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Agricultural extension: Global status and performance in selected countries [in Japanese]

農業の変革と発展は、開発途上国の10億人以上の小規模農家をはじめ農村に 暮らす人々の生活にとって非常に重要である農業改良普及は、こうした変革 において重要な役割を果たし、アドバイス、情報提供、イノベーション、関係の仲介・促進、リスクや災害への対応などにより農民を支援することがで きる。本書は、農業改良普及の世界的な概要を示し、国および地域レベルの 改良普及システムを評価・比較し、以下の分野における改良普及アプローチ のパフォーマンスを検証している。

journal article

Multistakeholder platforms for natural resource governance: Lessons from eight landscape-level cases

Multistakeholder platforms (MSPs) are the subject of increasing attention and investment in the domain of collaborative natural resource governance, yet evidence-based guidance is slim on policy and investment priorities to leverage the MSP approa

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Strengthening smallholder producers’ skills and market access: Productive alliance programme in Chile

This case study report was written as a part of the Agriculture Human Capital Investment Study, funded by FAO Investment Centre and with the support of the International Food Policy Research Institute and the CGIAR Research Programme on Policies,

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Latin America and the Caribbean SARS-Cov-2 surveillance: Longitudinal trend analysis

SARS-CoV-19, the virus that causes COVID-19, is a global pandemic that has placed unprecedented stress on national economies, food systems and healthcare resources in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).

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On the origins of food loss

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Agricultural extension: Global status and performance in selected countries

How can extension services best help small farmers meet today’s challenges? This global study points to ways to improve outcomes, enhance financial sustainability, and achieve greater scale. 

book chapter

Brazil

This chapter examined perceptions of family farmers and extensionists regarding extension services resulting from the agricultural extension policy in Brazil.

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Conclusions and policy implications

The two objectives of this book are to assess extension and advisory services in a cross-country comparative context in the following ways: 1.

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Introduction and motivation

Agricultural development is critical to the livelihoods of more than a billion small-scale farmers and other rural populations in developing countries.

discussion paper

Looking at export tariffs and export restrictions: The case of Argentina

Export taxes have been used in many countries. The 2007–2008 food price crisis shed light on export policies’ dangerous consequences for food security during periods of price spikes.