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  • Supporting Small-scale Farmers and Rural Organisations: Learning from Experiences in West Africa

    A Handbook for Development Operators and Local Managers

    by Sylvain Perret, Marie-Rose Mercoiret ...
    This handbook elucidates approaches and methodologies that proved to be successful in West Africa. While tackling far-reaching issues, the focus remains on empowering the small-scale farmer at local level. Procedures for efficient planning and the necessary tools for training farmers are included. This book is accessible to the lay person and all interested in rejuvenating small-scale farming ... Read more

    $18.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Water Governance for Sustainable Development

    Approaches and Lessons from Developing and Transitional Countries

    by Sylvain Perret, Stefano Farolfi, Rashid Hassan ...
    The book examines how water policies, institutions and governance have shifted in recent years from supply-driven, quantitative, centrally controlled management to more demand-sensitive, decentralized participatory approaches. Such a move often also implies cost recovery principles, resource allocation among competing sectors, and privatization. The case studies demonstrate that the new policies ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Above & Beyond

    Around the world in twelve months, scaling ist highest peaks

    by Sylvain PERRET ...
    42 summits climbed - from 600 to 7000m of altitude - 25 countries crossed, 102,000m of vertical drop. € 11,000 raised for the benefit of the fight against cancer.While occupying a senior executive position in a large automotive group, Sylvain Perret chose to leave work, career, home, friends, family, girlfriend, to go around the world, climbing the highest peak in each country he crossed.After the ... Read more

    $4.90 USD

  • Water Governance for Sustainable Development

    Approaches and Lessons from Developing and Transitional Countries

    by Stefano Farolfi ...
    Good management of water resources - universally identified as a key aspect of poverty reduction, agriculture and food security - has proven, in practice, as difficult to achieve as it is eagerly sought. This book, edited and authored by leading authorities on water resource management, examines the recent changes in governance, institutions, economics and policies of water, covering developing, ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • The agroecological transition of agricultural systems in the Global South

    by François-Xavier Côte, Emmanuelle Poirier-Magona, Sylvain Perret, Philippe Roudier, Bruno Rapidel, Marie-Cécile Thirion ...
    Series series Agricultures et défis du monde
    Food security, jobs, ecological transition of agricultural production models and consumption patterns... Agroecology could be one of the solutions to meet the future challenges of humanity. Part of the United Nation’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals, it requires a lasting commitment from all of us. Over the last decade, CIRAD and AFD have conducted experiments in agroecological transitions with ... Read more

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  • Coping with Water Scarcity: An Action Framework for Agriculture and Food Security

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    This report aims to provide a conceptual framework to address food security under conditions of water scarcity in agriculture. It has been prepared by a team of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in the framework of the project "Coping with water scarcity: the role of agriculture", and has been discussed at an Expert Consultation meeting organized in FAO, Rome in ... Read more

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    by Geert Van Calster, Leonie Reins ...
    Series series Elgar European Law series
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    $44.09 USD

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    by FAOoftheUN ...
    based largely on information provided in fourteen country reports submitted to FAO as part of the reporting process for the report on The State of the World's Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture.Biodiversity for food and agriculture is the diversity of plants, animals and micro-organisms at genetic, species and ecosystem levels, present in and around crop, livestock, forest and aquatic ... Read more

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  • Gender In Agriculture Sourcebook

    by World Bank; Food and Agriculture Organization; International Fund for Agricultural Development ...
    The Gender in Agriculture Sourcebook provides an up-to-date understanding of gender issues and a rich compilation of compelling evidence of good practices and lessons learned to guide practitioners in integrating gender dimensions into agricultural projects and programs.It is serves as a tool for: guidance; showcasing key principles in integrating gender into projects; stimulating the imagination ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

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    by World Bank ...
    Land is the integrating component of all livelihoods depending on farm, forest, rangeland, or water (rivers, lakes, coastal marine) habitats. Due to varying political, social, and economic factors, the heavy use of natural resources to supply a rapidly growing global population and economy has resulted in the unintended mismanagement and degradation of land and ecosystems. Sustainable Land ... Read more

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  • Forty Years of Community-Based Forestry: A Review of Its Extent and Effectiveness

    by FAOoftheUN ...
    Since the 1970s and 1980s, community-based forestry has grown in popularity, based on the concept that local communities, when granted sufficient property rights over local forest commons, can organize autonomously and develop local institutions to regulate the use of natural resources and manage them sustainably. Over time, various forms of community-based forestry have evolved in different ... Read more

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