Com o objetivo de incentivar e valorizar experiências exitosas da agricultura familiar no ambiente escolar, o Fundo Nacional de Desenvolvimento da Educação (FNDE), autarquia vinculada ao Ministério da Educação, lançou na última semana o concurso Boas Práticas de Agricultura Familiar para a Alimentação Escolar. Trata-se de um processo seletivo que...

This guide is based on information from the Food Plants International (FPI) database developed by Tasmanian agricultural scientist Bruce French.  The source material and guidance for the preparation of the book has been made possible through the support of Food Plants International, the Rotary Clubs of District 9830, particularly the...

Investir em diferentes tipos de produtos em uma mesma propriedade traz muito mais que benefícios financeiros, representa também benefícios para o meio ambiente. A forma como se cultiva os alimentos faz toda a diferença. A escolha do que plantar, quando plantar e como plantar pode ser fundamental para conservar a...

Ministers of Agriculture and Ministers of Trade met on 3 October 2016 at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Rome to debate and exchange views on policies and strategies within the context of ‘Long-term Commodity Price Trends and Sustainable Agricultural Development’. This...

The global discourse on food sovereignty suggests several mechanisms for improving food security and agricultural livelihoods, including redistributive land reform and restructuring of markets to improve food distribution and access. In Brazil, the Fome Zero (Zero Hunger) social welfare programme has created innovative links between public nutrition and food security programmes and...

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The overall objective of this Regional Initiative is to reduce rural poverty by promoting and supporting inclusive small-scale agricultural development, with special attention to governance and institutions, including improving access of smallholders to social protection, rural services and markets, strengthening the capacities of producers’ organizations and promoting youth employment and...

In agriculture, pests are organisms that significantly interfere with the productivity of crops or animals. In conventional agriculture, farmers often use chemical pesticides to manage pests. These can be effective at keeping pests away but they come with negative side effects. Chemical pesticides are costly, damaging to the environment and...

The multifaceted relationships between water resources and food security (FS) are at the core of sustainable development challenge in Middle East and North Africa (MENA). This paper proposes a multidimensional analysis of two indices related to water security and FS. The five components of the Water Poverty Index (mWPI) -...

As for any advocacy activity, it is important to know the local administration and political landscape, the political alliances that are in place, and the attitudes of different parties and different administration units towards environmental issues in general. What is the current attitude of various ministries towards the issue of...

With only one-quarter of expected rainfall received in the Horn of Africa in the October-December period, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) called for an immediate response to prevent widespread drought conditions from becoming a catastrophe. “The magnitude of the situation calls for scaled up action and coordination at national and...

This report provides information regarding the state of implementation of the current CAP young farmers’ mechanism. The different implementation styles of the Members States are described and the currently implemented policy tools are evaluated. Based on the secondary analysis and case studies, several policy recommendations are formulated, aimed at improving...

Despite six years of crisis in Syria, agriculture remains a key part of the economy. The sector still accounts for an estimated 26 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) and represents a critical safety net for the 6.7 million Syrians – including those internally displaced - who still remain in rural...

Este documento aborda la relación entre cambio climatico y seguridad alimentaria y además ofrece un panorama de las politicas que están implementando los paises para mitigar los efectos del cambio climatico en la región.

Les difficultés de commercialisation entravent le bon fonctionnement de la filière dattes en Algérie, particulièrement pour les cultivars à faible valeur marchande. Afin de tirer profit des expériences extérieures, et notamment de celles des agriculteurs des pays européens et des pays voisins (Maroc et Tunisie), de nombreux mécanismes et outils...

Livestock are key to food security. Meat, milk and eggs provide 34% of the protein consumed globally as well as essential micronutrients such as vitamin B12, A, iron, zinc, calcium and riboflavin. But their contribution to food security and nutrition goes well beyond that, and includes a range of other...

This document has been prepared based on sound scientific principles and international approaches to monitoring cage aquaculture facilities. In general this is a guide to help support good monitoring practice, with details on what to monitor, parameters to be collected, how data is collected, appropriate ways to process the data...

Ao conceder o Selo de Identificação da Participação da Agricultura Familiar (SIPAF) de número 1.800, a Secretaria Especial de Agricultura Familiar e do Desenvolvimento Agrário (SEAD) fez, nesta semana, o balanço dos últimos números do programa. A boa notícia é que já são mais de 145 mil agricultores familiares beneficiados...

El nuevo estudio publicado por la cooperación internacional entre FAO y Brasil presenta un mapeo de los roles de las mujeres algodoneras en cinco países (Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Paraguay y Perú), identificando las áreas de empoderamiento y desapoderamiento que, en mayor y menor medida, afectan su participación en este importante...

Despite growing consensus on the socio-economic benefits emanating from enhanced land tenure security, issues related to how best to measure it and what constitute universal indicators of tenure (in)security are poorly understood. As a result, issues of what drives tenure security are poorly understood and inconclusive. This study, thus, examines...