In this report, we provide insights on the use of responsible and deforestation-free soy in the EU-28 member states, Norway and Switzerland (EU+). As the second largest importer of soy, Europe has a responsibility to solve the sustainability issues connected to its soy consumption.
En partenariat avec Bagrépôle, la Global Water Initiative a lancé en 2015 une étude pour évaluer les revenus agricoles des producteurs et les comparer avec des besoins familiaux (seuils de sécurité alimentaire et de pauvreté). Cette étude, qui est également menée régionalement sur des barrages au Sénégal et au Mali, cherche à comprendre dans quelle mesure et à quelles conditions les périmètres aménagés de Bagré permettent de réduire la pauvreté et l’insécurité alimentaire.
Interim results are presented from five exploratory sector studies (on livestock, rice, agroforestry, inland fisheries and palm oil), while the development of a ‘valuation framework’ provides a common lens for ensuring that the full range of impacts and dependencies can be examined under different applications (i.e. by sector, system or practice). Finally, the report examines the way forward for this study by identifying economic and policy drivers and incentives that influence land-use decisions and management techniques within production systems around the world.
This publication analyses the challenges, the potential and opportunities of African agribusiness in the current period of dramatic changes in global agro-industrial markets, and builds a case for agribusiness development as a path to Africas prosperity. Written by international experts, from agribusiness practitioners, to academic experts and UN technical agencies, the book fills what UNIDO perceived as a significant gap in knowledge concerning these issues. It will be an important resource for policymakers, agribusiness managers, and researchers in agribusiness development.
The concept of Integrated Food and Energy Systems (IFES) as such is not new. Simple integration of food and energy production at both small and large scales has shown many successful results. However, with the increasing complexity of the system, - and hence higher resource use efficiency, the number of successful cases diminishes. Concrete results on wide-scale implementation of more complex IFES are scarce.
The debate over agricultural subsideies has been thrust to the forefront of discussions on Indias economic reforms with the signing of the Uruguay Round Agreement, now devolving on the WTO. This book examines the issue from various angles in order to move the reform process forward.
