agriculture
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Benin and IFAD to boost food and nutrition security and create jobs for rural people
Publicado el 12 Feb 2019 - 23:38Agriculture is a key sector for the economy of Benin. It accounts for 70 per cent of employment, 32.7 per cent of GDP and 75 per cent of export revenues. -
Guatemala: Turning up the heat
Publicado el 19 Sep 2018 - 10:00Indigenous communities of Guatemala are feeling the effects of deforestation. Increased agriculture, illegal logging and fires have reduced forest cover and rising temperature -
Caring for the Planet Starts from the Ground
Publicado el 12 Dic 2017 - 00:30Globally, more than 1.3 billion people are trapped on degrading agricultural land, leading to millions of people abandoning their ancestral lands and migrating to urban areas -
Ploughing for profits
Publicado el 23 Oct 2017 - 19:00The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, October 17, places a spotlight on the challenges farmers like Ahmadova and Kamarali face, as well as solutions that... -
African small-scale farmers carve a giant message for world leaders in the very soil they farm
Publicado el 5 Oct 2017 - 17:00Of the world’s hungriest people, 243 million reside in Africa. Throughout the region, food insecurity has been exacerbated by violent conflicts and climate-related shocks -
Almonds and apricots flower on once-barren land
Publicado el 16 Ago 2017 - 02:10The programme helped Assad and his brothers to level, terrace and fence their land. The brothers then built three water-harvesting cisterns and planted more than 1,000 olive..