Brazil has transformed from being a net food importer, to one of the largest agricultural exporters in the world. The country is now one of the top global funders of agricultural innovation, with a special emphasis on funding R&D for sustainable agriculture. While food insecurity and environmental challenges exist in many parts of Brazil, social programs and funding in innovation have helped those in need.
The CGIAR is the leading global agriculture research institution working towards creating sustainable agricultural practices a reality through research and innovation. The CGIAR 2030
To meet the growing demand for food in the Global South in a sustainable manner, current funding in agricultural innovation will need to be increased exponentially. Some estimates suggest up to USD 320 billion annually is required to help meet the UN SDG Goals for food and agriculture by 2030. Current levels of funding for agriculture and agricultural innovation fall far short of this and hence efforts to induce more funding for these goals, including through the use of new financing instruments1, is critical going forward.
The only specialized multilateral development institution focused exclusively on rural development, IFAD has successfully used agriculture as a means of poverty reduction – contributing ~USD 22 billion in funding to date1. About 90% of IFAD's portfolio is focused on Low to Middle Income (LMI) countries. IFAD stands out with its nutrition and gender-sensitive lenses coupled with investments in climate-resilient agriculture – mainstreaming nutrition, gender, and climate change work in agriculture.
Este documento resume las actividades desarrolladas durante el Foro “Experiencia de Investigación Agrícola para el Desarrollo: las Escuelas de Campo (ECAS)-Una Apuesta Innovadora hacia la Investigación Acción Participativa del Programa Agroambiental Mesoamericano (MAP) en la Región Trifinio” celebrado en San Ignacio, Chalatenango (El Salvador) entre el 25 y el 27 de octubre, 2011.
El propósito del presente estudio de caso es documentar un proceso de Investigación Agrícola para el Desarrollo (IAD): las ECAS de MAP en Trifinio, el cual analiza la experiencia del Proyecto Innovaciones en Cadenas de Valor de Hortalizas Epeciales. Asimismo resalta los principales logros y lecciones aprendidas, que sirven como un ejemplo tangible de un impacto positivo en la vinculación de IAD con la innovación, el desarrollo y el papel que pueden desempeñar las políticas y mecasnismos institucionales para promover esta relación
This publication “School feeding and possibilities for direct purchases from family farming in Latin American countries” contributes to the articulation of the sectors involved with school feeding, in the search for alternatives for the institutionalization and strengthening of school feeding policies in the countries; it is also hoped that in the medium and long term SFPs can contribute to the human right to food (HRF) and to sustainable human development.
The Agribusiness for Trade Competitiveness Project (ATC-P), branded as Katalyst, is a pioneer market systems development project contributing to sustainable poverty reduction in Bangladesh. It is implemented by Swisscontact under the umbrella of the Ministry of Commerce, Government of Bangladesh. The project has been operating in Bangladesh since 2003 in three phases.
Dans le cadre d’un programme financé par l’Union Européenne, les ONG GLOPOLIS, SOS FAIM et VECO et leurs partenaires paysans concernés ont mené plusieurs études sur les filières de production de riz dans 5 pays d’Afrique de l’ouest : le Bénin, le Burkina Faso, le Mali, le Niger et le Sénégal.
Los casos incluidos en el presente documento se construyeron a partir de información suministrada, mediante entrevistas, por personas vinculadas a las organizaciones socias de ACORDAR, que son las protagonistas de estos casos. La escritura de los 10 casos de éxito fue realizada por el Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT) y retroalimentada por las organizaciones que suministraron la información y por Catholic Relief Services (CRS)