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Shares practical measures to improve water use efficiency in small-scale agriculture based on case studies from Burkina Faso, Morocco and Uganda. This field guide takes readers through their real-term implementation, calling for action to be taken at all levels, by agricultural practitioners, scheme managers, and up to policy-makers.

This publication aims to facilitate the systematic integration of gender equality dimensions into value chain (VC) development programmes. It raises awareness about gender inequalities and discusses the importance of addressing these dimensions in VC development, while also building a common approach towards work on gender-sensitive VC development.

Presents a set of measures for the management and conservation of fisheries resources in both the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, including establishing further precautionary and emergency measures for small pelagic stocks in the Adriatic Sea; and setting minimum standards for bottom trawling fisheries of demersal stocks in the Strait of Sicily.

Reports that, in Europe and Central Asia, food security has improved substantially over the past two decades and the vast majority of the 50 or so countries monitored managed to keep the prevalence of undernourishment below 5% - less than half of the world average.

This study quantifies global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from aquaculture, and explains how cost-effectiveness analysis could be used to appraise GHG mitigation measures - thereby contributing to Sustainable Development Goal 13 (Climate Action), while supporting SDG 2 (Zero Hunger), and SDG 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth).

This paper takes stock of the number of farms worldwide, their distribution and that of farmland, based on agricultural censuses and survey data. It shows that there are more than 608 million farms in the world, with more than 90% being family farms which occupy around 70-80% of farmland and produce about 80% of the world's food in value terms.

Looks at how tenure and rights-based approaches can harmonize the concepts of responsible fisheries, social and economic development, and the fair and equitable application of user rights in capture fisheries.

Looks at the nature of the relationships between conflict, food security and peace. The book shows how food security and nutrition outcomes vary across different types of conflict, identifying the conditions that seem to influence those outcomes the most, and reviews evidence on the channels through which conflict and violence affect food security.

Provides learning and facilitation tools and recommended workshop scheduling, as well as background information, key messages, resources and presentations on a variety of topics, including forest-water relationships, the impact of changing landscapes on water, and field studies.