Items in the category "farmers"
[Document] This brief series was developed in preparation for the Foresight Breakout Session of the Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD 2012) and the Global Foresight Hub1. The briefs were written to communicate to a wider audience, such as policy makers, civil society...
[Document] How can the voices of the farmers, in particular smallholders shape priorities through foresight? Given that smallholders represent a very large number of individuals with diversity of situations, their individual voices can hardly be incorporated on an individual basis. From the local to the...
[Document] The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) is an initiative that works across African countries to improve the productivity and sustainable production of smallholder farmers, the majority of who are women. AGRA strives to effect change across the entire agriculture value chain through...
[Document] 3rd Programme Committee LFM progress report. Background document for the Programme Committee on 28/11/2007 during the GFAR Statutory Meetings, Bejing, China, 28/11/2007-01/12/2007.
[Document] Linking Farmers to Markets GPP progress report 2007. PowerPoint presentation at the Programme Committee on 28/11/2007 during the GFAR Statutory Meetings, Bejing, China, 28/11/2007-01/12/2007.
[Document] IFAP-GFAR Report 2007. PowerPoint presentation at the Programme Committee on 28/11/2007 during the GFAR Statutory Meetings, Bejing, China, 28/11/2007-01/12/2007.
[Document] In the Andes region there has been an increased interest in high-value products (HVPs), which may represent an interesting opportunity for small farmers, the development community and policy-makers throughout the region, for promoting diversified livelihoods rather than insisting on pushing small...
[Document] Goal: To contribute to the equitable and sustainable integration of small and medium-scale agroenterprises in rural and peri-urban areas into value-adding supply chains serving growth markets Support to Small and Medium Agro-enterprises (SMaEs) in developing countries to develop appropriate Food...
[Document] Purpose (this theme area): To integrate small holder farmers and rural agroenterprises, in an equitable and sustainable manner, into value-adding supply chains serving growth markets. Objective 1: to identify and evaluate options for organizational structures and relationships between actors, that...
[Document] Projects within this theme will define and overcome constraints to the dissemination and profitable use of postharvest technologies for agri-produce. The projects will also promote wider use of technology exchange initiatives that involve research and industry personnel and private sector partners...
[Document] Adaptation and institutionalising the use of appropriate marketing methodologies and agri-business decision making tools to support a more responsive approach and access to agricultural market opportunities.
[Document] The global postharvest research challenge agenda being developed by PhAction comprises four major themes, which address issues in response to the rapidly changing global market and the opportunities that will accrue from greater emphasis on market-led research with an focus on supply chain...
[Document] The Strategic Framework provides an innovative market-orientated approach to post-harvest development. Its objectives are to promote sustainable growth, poverty alleviation and food security in developing countries. Developed in 2003 by FAO, GFAR and PhAction, the Framework was endorsed by a...
[Document] This report presents the results of a workshop organized by IICA-PRODAR in the framework of the Global Initiative on Post-Harvest (GIPh), sponsored by FAO and implemented in cooperation with the Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR). The Workshop was conducted in Quito, Ecuador during the...
[Document] Given the changes that the Post-harvest sector is undergoing, the Strategic Plan brings together and integrates the parallel initiatives of the three groups: ¿ The Global Initiative on Post-harvest, sponsored by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and implemented in collaboration with the...
[Document] In developing a new approach to the interaction between research, extension (technology transfer) and production, based on incentivating innovation and on the development of innovation systems, the following key concepts play an important role:1)Importance of agroindustries and challenge confronted...
[Document] FAO, GFAR and PhAction co-organized a Workshop held by FAO at its Headquarters in Rome, during the period 7-9 October 2003. This Workshop brought together a multi-disciplinary group of post-harvest stakeholders from around the globe, in order to further the development of this integrated initiative...
[Document] Au cours des quelques dernières dizaines d'années, de plus en plus de gens se sont groupés pour constituer des organisations, des associations, des fondations et des institutions semblables pour aider à la prestation des services sociaux, promouvoir un développement économique venant de la base,...
[Document] En los últimos decenios ha crecido notablemente el número de personas que se agrupan para formar organizaciones, asociaciones, fundaciones e instituciones similares con el fin de prestar asistencia en lo referente a la entrega de servicios sociales, promover el desarrollo económico de base, impedir...
[Document] This paper presents the initiative that is being developed with NGOs and Farmer's Organisations (FOs) to strengthen their constituencies and to ensure their effective participation in regional and global Agricultural Research for Development (ARD). Its basic premise is that effective participation...
[Document] On 15-17 May 2002 the second conference of the European Forum on Agricultural Research for Development (EFARD) was held in Rome under the banner of ¿Strengthening the European Contribution to Agricultural Research for Development¿. The conference was organised by the EFARD Steering Committee,...
[Document] In recent decades there has been an upsurge of people grouping themselves to form organisations, associations, foundations and similar institutions to assist in delivering social services, promote grass-root economic development, prevent environmental degradation, protect civil rights and pursue...
[Document] The social and environmental impacts of the Green Revolution since the 1970s, the on-field testing of genetically-modified crops in the 1990s, the continued neglect of small farmers in national priorities, and persistent rural poverty and vulnerability of the rural poor ¿ are among the critical...
[Document] Los productores agrícolas, y especialmente los pequeños productores, desempeñan un papel muy importante en la producción agropecuaria en todo el mundo, sobretodo en los países en desarrollo. Los productores agrícolas desempeñan un papel importante tanto como generadores de tecnología como usuarios...
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