Keynote speech by Elizabeth Henderson at the Future Harvest CASA’s “Cultivate the Chesapeake Foodshed” conference, January 14, 2017 

The abject working conditions of the shellfish fisherwomen on the Paraná coast of Brazil call for a revaluation of their work to guarantee them rights and benefits

El análisis conjunto de 50 estudios de caso en 22 países africanos muestra la contribución de la agroecología al logro de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) de las Naciones Unidas. Las tendencias que revela este análisis evidencian el potencial de la agroecología para fortalecer, de manera sostenible, la soberanía...

¿Qué es el Sistema Integrado de Producciones Agroecológicas (SIPA) y por qué surge como una propuesta institucional? Los problemas y las consecuencias que resultan de la implementación de la agricultura convencional -modernizante comercial representan nuevos retos en el ámbito del desarrollo rural contemporáneo, y ello no se puede desligar del...

We are women and men, farmers, Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) activists, agronomists, agro-ecologists, agro-ecology trainers, Food Sovereignty activists, Civil Society actors from 7 different countries in West Africa. We come from Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Mali, Senegal and Togo. Over and above the current extraordinary social and economic...

The various forms of exploitation of migrant wage-workers occurring predominantly in the agricultural sector in Europe can’t leave us indifferent. Nor can the repression and violence of States and European institutions in response to the massive migratory flows engendered by socioeconomic, climatic and political destabilization in many countries. In this...

Certain regulatory changes went in a different direction. The first of EU discard plans, applicable for the Baltic Sea and adopted in late 2014, temporarily decreased the minimum conservation reference size (MCRS) for cod from 38 to 35 cm until the end of 2017. One of the reasons cited by...

This newsletter provides information on the FAO project: “Strengthening Linkages between Buyers and Small Actors in the Roots and Tubers Sector in Africa” (ART) Project, which may be of interest to you. The newsletter is a core tool for knowledge sharing among members of the project.  In this issue our...

Este documento se desarrolla en el marco del proyecto “Jóvenes Rurales, Territorios y oportunidades: Una estrategia de diálogo de políticas” de RIMISP, Centro Latinoamericano de Desarrollo Rural. El proyecto tiene la finalidad de contribuir a mejorar la calidad de las estrategias, políticas e inversiones dirigidas hacia la juventud rural y...

At the 2017 Pêcheurs du Monde film festival several prizes were awarded to various films from around the world. Among them was one titled Floating Life, by the Indian director Haobam Paban Kumar, which won the Chandrika Sharma Award, instituted in honour of Chandrika Sharma, Executive Secretary of the International...

El Seminario Regional Agenda 2030, mecanismos inclusivos: Realidades y posibilidades con el Sector Privado Rural busca ampliar y enriquecer el diálogo sobre políticas públicas que ha alcanzado la Reunión Especializada de Agricultura Familiar del Mercosur(REAF), con la intención de identificar políticas públicas apropiadas para lograr el adecuado abastecimiento de la población (en cantidad,...

Desde el 14-09-17 hasta el 14-09-18  / Modalidad: Autoaprendizaje La Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO) y la Organización Internacional del Trabajo (OIT) les dan la cordial bienvenida al curso virtual “Poner fin al trabajo infantil en la agricultura”, que les permitirá conocer formas de evaluación y generación de...

Yangon, Myanmar – Ko Phyo lives in Bagan Taung village, Thanlyin, Yangon Region, Myanmar. In 2015, he attended a two-week farmer empowerment training conducted by the AFFM (Agriculture and Farmer Federation of Myanmar) where he learned natural resources management, organic agriculture, compost-making, and mushroom-growing. “I don’t have any training or resources...

Sixty Georgian farmers now own modern facilities for smoked ham and pig production, along with up-to-date agricultural tools and equipment. Wine makers, mushroom producers, beekeepers and woodworkers who specialize in making agricultural tools are also among the beneficiaries of an FAO rural development project, financed by the Government of Austria. The...

Este Informe País aporta datos fundamentales para tener en cuenta en cualquier tipo de discusión, proyecto o iniciativa que implique a las mujeres rurales de Nicaragua, a la vez que propone recomendaciones puntuales para la garantía de sus derechos. Los Informes País sobre la situación de las mujeres rurales son una...

Acoustic protection for marine mammals: new warning device PAL

Soils are a non-renewable resource on which 95% of our food supply depends. Short-sighted chemical fertilizer applications in conventional farming are depleting soils at an alarming rate. Instead of using potent chemicals that degrade soil, organic farmers continuously give back to the soil, maintaining soil health and fertility for future...

En la actualidad, se encuentran diferentes estudios de caducifolios, y en este caso de durazno en temas como producción, cosecha, poscosecha, mercados. Sin embargo al desarrollar la formulación de los proyectos de inversión, no se conoce el comportamiento del precio de la fruta en los últimos años, en los mercados...

Coordenada pela Secretaria Especial de Agricultura Familiar e do Desenvolvimento Agrário (Sead), campanha segue até o dia 15 de outubro, Dia Internacional da Mulher Rural O Brasil Rural desta segunda-feira (9) entrevistou a consultora da assessoria internacional da Secretaria Especial de Agricultura Familiar e Desenvolvimento Agrário (Sead) e ponto focal de...

Organic farmer, author, and educator Jean-Martin Fortier hosts a workshop at ASU on profitable small-scale farming. This event was made possible by ASU's Food Systems Transformation Initiative in collaboration with University of Arizona Cooperative Extension, Steadfast Farm and National Young Farmer's Coalition.