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Australia /Government	Australia's Industrial Development Experience	Macroeconomic stability – creating a stable environment in which industry can invest with confidence and businesses can build their international competitiveness. The focus is thus on achieving hi	Key lessons learnt from the 2005 Review of National Competition Policy Reforms: A broadly-based reform program improves the prospect that those who might lose from a specific reform still gain ove

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Major Groups	Bund construction for rice production, northern region of Ghana	Although rice was an established crop in the Northern Region, yields were low. There is substantial surface runoff during the rainy season, and bunds that capture this runoff can significantly increa	The lessons learned from this experience are typical of many rural development interventions. First, farmers have been quick to respond to market opportunities, and are ready to invest large amounts	Agence Française de Développement (AFD - French Development Agency), Ministry of Agriculture and Food (MOFA), Agricultural Development Bank, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, local NGO

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Spain /Government	Creación de un registro telemático en la Oficina Española de Patentes y Marcas	Facilitar los trámites administrativos de solicitud de signos distintivos y patentes españolas, europeas e internacionales PCT. El registro permite además la presentación de recursos administrati	Actualmente sólo está completamente operativo la solicitud de marcas y nombres comerciales. El 17% de las solicitudes de marcas y el 24% de las de nombres comerciales llegó por esta vía, lo cual	Ministerio de Administraciones Públicas (MAP)

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Lithuania /Government	Energy Efficiency/Housing pilot project	1) To develop and implement measures which have been provided for in the Lithuanian Housing Strategy and its implementation documents; 2) To take part in development and introduction of a housing mo		Ministry of Economy Engineering-consultancy companies Ministry of Environment Association of Municipalities Central Project Management Agency Municipalities

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Kenya /Government	Farmer Field School for up-scaling soil management technologies, western Kenya	The dominant farming system in western Kenya is a crop-livestock mixed system where intercropping of maize and common bean is closely integrated with livestock production. The population density ra	1.Village immersion: The facilitators of the planned FFS enter into a community. They hold a series of meetings with the local leaders and administrators in which they explain the objectives and goa	Rockefeller Foundation (donor), Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI), Ministry of Agriculture, Local NGOs: Vi-Agroforestry, Community Mobilization Against Desertification Others: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Nairobi office, The Rockefeller Foundation

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Major Groups	Farming for Energy, for Better Livelihoods in Southern Africa (FELISA)	• Produce cleaner, renewable energy • Reduce carbon emissions • Provide for domestic energy needs of African countries • Provide employment to rural labourers • Boost rural economies of		SADC, Southern African states and energy consumers, Southern African biodiesel farmers

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Mali /Government	Gestion Améliorée de l’Environnement : Femmes et les Energies Nouvelles et Renouvelables (FENR)

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Major Groups	Guatemala Radio Project	Strengthening community radio stations’ ability to produce quality content for broadcast to indigenous peoples throughout the country. Building local capacity to sustain the project beyond Cultural	Initially, many deputies didn't object to legalizing stations that truly represented their communities. But they would not support legislation to give partisan, religious, or commercial stations free

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Jordan /Government	Jordan Cleaner Production Programme (JCPP)	The programme aims to establish a national and regional capcity to ensure the sustainable application of the concept of cleaner production by the industry. More specifically, it aims to: - Provid	The JCPP is serving as a coordinating and catalytic role for cleaner production by conducting in-plant demonstrations, organizing training programmes, promoting CP technology investment projects, pro	the Ministry of Planning, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Ministry of Environment, Amman Chamber of Industry, Zarqa Chamber of Industry, the Royal Scientific Society, Energy Research Center, the Jordan University of Science and Technology, the Friends of Environment Society, as the Program's Secretariat

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Netherlands /Government	Knowledge Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR Netherlands)	The objective of CSR Netherlands is to promote CSR amongst its primary target group, namely businesses, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs. CSR Netherlands seeks to realise its obj	The Knowledge Centre reaches beyond its immediate membership, as shown by the involvement of a wide range different participants in its workshops, events and projects.

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Switzerland /Government	Minergie: More life quality, less energy consumption	To increase energy efficiency in the building sector through the introduction of a volontary quality label		Different actors and institutions in Switzerland: building owners, architects and engineers, construc-tion and renovation business, Government and local authorities

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Nigeria /Government	NEED TO ENSHRINE INTEGRATED CAPACITY INTO UNSKILLED CIRCUMSTANTIAN PROFESSIONS IN NIGERIA.	LATER, PLEASE.	NONE.	WE ARE IN GROUPED PARTNERSHIP. THE INITIAL TASKS HAVE BEEN GRASSROOT ORIENTATION CONSISTING OF VARIOUS SCHORLARS AND PUBLIC CONCERNS. WE NEED MORE FORMIDABLE INTERNATIONALPARTNERS FOR ASSOCIATION AND EXCELLENCE.

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Mexico /Government	Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR)	The primary goals of the project are: 1) To encourage reductions of pollutant releases at national level and transfers from industrial activities; and 2) To foster the use of PRTRs and PRTR data by	Challenges encountered include: - Lack of political willingness to provide public access for environmental information; - Lack of economic resources The establishment of legal instruments for e	EPA CCA Industry States’ authorities Environment Canada

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New Zealand /Government	RECOVERY Ozone Protection Company	To promote the facilitate the collection, storage and disposal of all ozone depleting substances during the phase out period.

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Trinidad and Tobago /Government	Scitechknowfest - National Energy Exhibition and Demonstration	To demonstrate all aspects of energy, both primary and renewable, to schoolchildren ranging from 7-18 years of age.	In order to provide consumer education and awareness raising regarding energy management for school children, it is important to demonstrate all aspects of energy.	The Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries, NALIS, Energy Companies (State and Private), Secondary Schools and Pupils.

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Bangladesh /Government	Social Marketing and Promoting Private Sector in Bengladesh	To improve hygiene by increasing public awareness	Key Factors for Success -- The Campaign has created a stronger link between raising awareness about sanitation and making information available for consumers on technologies and services. -- Privat	UNICEF

Issue	Africa
Theme	Natural resources management
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Belgium /Government	A multi-approach tool for the volcanic risk management of the Goma region (North Kivu) (GORISK)- “STEREO” programme	The GORISK project is oriented towards the improvement and implementation of techniques dedicated to the study and monitoring of the Nyiragongo.	An important GORISK segment concerns the ground deformations monitoring that are amongst the most important parameters to monitor; it is addressed by both space borne and ground based observations. V

Issue	Africa
Theme	Poverty reduction
Country/Organization Type	Initiative Title	Objectives/Challenges/Constraints	Results/Lessons learned	Key implementation actors/Partners
Intergovernmental Organization	ACP – EU Water Facility	The overall objective is to contribute to poverty reduction and sustainable development through the achievement of the specific Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and World Summit for Sustainable De	The response to the Facility has shown a high and unsatisfied level of demand for this kind of finance. It has demonstrated its added value in allowing new partnerships for investment in infrastructu	ACP countries

Issue	Africa
Theme	Means of implementation
Country/Organization Type	Initiative Title	Objectives/Challenges/Constraints	Results/Lessons learned	Key implementation actors/Partners
Belgium /Government	Agribusiness Development Academy Programme 2005-2009- Project in South Africa	Training of emerging farmers in agribusiness Constraints and challenges: Limited capacity for project implementation if one does not want to count on external consultants only		Department of Agriculture; Limpopo - South Africa

Issue	Africa
Theme	Health priorities
Country/Organization Type	Initiative Title	Objectives/Challenges/Constraints	Results/Lessons learned	Key implementation actors/Partners
Major Groups	Business Alliance Against Chronic Hunger	To reduce hunger in Africa by strengthening specific food value chains through business development and market linkages. Companies implement these solutions in partnership with governments, NGOs, int	Through BAACH, businesses leverage their expertise and capabilities to improve value chains – from production, processing and packaging to retailing and marketing – to increase food supplies, nut	• Unilever • Sealed Air • General Mills • TNT • Nike • Technoserve • The MDG Centre • The Rockefeller Foundation

Issue	Africa Land
Theme	Integrated land management Natural resources management
Country/Organization Type	Initiative Title	Objectives/Challenges/Constraints	Results/Lessons learned	Key implementation actors/Partners
United Republic of Tanzania /Government	Conservation Agriculture for sustainable crop production, Tanzania	Conservation tillage, zero or minimum tillage, is one of the practices that has proved to combat soil degradation efficiently. While millions of hectares of farm land are already under zero tillage i	The advantages of reduced and minimum tillage against conventional mechanical tillage practices are: • Saving farm power and labour requirements due to the elimination of ploughing and the reducti	FAO Tanzania

Issue	Africa Energy for Sustainable Development
Theme	Poverty reduction Increasing access to energy for the poor
Country/Organization Type	Initiative Title	Objectives/Challenges/Constraints	Results/Lessons learned	Key implementation actors/Partners
Intergovernmental Organization	EU Energy Initiative for Poverty Eradication and Sustainable Development	- To contribute to providing the access to energy necessary for the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, particularly that of halving the number of people in extreme poverty by the year 2	The Initiative has been successful in improving coordination, dialogue and synergies and in creating a number of funding and capacity building instruments that contribute to improved energy access.	governments, other international energy initiatives, NEPAD, etc

Issue	Africa Water
Theme	Poverty reduction Natural resources management Integrated Water Resource Management
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland /Government	Efficient water utilization through gravity irrigation, Kianguni, Kenya	The project, through crop production system management, aims at improving access to natural resources; and empowering rural people.	Impacts on natural resource base - Intensive use of land has led to a noticeable increase in the use of organic manures for crop production, improving the soil fertility in the irrigated parts of v	Local organizations: Kianguni self-help group Government institutions: Ministry of Water and Irrigation, Ministry of Gender, Sports and Social Services. Local NGOs: Youth Action For Rural Development (YARD)

Issue	Africa Agriculture Rural development Cross-cutting issue
Theme	Poverty reduction Changing unsustainable patterns of consumption and production Health and sustainable development Health priorities Rural infrastructure and social services Means of implementation related to agriculture Agriculture, hunger and food security Other regional initiatives Means of implementation Rural development and poverty reduction Protecting and managing the natural resource base of economic, social development Natural resources management Sustainable development for Africa Poverty eradication Sustainable development in a globalizing world
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Major Groups	Home-Grown School Feeding around the world	To understand the scope for the development of school food systems that contribute to the economic, social and enironmental goals of sustainable development; to identify the potential of local food	The re-localization of the food system through school food reform has an invaluable contribution to make to achieving the main goals of sustainable development (i.e., more equitable forms of economic	Economic and Social Research Council (UK), British Academy, World Food Programme

Issue	Africa Drought Cross-cutting issue Agriculture Desertification
Theme	Means of implementation related to drought Means of implementation Adaptation to drought Poverty reduction Strategic planning frameworks to combat desertification Poverty eradication Sustainable development for Africa Agriculture, hunger and food security Drought preparedness and early warning
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Major Groups	Livestock - coping with drought in Namibia	To cope with drought in the communal areas and freehold (commercial) farms.	The main lessons learned from dealing with the 1992/93 drought, and from the administration of drought subsidies in previous and subsequent years, are summarised below. 1. An effective early warnin	ODI-Pastoral Development Network

Issue	Africa Rural development Cross-cutting issue
Theme	Rural development and poverty reduction Education Poverty reduction Gender equality Natural resources management Sustainable development for Africa Poverty eradication
Country/Organization Type	Initiative Title	Objectives/Challenges/Constraints	Results/Lessons learned	Key implementation actors/Partners
Major Groups	TREE PLANTING AT YAMERIGA IN UPPER EAST REGION OF GHANA	Returning to Yameriga in 1996 to seek treatment from a herbalist for a long-term illness of her son (perhaps because of the reputation of the nearby Tongo Hills as a centre for herbal remedies), Mary	The experience of the Yameriga women’s tree planting group shows how, with some inspired leadership, and minimal external support, people in northern Ghana can overcome extreme poverty to create ne	Forestry Department, Northern Savanna Biodiversity Conservation Project (NSBCP), EPA.

Issue	Africa Land Agriculture Energy for Sustainable Development Rural development Human Settlements Cross-cutting issue Water Drought Climate Change Desertification Inter-Linkages Sanitation
Theme	Means of implementation related to drought Safe Drinking Water NEPAD and other cooperation frameworks Education Institutional framework for sustainable development Poverty reduction Gender equality Health and sustainable development Mobilizing Financial Resources Information systems on land Means of implementation related to land Means of implementation related to desertification Means of implementation related to agriculture Agriculture, hunger and food security Drought preparedness and early warning Integrated land planning Strategic planning frameworks to combat desertification Natural resources management Desertification and land degradation information systems Carbon sequestration Water Use Efficiency Sustainable development for Africa Integrated planning of sustainable agriculture Means of implementation related to rural development Efforts to reverse or mitigate desertification Integrated land management Job Creation and Enterprise Promotion Means of implementation Domestic and international emissions trading Health priorities Integrated Planning and Decision-Making Integrated Water Resource Management Rural infrastructure and social services Energy and rural development Improving Sanitation Other regional initiatives Greenhouse gas sinks Means of implementation Rural development and poverty reduction Protecting and managing the natural resource base of economic, social development Access to and distribution of land Water Quality, Ecosystem Management, Disaster Prevention Poverty eradication Monitoring and Evaluation Sustainable development in a globalizing world
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Major Groups	The CRSP Program: a problem model approach to capacity building and agricultural development	The goal of the GL-CRSP is to increase food security and improve the quality of life of people in developing countries while bringing an international focus to the research, teaching and extension ef	• Long-term commitment is critical. The GL-CRSP model necessitates a long-term time commitment for projects to enable the generation of knowledge regarding specific development problems and issues	• USAID • USAID Missions • USDA • The GL-CRSP is a USAID funded research and development organization linking US universities with universities, institutions, and organizations in developing countries. Each GL-CRSP project is led by a principal investigator from a major US university. Current partnerships with US universities include, but are not limited to: Texas A&M, Iowa State University, Syracuse, Cornell University, Yale, University of Vermont, University of California Davis, University of California Los Angeles, Utah State University, University of Wyoming, Indiana University, and Purdue University. • Partnerships with universities in developing countries include, but are not limited to: Egerton University, Moi University, University of Ghana, Haromaya University, Hawaassa University, Makerere University, Sokoine University of Agriculture, University of Nairobi, and the Agricultural University of Mongolia • Major partnerships with governmental organizations currently include, but are not limited to: government ministries of health, marketing, agriculture, livestock and fisheries, and agricultural development in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Ghana, and Mongolia; National Parks in Tanzania, and regional and local development commissions and bureaus in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda • Major partnerships with NGOs and Institutions include, but are not limited to: FEWS-NET, First Voice Africa, Food for the Hungry International, IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Center, Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, Mercy Corps Mongolia, Arid Lands Information Network, Farm-Africa, Save the Children-UK, Tanzanian Wildlife Conservation Society, World Food Program, Freedom from Hunger/Ghana, Heifer International, AMPATH, and the World Bank Sustainable Livelihoods Program

Issue	Africa Water Sanitation
Theme	Safe Drinking Water Poverty reduction Improving Sanitation
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Belgium /Government	Water and Sanitation Programme for the deep rural areas in the Sekhukhune district- Project in South Africa	To provide drinking water supply in very remote areas through a participatory approach with local communities	- Limited capacity for project implementation if one does not want to count on external consultants only - Participatory approach with local communities leads to successful water supply where govern	NGO Tsogang via Department of Water and Forestry - South Africa

Issue	Agriculture Cross-cutting issue
Theme	Gender equality Agriculture, hunger and food security
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Major Groups	Agri-Business by poor women integrating livestock-crop systems and Vermi-composting for sustainable agriculture and empowerment	To help improve livelihoods of women farmers To promote organic farming To wipe out myths that women cannot undertake any agri-business Agakhan Rural Support programme (India) provided technical	1.The women learnt to earn income through composting and ways of handling business 2. The women learnt ways of diverting to other ventures for sustenance of livelihoods 3. The women are ‘change	Women farmers from across State and Jambur women group, Farmers’ Training Centres (FTCs)

Issue	Agriculture Africa
Theme	Poverty reduction Integrated planning of sustainable agriculture
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Major Groups	Agricultural Workers and Integrated Production and Pest Management, Uganda	The aim of this initiative is to keep pest populations below economically damaging levels and to restrict pesticide use to amounts that are economically justified and reduce risks to human health and	Innovative elements - The practice gives agricultural workers knowledge and skills on IPPM so that when instructed by an employer or manager to use a pesticide, they can suggest alternative IPPM tech	Global Pesticide Project Swedish Trade Unions, Global IPM Facility IGOs: IUF and Global Integrated Pest Management Facility Research Institution: CABI Bioscience

Issue	Agriculture Africa
Theme	Poverty reduction Means of implementation related to agriculture
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Major Groups	An integrated approach – gender sensitization workshops and training on access to technology - for shea butter extraction for Gbimsi women in Ghana	.To promote small-scale industrialization 2.To generate income to support and to sustain the livelihoods of women 3. To transfer appropriate technology to small-scale industrialist through traini	1 Dealing with a completely illiterate group was a major obstacle at the initial stages but the frequent organization of gender training sessions helped to boost the confidence of the women, which co	Villinkrikri group of Gbimsi

Issue	Agriculture
Theme	Integrated planning of sustainable agriculture
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Germany /Government	Biocontrol-based IPM for the Diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella), Eastern and Southern Africa	Cabbage is one of the most important vegetables grown in East Africa. It provides necessary dietary vitamins and minerals in a maize-based diet and generates substantial income for the producers and	In spite of long-lasting efforts to improve DBM management through biological means, long-term studies of the impact of its parasitoids are scarce. In many biological control projects, very little o	German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)

Issue	Agriculture Africa
Theme	Natural resources management Agriculture, hunger and food security Integrated planning of sustainable agriculture
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Intergovernmental Organization	Biocontrol-based IPM for the Diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella), Eastern and Southern Africa	The objective of this project is to introduce biological control scheme of DBM which avoids the environmental and human health costs, as an important alternative to synthetic pesticides. To develop	In spite of long-lasting efforts to improve DBM management through biological means, long-term studies of the impact of its parasitoids are scarce. In this project, observations on DBM and the local	Donor German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) NGOs: International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE)

Issue	Agriculture Drought
Theme	Adaptation to drought Agriculture, hunger and food security Integrated planning of sustainable agriculture
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Kenya /Government	Conservation agriculture for smallholder farmers in dryland areas, Laikipia District, Kenya	The goal of Conservation Agriculture(CA) is to maintain and improve crop yields and resilience against drought and other hazards, while at the same time protect and stimulate the biological function	• Dolichos lab used in CA as a source of soil cover was highly adopted by small scale farmers in the district. This was due to the fact that apart from the property of fixing Nitrogen in the soil,	German Trust Fund Ministry of Agriculture (Kenya) FAO

Issue	Agriculture Land Rural development
Theme	Integrated land management Integrated land planning Natural resources management Agriculture, hunger and food security Integrated planning of sustainable agriculture
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Major Groups	Conservation farming in Zambia	These practices aim to improve soil structure and water retention and reduce the need for chemical fertilizers while at the same time increasing crop yield.	Input supply and credit necessary for smallholders. Extension support is needed, as well as labor management, weed control, credit and input availability for further expansion. Careful planning will	Farmers Union (ZNFU) and Conservation farming unit (CFU) GART for research, Dunavant Cotton Co. Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries (MAFF)International Food Policy Research Centre (IFPRI) The Cooperative League of the USA (CLUSA), and the Land Management and Conservation Farming (LMCF)

Issue	Agriculture
Theme	Agriculture, hunger and food security
Country/Organization Type	Initiative Title	Objectives/Challenges/Constraints	Results/Lessons learned	Key implementation actors/Partners
Mexico /Government	Cross-cuting agenda, Agriculture - Environment	To incorporate the environmental dimension in the areas of action and the programs of promotion for the agricultural and fishing production in order to advance in sustainable development improving	Building basic agreements and explicit commitments between different Secretariats and entities of the federal and state governments has proven to be a valuable tool in order to obtain measurable resu	SECRETARÍA DE AGRICULTURA, GANADERÍA, DESARROLLO RURAL, PESCA Y ALIMENTACIÓN (SAGARPA) Y SUS ORGANISMOS SECTORIZADOS

Issue	Agriculture
Theme	Agriculture, hunger and food security
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Belgium /Government	Empowerment for food security 2005-2009- Project in South Africa	Enhancing food security at household level through: 1. increase of agricultural production, storage and preservation 2. improved food diversification 3. improved income 4. improved food distribut	1. Strong focus on household level 2. All agricultural activities with strong emphasis on sustainable natural resources management 3. Use of local facilitators instead of external consultants 4. J	Department of Agriculture and Environmental Affairs, Kwazulu Natal – South Africa

Issue	Agriculture Land
Theme	Integrated land management Integrated planning of sustainable agriculture
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Intergovernmental Organization	Genetic and ecosystem biodiversity programme	- Conserving and restoring natural spaces and the agricultural landscape and to create an environment favourable to the survival and reproduction of wild flora and fauna on land withdrawn from produc	When arable production ceases, it must be for a minimum of 20 years so as to create : - Habitats for wild fauna and flora - Variously structured natural environments protected - Reduced	great stakeholder consultations, local participation

Issue	Agriculture
Theme	Agriculture, hunger and food security Integrated planning of sustainable agriculture
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Belgium /Government	Global Monitoring for Food Security (GMFS)	GMFS aims to provide earth observation based services and encourage partnerships in monitoring Food Security and related environmental processes in Africa, by concerting efforts to bring data and inf		Participation: PPS Science Policy Funding: European Space Agency (ESA)

Issue	Agriculture
Theme	Agriculture, hunger and food security
Country/Organization Type	Initiative Title	Objectives/Challenges/Constraints	Results/Lessons learned	Key implementation actors/Partners
Major Groups	Honduran farmer school	Several Farmer Schools was organized by ANAFAE to promote practical application of research for ecological agriculture and best practices and learning among participating partners. In order to gradua	Proper capacity building for the right groups can catalyze appropriate processes for development. The Farmer Field Schools have proven to be a reliable and practical mechanism to achieve results in r	FIPAH, Asociación de CIALES • World Vision • APAS, Asociación de Productores Agropecuarios de la Sierra • COMUCAP, Cooperativa de Mujeres • Vecinos Mundiales • CTSAR, Centro Técnico San Alonzo Rodríguez • CONAGRO, Consultores Agropecuarios • ADROH, Asociación para el Desarrollo de Occidente • ACAN, Asociación Campesina Nacional • CEASO, Centro de Enseñanza-Aprendizaje El Socorro Pastoral Social – Cáritas Comayagua Participatory Research in Central America (IPCA)

Issue	Agriculture
Theme	Agriculture, hunger and food security
Country/Organization Type	Initiative Title	Objectives/Challenges/Constraints	Results/Lessons learned	Key implementation actors/Partners
Belgium /Government	Improving Food Security and Nutrition Policies and Programme Outreach- Project in Malawi	The project aims not only at improving food security but also the nutrition situation of approximately 29,000 food insecure households in two districts in Malawi, Kasungu and Mzimba.		Malawian Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security Ministry of Irrigation and Water Development Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development Department of Nutrition and HIV and AIDS UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Issue	Agriculture Cross-cutting issue Rural development
Theme	Education Gender equality Means of implementation related to agriculture Means of implementation related to rural development
Country/Organization Type	Initiative Title	Objectives/Challenges/Constraints	Results/Lessons learned	Key implementation actors/Partners
Major Groups	Internet-based Information Resource Centre for women, Uganda	The goal was to empower small-scale entrepreneurs. WIRES provides online information on animal rearing, crop growing, trade, and women's issues, and each subject area covers best practices, market pr	CEEWA-Uganda employs local people to manage the telecentres and provides computer-training courses on CD-ROM. So far women have been using the telecentres primarily to communicate with other entrepre	The Council for the Economic Empowerment for Women of Africa (CEEWA) - Uganda Chapter, which is affiliated with the Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET).

Issue	Agriculture Rural development Cross-cutting issue
Theme	Means of implementation Natural resources management Poverty eradication Means of implementation related to agriculture Agriculture, hunger and food security Sustainable development in a globalizing world Integrated planning of sustainable agriculture Means of implementation related to rural development
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Canada /Government	Modernizing Agrifood Markets : Including Small Producers in Dynamic Markets	Regoverning Markets is a multi-partner collaborative research programme analyzing the growing concentration in the processing and retail sectors of national and regional agrifood systems and its impa	The extent of market restructuring Market restructuring may be fast but it is not linear and can be patchy and uneven. Drivers (FDI, urbanization, etc) interact in very unpredictable ways. Substan	Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary (Csaba Csaki) Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy (CCAP), China (Jikun Huang) Tegemeo Institute of Egerton University, Kenya (James Nyoro) Akdeniz University, Turkey (Ali Koç) Latin American Centre for Rural Development (RIMISP), Chile (Julio Berdegué) Targa-Aide, Morocco and Institut Agronomique et Vétérinaire Hassan II, Morocco (Abdelaziz Sbai) Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI), Pakistan (Abid Suleri) University of the Philippines Mindanao, the Philippines (Larry Digal) University of Pretoria, South Africa (Andre Louw) Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (CIRAD), France (Estelle Biénabe)

Issue	Agriculture
Theme	Agriculture, hunger and food security
Country/Organization Type	Initiative Title	Objectives/Challenges/Constraints	Results/Lessons learned	Key implementation actors/Partners
Australia /Government	Signposts for Australian Agriculture	The Signposts for Australian Agriculture project looks at the role of agriculture in natural resource management, economic growth and community life. Signposts aims to develop a framework for consist	One of the key challenges in designing and implementing Signposts has been the availability and comparability of data. In some instances key components of data were unavailable and in others time-fra	Signposts for Australian Agriculture is a collaborative project involving the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, its Bureau of Rural Sciences (BRS) and the Rural Research and Development Corporations (RDCs). The project is managed by the National Land & Water Resources Audit (the Audit) and draws upon advice and data from RDCs, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), the Australian Bureau of Agriculture and Resource Economics (ABARE), and state and territory agencies and industry bodies.

Issue	Agriculture
Theme	Agriculture, hunger and food security
Country/Organization Type	Initiative Title	Objectives/Challenges/Constraints	Results/Lessons learned	Key implementation actors/Partners
United States of America /Government	Small holder common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) seed production, Malawi	CRSP’s program aimed at making seeds of improved bean varieties more readily available to smallholder farmers. This was achieved by involving them in seed multiplication. The program targeted low i	Impacts on livelihood of the practice users - Actual: Seventeen farmers around Bunda College of Agriculture received a total of 352 Kg of seeds and harvested 3607 Kg, increasing the amount tenfold.	Research Institution: CRSP at Faculty of Development Studies, Bunda College of Agriculture, Lilongwe, Malawi Government Institution: Seed Inspection Unit of the Ministry of Agriculture NGOs: Total Land Care, Concern Universal, Action Aid

Issue	Agriculture
Theme	Means of implementation related to agriculture Agriculture, hunger and food security
Country/Organization Type	Initiative Title	Objectives/Challenges/Constraints	Results/Lessons learned	Key implementation actors/Partners
Major Groups	Use of genetic resources to promote sustainable rural livelihood in South Africa	The objectives are to: - Generate understanding of agrobiodiversity policy issues and experiences in South Africa. - Raise awareness of the value of indigenous resources in promoting rural liveliho	The value of many indigenous breeds, e.g. marginalized and neglected livestock breeds, must be recognized	The World Conservation Union is the world’s largest and most important conservation network. The Union brings together 83 States, 110 government agencies, more than 800 non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and some 10,000 scientists and experts from 181 countries in a unique worldwide partnership.

Issue	Agriculture
Theme	Agriculture, hunger and food security
Country/Organization Type	Initiative Title	Objectives/Challenges/Constraints	Results/Lessons learned	Key implementation actors/Partners
Major Groups	Zinc fertilizer boosts yields and public health in Central Anatolia	• Actively promote efficient and responsible production and use of plant nutrients to maintain and increase agricultural production worldwide in a sustainable manner. • Improve the operating en	The Turkish farmers were able to increased the use of the zinc-fortified fertilizer per year within a few short years	Toros Agri Industry and Trade Company

Issue	Air pollution/Atmosphere
Theme	Reducing health risks from air pollutants
Country/Organization Type	Initiative Title	Objectives/Challenges/Constraints	Results/Lessons learned	Key implementation actors/Partners
Canada /Government	Acid Rain	Canada is currently addressing acidification as a long term problem needing a long term solution that will protect ecosystems from damage due to acidification and enable recovery of ecosystem structu	Canada has made remarkable progress over four decades in assessing acidification impacts and reducing acidifying emissions: a) important advances in scientific understanding since the 1960s b) broa	Industry and Industry Associations Environment Canada

Issue	Air pollution/Atmosphere
Theme	Policies and programmes to address air pollution from other major point sources
Country/Organization Type	Initiative Title	Objectives/Challenges/Constraints	Results/Lessons learned	Key implementation actors/Partners
Thailand /Government	Air Pollution Management focusing on Sulfur Dioxide over the Last Ten Years in Mae Moh	1) To reduce Sulfur Dioxide in ground level at Mae Moh area; 2) To reduce Sulfur Dioxide emission from Mae Moh power plant.		Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) US EPA Local people Local government agency Department of health, Ministry of Public Health USAID

Issue	Air pollution/Atmosphere
Theme	Monitoring of atmospheric conditions
Country/Organization Type	Initiative Title	Objectives/Challenges/Constraints	Results/Lessons learned	Key implementation actors/Partners
Bahrain /Government	Air Quality Monitoring Programme	1) To monitoring of atmospheric pollutant at different number of geographical locations in Kingdom of Bahrain; 2) To generate daily, weekly, monthly and annually ambient air quality reports; 3) To ut

Issue	Air pollution/Atmosphere
Theme	Policies and programmes to address air pollution from other major point sources
Country/Organization Type	Initiative Title	Objectives/Challenges/Constraints	Results/Lessons learned	Key implementation actors/Partners
Mexico /Government	Air quality improvement programmes (Programas para mejorar la calidad del aire)	1) To introduce low sulfur fuels for cleaner transportation; 2) To introduce massive public transportation systems (urban and inter-urban); 3) To reduce emissions from power plants and refinery i	Policy integration Need for science based decisions	Local NGOs Industry Local environmental authorities private transport

Issue	Air pollution/Atmosphere
Theme	Reducing health risks from air pollutants
Country/Organization Type	Initiative Title	Objectives/Challenges/Constraints	Results/Lessons learned	Key implementation actors/Partners
United States of America /Government	BenMAP International Model to Estimate Health Benefits of Air Quality Improvements	1) To reduce health risks from air pollutants; 2) To address air pollution from transportation and major industrial sources (as well as non-point or area sources; 3) To introduce health risk asses	It is important to emphasize follow-up after training sessions to support case study applications of the model.	private consultants research institutes academic institutions Governments (national and regional)

Issue	Air pollution/Atmosphere
Theme	Reducing health risks from air pollutants
Country/Organization Type	Initiative Title	Objectives/Challenges/Constraints	Results/Lessons learned	Key implementation actors/Partners
Sweden /Government	Biofuels Health and Environment (BHM)	To characterize emisions from different biofuel heating equipment.	Important conclusions have been to demonstrate the benefits of using modern low emission type wood stoves or wood pellet burners compared to traditional wood boilers currently used. Other important