El presente documento contiene el Plan de Igualdad, No Discriminación y Buen Vivir para las Mujeres Ecuatorianas.
The food-biodiversity nexus is a concept that defines and characterizes the complex interactions between agricultural systems and biodiversity conservation. Here we use a social-ecological systems approach that combines fuzzy cognitive mapping and graph theoretic analyses to uncover system properties that determine food security and biodiversity outcomes at a landscape scale.
The right to food is one of the most widely violated human rights. Although enough food is produced to feed the world, it is estimated that more than 850 million people in the world suffer from hunger and malnutrition. Only a small percentage can be attributed to natural catastrophes or civil wars. The vast majority suffer from chronic hunger in everyday life.
LIFT is a multi-donor trust fund that improves the lives and prospects of rural poor people in Myanmar, with generous contributions from the United Kingdom, European Union, Australia, Denmark, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Switzerland, Sweden, and the United States of America. From the private sector, the Mitsubishi Corporation is a donor.
Appetite for land" (pdf, 225 KB) Large-Scale Foreign Investment in Land
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La propuesta: “Estrategias Territoriales para el Desarrollo Integral de la Parroquia Cangahua” fue elaborada con la comunidad en varios talleres que constituyeron espacios de construcción de propuestas susceptible de ejecución, monitoreo y evaluación conforme la priorización establecida.
El siguiente artículo argumenta cómo el Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLC) entre Canadá y Colombia, iniciado el 21 de noviembre de 2008, aumentará las condiciones de vulnerabilidad de la población dedicada al corte de caña de azúcar en el departamento del Valle del Cauca, Colombia.
Global concerns about fossil fuel prices and climate change have directed focus on prospects of biofuels. In Ghana, large-scale biofuel development has been entangled with several problems including disputes over land use and a combination of challenges such as low yield performance of Jatropha, food versus oilseed prices and financial viability issues.
Utilization of agricultural land for non-agricultural purposes poses a threat to food production and agriculture commercialization. Hence, this study examined Rural Land Utilization and Commercial Agriculture among Female arable Crop Farmers in South West Nigeria. A multistage sampling procedure was used to collect primary data through questionnaire administration.
This study examines the effect of land rights on agricultural outcomes in Rwanda. We characterize the effects of land rights from two perspectives. The first one is land rights indicated by the right to sell and guarantee land and the second one is land titling. The agricultural outcomes include agricultural productivity, food security and nutritional diversity.
This paper assessed gender inequality in household resources, particularly land ownership, division of labour and decision making as regards climate change adaptation strategies for household food security.