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Anita Mamy RASOAMBOLOLONA
posted on Humanitarian and Development Challenge, ‘Kéré’ South Madagascar, The World’s First Crisis Climate Change Famine

We welcome Minister Paubert Mahatante to our group. We wish him big congratulations on becoming Minister of Fisheries and the Blue Economy, Madagascar. He is one of 21 new ministers appointed to Madagascar’s new government team of...

Climate change & disaster risks
Desertification/land degradation
Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)
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Drought
Food & Nutrition Security
Fisheries and food security
Food safety
Food Security Governance
Fragility, Crisis Situations & Resilience
Resilience
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Ziway-Shalla Basin in Balance

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Posted on Wetlands climate and biodiversity solutions

Ziway Shalla is a closed water basin, located in the Rift Valley of Ethiopia, the country’s most important wetland area. It secures the livelihoods of local communities, a broad spectrum of wildlife and migratory birds. However...

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Agriculture & Rural Development
Sustainable Land management
Biodiversity & Ecosystem
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Biodiversity conservation accompanying measures
Natural resource management
Sustainable Land management
Food & Nutrition Security
Fisheries and food security
Food Security Governance
Livestock and food security
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Smallholders and food and nutrition security: evidence from the Food & Business Research programme

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SC Sarah CUMMINGS
posted on Private sector in agricultural innovation and development

This synthesis paper, published in May 2020 by the Dutch Food and Business Knowledge Platform and the Dutch research council NWO-WOTRO Science for Global Development, considers the ways in which smallholder agriculture contributes...

Africa
Benin
Ghana
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Sierra Leone
South Africa
Kenya
Mozambique
Uganda
Asia
Viet Nam
Europe
Netherlands
Agriculture & Rural Development
Agriculture value chains and commodities
Family and smallholder farming
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Food & Nutrition Security
Fisheries and food security
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COVID-19 lockdowns threaten Africa’s vital informal urban food trade

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SC Sarah CUMMINGS
posted on Private sector in agricultural innovation and development

Published on the IFPRI website on 31 March 2020, this blog by Danielle Resnick argues that as governments impose COVID-19 restrictions, informal food traders should be helped rather than persecuted. As COVID-19 begins its spread...

Africa
Agriculture & Rural Development
Food & Nutrition Security
Fisheries and food security
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Private Sector
SMEs
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Tuna Industry generates billions in revenue for PNG

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Posted on Building resilience of small island economies

Tuna Industry generates billions in revenue for PNG More than a billion kina in export revenue was generated through fisheries last year, according to the PNG Fisheries Industry Association. Read more: http://news.pngfacts.com...

Oceania
Papua New Guinea
Food & Nutrition Security
Fisheries and food security
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Case study: Sustainable fishing catching on in Madagascar

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SC Sarah CUMMINGS
posted on Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA

Published on the official EC website in 2016, the story Sustainable fishing catching on in Madagascar is paired to the project overview of Technical Assistance for the Implementation of the Regional Fisheries Strategy for the...

Africa
Madagascar
Food & Nutrition Security
Livestock and food security
Fisheries and food security
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Pacific Economies Forecast To Grow By 3.9% In 2016 Amid Rising Global Risks

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Posted on Building resilience of small island economies

Most Pacific economies are unlikely to be significantly affected by heightened uncertainty in the global economy, says the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) July 2016 issue of the Pacific Economic Monitor, launched today in Port...

Food & Nutrition Security
Fisheries and food security
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Experts Meet to Solve Caribbean Fishing Crisis

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Posted on Building resilience of small island economies

Lazarus Alfred has been fishing since he was 17-years-old. He knows the struggles of life at sea. But while he says there are occasional good days, he says it has become harder and harder to earn a living from the ocean. Less fish...

Americas & the Caribbean
Food & Nutrition Security
Fisheries and food security
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Marine expedition discovers new species on Dominica’s west coast

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Posted on Building resilience of small island economies

A marine research team has ended its 42-day expedition off Dominica, after finding at least nine new species of fishes and crustaceans on the island’s west coast. The team of marine archaeologists and researchers, which docked in...

Food & Nutrition Security
Fisheries and food security
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Fishing for the future of Caribbean coral reefs

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Posted on Building resilience of small island economies

New science-based fishery regulations are needed if coral reefs are to have a future in the face of climate change. The study shows that Caribbean coral reefs are experiencing mounting pressure from global warming, local pollution...

Americas & the Caribbean
Climate change & disaster risks
Food & Nutrition Security
Fisheries and food security
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