Multi-crop thresher : Burkina Faso

This one-page brochure provides a list of suppliers/fabricators trained in the manufacture of the multi-crop thresher (for cowpea, rice, sorghum and maize) in Burkina Faso

Press releases on the Africa-Americas Ministerial Summit son Agri-food Systems

Se presenta una recopilación de pequeños artículos que informan al respecto sobre la ejecución de la Cumbre Ministerial y los diferentes temas que se abordaron durante su desarrollo. Además identifica recursos audiovisuales disponibles sobre las exposiciones relacionadas

Assessment of solar shading strategies in low-income tropical housing: the case of Uganda

Developing countries in tropical and subtropical areas will be the worst hit by climate change. Very little research has been done to assess the impact of climate change on thermal comfort in low-income housing in these regions. The effects of solar shading strategies and solar absorptance properties of walls and roofs on thermal comfort in Ugandan low-income housing are studied in this paper. Various shading strategies including curtains, roof and window overhangs, veranda and trees as well as effects of painting on solar heat gain and thermal comfort are modelled using EnergyPlus software. An adaptive approach for naturally ventilated buildings defined by the European Committee for Standardization standard BS EN 15251:2007 is used to assess the conditions. According to the results, solar shading is less effective in meeting thermal comfort requirements and it should be used in conjunction with other strategies to achieve desirable results. White painting, in contrast, significantly improved the conditions and significantly reduced the risk of overheating. Solar shading proved to be effective during the hottest periods of the year, reducing the risk of extreme overheating by up to 52%

Cumbre Ministerial África- Américas sobre sistemas agroalimentarios. Memoria de la Cumbre

La cumbre permitió reconocer que ambos continentes comparten el objetivo común de alimentar al mundo y fomentar la sostenibilidad ambiental global, y puso de manifiesto la necesidad de desarrollar una agenda conjunta de cooperación. Durante esa mesa redonda, los ministros de agricultura y otros actores del sector, de ambos continentes, analizaron la agenda global para la transformación de los sistemas agroalimentarios, contando con la participación de especialistas de alto nivel y amplio reconocimiento internacional. El propósito de esta Cumbre fue identificar las áreas en las que las dos regiones puedan trabajar juntas, sobre todo, aquellas en las que las oportunidades de cooperación podrían ser más rentables; así como los mecanismos operativos y financieros necesarios para movilizar los recursos requeridos. Los diálogos se concentraron en las siguientes áreas temáticas: (i) ciencia, tecnología e innovación; (ii) cambio climático y resiliencia; (iii) oportunidades en la agricultura digital; (iv) innovaciones institucionales y políticas; (v) comercio internacional y regional de alimentos; y, (vi) la transformación de los sistemas agroalimentarios post-CSANU; entre otros asuntos considerados indispensables para aumentar la productividad, la inclusión y la sostenibilidad de los sistemas agroalimentarios

Lista de participantes. Estados miembros Cumbre Ministerial África- Américas sobre sistemas agroalimentarios

Anexo

Food policy and nutrition economics in the SDG era

Despite significant global interest in food policy since the 1974 food price crisis, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are the first set of international development commitments in which the narrow focus of hunger and poverty explicitly include nutrition (SDG2) – beyond only health indicators related to maternal and child health indicators. This recent (re)appreciation of the role of nutrition as a fundamental element of development policy and a driver of economic growth generates the need for new analytical tools to determine the potential nutritional gains of development programmes and policies as well as the costs of not acting on nutrition imperatives in multisectoral public policy initiatives. This shifts the focus of policy analysis towards multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary domains, creating a need for training and research that spans multiple disciplines in which most graduates and professionals do not yet have the training and tools to conduct appropriate analyses. Capacity is essential to address critical skills shortages and high demand and professional development to keep pace with change. This paper identifies what the implications of recent development imply for agricultural economics training institutions, research and the profession in general and in particular in South Africa.http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/ragr202019-12-18hj2018Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Developmen