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  1. Library Resource
    janvier, 2013
    Malaisie, Océanie, Asie orientale

    This paper provides a brief review on the global and Malaysian perspective of climate change, and its impacts on Malaysian agriculture and relevant adaptation practices. It also provides policy recommendations for better coping with the changing nature of climatic factors. Changing climate has had negative impacts on Malaysian agriculture, including: water stress; worsening soil condition, disease, pest outbreaks on crops and livestock; and sea-level rise.

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    janvier, 2011
    Ukraine, Kirghizistan, Fédération de Russie, Moldova, Bélarus, Tadjikistan, Turkménistan, Ouzbékistan, Kazakhstan, Arménie, Europe orientale, Europe, Afrique sub-saharienne, Asie occidentale, Amérique septentrionale, Afrique septentrionale, Asie orientale, Océanie, Asie méridionale, Amérique latine et Caraïbes

    The global food system will experience an unprecedented combination of pressures over the next 40 years. Global population size will increase and competition for land, water and energy will intensify, while the effects of climate change will become increasingly apparent. Over this period, globalisation will continue, exposing the food system to novel economic and political pressures.This final report of the Foresight Global Food and Farming Futures Project argues that decisive action needs to take place now. The report identifies five considerable challenges ahead:

  3. Library Resource
    Articles et Livres
    janvier, 2008
    Afrique sub-saharienne, Amérique latine et Caraïbes, Asie orientale, Asie méridionale, Océanie

    Secure land rights are important for development and poverty reduction and the greatest challenges for providing such rights are in urban, peri-urban areas, and the most productive rural areas. This publication updates and revises UN-HABITAT’s 2004 publication ‘Urban Land for All’, and stresses the need for policies that facilitate access to land for all sections of their existing and future populations – particularly those on low or irregular incomes.

  4. Library Resource
    janvier, 2003
    Kenya, Burkina Faso, Maroc, Afrique du Sud, Mali, Chine, Mauritanie, Inde, Sénégal, Soudan, Niger, Océanie, Asie occidentale, Afrique sub-saharienne, Afrique septentrionale, Asie orientale, Asie méridionale

    With an estimated 40 percent of people in Africa, South America and Asia living in drylands, land degradation poses a significant threat to food security and survival. This report looks at the relationship between gender and dryland management based on an analysis of field experiences in Africa and Asia. Highlighting the roles of women and men in dryland areas for food security, land conservation/desertification, and the conservation of biodiversity, it makes available key findings on a number of projects and programs in the regions.

  5. Library Resource
    janvier, 2010
    Viet Nam, Océanie, Asie orientale, Asie méridionale

    This policy brief discusses the issue of food security in relation to trade and the anticipated impacts of climate change within Southeast Asia. It begins by contextualizing the debate before examining the manner in which trade, climate change and food security are interlinked within the Mekong region. The brief goes onto examine Cambodia as a case study in order to establish lessons for other countries in the region.

  6. Library Resource
    janvier, 2008
    Indonésie, Népal, Cambodge, Viet Nam, Thaïlande, Malaisie, Chine, Océanie, Asie orientale, Asie méridionale

    This book examines the gender dimensions of natural resource exploitation and management, with a focus on Asia. It explores the uneasy negotiations between theory, policy, and practice that are often evident within the realm of gender, environment, and natural resource management. It offers a critical feminist perspective on gender relations and natural resource management in the context of contemporary policy concerns: decentralized governance, the elimination of poverty, and the mainstreaming of gender.The book is centred around three themes:

  7. Library Resource
    janvier, 2001
    Fidji, Vanuatu, Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée, Micronésie, Océanie, Afrique sub-saharienne, Asie orientale

    The paper is a desk study prepared as a basis for discussion and further field research into land tenure and conflict in the region.The first section provides an overview of land tenure and land utilization issues. This section includes an analysis of gender and other demographic issues as they relate to land tenure and access to natural resources.

  8. Library Resource
    janvier, 2012
    Bangladesh, Viet Nam, Guatemala, Pérou, République-Unie de Tanzanie, Ghana, Inde, Thaïlande, Afrique sub-saharienne, Asie méridionale, Amérique latine et Caraïbes, Asie orientale, Océanie

    This comparative study highlights that rainfall variability and food insecurity are key drivers for human mobility. The empirical research is based on eight country case studies, including a 1,300 household survey and participatory research sessions involving 2,000 individuals. The results reveal that migration is an important risk management strategy for vulnerable households. Land scarce households trying to cope with food insecurity send migrants during the hunger season to find food or money to buy food.

  9. Library Resource
    janvier, 2014
    Asie orientale, Océanie

    This document addresses the need for explicit inclusion of livelihoods within the environment nexus (water-energy-food security). The authors present a conceptualisation of ‘environmental livelihood security’, which combines the nexus perspective with sustainable livelihoods. The geographical focus of this paper is Southeast Asia and Oceania, which the authors highlight is a region currently wrought by the impacts of a changing climate.

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