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This report presents a review of international and regional agroecology (AE) and food sovereignty (FS) policies and assesses the extent of their implementation in selected countries: Ethiopia, Togo and Zambia. The review was undertaken to facilitate provision of high quality policy support to influence policy makers in the region to develop and implement AE and FS. The report also…

Soils are key to sustainable “rural futures”: 2.5 billion people in poor countries derive their livelihoods from the agricultural sector; 1.5 billion people of these are living in smallholder households (FAO, 2012). Therefore, agriculture is the starting point for development – for lifting rural poor out of poverty – and for creating perspectives for young people. The Agenda 2063 …

The economic model of the Kubuqi Desert is considered by the United Nations the world's most successful practice in terms of restoration of desert ecosystems. The key to its success is both effective commercial operation and rational industrial structure, which not only guarantee healthy growth within the Kubuqi Model but also boost sustainable development of ecological restoration. …

Economics is the mother tongue of public policy. It dominates our decision-making for the future, guides multi-billion-dollar investments, and shapes our responses to climate change, inequality, and other environmental and social challenges that define our times. Pity then, or more like disaster, that its fundamental ideas are centuries out of date yet are still taught in college…

How do we manage water in cities? Where does our drinking water come from? Where does our waste water go? How much water do we consume? Is our life-style affecting our water? This first overview of Urban Water Management in Europe explains and illustrates water in an unprecedented way, reflecting how water flows through the arteries of our cities. Informative texts, stunning photographs and…

The Scientific Conceptual Framework for Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) provides a scientific foundation for understanding, implementing and monitoring LDN. It has been designed to create a bridge between the vision and the practical implementation of LDN, by defining LDN in operational terms. The conceptual framework is a product of the UNCCD Science-Policy Interface. Pursuit of…