Publications
List of campaigns, initiatives, papers and reports with general information about the name of the llead organisations, an overview, the focus areas and key dates regarding green economy in agriculture. There are 10 projects and 22 papers."As a sector, agriculture is essential to the green economy. With a predicted 9 billion people by 2050, agricultural production will have to increase to meet new...
The transition to a green economy is fundamental for addressing the social, environmental, and economic pillars of sustainable development. As a sector, agriculture is essential to the green economy. With a predicted 9 billion people by 2050, agricultural production will have to increase to meet new demands, for food, feed, fuel and fibre.Agriculture must not only meet demand – it must also do so...
Mr. Lehmann, former Secretary of the Adelboden Group, provides his insights regarding the challenges and the need for joint teams to develop national agriculture and rural development policies involving authorities and mountain communities.He mentions the experience of the Adelboden Group and some key findings of the SARD-M project on rural development policies
This publication was produced by IFWF-sponsored reporters from Limpopo, Andes, Mekong, Nile and Ganges river basin (CPWF).The following articles are part of this:Can Africa feed the world in 2050? River basin have enough water if they are managed wellNo development without women's decisions in water. Call for more girls and women to participate in and influence the water and food sectorsA sexier...
Due to the increasing priority orientated towards more integrated policy concepts, such as rural development policy, there is a growing need to address the concept of multifunctionality for policy assessment. In particular, the dependence of the various tasks and services provided by agriculture on the territorial contexts is a key issue in valuingadequately the potential of agriculture and...
Entitled: A Teaching Resource Kit for Mountain Countries, it is a new environmental education kit similar to the Teaching Resource Kit for Dryland Countries published by UNESCO in 2008. It is based on the same innovative approach appealing to the creativity and artistic sensibility of pupils aged around 10 to 15, and is intended for secondary-school (and late primary-school) teachers and their...
In this report, the determinants of economic poverty in mountain areas are analysed using nationally representative livelihood data at the household level. Economic poverty has a central position, because it is perceived to be at the very core of the poverty definition: the inability to fulfil basic needs. Other poverty dimensions, for example a lack of basic facilities and lack of education, are...
Humans benefit from biodiversity rich areas in many ways: aesthetically, culturally, via the provision of services such as climate regulation; regulation of floods, drought, land degradation; soil formation and nutrient cycling; and from the direct harvest of biodiversity for food, fuel, fodder, fibres, and pharmaceuticals. These services are crucial for sustainable economic, social, cultural and...
Mountain forests are important for governments to find a balance between productive uses of forests and their protection. To this end, one important step would be to recognize and support mountain people in their role as the primary users and guardian of mountan forests. Mountain people depend on the entire forest ecosystem for their survival. Mountain forest policies should acknowledge the needs...
Paramos form the upper part, above the treeline, of the Northern Andes. As such, they form a discontinuous belt between the Cordillera of Merida in Venezuela and the Cajamarca area in Peru. Vertically, they cover the upper region of the northern Andes between the upper forest line (about 3400 m altitude) and the permanent snow line (about 5000 m) (Castaño, 2002; Hofstede et al., 2003)Paramos are...