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Reviews FAO Repository Library: Agriculture Mainstreaming Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity into Agricultural Production and Management in East Africa : Practical issues for consideration in National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans to minimize the use of agrochemicals : Technical guidance document. - Rome : FAO, 2016. - IX, 170 p. : ill. - [ISBN] 97892-5-109215-6. Agrovoc keywords: Biodiversity; Ecosystem services; Agrochemicals; Pest control;Pollination This Technical Guidance Document addresses the need for mainstreaming biodiversity and ecosystem services into agriculture, at the national level. More specifically, it is aimed to assist countries in developing and implementing their National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plans (NBSA Ps), to consider ecosystem services – and opportunities for their management – in agricultural production systems. Through an EU -funded project on “Capacity-building related to multilateral agreements (MEA s) in AC P countries (Phase 2)”, this document focuses on the East Africa region, and provides concrete examples and cases primarily from Kenya. The intention is that this document provides practical guidance to countries for building institutional capacity for synergistic implementation of MEA s, and identifying opportunities for managing biodiversity and ecosystem services to reduce the use of chemical inputs. It considers issues at the technical, institutional and policy levels. This publication is a result of technical papers prepared by experts on specific topics related to biodiversity and ecosystem services in agriculture but also on social and cross-cutting dimensions such as indigenous and traditional knowledge. Lebanon Country Programming Framework 2016 to 2019. - Rome : FAO, 2016. V, 33 p. - [ISBN] 978-92-5-109216-3. Agrovoc keywords: Sustainable livelihoods; Sustainable development; International cooperation; Agreements;Lebanon The CPF-Lebanon 2016–2019 will address two main government priority areas: Government priority one “to expand economic and livelihood opportunities benefiting local economies and the most vulnerable communities” through strengthening resilience of smallholder producers and upgrading capacities for sanitary and phytosanitary control and management of food safety and quality systems; and Government Priority two “to improve performance of the agricultural sector contributing to the economic, social, environmental and sustainable rural development” through supporting improved and innovative sustainable agricultural production, sustainable land, forest and water management, and agricultural value chains development. This CPF will also work to strengthen institutional capacities in data production and policy support in relation to agriculture, food security and nutrition with special focus on gender.
A Manual on Apple Pollination : Pollination Services for Sustainable Agriculture / Cory S. Sheffield, Hien T. Ngo, Nadine Azzu. - Rome : FAO, 2016. - VIII, 54 p. [ISBN] 978-92-5-109171-5. Agrovoc keywords: Pollinators; Apples; Honey bees; Hives; Nesting; Orchards;Capacity building The purpose of this manual is to improve knowledge concerning the management of bee pollinators in apple orchards so as to enhance apple quality and yield. The publication was prepared as part of the GEF supported project “Conservation and Management of Pollinators for Sustainable Agriculture, through an Ecosystem Approach” implemented in seven countries – Brazil, Ghana, India, Kenya, Nepal, Pakistan and South Africa. The project is coordinated by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) with implementation support from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
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