of learning in Member Countries, while ensuring that learning leads to sustainable capacity development.
This book contains a collection of papers that discuss the experience of an Agricultural Research for Development (AR4D) capacity building program in Papua New Guinea (PNG). The program was the AusAID-funded Agricultural Research and Development Support Facility (ARDSF), which ran for fi ve years from 2007 to 2012, and which sought to improve the delivery of services by agricultural research organisations to smallholder farmers.
This set of guidance notes is designed to support practitioners and evaluators in conducting retrospective evaluations of a capacity development intervention or portfolio to assess and document results. Users will enhance their understanding of the capacity development process, of what works and what does not work in promoting change and to inform future programs. The standard M&E approach for assessing capacity development results has not been sufficient.
This paper reviews the current policies and programmes of EIARD members in relation to capacity development and makes recommendations on future directions. The main issues and recommendations will be incorporated into a policy brief in which specific policy options or guidelines will be presented. The goal of EIARDs strategy is to reduce poverty (i.e. MDGs); to promote economic growth, food security, and sustainable management of natural resources in developing & emerging economy countries and to contribute to global development issues and knowledge generation.