Browsing Knowledge Repository by Subject "RURAL DEVELOPMENT"
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African Ministerial Conference on the Environment - Sixth Special Session: Report of the Ministerial Segment
(22/06/2016)African Ministerial Conference on the Environment Sixth Special Session: Report of the Ministerial Segment -
Baseline study on Multi-dimensional Poverty Environment in Musanze and Bugesera Districts and proposed Interventions for poverty reduction, sustainability and climate resilience
This Multi-dimensional Poverty Environment Assessment was carried out to document poverty levels and to propose poverty-environment related interventions and/or investments in the Districts of Bugesera and Musanze. More ... -
Earth and Us: Population-Resources-Environment-Development
(1991)There are very close and intricate interrelationships between population, resources, environment and development. Changes in one affect the others, positively or adversely. Some of these changes are immediately visible, ... -
Energy and Environment in East Africa - Proceedings of an International Workshop
(1980)The Workshop was convened in the period 7-10 May, 1979 in Nairobi and the discussions of the papers provided a valuable opportunity to exchange views on the energy problems of the East African region. Several inadequacies ... -
Energy for Rural Development: A Time to Act
(1981)The present report summarizes the preliminary results of three experiments undertaken in Sri Lanka, the Philippines and Senegal. In addition, several studies have been initiated to determine the feasibility of harnessing ... -
Food and Ecological Security: Identifying Synergy and Trade-offs - UNEP Policy Series Issue No. 4 June 2011
(2011)Food security is at the top of the global agenda. Almost half a century of growth in food production notwithstanding, 1 in 7 people today receive insufficient protein and energy from their diets. With the world’s population ... -
International Conference on Water and the Environment: Development Issues for the 2lst century
The International Conference on Water and the Environment (IGWE) was held In Dublin, Ireland, from 26 to 31 January 1992. ICWE provided the major input on freshwater problems to the United Nations Conference on Environment ... -
An introductory guide to sources of traditional fodder and forage and usage
(2014)This illustrated Field Guide is intended to introduce field workers and project managers, as well as those generally interested in the rural development of Afghanistan, to the field crops and wild plants on which farming ... -
L'impact potentiel des activités socio-économiques sur l'environnement marin et cotier de la région de l'Afrique de l'Est - PNUE: Rapports et Etudes des Mers régionales no. 41
(1984)le présent rapport a pour but principal de passer en revue et d'évaluer les activités socio-économiques actuelles, y compris les projets de développement susceptibles d'influencer la dégradation de l'environnement ou d'être ... -
Legislative Approaches to Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resources Governance - FAO Legislative Study No. 114
(2020)This book seeks to explore how legislation, which is the backbone of governance and enforcement systems, accommodates and makes provision for the connections among economic (and social) activities that may have more than ... -
Organic Agriculture and Food Security in Africa: UNEP-UNCTAD Capacity-building Task Force on Trade, Environment and Development
This study examines the relationship between organic agriculture and food security in Africa, particularly East Africa, which is where UNCTAD and UNEP have, through their joint Capacity-Building Task Force on Trade, ... -
The State of Gender Equality and Climate Change in Cambodia
(United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, 2021-11)Cambodia is extremely vulnerable to the impacts of weather variability and climate change and will be more so by the end of this century. Thus, the assessment report on The State of Gender Equality and Climate Change in ... -
Water for Sustainable Development in Africa: Key Issues
(1995)Part 1 of the following report focuses on the main objectives, targets and priority activities for Africa of the many Agenda 21 recommendations on waiter resources. It starts with a summary of the overall objective for ... -
Water: A Key for Sustainable Development in Africa - Key Issues and Constraints
(2001)As elsewhere on our planet, water is the key natural resource throughout Africa. An adequate supply of clean water is the most important precondition for sustaining human life, for maintaining ecological systems that support ...