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Blog article
EU funded research on way to decoding success of Social Innovation in marginalised rural areas

The project was born with the aim of decoding and explaining what makes a good idea or project successful in often under populated, isolated or challenged geographical areas. It aims to drive innovative solutions through reconfiguring social practices and implementing proven and successful civil society actions. The SIMRA project is...
European Union
2017 - SIMRA

Manual
Guía para la identificación y manejo de la deficiencia de nutrientes en cereales

México es un país con una gran diversidad de ecosistemas naturales y sistemas de producción agrícola con una gran variedad de problemas nutricionales en sus cultivos. La sección de Fertilidad del Programa MasAgro tiene como objetivo la identificación y solución de los problemas nutricionales de trigo, maíz y cultivos asociados, con...
Mexico
2017 - Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo (CIMMYT)

Report
Lutter contre les tracasseries routières pour garantir la sécurité alimentaire au Mali

Synthèse des résultats et des recommandations
La Politique nationale de sécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle du Mali (PolNSAN), en cours d’élaboration sous la tutelle du Commissariat à la sécurité alimentaire (CSA), se penchera sur les quatre dimensions de la sécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle dont les facteurs limitant l’accessibilité aux produits alimentaires et notamment le rôle des marchés...
Mali
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Book
Políticas Públicas a favor de la agroecología en América Latina y el Caribe

Este documento presenta los resultados de un estudio de la Red PP-AL sobre las políticas públicas a favor de la agroecología en América Latina y El Caribe. El objetivo era realizar un estudio regional latinoamericano, transversal y comparativo sobre la contribución de diversos instrumentos de políticas públicas, para apoyar la...
Argentina - Brazil - Chile - Costa Rica - Cuba - El Salvador - Mexico - Nicaragua
2017 - Red Políticas Públicas en América Latina y el Caribe (PP-AL)

Policy brief/paper
Social protection and the financial inclusion of rural women in family farming in Latin America

Several governments in the region have implemented a set of interventions aimed at complementing large-scale cash transfer programmes. This has led to significant progress in the provision of protection to vulnerable women and strengthening their economic autonomy. In Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, cash transfer programmes have been complemented by other...
2017 - International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (IPC-IG)

Video
Promotion of Efficient Rice Farming Practices and Value Chains in Sub-Saharan Africa

Knowledge Exchange for the Promotion of Efficient Rice Farming Practices and Value Chains in Sub-Saharan Africa. South-South Cooperation A South-South Cooperation video that explains the value chain of rice production in Sub-Saharan Africa. A coverage of a meeting held to share knowledge exchange for the promotion of efficient rice Farming...
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Blog article
Need for a scientific basis of EU climate policy on forests

A group of scientists has sent an open letter to EU decision-makers, warning that a planned increase in harvesting levels of forests for bioenergy use risk having a negative impact on the climate. This letter is a shorter version of an open letter signed by 190 scientists from the EU and US....
European Union
2017 - EurActiv

Video
Ragman's Lane Farm: creating diverse rural livelihoods

This film is about a farm that boldly bucks the trend. While the general direction of agriculture is to increase in size, specialise and mechanise, Ragman’s Lane is just 60 acres, has a whole host of enterprises and is expert in low-tech solutions. At a time when agriculture employs ever...
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2017 - Sustainable Food Trust

Fact sheet
The Food Supply Chain

The number of actors in the food chain varies greatly at each level. In the EU, around 11 million farms produce agricultural products for processing by about 300 000 enterprises in the food and drink industry. The food processors sell their products through the 2.8 million enterprises within the food...
European Union
2017 - European Commission

Report
Situación general de las mujeres rurales e indígenas en México

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 México, 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...
Mexico
2017 - Iniciativa Basada en Compromisos "Mujer Rural y Derecho a la Tierra" - ILC LAC

Practices
Better practices and organic feed lead to healthier, heavier and more profitable chickens in Cambodia

Sok Houn and her husband, Tep Sok, live in Trok village, in the Svay Rieng province of Cambodia, with their four children. They used to raise chickens through traditional practices, and as a result many chickens died early. In 2014, MTCP2 reached the village of Trok, facilitating training for local farmers...
Cambodia
2017 - Farmer and Nature Net

Report
Alianza de mujeres por el acceso a la tierra y medios de producción (Guatemala)

Esta herramienta de comunicación e incidencia es el resultado de estrategias implementadas por grupos de mujeres que trabajan por la garantía de sus derechos, el reconocimiento de sus identidades y la participación en los espacios de toma de decisiones que afectan a las mujeres rurales en Latinoamérica. Con esta herramienta se...
Guatemala
2017 - Iniciativa Basada en Compromisos "Mujer Rural y Derecho a la Tierra" - ILC LAC

Fact sheet
Organic banana production in Peru

According to Peru’s National Agricultural Health Service (SENASA), in 2001, there were 8,146 organic-certified producers in the country on 25,000 ha. In 2009, there were estimated to be 55,049 organic small producers on 445,352 ha, which means the number of organic producers and the surface dedicated to organic agriculture have...
Peru
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Video
Best Practices for Fall Armyworm Management in Africa

World Experiences and Best Practices for Fall Armyworm Management in Africa South-South Technical Cooperation Meeting This video was produced under the auspices of the FAO Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative for Africa, Bukar Tijani. The video also captures an interview with the Director, Plant, Production and Protection division of FAO...
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Blog article
INDAP realiza Primer Simposio Nacional de Agroecología para la Agricultura Familiar

En un trabajo conjunto con las organizaciones campesinas, INDAP realizará los días 6 y 7 de septiembre próximo, en la sede de la Oficina Regional de la FAO en Santiago, el  Primer Simposio Nacional de Agroecología para la Agricultura Familiar, instancia que busca promover esta práctica como un modelo de...
Chile
2017 - Instituto Desarrollo Agropecuario (INDAP)

Blog article
The mountain leaders rural women are

Wherever you go, whatever you produce, whatever you believe in, Women of the mountains are determined to lead their societies for survival.
Lebanon
2017 - SIMRA

Journal article
Can Values-based Food Chains Advance Local and Sustainable Food Systems? Evidence from Case Studies of University Procurement in Canada and the UK

This article asks whether the concept of values-based food chains (VBFC) can help explain and advance processes fostering sustainability transitions in the food system of the Global North. The VBFC concept is contested in the context of the author’s research into Canadian and UK university food procurement experiences designed to...
Canada - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2017

Fact sheet
¡Antes de sembrar, el suelo debe analizar!: procedimiento para la toma de muestras y análisis de suelos

El presente folleto da a conocer el procedimiento para la toma de muestras y análisis de fertilidad de suelos, para evitar la poca rentabilidad de un cultivo y determinar las necesidades de adición de fertilizantes o enmiendas para suplir dichas necesidades y corregir las condiciones adversas, sirviendo como herramienta de...
Colombia
2017 - Corporación colombiana de investigación agropecuaria - AGROSAVIA

Blog article
Abandoned terraces adopted to support mountains

The project “Adotta un terrazzamento” [“Adopt a terrace” in English] aims at regulating and expanding mountain farming activities by giving any interested person the opportunity to adopt a terrace and provide direct or long-term support to the mountains of the Brenta Valley, in the Alps region in Italy.
Italy
2017 - SIMRA

Guidelines
Le Conseil Agricole au Maroc: Guide Méthodologique

La nouvelle stratégie relative au développement du « Conseil Agricole » a été élaborée par le Département de l'Agriculture avec pour objectif l'accompagnement des agriculteurs et le transfert du savoir-faire agricole sur le terrain. Cette stratégie vient pallier les nombreuses déficiences constatées dans le dispositif dit de " vulgarisation", qui pêchait...
Morocco
2017
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