Faltam dois dias para a abertura da 40° Expointer, a maior feira de animais, máquinas, implementos e produtos agrícolas a céu aberto da América Latina. A Secretaria Especial de Agricultura Familiar do Desenvolvimento Agrário (Sead) levará para o evento sabores e belezas da agricultura familiar, em incentivo à comercialização dos...

El Foro Regional Desarrollo Rural Territorial, Igualdad y Equidad de Género, así, como la presentación de buenas prácticas para el avance de las mujeres rurales centroamericanas y dominicanas, en autonomía económica, permitieron no solo un espacio de disertación, discusión y propuestas novedosas, sino también, empoderar a distintas representantes de diversos...

Over the course of 2017, the International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems (IPES-Food) will seek to support and stimulate an open reflection on the future of agricultural development in West Africa. While industrial agriculture and ‘Green Revolution’ approaches promise short-term increases in productivity, they are yet to provide...

El período 1946-55, bajo la primera y segunda presidencia de J. D. Perón, fue el momento de mayor institucionalización del cooperativismo agrario pampeano. Estas instituciones transformaron el campo de la comercialización de cereales eliminando al intermediario y ocupando su lugar. Paralelamente, transformaron a los productores asociados y sus familias, conformándose...

This online guide for trainers and facilitators in Civil Society Organizations presents a methodology and a set of materials to enhance capacities on the “Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the context of National Food security”. It is based on “A learning...

Two-thirds of the caught fish that humans eat are taken by small-scale fishers, many using canoes carved from logs or stationary beach seine nets such as the rampani that dot India's eastern coast.Far from being relics of a bygone age, small-scale fisheries technologies and practices are usually well adapted to the ecological...

La consommation de produits certifiés n'est plus l'apanage des pays développés. Au Kenya, les premiers marchés biologiques sont apparus à Nairobi en 2006. Ils sont approvisionnés par des maraîchers, confrontés à une diversité de défis : construire une certification biologique crédible, garantir la fraîcheur des produits et composer avec l'hétérogénéité...

Del 15 al 19 de Mayo se celebro en Ginebra la cuarta sesión del Grupo de trabajo intergubernamental de composición abierta (GTA) sobre la declaración de la ONU para los derechos de los campesinos y de otras personas que trabajan en las zonas rurales. Según FIAN internacional, el debate sobre la...

La Plataforma Nacional de Suelos es una instancia de intercambio de experiencias en Agricultura Sostenible, que son promovidas por un conjunto de instituciones comprometidas que implementan proyectos orientados a mejorar las condiciones de vida, con el protagonismo de la gente que sufre desventajas. 

Agriculture in Senegal is predominantly rain-fed and so erratic weather patterns present an everincreasing risk to smallholder farmers across the country. Late onset of rain can lead to a reduced growing season; unexpected torrential rain and flash-flooding can lead to farmers losing scarce resources of seed, other farm inputs and...

A first atlas to offer a better understanding of complex rural migration patterns in sub-Saharan Africa has been published today. The atlas – Rural Africa in motion. Dynamics and drivers of migration south of the Sahara – also highlights the important role rural areas will continue to play in shaping the continent’s migration for decades...

El Programa Red de Tiendas Mundo Rural busca visibilizar la Agricultura Familiar Campesina (AFC), así como también poner en valor sus productos, mediante la comercialización de éstos. En cada una de las tiendas Mundo Rural, su administrador asume un rol protagónico, construyendo un puente entre el proveedor de la agricultura...

The RASFF was put in place to provide food and feed control authorities with an effective tool to exchange information about measures taken responding to serious risks detected in relation to food or feed. This exchange of information helps Member States to act more rapidly and in a coordinated manner...

As the general theme for 42nd Annual Meeting of the Islamic Development Bank Group (IsDB) is about “Youth”, the International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA) and IsDB will co-organize a seminar titled Young Arab Women Scientists Leadership in MENA Region – Tamkeen. The seminar will highlight the outcomes of Phase-I...

A agricultora familiar Selene Hammer Tesch foi homenageada pela Assembleia Legislativa do Espírito Santo por ser embaixadora da campanha #MulheresRurais, mulheres com direitos na região Sudeste do país. A iniciativa, que é uma ação internacional e, no Brasil, coordenada pela Secretaria Especial de Agricultura Familiar e do Desenvolvimento Agrário (Sead), foi apresentada...

Comment court-circuiter le modèle classique de distribution alimentaire ? En implantant des circuits courts, répondent les citoyens et les paysans convaincus de la portée politique que représente l’acte de manger. Échange entre Aimée Serve-Gorce, arboricultrice bio, Marion Tournand-Ponson, d’AlterConso, Thibaut Duez, de l’épicerie lyonnaise De l’autre côté de la rue, Geneviève...

The demand, consumption patterns, consumers’ engagement and perceptions of food are changing and diversifying. A growing part of consumers become more interested in how their food is grown, processed and brought to market. The consumption of meat and dairy products per capita is decreasing in most European countries, with differences according to...

A estudante Natália dos Santos, de 22 anos, mora na comunidade Água Branca, município de Manaus. Filha de agricultor familiar, ela tem um sonho: aprender sobre gastronomia. O pai, Nerivaldo dos Santos, de 46 anos, incentiva a filha, principalmente, por entender a importância do conhecimento no setor de alimentos. Natália,...

Introductory Speech at 3rd EU Fi-compass Conference on Financial Instruments for Agriculture and Rural Development

Rapidly increasing on-farm biodiversity is a matter of urgency in an era of climate change. Farmers often have limited access to genetic resources. Not only do they need greater access to the genetic material in research stations and gene banks, they also need to collaborate with scientists who are willing...