Smallholder farmers particularly in climate vulnerable developing countries such as Myanmar face challenges related to food security and climate change. Research has increasingly pointed toward agro-ecology as a movement with the science and approach suitable to building the resilience of smallholder farmers. Since 2014, the Myanmar Institute for Integrated Development...

Members of an Irish discussion group recently travelled to France to study the way farmers co-operate and pool resources there.

Small-scale fisheries, which catch two-thirds of the fish consumed by humans, often struggle with regulatory frameworks tailored to large commercial fleets, according to a new UN agriculture agency book urging policy coherence.

Developing agriculture, forestry and natural resource management to enhance rural development are important components of a four-year cooperation agreement signed here today between Belarus and FAO. The FAO Country Programming Framework for the Republic of Belarus was signed in a ceremony at the Ministry of Agriculture by Deputy Minister of Agriculture...

La REDSIAL México se distingue por la vocación de sus miembros de estudiar la acción social y las instituciones en torno a los alimentos originarios, típicos o artesanales de calidad como una alternativa para sustentar propuestas de solución a la pobreza rural y a los problemas de la seguridad alimentaria...

El actual modelo de los agronegocios se caracteriza por la concentración económica, la expansión monoproductivista, el acceso a una mayor cantidad de tierras para capitales foráneos de carácter especulativo. En consecuencia, se produce el desarraigo de miles de pequeños y medianos agricultores, que aún están afianzados a su terreno, con...

No Brasil, assim como no restante do mundo, os bancos de germoplasma, unidades que armazenam recursos genéticos de plantas, não constituem instrumentos de conservação da agrobiodiversidade se não estiverem associados a outras ações de preservação que levem em conta o papel das populações tradicionais e os seus sistemas de cultivo. Os...

O governo deu o primeiro passo rumo ao objetivo de restaurar e reflorestar 12 milhões de hectares de florestas até 2030, compromisso acertado nas negociações do Acordo de Paris, em 2015. Editou na semana passada o decreto 8972, que cria a Política Nacional de Recuperação da Vegetação Nativa, a Proveg....

El presente manual es una guía para los Proveedores Agricultura Familiar Campesina de las Tiendas Mundo Rural (TMR), que busca entregar elementos necesarios a la hora de comprometerse a ser proveedor y de cómo crear relaciones transparentes y saludables con los administradores TMR. El manual entrega elementos para los proveedores campesinos...

TBTI is planning to organize two special sessions at the 11th Asian Fisheries and Aquaculture Forum, which will be held on August 3-7, in Bangkok, Thailand. The theme of the 11th AFAF is ASEAN Seafood for the World & Asian Food Security for the World. Presentations and discussion will be...

A história desse café está ligada à luta diária das mulheres do campo, embora em seu cheiro e gosto predomine a doçura dos grãos selecionados, que o torna diferente e especial. Plantado e colhido no Sul de Minas Gerais, o Café Familiar da Terra – Orgânico Feminino deu voz a...

El presente boletín informa periodicamente sobre las actividades, eventos y logros alcanzados por los participantes en los proyectos ejecutados con el apoyo de FAO El Salvador. En esta edición, encontrará interesantes artículos: Familias recibieron sistemas de cosecha y almacenamiento de agua FAO fortalece la agricultura familiar para garantizar la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional Experiencia...

This edition of the EAFRD Projects Brochure is on the theme of ‘Supporting Rural Business’. The title reflects an interpretation that focuses not only on supporting individual rural businesses, but on helping to create the kind of enabling environment that can allow businesses to be set up, to develop and...

L'aquaculture contribue aujourd'hui pour environ 50 % à l'approvisionnement en ressources aquatiques destinées à la consommation humaine et cette part est amenée à s'accroître à l'avenir compte tenu de la stagnation des captures liées à la pêche. Si un certain nombre de travaux ont été effectués en vue d'évaluer l'impact...

Com o apoio do Programa de Subvenção ao Prêmio do Seguro Rural (PSR), 420 mil produtores tiverem acesso a indenizações entre 2006 e 2015. Com isso, 52 milhões de hectares de culturas de soja, trigo, milho, maçã e uva foram protegidos pelo programa. Ao todo, R$ 2,92 bilhões foram pagos em...

When the world food crisis exploded in 2007–2008, international prices of all major food commodities reached their highest level in nearly 30 years, pushing the number of people living in hunger to one billion, and compromising the human right to adequate food and nutrition of many more. The ‘crisis’—which many...

These guidelines have been prepared by IFOAM-Organics International as part of the Global Policy Toolkit on Public Support to Organic Agriculture. It makes political sense to support organic agriculture, as it contributes in many ways to the welfare of society and to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. It is also...

Interview with Joana Rodrigues Mousinho, 61, fisherwoman, fisher representative and member of the National Articulation of Fisherwomen (ANP) and the Movement of Fishermen and Fisherwomen (MPP), Itapissuma, Pernambuco, Brazil.

Well-designed dairy development programmes can improve the income and nutrition of poor households, as well as providing decent employment in milk processing and marketing. A review of evidence on the importance of livestock for women argued that despite two-thirds of the world's poor livestock keepers being women, little research has...

Environmental protection and human food security co-exist in a critical balance, one that is often difficult to get right. The pressures of population rise, farming intensification, and loss of habitats and species mean that protections afforded under the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy are pivotal to the conservation of agri-ecology. In...