Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
TAP partner
Acronym:
FAO
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International Organizations
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An intergovernmental organization, FAO has 194 Member Nations, two associate members and one member organization, the European Union. Its employees come from various cultural backgrounds and are experts in the multiple fields of activity FAO engages in. FAO’s staff capacity allows it to support improved governance inter alia, generate, develop and adapt existing tools and guidelines and provide targeted governance support as a resource to country and regional level FAO offices. Headquartered in Rome, Italy, FAO is present in over 130 countries.
Areas of activity:
Capacity development
Focus of Capacity Development:
Individual
Organizational
Institutional
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Resources from this Organisation
The Capacity Development Results Framework: a strategic and results-oriented approach to learning for capacity development
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2009Authors:
Samuel OtooNatalia AgapitovaJoy Behrens One Finger Cannot Lift a Rock: Facilitating Innovation Platforms to Trigger Institutional Change in West Africa
In this book, West African research associates from the CoS-SIS programme describe how they initiated innovation platforms and facilitated the different steps in a CIG cycle. The stories show that the facilitation of innovation platforms is not easy: it requires...
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2012Authors:
Nederlof SuzannePyburn Rhiannon Revitalising African agriculture through innovative business models and organisational arrangements: promising developments in the traditional crops sector
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2006Authors:
Obote Ochieng Cosmas Milton Gender Equality in Rural Advisory Services: Towards a Common Understanding
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2013 An innovation systems approach to institutional change: Smallholder development in West Africa
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2012Authors:
Hounkonnou DominiqueKossou DansouKuyper Thomas WLeeuwis CeesNederlof E SuzanneRöling NielsSakyi-dawson OwurakuTraoré MamoudouHuis Arnold Van Participatory scenarios as a tool to link science and policy on food security under climate change in East Africa
How effective are multi-stakeholder scenarios-building processes to bring diverse actors together and create a policy-making tool to support sustainable development and promote food security in the developing world under climate change? The effectiveness of a participatory scenario development process highlights...
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2013Authors:
Chaudhury MoushumiVervoort JoostKristjanson PattiEricksen PollyAinslie Andrew Catalysing innovation: from theory to action
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2013Authors:
Gildemacher PeterWongtschowski Mariana Mobilizing the potential of rural and agricultural extension
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2010Authors:
Christoplos Ian Potential Impact of Road Projects on Habitat Loss and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Guyana from 2012 to 2022 Potential Impact of Road Projects on Habitat Loss and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Guyana from 2012 to 2022
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2014Authors:
Reymondin LouisNavarrete CarolinaWatkins GrahamCoca Alejandro 
