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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Serving both developed and developing countries, FAO acts as a neutral forum where all nations meet as equals to negotiate agreements and debate policy. FAO is also a source of knowledge and information. We help developing countries and countries in transition modernize and improve agriculture, forestry and fisheries practices and ensure good nutrition for all. Since our founding in 1945, we have focused special attention on developing rural areas, home to 70 percent of the world's poor and hungry people.
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Displaying 156 - 160 of 168Supporting Implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisher
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FAO will add value to the Mekong Region Land Governance (MRLG) project through an approach known as transversal support. This approach is aimed at providing support across a number of projects/activities and it will support the mainstreaming and coordination of the VGGT into national activities in the four countries. This will ensure that the impact of the MRLG will be strengthened and, by supporting a holistic approach to land, fisheries and forests, extended to include the broader scope of interrelated natural resources. The transversal support will include a strong capacity development element, aimed at national counterparts and stakeholders through the application of public goods already produced by FAO.
Development of VGGT-based framework for assessing forest tenure; and assessments conducted in several countrie
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A VGGT based forest tenure assessment framework/tool was developed and tested to evaluate the forest tenure related policies, laws, institutions, and administration in order to identify areas for improvement with respect to the VGGT principles, as well as identify and prioritize actions for strengthening governance of forest tenure in country.
Multi-stakeholder workshop to support the inclusion of the VGGT into the land tenure reform process
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FAO’s tenure-related work in Madagascar included the conduct of a multi-stakeholder workshop to support the inclusion of the VGGT into the land tenure reform process in the country. As a result of the workshop, held in February 2015, the VGGT have been included (and cited) in the new Land Policy Letter, which is a key political document giving orientation for the consolidation of the land tenure reform process (period 2015 – 2030). Following the workshop the letter was presented to the Minister in charge of land tenure issues (Ministère d’état en charge des Projets Présidentiels, de l’Aménagement du Territoire et de l’Equipement – MEPATE) and adopted in May 2015 by the Government.
Forest Farm Facility
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The Forest&Farm Facility is a mechanism for funding and capacity building to stimulate and strengthen farmers organizations and active multi-stakeholder participation in forest and farm-related policy dialogues. A development of the former NFP-Facility and Growing Forest Partnerships, it's more oriented towards cross-sectoral cooperation, local rights holders, gender equity and income creation.
Strengthening the sustainability of land restitution process-Phase II
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The outcomes of the project are: 1) Ethnic Communities victims of dispossession or forced abandon, in areas prioritized by the Land Restitution Unit (URT), have access to the land restitution process; 2) Families of settled peasant communities in prioritized areas affected by armed conflict, improve their sustainable livelihoods (social, environmental and economic conditions); and 3) Land Restitution Unit (URT) and public and private entities strengthen their intervention and coordination to offer an integral response to the rural population and its territories. Support of 49 000 000 SEK.