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Story: Story: Legumes as a Tool to Fight Poverty: Why the International Community Needs to Refocus Investment Priorities
This is a blog post by David Guerena: Pulse crops are critically important to human nutrition, soil health, and agricultural productivity. These edible seeds of the legume family of plants are one of the main dietary staples for approximately 2 billion of the world’s poor, many of whom live in ...more
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Organisation: Development Regional and National Comittee V7V
domaines comme : infrastructure et construction, eau et assainissement, artisanat, absorption de gaz à effet de serre, environnement, tourisme, agriculture et élevage, agrobusiness , agro-alimentaire, pêche et produit halieutique, nutrition, santé, approche genre, droit de l’homme et de l’enfant, ...more
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Resource: Resource: VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN RETARDS COUNTRY'S AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT
property and at the end lead to an un balanced nutrition within families. The end result is a less productive population and more death rates with huge economic impacts. Please find full document under " Additional Information " tab. Food Security Gender Lessons / Synthesis Markets / Marketing ...more
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Resource: Resource: KeFAAS explainer videos, illustrated drawings and animated graphics for agricultural extension and services provision. Country Content AFAAS Content
and nutrition security. Advances in technology are key to the future of agriculture as farmers strive to feed the world with limited natural resources. Our country has in the recent past faced frequent recurrent food security challenges resulting from among other things, spiraling food prices, high ...more
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News: News: UFAAS organises first successful National Agricultural Extension Symposium in Uganda
267 reads The 1st Uganda National Agricultural Extension Symposium was successfully held at Hotel Africana, Kampala – Uganda. The symposium was held from 13 – 15 March 2018 under the theme” Enhancing Capacity and Quality Promoting Gender Responsive, Nutrition Sensitive and Professional AEAS in ...more
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Organisation: Cameroon Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (CAMFAAS)
"to build capacity and empower stakeholders along agricultural and livestock value-chains through knowledge-sharing, resource mobilization and skills-development for sustainable improvements in agricultural productivity, food and nutrition security and livelihoods”. The ...more
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Resource: Resource: Questions in New Methods of Extension Answered
climate change and better manage resources as water supplies dwindle and pests threaten entire crops; Free easy-to-use materials which can be used to help facilitate workshops and train extension agents to integrate gender equity and nutrition knowledge into their practices; The difference between ...more
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Resource: Resource: ICT in Agriculture (Updated Edition): Connecting Smallholders to Knowledge, Networks, and Institutions
productivity, to enhance food and nutrition security, to access markets, and to find employment opportunities in a revitalized sector. ICT has unleashed incredible potential to improve agriculture, and it has found a foothold even in poor smallholder farms. ICT in Agriculture, Updated Edition is the revised ...more
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News: News: FAO's Rural Institutions, Services and Empowerment (RISE) AFAAS Content
tackled through the promotion of inclusive, gender-transformative socio-economic development and sustainable livelihoods in rural areas by (i) Supporting territorial national and place-based policies for improved food security and nutrition, (ii) Facilitating the development of pluralistic market-oriented ...more
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Story: Story: INGENAES FELLOWS ATTEND 3RD AFRICA-WIDE AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION CONFERENCE, 2017 IN DURBAN (SOUTH AFRICA)
their own research at the conference and receive questions and feedback from expert practitioners in the field. On the last day of the conference both Fellows got to do just that, and presented their research in the area of gender and nutrition during a Poster Presentation side event which was well ...more