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The magazine of the month Agronomy for Sustainable Development Full Journal Title: Agronomy for Sustainable Development Browse the journal http://rd.springer.com/journal/13593 and ask the articles at inchingolog@iamb.it ISO Abbrev. Title: Agron. Sustain. Dev. JCR Abbrev. Title: AGRON SUSTAIN DEV Availability: 2007-2015; ISSN: 1774-0746 (Print) 1773-0155 (Online) Issues/Year: the journal is published 4 times a year in January, April, July and October Publisher: SPRINGER FRANCE Subject Categories: AGRONOMY Language: MULTI-LANGUAGE Journal Impact Factor: 2.841 5-Year Journal Impact Factor: 3.363 [dati 2013 JCR Science Edition - ISI Web of Knowledge] Agronomy for Sustainable Development / Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique. - Vol. 25, n. 1 (jan./mar. 2005)-. - Paris : INRA ; Les Ulis : EDP Sciences, 2005-. - v. : ill. ; 28 cm. - Trimestrale. - L'editore varia: Paris : INRA ; Dordrecht : Springer. Continuazione di: Agronomie : sciences des productions vegetales et de l'environnement. ISSN 0249-5627 Description Agronomy for Sustainable Development is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering research on the interactions between cropping systems and other activities in the context of sustainable development. It is a journal of the French Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (Institute of Agronomical Research) and is published on their behalf by Springer Science+Business Media. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2013 impact factor of 2.841, ranking it 10th out of 78 journals in the category "Agronomy" Agronomy for Sustainable Development offers
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Erasto V. S. Gama, Franceli Silva, Ivanete Santos… Heat treatments for sustainable control of soil viruses Andrea Luvisi, Alessandra Panattoni…
Management of crop water under drought: a review
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Robust cropping systems to tackle pests under climate change. A review
Posidonia residues can be used as organic mulch and soil amendment for lettuce and tomato production
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Salt stress in maize: effects, resistance mechanisms, and management. A review
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Soybean is less impacted by water stress usingBradyrhizobium japonicumand thuricin-17 fromBacillus thuringiensis
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support from partners IFLA Literacy and Reading section and IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People). Also, thanks to publishers' generosity, the complete collection of the featured picture books can be borrowed from the National Libraries of Japan and France, by any library without charge except shipping and insurance costs. The World Through Picture Books: Librarians' favourite books from their country Expanded 2nd Edition Edited by Annie Everall and Viviana Quiñones The Hague, IFLA Headquarters, 2015. - 218 p. 30 cm (IFLA Professional Reports: 136) ISSN 0168-1931
Harnessing social capital for maize seed diffusion in Timor-Leste Modesto Lopes, Harry Nesbitt, Luc Spyckerelle…
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Now available: 2nd Edition of The World Through Picture Books catalogue We are very happy to announce the publication of the expanded second edition of The World through Picture Books, enriched with sixteen new annotated country selections and with ideas on how to use them at the library. This new, illustrated edition features fifty-two country lists of picture books recommended by librarians. All books are described in the language of publication and in English and are available for purchase. This new edition proves even more the very enthusiastic, skilled participation of librarians and the great success of this international programme led by IFLA Children's and Young Adults section with
Information literacy + Service Learning= Social Change Jennifer Gradis, Tiffini Travis (2014). Information literacy + Service Learning= Social Change. Paper presented at: IFLA WLIC 2014 - Lyon - Libraries, Citizens, Societies: Confluence for Knowledge in Session 166 - Social Science Libraries with Women, Information and Libraries Special Interest Group. In: IFLA WLIC 2014, 16-22 August 2014, Lyon, France. In the evolution of information literacy from a competency based set of standards to one that is more
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The socially responsive design for a library catalogue and thesaurus in a nonprofit community organization (Toronto, Canada)
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holistic and reflects current trends in higher education, it is critical to evaluate the role of information literacy in social change. One of the key purposes of a university is not only to help students gain critical thinking and applied skills for the workplace but also to instill a sense of responsibility and desire to make a difference in the world around them. More than just focusing on data collection, it is important for academic libraries to, “shift our thinking to include affective (emotional) learning outcomes that address self-efficacy, student confidence, attitudes, motivation, and valuing what is being learned.” (ACRL Standard Review ACRL AC12 Doc 13.1). These key areas are all embodied within the learning outcomes of a service learning curriculum. The focus of this paper is two-fold: to examine how information literacy complements a service learning focused curriculum and how service learning projects can be embedded in any course regardless of the discipline. http://library.ifla.org/1058/1/166-gradis-en.pdf
MOOCs as access to information in developing countries: new ways to utilize ICTs to help meet challenges in the education sector Loida Garcia-Febo Information New Wave, Brooklyn, NY, United States This paper includes a general overview of MOOCs in countries in the process of development or transition. Examples of webinars, which have become the online alternative to MOOCs developed by and for library professionals, are shared. Benefits such as participating of MOOCs anywhere at any time, and challenges such as connectivity are discussed. As well as research which is an important part of the process to identify topics for the classes. How to develop
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The thesaurus was developed for a library catalogue in a legal aid clinic in Toronto (Canada). This organization assists low-income injured workers with worker's compensation claims appeals. A small nonprofit with limited resources, it has been actively engaged for nearly fifty years in advocacy and law reform. Its commitment to social justice is also advanced through its work in public legal education, participatory research and community organization, including support of self-help groups. The library serves as an archive of the social history of injured workers' movement in Ontario, as well as a working law library. The library collection has been developed since the clinic's establishment in 1969. It includes not only commercially published literature, but also a substantial proportion of grey literature covering a unique range of materials on workers' compensation in Ontario, the struggles, historical and current, to improve the system and its impact on injured workers' lives and well-being. The library catalogue is online and made available to the public through a link on a website for injured workers. It is intended to be easily maintained by a community organization that may not have a full-time librarian and/or professional cataloguer. All cataloguing is original and full-level, and the bibliographic records also include tables of contents and annotations to improve access to materials through keyword search. All records are also indexed with subject terms drawn from a customized thesaurus, at present linked to the library catalogue as a static pdf file. The thesaurus, built on freeware, aims to make accessible a specialized terminology and examine its complex meanings and many underlying biases. Our presentation focuses on the stories behind many subject terms in the thesaurus. While many existing sources were used in constructing the thesaurus, it has become clear that much of this vocabulary, such as the term “entitlement”, has specific biases and social sensitivities. The library users include lawyers, researchers, and injured workers from a multicultural population with many non-native English speakers. We discuss the
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Partita dalla libreria Libreria Ex Libris Cafè, l'iniziativa virale sta contagiando sempre più lettori MILANO - Ogni cliente che entra in libreria trova un libro già pagato che lo aspetta, scelto dalla persona entrata prima di lui. E' questa la “catena del libro sospeso”, la nuova moda virale che sta contagiando le librerie d'Italia e che, dopo il caso di Polla, adesso ha “contagiato” la libreria “Il mio libro” di Milano. LIBRO SOSPESO - Cristina Di Canio, proprietaria della libreria, ammette che l'idea non è venuta a lei, ma ad un cliente che, ispirandosi al “caffè sospeso napoletano” (pratica che consisteva nel lasciava un caffè già pagato al bar a vantaggio di chi entrava nel bar e non poteva permettersi di pagarlo da sé), aveva comprato il libro "David Golder" di Irene Némirovsky lasciandolo volutamente in cassa. Trovando l'idea geniale, la responsabile ha rilanciato l'iniziativa su Facebook e su Twitter creando l'hashtag #librosospeso. Il risultato è stato stupefacente: oltre 50 libri passati di mano in mano in appena 6 giorni. IL CASO DI POLLA - Qualche giorno fa abbiamo dato notizia dell'iniziativa molti simile lanciata dalla Libreria Ex Libris Cafè di Polla (Salerno). L'iniziativa, dal nome “Un libro in sospeso” è indirizzata principalmente ai ragazzi dai 10 ai 18 anni. Chi partecipa acquista due libri: uno per sé, l'altro per un ragazzo "sconosciuto" dai 10 ai 18 anni. Il libro acquistato viene preso in consegna dal libraio e consegnato a un ragazzo che si recherà in libreria nei successivi sette giorni. Per sapere a chi è andato il tuo "libro sospeso" potrai chiedere in libreria oppure il nome ti sarà inviato alla tua e-mail. [fonte libreriamo] "Fidati di chi ama leggere, fidati di chi porta sempre con sé un libro di poesie. Guarda con sospetto chi ti dice che non ha tempo, che la letteratura è una bella cosa, che quando si è giovani si può leggere ma poi... Mente, non gliene importa nulla. Mente sapendo di mentire." (Roberto Cotroneo)
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challenges in developing a socially responsive thesaurus to meet the needs of this diverse range of users: lHow can both the literary warrant vs. user preferences and sensitivities be best incorporated into a thesaurus entry? l How should one define the primary user group? l What are feasible means for evaluating alternative terms? lHow can the thesaurus reflect historical contexts and meanings? Technologies for thesaurus construction and display carry their own challenges as well. An earlier initiative to build and evaluate a thesaurus for the clinic's library catalogue used the techniques of Vicente's and Mai's Cognitive Work Analysis to analyze organization work domains and the selected terms. We present case studies of selected thesaurus terms, addressing socially responsive structure of an entry and technological issues of dynamic implementation and sustainability. We discuss how a thesaurus as a form of controlled vocabulary can also become an educational tool for diverse user groups. The implications for creating a transferable and scalable model for community-based organization of knowledge are discussed. http://library.ifla.org/1055/1/166-soglasnova-en.pdf
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VI International Scientific Agriculture Symposium “Agrosym 2015" Jahorina, 15-18 October 2015, Bosnia and Herzegovina http://www.agrosym.rs.ba/index.php/en/ the 6 t h International Scientific Agriculture Symposium “Agrosym 2015”, that will be held in Jahorina mountain (near Sarajevo) on October 15-18, 2015. Agrosym 2015 will deal with seven thematic areas: (1) Plant Production (2) Plant Protection and Food Safety (3) Organic Agriculture (4) Environmental Protection and Natural Resources Management (5) Animal Husbandry (6) Rural Development and Agro-Economy (7) Forestry and Agro-Forestry. You are kindly invited to participate and take advantage of the opportunity to present your unpublished scientific papers. The official Symposium language is English. The deadline for Registration and Abstract submission is 30 April 2015. http://www.iamb.it/news,452,452,905,call-forpapers-6th-international-scientific-agriculturesymposium-agrosym-2015-1st-announcement.htm We would like also to inform you that the projects' guide regarding plants with low water needs for landscape and agricutural projects is available as ebook at: http://www.irrigationmanagement.eu/flippingbook/irma guide/#/0
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Data network for better European organic market information : recommendations / edited by Raffaele Zanoli. -Ancona : Università Politecnica delle Marche, 2014. - 20 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. - Sulla cop.: OrganicDataNetwork. This report is based on the project results, reports and deliverables of the OrganicDataNetwork project and it is part of deliverable D7.1, which is publicly accessibile on the project website. Valuable input has been provided by all project participants and by many stakeholders from the organic market data collection sector during the course of the project.
Data network for better European organic market information : synthesis report / Raffaele Zanoli … [et al.]. -Ancona : Università Politecnica delle Marche, 2014. - 20 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. - Sulla cop.: OrganicDataNetwork. This is a synthesis report that provides an overview of the results of the OrganicDataNetwork project. Accompanying this, there is the companion report that contains the recommendations from the project on how to improve organic market data collection and dissemination. This report is targeted to EC DGs, EUROSTAT national statistical institutes, organic market data providers! collectors, and other stakeholders who are interested in producing and using organic market statistics. This is not an original scientific report. In the interest of readability, we have freeLy made use of sentences, paragraphs and text extracted from the published reports of the OrganicDataNetwork, without further indication or acknowledgement except in the references. This document is part of deliverable D71, which is publicly accessible on the project website.
Forestry Contribution of the Forestry Sector to National Economies, 1990-2011 / Yanshu Li, Lebedys Arvydas. - Rome : FAO, 2014. - vii, 166 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. - (Forest Finance: Working Paper). This paper is the second update of FAO's original report on this topic. It presents information about the contribution of the forestry sector to national economies at the global, regional and country levels. The study presents the status and trends of the forestry sector's contribution (total employment, value-added and export earnings) in the sector and analyses the driving forces behind these trends. It updates the data and analysis to the year 2011. The study gives a reasonable estimation of the general trends in the sector at the regional and global level. However, at the level of individual countries, the use of imputed values for some figures (i.e. FAO estimates rather than published statistics) should be noted and these estimates should be treated with caution.
Analysis of the Forest Sector in Bosnia and Herzegovina : EU funded project “Preparation of IPARD Forest and Fisheries Sector Reviews in Bosnia and Herzegovina” GCP/BIH/007/EC. Rome : FAO, 2015. - iii, 146 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. This is one of the seven sector analyses (Meat and Dairy; Fruit and vegetables; Cereals; Wine; Diversification, Fishery and Aquaculture, and Forestry) that have been prepared since spring 2011 for the agricultural authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina at state, entity and Brčko District level. The sector analyses are inputs to the design of measures to be financed under the European Union (EU) Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance for Rural Development (IPARD), once available, as well as for the design of the country's policies interventions in general.
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Natural Resources When the law is not enough : paralegals and natural resources governance in Mozambique / Christopher Tanner, Marianna Bicchieri. - Rome : FAO, 2014. - xii, 141 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. (FAO Legislative Study ; 110). The Mozambique land law provides statutory recognition of customary land rights and is considered one of the most progressive legislations in Africa. However, the law continues to face implementation challenges, including the realization of equal rights for women and institutional reform. Simply having a progressive law 'is not enough' to bring about transformative change in a country. Recognizing these challenges, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) developed a programme to support the legislation through the capacity development of both direct beneficiaries and those responsible for implementing it. This publication, presents an overview of how this programme developed and what it has achieved to date. It highlights the lessons learned from this core element of FAO's long history of support to the land programme in Mozambique. In particular, the study discusses the challenges facing land and natural resources paralegals in Mozambique today and helps to define the parameters for programme assessment by looking at paralegals in different country contexts. It describes how the programme has included training and capacity-development, not just for NGO-sponsored paralegals, but also for district and local government level officials, justice system officers and staff from public sectors working with land and natural resources. Understanding the drought impact of El Niño on the global agricultural areas : an assessment using FAO's Agricultural Stress Index (ASI) / Oscar Rojas, YanyunLi, Renato Cumani. - Rome : FAO, 2015. - iv, 51 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. - (Environment and Natural Resources Management Series (FAO) ; 22). During El Niño episodes the normal patterns of tropical precipitation and atmospheric circulation become disrupted triggering extreme climate events around the globe: droughts, floods and affecting the intensity and frequency of hurricanes. Disasters create poverty traps that increase the prevalence of food insecurity and malnutrition. Agriculture is one of the main sectors of the economy that could be severely affected by El Niño event. FAO monitors the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phenomenon, among other weather related hazards, with a special focus on the potential impacts on the agricultural sector. The objective of this study is to enhance our understanding the El Niño phenomenon using FAO's Agricultural Stress Index System (ASIS). This study is carried out under the auspices of the new FAO Strategic Framework, for the Strategic Objective 5 “Increase the resilience of livelihoods to threats and crises”. The study outcomes are expected to enhance further discussions on our understanding of the El Niño Phenomenon and add to the growing literature. This would in turn improve effective early warning capabilities of FAO and partners to issue and trigger timely disaster risk reduction measures.
Fisheries and Aquaculture Success factors in aquaculture enterprises in the Pacific farm : assets and farm performance of private aquaculture enterprises : a case study / Pedro B. Bueno, Pongthanapanich Tipparat. Rome : FAO, 2014. - vi, 88 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. Four enterprises in four different Pacific Island Countries provide the information for this case study. The relevance of the case enterprises is set into the Pacific Region context by crosschecking their attributes and the lessons that they provide against the regional issues in and aspirations for aquaculture development. One regional as well as global issue is the compatibility of the goal of food security and profitability; the study shows evidence they are not incompatible and that they can in fact strengthen each other. The cases also demonstrate business models and government interventions that provide economic incentives to farmers to stay in farming without dependence on gratuities and market-distorting subsidies that also tend to reduce self-reliance of farmers. The study provides indications of the significance and impact of the availability, status and application of the farm assets on overall farm performance and on each of the nine indicators of farm performance, namely, the capability of the farm to: 1. achieve profitability, 2. reduce operational cost/ raise technical efficiency, 3. manage financial/economic risk, 4. manage natural risk, 5. manage biological risk, 6. manage social risk, 7. compete in the market, 8. make innovations in business strategy, production and marketing, farm processes, and on technology, and (9) expand. Information was collected through two questionnaires accomplished by the respondents who are owners, managers or advisors of the case farms. An adaptation of the sustainable livelihoods approach, in particular the asset pentagon, was used as the analytical framework; the five livelihood capitals, financial, physical, social, natural/biological, and human, were adapted as “farm assets”. From the result, strategic and practical lessons were drawn on the acquisition, maintenance and application of farm assets to improve farm performance and perhaps achieve farm sustainability, and best practices were gleaned that farmers or farm managers could observe to improve the economic, environmental and social objectives of their aquaculture enterprises. A set of follow up actions is recommended to disseminate and promote the practical application of the findings of this study to the entire region.
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Review of current fisheries management performance and conservation measures in the WECAFC area / Susan Singh-Renton, Ivan McIvor. - Rome : FAO, 2015. - xi, 293 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. - (FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical Paper : 587). This technical paper provides an inventory of, and describes trends in, legal, administrative and management frameworks in place for managing marine capture fisheries in the Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission (WECAFC) area. This review includes 16 countries and overseas territories and is part of an ongoing process initiated by FAO to report on the state of world marine capture fisheries management. The review identifies a number of challenges in fisheries management, including: inadequate legislation; ad hoc management processes and plans; uncoordinated monitoring and enforcement; non-management-driven scientific information; insufficient stakeholder identification and participation, conflict resolution and fishing capacity measurements; limited incorporation of issues pertaining to the operation of multispecies fisheries and use of the ecosystem approach; unequal application of management tools and measures across fisheries subsectors; and rising fisheries management costs coupled with stagnant budgets for governments. Actions are listed to address the challenges, and specific recommendations are made to address legislative issues, apply participatory approaches and implement a successful fisheries management process. The fifteenth session of WECAFC (March 2014) endorsed the review outcomes and adopted recommendation WECAFC/15/2014/4 “on strengthening fisheries management planning in the WECAFC area”. This technical paper aims to inform fishery policy decision-makers, fishery managers and other stakeholders with interest in fisheries in the Wider Caribbean Region.
Guide for developing and using the FAO-Thiaroye processing technique (FTT-Thiaroye) / Oumoulkhairy Ndiaye, Boris Sodoke Komivi, Yvette Diei Ouadi. - Rome : FAO, 2015. - vii, 67 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. Owing to its devices that are the ember furnace, the fat collection tray, the indirect smoke generator system and the hot air distributor, the FAO-Thiaroye processing technique (FTTThiaroye), focus of this methodological guide, strengthens the functions of existing improved smoking techniques in small-scale fisheries. Superior and consistent quality and safe products, with a good value for money, and meeting food safety requirements are achieved in (i) complying with technical and sanitary engineering of the facilities to harbor it, (ii) following the instructions provided herewith regarding the design, construction and use of the assembled equipment, (iii) and applying good hygienic and good manufacturing practices. Indeed, the FTT-Thiaroye has the particular merit of overcoming the challenge linked to the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) given its feature which mainstreams the relevant code of practice of the Codex Alimentarius (CAC/RCP 68-2009). It further curbs the fuel consumption while reducing the exposure of the fish processor to the smoke and heat. After a general overview of the comparative advantages of the FTTThiaroye, detailed information are provided to any development practitioner or any interested person or entity on the different components/devices, the supply in fuel, how to use and operate the FTTThiaroye, and how to care and maintain it.
Training manual on the artificial propagation of carps : a handout for on-farm training workshops on artificial propagation of common carp and Chinese major carps in Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia / L. Horváth … [et al.]. - 2nd revised ed. - Rome : FAO, 2015. - 31 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. FAO has always played a leading role in the publication of practice-oriented technical papers and training materials on fisheries and fish culture. One of the objectives of producing this huge wealth of ready-to-use technical information is to support the sustainable development of fish culture all over the world. Following these principles, two very successful, richly illustrated practical technical guides were produced in the mid-1980s on the mass production of eggs, early fry,1 advanced fry and fingerlings of common carp. Owing to profound political, social and economic changes, the production of fish ponds and small water reservoirs in many countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and in the Caucasus and Central Asia (CCA) has declined considerably in recent decades. In order to restart and increase carp production in these regions, hands-on training courses supported with handouts has proved useful in the practical training and self-education of concerned and interested fish farmers. The present handout builds on an earlier FAO publication.2 The original watercolour illustrations used in this publication are the work of László Horváth, father of the senior author. Although the set of these pictures is practically complete, in order to prepare an even more understandable technical reference, additional black and white illustrations from other publications, as well as tables and text, have been inserted where sources were correctly indexed and listed under References.
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Report of the Regional Workshop on the Identification of Deep-sea Cartilaginous Fishes of the Indian Ocean, Albion, Mauritius, 10-13 June 2014. - Rome : FAO, 2015. - iv, 41 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. - (FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Report). The regional workshop “Identification of Deep-sea Cartilaginous Fishes of the Indian Ocean” was held in Albion, Mauritius, from 10 to 13 June 2014. It was attended by 19 participants from a wide range of countries and fields of expertise, including taxonomy and bioecology of cartilaginous fishes. The general objective of the workshop was to improve the capabilities of scientists from countries bordering the Indian Ocean to identify a range of deep-sea cartilaginous fish species caught in the region. The participants were introduced to the anatomical features and taxonomy of the orders of deep-sea sharks occurring in the Indian Ocean, to the use of the taxonomic keys included in the reference text material (e.g. FAO catalogues and identification guides) and to the methodologies of processing and identifying a selection of specimens. In addition, a biological data collection protocol was illustrated, thus allowing for improved reporting of shark specimens.
Capture Fisheries. Junior Farmer Field and Life School : Facilitator's guide. - Rome : FAO, 2015. - v, 64 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. The purpose of the module is to provide guidance, making available different exercises that facilitators can use as applicable, and adapt as necessary, to the specific socio-economic and cultural contexts and needs of each target group and country in which the module will be used. This JFFLS module is complementary to other JFFLS modules, in particular with Aquaculture and Post-harvest issues in fisheries and aquaculture, and can be combined with them to enhance economic opportunities.
Review of current fisheries management performance and conservation measures in the WECAFC area / Susan Singh-Renton, Ian McIvor. - Rome : FAO, 2015. - xi, 293 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. - (FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical Paper ; 587). This technical paper provides an inventory of, and describes trends in, legal, administrative and management frameworks in place for managing marine capture fisheries in the Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission (WECAFC) area. This review includes 16 countries and overseas territories and is part of an ongoing process initiated by FAO to report on the state of world marine capture fisheries management. The review identifies a number of challenges in fisheries management, including: inadequate legislation; ad hoc management processes and plans; uncoordinated monitoring and enforcement; non-management-driven scientific information; insufficient stakeholder identification and participation, conflict resolution and fishing capacity measurements; limited incorporation of issues pertaining to the operation of multispecies fisheries and use of the ecosystem approach; unequal application of management tools and measures across fisheries subsectors; and rising fisheries management costs coupled with stagnant budgets for governments. Actions are listed to address the challenges, and specific recommendations are made to address legislative issues, apply participatory approaches and implement a successful fisheries management process. The fifteenth session of WECAFC (March 2014) endorsed the review outcomes and adopted recommendation WECAFC/15/2014/4 “on strengthening fisheries management planning in the WECAFC area”. This technical paper aims to inform fishery policy decision-makers, fishery managers and other stakeholders with interest in fisheries in the Wider Caribbean Region.
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Rice in the Shadow of Skyscrapers : Policy Choices in a Dynamic East and Southeast Asian Setting / David Dawe, Steven Jaffee, Nuno Santos. - Rome : FAO, 2014. - x, 152 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. (World Bank Working Paper). This compendium of policy notes is the result of cooperation between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN, The World Bank and the International Rice Research Institute. Across Asia, rice is food for the largest segment of the human family. These policy notes seek to contribute to the ongoing policy dialogues and debates about rice and food security in East and Southeast Asia and to better informed decision- making. The aim of this compendium is to synthesize and reframe a large body of recent literature into a readily-accessible format for public officials, business leaders, members of civil society and other stakeholders in the policymaking process. While the focus of the publication is on the rice sector in East and Southeast Asia, many of its key findings and conclusions will also be of interest to policymakers addressing similar challenges associated with staple food in other regions.
The Caribbean Community and FAO : a collaboration for shared development goals. Rome : FAO, 2015. - 30 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. FAO works closely with the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to achieve the shared goals of improved food security and nutrition, agriculture and food safety, land and water management issues, environmental protection, disaster risk management and sustainable development. To date, the partnership has produced numerous successful joint projects, including a regional food security and nutrition policy and action plan for the Caribbean sub-region, several national food security and nutrition policies and action plans, and a food security and nutrition information and early warning system for the CARICOM sub-region.
A Regional Strategy for Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization : Sustainable Mechanization across Agri-Food Chains in Asia and the Pacific region / Rosa S. Rolle, Geoffrey Mrema, Peeyush Soni. - Rome : FAO, 2015. - xiv, 92 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. - (RAP Publication ; 24). Draught animals have played a key role over many centuries in providing farm power for agricultural operations. Since the 1990s, the use of draught animals has declined appreciably in Asia and the Pacific region. In India, the number of draught animals in use is projected to decline from over 85 million in 1975 to 18 million by 2030. Similarly, it is projected that in China draught animals will be completely replaced by a combination of 2-wheel and 4-wheel tractors by 2025. This is indeed a great achievement. However, beginning in the late 1990s, the environmental impact of mechanization – especially that of tillage implements and practices – has become an issue of major concern. This book outlines an agricultural mechanization strategy that contributes to agricultural sustainability and is environmentally sound, while generating economic development and inclusive growth.
FAO in the 2015 Humanitarian Appeals : enhancing food security and resilient livelihoods. Rome : FAO, 2015. - xii, 41 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. Highlighting the priorities and challenges currently facing the humanitarian community, the publication brings the attention of resource partners to FAO's funding requirements (USD 728 million) under the global United Nations and partners' 2015 Humanitarian Appeal (http://www.unocha.org/2015appeal/). The publication focuses on FAO's comparative advantage in responding to agricultural threats and emergencies. The latest food security situation and resulting funding needs are presented for 13 countries and five regions covered by the global Appeal. Emphasis is on emergency response as a component of wider resilience building efforts. A short section on “leveraging FAO's expertise" demonstrates the value of integrating the Organization's emergency and development expertise. The document also provides a snapshot of some FAO achievements in emergency response in 2014 and highlights key funding mechanisms.
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Resilience Analysis in Senegal 2005. - Rome : FAO, 2015. - ix, 38 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. - (FAO resilience analysis ; 1). Senegal is one among the poorest countries in the world, but due to its political and social stability its economy is more developed compared to its neighbouring countries. However, the country is prone to natural and economic shocks which have particular negative effects on the resilience capacity and food security of its population. Low rainfall and drought are chronic problems in several locations of the country while occurrence of food crises and food price shocks, have increased the vulnerability of the population to shocks in the last decades. Against this background, reinforcing household resilience to deal with recurrent and often complex shocks is a key element to be taken into account in poverty reduction interventions. Resilience is defined according to the RMTWG's definition (2014):1 “the capacity that ensures adverse stressors and shocks do not have long-lasting adverse development consequences”. FAO has been on the front line of resilience measurement since 2008. Together with other key partners, FAO has been pioneering resilience measurement and analysis with respect to food insecurity through the Resilience Index Measurement and Analysis (RIMA)2 model which has been used to undertake the present analysis. This RIMA index identifies and weighs the six pillars and relating factors that contribute to make household resilient to shocks affecting their food security. It also allows tracing the stability of these factors over time. The pillars that constitute the FAORIMA model are: Adaptive Capacity (AC), Access to Basic Services (ABS), Assets (AST), Income and Food Access (IFA), Sensitivity (S), and Social Safety Nets(SSN), The resilience analysis using the FAO RIMA model provides the evidence for more effectively designing, delivering, monitoring and evaluating assistance to populations in need, based on what they need most. State of the art report on quinoa around the world in 2013 / D. Bazile, D. Bertero, C. Nieto. Rome : FAO, 2015. - xiii, 605 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. In 2013, the United Nations declared the International Year of Quinoa. It gave global priority to quinoa, fostering expectations and highlighting challenges. The scientific studies and articles compiled herein describe with precision the potential contribution of quinoa and its limitations with regard to its cultivation, and promote its consumption in different parts of the world. The state of the world's quinoa tracks the “footsteps” of quinoa to determine current sectorial trends in 2013 for this exceptional crop which, due to its nutritional qualities, its diversity and its resistance to drought and cold, has been identified as an important alternative to contribute to global food security, especially in areas where the population has no access to adequate sources of protein, or where there are environmental constraints to food crop production. In this context, the main aim of the State of the Art Report on Quinoa around the World is to bring together, within a single document, upto- date technical and scientific data on growing quinoa so as to encourage the dissemination of this knowledge, promote dialogue and debate amongst partners in the development of quinoa worldwide, and generate new expectations for the crop around the world, in view of its contributions to food security and the family farming economy and also considering the inherent risks of uncontrolled expansion. Special emphasis is given to the need to regulate the use of plant genetic resources, sustainability of agricultural systems and the fair and equitable distribution of benefits from using quinoa outside the Andean region. Food security impact of agricultural technology adoption under climate change : microevidence from Niger / Leslie Lipper, Solomon Asfaw, Federica Di Battista. - Rome : FAO, 2015. - v, 36 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. We assess farmers' incentives and the conditioning factors that hinder or promote adoption of agricultural technologies under climate risk and evaluate its impact on food security in Niger. We distinguish between (i) exposure to climatic disruptions, (ii) bio-physical sensitivity to such disruptions, (iii) household adaptive capacity in terms of farmers' ability to prepare and adjust to the resulting stress, and, finally, (iv) system-level adaptive capacity that serve as enabling factors for household-level adaptation. We employ multivariate probit and instrumental variable techniques to model the selection decisions and its impact. The results clearly indicate that while the use of modern inputs and organic fertilizers significantly improves crop productivity, results are unclear for the impact of crop residues. Moreover, factors driving modern input use are different than those of crop residues and organic fertilizer which can be characterized at low investment capital requirements, higher labour requirements and longer time for results versus modern inputs which can be characterized as higher investment capital requirements, less labour requirement and shorter time for returns. Exposure to climatic stress and bio-physical factors are identified as key factors that hinder or accelerate adoption. Results also show that greater climate variability as represented by the coefficient of variation of rainfall and temperature and recent climate shocks as represented by average rainfall shortfall increases use of risk-reducing inputs such as crop residue, but reduce the use of modern inputs. In addition, the key role of system-level adaptive capacity in governing input use decision. Results presented have implications for understanding and overcoming barriers to selection for each practice, distinguishing structural aspects such as exposure and sensitivity from potential interventions at the household or system levels linked to adaptive capacity.
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Food security and adaptation impacts of potential climate smart agricultural practices in Zambia / A. Arslan … [et al.]. - Rome : FAO, 2015. - v, 29 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. This paper analyzes how a set of widely promoted agricultural practices, including reduced tillage, crop rotations, legume intercropping as well as the use of modern inputs, affect crop yields and their resilience (i.e. probability of disastrously low yields) in Zambia using panel data from the Rural Incomes and Livelihoods Surveys (RILS). The RILS data are merged with a novel set of climatic variables based on geo-referenced historical rainfall and temperature data to understand whether and how the effects of the practices analyzed here change with climatic conditions. We estimate the impacts on the level of maize yields and the probability of very low yields controlling for time-invariant unobservable household characteristics. We find no significant impact of minimum soil disturbance, positive impact of legume intercropping and a negative impact of crop rotation on maize yields, which is off-set by a significantly positive impact under highly variable rainfall conditions. We also find that the average positive impacts of modern input use are conditioned by climatic variables, whereas that of legume intercropping is robust to shocks. Timely access to fertilizer is the most robust determinant of yields and resilience. This paper provides important insights into the interplay between food security outcomes and climatic variables, and provides policy implications for targeted interventions to improve the productivity and the resilience of smallholder agriculture in Zambia in the face of climate change. The Community of Latin American and Caribbean States and FAO : partnering for food security, sustainable development and a future free from hunger. - Rome : FAO, 2015. - 20 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. FAO works closely with the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) to achieve the shared goals of improving food security and nutrition, eradicating hunger and poverty and promoting sustainable rural development. In line with the CELAC Plan of Action 2014, FAO collaborates with CELAC member states in areas of work including the post-2015 development agenda, climate change, South-South Cooperation, food security and family farming.
Agriculture Talking about Forests and Family Farms: Growing Relations on Fertile Ground : a conversation between forest and farm producers and governments at the "Family Forestry is Family Farming" event, Thursday 26th June 2014, World Forest Week, FAO, Rome. Rome : FAO, 2014. - 56 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. This publication summarizes the conversation that took place at the “Family Forestry is Family Farming” event co-organized by the Forest and Farm Facility (FFF) and the International Family Forestry Alliance (IFFA). In the celebration of the International Year of Family Farming (IYFF), the conversation testifies to the power of cooperation between forest-and-farm families and governments in preparing fertile ground.
Smarter Smallholders : community based climate adaptation in well irrigated agricolture / S. V. Govardhan Das, Satya Priya, Peter E Kenmore. - Rome : FAO, 2015. - xx, 59 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. The Strategic Pilot on Adaptation to Climate Change (SPACC) Project evolved based on the experience of the Andhra Pradesh Farmer Managed Groundwater Systems (APFAMGS) Project. While APFAMGS focused on sustainable groundwater management, SPACC broadened the scope of intervention to climate adaptation pilots, in view of observed and projected changes or variability in the climate. A network of nine NGOs, with Bharathi Integrated Rural Development Society (BIRDS) as the project holder, implemented the SPACC project.
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Compliance review following complaints related to the organization's environmental and social standards : Guidelines. - Rome : FAO, 2015. - 10 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. FAO is committed to ensuring that its programmes are implemented in accordance with the Organization's environmental and social standards. In order to better achieve these goals, and to ensure that beneficiaries of FAO programmes have access to an effective and timely mechanism to address their concerns about non-compliance with these obligations, the Organization, in order to supplement measures for receiving, reviewing and acting as appropriate on these concerns at the programme management level, has entrusted the Office of the Inspector-General with the mandate to independently review the complaints that cannot be resolved at that level.
School feeding and possibilities for direct purchases from family farming : case studies for eight countries. - Rome : FAO, 2015. - vi, 147 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. The document School feeding and possibilities for direct purchases from family farming in Latin American countries was developed in the technical cooperation framework between the government of the Federative Republic of Brazil, through the Brazilian Agency for Technical Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (ABC) and the National Fund for the Development of Education of the Ministry of Education, FNDE/MEC, and the FAO Regional Office for LAC (RLC), in order to support the design and implementation of sustainable school feeding programmes (SFPs) in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), taking into account the challenges and lessons learned through Brazil´s National School Feeding Programme (PNAE for its initials in Portuguese). Thus, in order to present the current status of school feeding and the possibilities of linking it with local purchases from family farming (FF), national studies were conducted in Bolivia,Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Paraguay and Peru, titled School feeding and possibilities for direct purchases from family farming. These were an input for the regional case study presented here. This document and the national studies that support it were coordinated by Najla Veloso, coordinator of the Project Strengthening School Feeding Programmes in the Framework of the Hunger Free Latin America and the Caribbean 2025 Initiative - GCP/RLA/180/BRA and by Flavia Schwartzman, coordinating consultant of regional activities, with significant contributions from Jorge Ulises Gonzalez Briones, regional consultant and technical assistant of the Project GCP/RLA/180/BRA and with the support of Byron Oswaldo Gonzålez Casiano, assistant consultant. FAO Decentralized Offices: where knowledge becomes action. - Rome : FAO, 2015. - 39 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. Since 2012, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has embarked on an initiative to strengthen the decentralization process, aimed at bringing FAO closer to its Members. This has entailed not only a more decentralized structure, but also a new management approach with increased delegation of authority and an environment that encourages staff creativity and initiative. Decentralization is part of a wider reform within FAO to enhance the Organization's role as a centre of excellence and better define its work programme and responsibilities in support of FAO's mandate. The aim of FAO's decentralization strategy is to improve the effectiveness of the Organization's work at the country, subregional and regional levels. At country level, this is achieved through direct interaction with national authorities and better coordination of activities within the United Nations Country Team (UNCT), as well as with local representatives of donor governments and international financing institutions. Being close to the stakeholders, NGOs, civil society and private sector, also offers better opportunities for national capacity building as well as the use of local expertise. Experiences with Land Consolidation and Land Banking in Central and Eastern Europe after 1989 / M. Hartvigsen. - Rome : FAO, 2015. - vi, 138 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. - (Land Tenure Working Paper ; 26). This paper reviews the experiences and progress made with land consolidation and land banking following the transition in Central and Eastern Europe from centralized economies towards market-oriented democracies. It identifies and compares the approaches to address land fragmentation which arose from the land reforms of the 1990s or which had existed historically. The paper is a thus sequel to Land Tenure Working Paper No. 24 on the experiences of land reform in the region.
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Global Dialogue on Family Farming 2014 : Rome, 27-28 October 2014. - Rome : FAO, 2015. 30 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. As the facilitating agency of the IYFF, FAO contributed to this worldwide campaign by setting in motion a policy dialogue process, including six Regional Dialogues on Family Farming, civil society consultations at the FAO Regional Conferences - all of which focused attention on the challenges facing family farming and the actions that need to be taken to foster their role as key drivers of food production and stewards of natural resources, territories and landscapes in all regions of the world. This year-long process culminated with the Global Dialogue on Family Farming which proved to be a phenomenal representation of the energy and action that characterized the entire Year.
Gender Gender opportunities and constraints in inclusive agribusiness models : the case study of Unifrutti in Mindanao, Philippine / Rebeca Leonard, Martha Osorio, Mary Luz MenguitaFeranil. - Rome : FAO, 2015. - xii, 71 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. As many developing countries, Philippines is making vigorous efforts to attract and facilitate private investment in agriculture with the expectation that such investment will contribute to production growth, poverty reduction and food security. However, recent research has highlighted that investments do not necessarily produce positive results. Several studies have shown that certain types of investment, in particular large-scale land acquisitions, have led to negative effects such as displacing small farmers, undermining or negating existing land and labour rights, reducing food security and increasing livelihood vulnerability. Conversely, investments adopting inclusive business models and respecting rural populations' rights seem to be more beneficial for small farmers and workers. The cases analysed in this report show that the investment models and contractual arrangements implemented by Unifrutti -a major private company producer, processor and exporter of pineapple and banana in the Mindanao Region- have had positive implications for the livelihood of the rural communities involved. However, the study also demonstrates that women and men have not equally benefitted from the investment opportunities. An important lesson learned is that gender neutral practices and approaches do not necessarily lead to gender equitable results. Instead, both investment schemes and policy frameworks need to recognize and address the differentiate needs and priorities of women and men to ensure more gender equitable distribution of benefits.
Animal production Regional workshop on brucellosis control in Central Asia and Eastern Europe : 9 -11 April 2013, International Agricultural Research and Training Center (UTAEM), Izmir, Turkey. Rome : FAO, 2015. - 23 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. - (FAO animal productiona an health ; 8). The workshop was organized as part of FAO's efforts to assist countries in Central Asia and Eastern Europe in developing and implementing sound strategies and policies for sustainable brucellosis control. Topics addressed included: an overview of the epidemiological situation of brucellosis and control programmes; in each participating country; discussion of brucellosis control strategies in Central Asia and Eastern Europe; presentation and discussion of FAO's framework for progressive control of brucellosis as a guide to developing sustainable control programmes; essential elements in the development of subregional strategies for progressive control of brucellosis in Central Asia and Eastern Europe.
Environment Environmental and social management guidelines. - Rome : FAO, 2015. - 76 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. Agriculture, including crop, livestock, forestry, fisheries and aquaculture, depend largely on the sound use of natural resources. Sustainable agriculture must strike a balance between protecting and sustainably using natural resources while at the same time meeting society's growing needs by offering decent and resilient livelihoods. FAO and its key stakeholders need to share a common understanding of what sustainable food and agriculture means, and have appropriate strategies and approaches to support its implementation, in different contexts and at different scales. These Environment and Social Management Guidelines (ESM) are an important building block for FAO's approach to achieve sustainable development and provide guidelines for FAO headquarters and decentralized offices for the management of environmental and social (E&S) risks in its strategies, policies and field projects.
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Sustainable Agriculture Economic, social and institutional factors in the growth of agri-food sector in Europe / editors: Andrzej Kowalski, Paweł Chmieliński, Marek Wigier. - Varsavia : IAFE-NRI. 288 p. ; 24 cm. http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/bitstream/164841/2/67.1.pdf The development trends of the entire economy have significant meaning to the competitiveness of the food sector. The negative macro-scale results impact agriculture and its surroundings. The GDP drop limits the income ot the population, which in turn entails reduces demand for food products. The agricultural economic condition is an integral part of the general economic condition, as well as its derivative. Available: E71-17
Essential econometric methods of forecasting agricultural commodity prices / Mariusz Hamulczuk... [et al.]. - Varsavia : IAFE-NRI. - 181 p. ; 24 cm. http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/bitstream/164834/2/90.1.pdf The aim of the book is to present possibilities of analysis and forecasting agricultural commodities prices on the basis of quantitative methods. The book presents fundamentals of agricultural commodity prices formation, contains background and method of time series forecasting, , cover issues of measuring patterns occurring in time series, discusses methodological aspects of the analysis and forecasting of short-term price changes. Available: E71-18
The new solutions of the CAP 2013+ to the challenges of the EU member states agriculture / editors: Andrzej Kowalski, Marek Wigier, Michał Dudek. – Varsavia : IAFE-NRI. - 227 p. ; 24 cm. http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/bitstream/164838/2/91.1.pdf The authors are interested in the view on CAP from the perspective of the food sector and rural areas' competitiveness. Available: E71-19
The new Eu agricultural policy : continuation or revolution? / editors: Kowalski, Andrzej Wigier, Marek Bułkowska, Małgorzata. - Varsavia : IAFE-NRI. - 210 p. ; 24 cm. http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/bitstream/179498/2/99.1.pdf The authors are interested in the evaluation of the potential of Polish agriculture and the impact of the new CAP programmes in 2014-2020, on the income effects of direct payments under the new CAP, the competitiveness of agricultural enterprises and the food industry, the role of governments in building the competitiveness of rural areas, and more. Available: E71-20
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Integrated pest management for citrus / University of California. - 3rd ed. - Berkeley : University of California, 2012. - VIII, 270 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. ISBN 9781601076960 Learn to apply the principles of integrated pest management to identify and manage more than 150 common citrus pests, diseases, and disorders. Complete with more than 550 colored photographs and 80 figures and tables, this guide provides substantial information on pest insects, mites, diseases, weeds, nematodes, and vertebrates. New sections on Asian Citrus Psyllid, Citrus Leafminer, Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter and more are included. Available: H20 88b
Virus and virus-like diseases of pome and stone fruits / edited by Ahmed Hadidi... [et al.]. - St. Paul : APS, 2011. - XV, 429 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. This book would provide state-of-the-art information on biological, molecular and immunological advances in our knowledge of these pathogens and of strategies to control them. This book presents the result of this team endeavor, providing up to date information in a comprehensive, scientific, and systematic manner. Available: H20-204
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