Ökad jämställdhet ger utveckling, enligt FAO-rapport. Sammanfattning av seminariet Women in agriculture hos KSLA den 19 maj 2011.
Kvinnor utgör 43 procent av arbetskraften i utvecklingsländernas jordbruk. Om de hade samma produktionsresurser och möjligheter som sina manliga kolleger skulle kvinnornas avkastning öka med 20–30 procent och 100–150 miljoner människor skulle slippa vara undernärda. Den slutsatsen dras i årets upplaga av FAO-rapporten The State of Food and Agriculture, med titeln ”Women in Agriculture – Closing the gender gap for development”.
Författare: Maria Larsson.
Konferensen Blåmusslor klarar västkustens vatten handlar om storskalig musselodling i ett akva-agro kretsloppsperspektiv.
This is a report from the “Climate and the Forest Committee”, appointed by the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry (KSLA) to promote the interest of climate change issues among scientists and forest managers. The committee identified a need for a comprehensive literature review as a starting point for their work, culminating in this report.
The ’Academy Blue Book’ describes global fisheries and aquaculture from the points of view of sustainable ecosystems, economy, trade and development. The main objective is to provide an overview of fisheries and aquaculture, their natural conditions and their significance for economic development and people’s livelihoods. A further objective is to show the impact of rich countries on the developing world within this sector through trade, aid and global fisheries.
