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Communication Assessment and Action Plan for the LACC Project in Bangladesh
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[2010] This study was carried out in the framework of the CSDI initiative in support of the FAO’s Livelihood Adaptation to Climate Change (LACC) project, which supports climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction, and capacity strengthening for sustainable livelihoods in the rural areas of the drought-prone and coastal regions of Bangladesh. Two CSDI consultants visited LACC pilot sites to identify needs and lessons on the role of communication for livelihood adaptation and designed

Putting family farmers at the centre to achieve the SDGs
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[2019] In this publication, FAO and IFAD highlight how family farmers can help in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals as they launch the United Nations Decade of Family Farming 2019-2028. In both developed and developing countries, family farming represents the predominant form of food and agricultural production. Given the enormous diversity of family farmers around the world, there is no single definition of family farming.

Declaracion Final - Foro Regional Comunicacion para la Agricultura Familiar y el Desarrollo Rural Sostenible - Quito, 7-8 Nov 2016
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File Size: 882.92 kB Date: 21. Nov 2016 [2016] El Foro Regional de Comunicación para la Agricultura Familiar y el Desarrollo Rural Sostenible se realizó en Quito, Ecuador, del 7 al 8 de noviembre 2016. El Foro fue organizado por el Centro Internacional de Estudios Superiores de Comunicación para América Latina (CIESPAL), junto con la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO) y la Reunión Especializada en Agricultura

Rural Communication Services for Family Farming: Contributions, Evidence and Perspectives
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[2016] Supporting dialogic communication and knowledge sharing processes is a powerful means of helping farmer organizations, indigenous peoples, rural communities and civil society organizations to make their voices heard and be part of the development agenda. Rural communication services and policies can translate farmers’ right to communication into fair and transparent regulatory frameworks that will allow equitable access to information and communication services in rural areas and ensure the active

Soils are the Foundation for Vegetation
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[2015] Healthy soils are crucial for ensuring the continued growth of natural and managed vegetation, providing feed, fibre, fuel, medicinal products and other ecosystem services such as climate regulation and oxygen production. Soils and vegetation have a reciprocal relationship. Fertile soil encourages plant growth by providing plants with nutrients, acting as a water holding tank, and serving as the substrate to which plants anchor their roots. In return, vegetation, tree cover

Communication for development, community media and ICTs for family farming and rural development
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[2015] This policy document summarizes key observations and recommendations for policymakers made during the 24th e-Agriculture online forum, which took place from 22 September to 6 October 2014. The e-Agriculture Community of Practice organized the forum, as part of a series of virtual consultations and face-to-face participatory discussions on the theme:“Communication for Development, community media and ICTs for family farming and rural development,” organized by FAO and AMARC.

Final Report- Virtual Consultation on Communication for Development, Community Media and ICTs for Family Farming and Rural Development in Africa
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From August 25th to September 12th, the Food and Agriculture Organization, in collaboration with the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC) hosted a regional virtual consultation on Communication for Development, community media and ICTs for family farming and rural development in Africa.    Participants were invited to share their ideas and opinions and most of all, to help in forging the way forward for Communication for rural development in the region.  This is the consultation final

Community Listeners’ Clubs. Stepping Stones for Action in Rural Areas
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[2011] This publication summarizes the unique experience of the community listeners’ clubs set up in Niger and the Democratic Republic of Congo by FAO-Dimitra, a participatory information and communication project which contributes to improving the visibility of rural populations, women in particular. The first chapter offers a brief overview of the community listeners’ clubs, their goals and internal functioning and the results achieved. The second chapter tells the story of

ICTs and Large-Scale Poverty Reduction. Lessons from Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean
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[2005] Hundreds of initiatives, projects and programmes around the globe are using ICT to help the up-scaling of poverty reduction efforts. But changes in technology and approaches happen extremely rapidly and it is difficult to condense common lessons. This publication edited by the Swiss Development Cooperation and PANOS compiles state-of-the-art lessons on the topic of ICTs for poverty reduction, in different regions of the world. These discussion papers and lessons

Strategic Communication for Behaviour and Social Change in South Asia
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[2005] South Asia has a long tradition of using communication to promote development goals. Communication approaches have been variously used for promoting immunization, prevention of diarrhoeal dehydration and HIV/AIDS, female literacy, among others. These have been in the form of mass media campaigns, radio programs, posters, street plays and localized outreach through communities and NGOs. This working paper presents a synthesis of experiences in applying various communication approaches ranging from