Translation of "agricultural extension " (English → French) :

The states' secretaries of agriculture are nothing more than agriculture extension services.

Observes that agricultural investment policies mostly focus on large-scale land acquisitions and on export-oriented agriculture that is usually unrelated to local economies; notes that the development of extensive irrigation in the targeted geographical investment areas of NAFSN may reduce water availability for other users, such as small-scale farmers or pastoralists; stresses that under those circumstances the ability of mega-PPPs to contribute to poverty reduction and food security must be critically assessed and improved; empha ...[+++]sises that agricultural investment policies should be linked to and should support the development of the local economy, including smallholders and family farming; recalls that the FAO Tenure Guidelines recommend secure access to land in order to allow families to produce food for household consumption and to increase household income; stresses the need to base large-scale land-based investment in Africa on these guidelines, ensuring smallholders’ and local communities’ access to land, promoting local SME investment. and ensuring that PPPs contribute to food security and to reducing poverty and inequality.

So we are working to ensure that women have equitable and equal access to seeds, agricultural credit, land, and agricultural extension services so that they can improve their production.

That measure should cover the extension and improvement of forest resources through the afforestation of land and the creation of agroforestry systems combining extensive agriculture with forestry systems.

It is to be carried out in two stages: 1993-94 and 1995-96. The aim of the project is to step up regional cooperation (North-South and South-South) between the national agricultural training and research institutions through three programmes: (a) TRAINING - organization of short specialized courses in establishments in the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean countries; - exchange and practical training programmes for young researchers in Mediterranean non-member countries attending the CIHEAM in establishments in the Member States (b) SCIENTIFIC EXCHANGES - development, strengthening and coordination of cooperative exchange networks; - participation of experts from the South in Community scientific meetings, principally those of the Direct ...[+++]orate-General for Agriculture of the Commission of the European Communities (c) ORGANIZATION OF SCIENTIFIC, TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS The topics for the proposed workshops and seminars are: - the balance between food production, agriculture and the environment in the Mediterranean; - food security in the Mediterranean; - agricultural extension services; - urbanization and agriculture; - water management.

Despite their crucial role, many rural women face serious limitations in access to land, credit, agricultural extension services and other key resources.