O Dia de Campo na TV apresenta uma ferramenta que ajuda produtores e técnicos nas avaliações econômico-financeiras de espécies frutíferas de clima temperado, como ameixa, maçã, caqui, morango, pera, pêssego e uva. É o GestFrut que usa informações que vão desde a produção no campo até a pós-colheita. O Sistema GestFrut...

En 2008, le Maroc a adopté le Plan Maroc Vert, qui vise à faire de l’agriculture un des moteurs de croissance de l’économie nationale dans les quinze prochaines années. Pour atteindre ses objectifs ambitieux, le Plan Maroc Vert cible les exploitations familiales de petite et moyenne taille et les exploitations...

A ministerial conference on Mediterranean fisheries is organized in Malta on 29-30 March 2017 to adopt a common declaration (Malta MedFish4Ever Declaration) on the future of Mediterranean fisheries. The event consists of a Stakeholder roundtable, a launching meeting, a ministerial conference meeting and a ceremony for the signature of the...

The EAFRD Project Examples brochure forms part of a series of ENRD publications that help encourage information exchange. Each edition of the brochure features different types of projects that have received RDP co-finance from the EAFRD.  This edition of the EAFRD Projects Brochure focuses on the topic of ‘Transition to Greener...

On the 5 – 8 of April, FAO hosted for the first time a meeting with the Global Indigenous Youth Caucus (GIYC), with fifteen participants across seven world regions visiting its headquarters in Rome to discuss partnerships between FAO and indigenous youth worldwide. By the end of the meeting, the indigenous...

In Zambia, FAO has stepped up its efforts to promote sustainable innovative practices and principles of agricultural production and post-production processes. One of the main factors driving this initiative is integrated programming. Winston is one of over 20 000 contact farmers in (Zambia) who were selected and equipped with Conservation...

Em um mercado com consumidores cada vez mais exigentes, a área de tecnologia de alimentos busca identificar alternativas para diferenciar os produtos no mercado e alcançar a aceitação do consumidor. Nesse contexto, pesquisadores da Embrapa Agroindústria de Alimentos, em parceria com a Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) e...

Este fue el principal resultado del intercambio de experiencias con la Red Especializada de Agricultura Familiar (REAF) del Mercado Común Suramericano (MERCOSUR), durante la semana del 05 al 09 de septiembre de 2017, en Montevideo, Uruguay, el cual contó con el apoyo de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para...

Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in the Sahel whose economy is highly dominated by agriculture and livestock husbandry, with more than 70% of the population living in rural areas. The prevailing farming system is smallholder agriculture based on cereal production, especially sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) and pearl millet...

Today peasants, indigenous peoples, farm workers, landless peasants, fisherfolk, consumers, women and young people worldwide are faced with difficult challenges. Increasingly, in the four corners of the planet, people are feeling the effect of the growing imposition of financial and market paradigms on every facet of their lives. Subjugation to...

The Too Big To Ignore (TBTI) Digest contains all of the project's recent activities and outputs.   

A crise hídrica é um grave problema que vem se espalhando pelo Brasil. No início deste ano foi a vez da capital do país reforçar medidas de racionamento da água para tentar reverter a escassez. Nesta semana, o Governo do Distrito Federal (GDF) declarou situação de emergência para os próximos...

The Korean Women’s Peasant Association (KWPA) is a leader in South Korea’s food sovereignty movement. Founded in 1989, it is an association that encompasses hundreds of local women farmers’ groups. Intergenerational exchange of knowledge and experiences among women is at the heart of their work. Through this exchange, a new...

This edition of the EAFRD Projects Brochure explores how Rural Development Programme (RDP) funding – co-financed by the EAFRD – has been used not only to support individual rural businesses, but also to create the kind of enabling environment that allows businesses to prosper in rural areas. Supporting rural business usually...

Les Rencontres Internationales des Acteurs de l’Agro-sylvo-pastoralisme Méditerranéen se dérouleront du mardi 17 octobre au vendredi 20 octobre 2017 entre Montpellier et Florac. Les Rencontres internationales sont un moment important de discussions et d’échanges entre acteurs sur la question pastorale à l’échelle française et méditerranéenne, à partir de deux expériences structurantes. Elles font converger en une seule manifestation le séminaire...

El día 4 de abril de 2017 se llevó a cabo el segundo encuentro de la Mesa Técnica de Agricultura Familiar y Economía Campesina que se adelanta en el marco de un convenio entre el Ministerio de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural y  la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la...

This report explores whether farm assets determine the participation of smallholder dairy farmers in sales to MCCs and how their duration as MCC suppliers affects their accumulation of farm capital and technology. A survival analysis approach used constructed panel data for dairy farmers over a 12-year period. Participation in MCC...

This is a compilation of case studies written by AFA members who implemented FFF projects in 2015-2016. The cases reflect the struggles, the actions and the lessons learned by AFA members in organizing and building the capacities of their members in forested landscapes, at village, commune or district/town levels, in...

A Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRS) e a Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN) abriram chamadas públicas para a aquisição de alimentos da agricultura familiar. As compras serão feitas por meio da modalidade Compra Institucional do Programa de Aquisição de Alimentos (PAA), coordenado pelo Ministério do Desenvolvimento...

This study investigated correlation and regression analyses designed to asses the respective relationships between the Household Food Insecurity Access Scale/ Prevalence (HFIAS/ HFIAP) as a measure of food access, the Household Dietary Diversity Score, the Months of Adequate Household Food Provisioning (MAHFP) as a measure of food stability and (i)...