O Programa Nacional de Fortalecimento da Agricultura Familiar na modalidade Floresta (Pronaf Floresta) é um dos principais meios de financiamento para o produtor que quer investir em sistemas agroflorestais. Na safra 2015/2016, cerca de 3,5 mil agricultores familiares contrataram R$ 60 milhões pela linha Pronaf Floresta em todo o país.  Voltado à...

Le Baromètre des agricultures familiales traite des enjeux qui touchent les agricultures familiales et auxquelles les agricultures familiales répondent. Il investigue la transition vers des systèmes alimentaires durables, qui permettraient d’assurer la sécurité alimentaire de toutes et tous, aujourd’hui et demain.

Você sabia que a agricultura familiar, além de abastecer a mesa de milhões de brasileiros, também está ajudando a alimentar quem muitas vezes não tem condições financeiras para isso? O Programa de Aquisição de Alimentos (PAA) garante o atendimento de populações em situação de insegurança alimentar e nutricional, e ainda...

The Brazilian Semiarid is no longer that place of extreme poverty, of the bucket of water in the head, of the rural exodus. Combating drought gives way to coexistence with a region and well-being. A new scenario shows itself to be prosperous in the colors of the fruits of the...

This course has been developed in response to the concerns about increasing large-scale land acquisitions and the need to increase investment in agriculture. The objective is to provide guidance to government authorities engaged in investment promotion, approval, and monitoring activities at all stages of the investment cycle.

Darragh Flynn (27) started the Happy Pear Living Foods Farm 4 years ago in 2009. He now grows wheatgrass and many different types of sprouts, like beans, sunflower, chickpeas, alfafa, leaks, etc. Darragh delivers all over Ireland and shows us that even without land, it is possible to set up...

CEJA has officially launched the online survey “European Young Farmers: Building a sustainable sector” to hear young farmers’ opinions on farm sustainability to create a better future for young farmers across Europe.  The survey is open to all young farmers across Europe and aims to understand the needs of young farmers...

The Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) programme, launched as an initiative of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in 2002, provides international recognition to important traditional agricultural systems (including forestry and fisheries) which conserve agrobiodiversity, indigenous knowledge, culture heritage and agricultural landscapes. Today (as of August 2017), there...

The main cause of food insecurity for many communal households in Zimbabwe is their reliance upon a form of subsistence-based agriculture which is dependent on a limited range of inputs often poorly suited to local conditions. The current agricultural system prioritizes monocropping and grain yield over other factors of food...

This fourth edition of Agrinnovation magazine gives you a round-up of EIP-AGRI news, events and stories from the past year. With food production and short supply chains as its main theme, this edition includes inspirational ideas from Greece, Estonia, Poland, the UK and many more. It also covers opportunities under...

More flexibility to European Union (EU) countries to support young farmers, more ecological focus areas, more support for farmers facing income losses – these were just some of the proposed improvements to EU agri-food policy agreed by EU member states on 16 October 2017. The changes to the four main regulations governing...

The Voluntary Guidelines on Governance of Tenure state that responsible investments should do no harm, and safeguard against dispossession of legitimate tenure right holders. They also embody international legal provisions requiring the Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) from Indigenous Peoples to any project that may affect them. This course...

The South-South Cooperation Forum held at Park Village Hotel, Kathmandu, Nepal on 14-16 December 2017 was a success with over 70 participants consisting of farmer leaders, representatives of farmers’ and fishers’ organizations, government officials, scholars from South Asian countries as well as international development partners in attendance. South Asian Association for...

Agricultural land is a precious good and a special asset. It is essential for food, feed and energy production, and the delivery of public goods. It remains a matter within the competency of each Member State of the European Union on a national level. Yet, the acquisition of farmland and...

Minority Rights Group International (MRG) wholeheartedly applauds an historic judgment from the African Court of Human and Peoples Rights in Arusha today in favour of the Ogiek community of Kenya. Following an eight-year legal battle, the Court found that the Kenyan government violated seven separate articles of the African Charter in a land rights...

The newsletter of May 2017 includes: Latest report by the European Court of Auditors confirms lack of transparency in the allocation of fishing opportunities LIFE members from Finland, France, Denmark and LIFE staff as ambassadors of European small-scale fisheries at the event organized by Slow Food in Genoa (Italy) Other news from around...

The report outlines the results of an EU-wide survey among young farmers carried out by CEJA and DeLaval in all Member States. Based on a questionnaire, the objective was to discover the opinion of young farmers in relation to the sustainability of the agricultural sector, together with the challenges they...

The purpose of this publication is to illustrate how the consistent and sustained work of the Organization on gender equality contributes to addressing the challenges facing food security, agriculture and rural development. Each chapter highlights the relevance of gender equality and women’s empowerment to achieving FAO’s strategic Programme, and describes...

The study “Mapping and analysis of the implementation of the CAP” has three main objectives: (1) to map the implementation of the CAP by the 28 Member States, focusing on their implementation choices, the motivation for these choices and the importance attached to the three CAP general objectives; (2) to...

Mais de 1 milhão de famílias vivem em 9.332 assentamentos espalhados pelo Brasil. Cerca de 85%, no entanto, ainda não têm o título da terra. O secretário Especial de Agricultura Familiar e do Desenvolvimento Agrário, José Ricardo Roseno, explica que a falta da documentação dificulta o acesso dos agricultores às...