At ICENECDEV partnering is at the core of our strategy: They partner to end extreme poverty and promote the protection of the Environment. And in today’s development landscape partnership is important to drive the global development Agendas—partnering with the business community is more important than ever before to achieve the...

The National Committees for Family Farming in Indonesia and Colombia have promoted processes of political dialogue between key players in Family Farming, leading to the approval of new regulations for the development of Family Farming in their respective countries. In Indonesia, the Law on the Protection and Empowerment of Farmers in...

«Un million de citernes pour le Sahel» encourage des solutions simples et rentables pour la collection et le stockage des eaux pluviales pour les ménages et les communautés vulnérables.

Every year either Netherlands or Belgium hosts the bi-national CSA Conference. This year it was held in Amersfoort, in the center of the Netherlands and close to several CSAs. It was a fully sold out event (125+) with a plenary meeting, workshops, a meal and a movie and on Sunday we...

O projeto Escola de Comer surgiu com o objetivo de melhorar da merenda servida na rede de ensino de Paraty, engajando chefs de cozinha e integrantes da comunidade escolar na capacitação de merendeiras, adoção de cardápios mais nutritivos e saudáveis nas escolas e também incorporando alimentos da agricultura familiar à merenda municipal. A...

The programme aims to improve existing training and resources for CSA farmers, equipping them with the skills and tools to produce healthy sustainable food for local communities, and to encourage experience sharing with European countries where CSA is less established. The event took place over five days at Cascina Santa Brera,...

Growing populations and consumption patterns are squeezing forests – especially through industrial agriculture. But many of the 1.5 billion people who live within the world’s remaining forest landscapes are farmers too, albeit smallholders. Many grow and protect trees. Most also hunt and gather from the forest. Forests provide them with...

Global study elaborated by the WCC (World Coordinating Committee) of the IYFF+10 and coordinated by the WRF that analyzes and highlights the common and global challenges faced by rural youth from all 5 continents.

The agriculture sector is one of the major income generating sectors in Sierra Leone and more than 70 percent of the population is engaged in subsistence farming. The outbreak of the Ebola virus disease caused a major disruption to farming activities, closing periodic markets, creating price volatility and worsening food...

As part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, achieving a world without hunger and malnutrition calls for urgent action to make agriculture more sustainable, productive and resilient. The impacts of climate change are further increasing uncertainties and vulnerabilities facing farmers and communities. Integrated, cross sectoral approaches like agroecology are...

The European Union, in partnership with the Department of Environmental Affairs, together with Solidaridad, LIMA Development Foundation and ICCO are proud to announce the launch of the SWITCH Africa Green, Farmer2Market programme. At the centre of the SWITCH Africa Green, Farmer2Market programme is the ambition to unlock access to market...

Os mercados são uma incógnita para as ciências sociais. Mesmo situados no centro das interpretações clássicas sobre a organização das sociedades modernas, eles ainda despertam as mais vívidas controvérsias teóricas, não apenas junto aos economistas, mas também, e cada vez mais, dentre sociólogos, antropólogos e politólogos. Atualmente, contra a imagem de um mecanismo...

This reflection on the term ‘innovation’ is useful in understanding how the term is passed off as good in itself, and how today, its meaning hides a large part of the capitalist system that seeks to transform food production irreversibly from a communal, social, democratic act that is respectful of...

"Enhancing the Market Access of Smallholder Farmers" Project aims at sustainably improving the capacities and self-reliance of small- and medium-scale farmers to produce high-value and export crops in the West Bank and Gaza Strip (WBGS). This will give their products the capacity to compete in national and international markets, through...

Family farming is by far the most prevalent form of agriculture both in developed and developing countries, represents the largest source of employment worldwide, and is much more than a mode of food production, it is also a way of life. In 2014, the International Year of Family Farming (IYFF 2014)...

Agriculture has traditionally been the backbone of Swaziland’s economy but has experienced severe decline. Its contribution to GDP has decreased gradually over the last two decades due to a number of factors, including recurring drought, chronic underinvestment and the impact of HIV and AIDS. Despite this, agriculture-based products account for...

As one short-term FAO intervention on food safety ends in Belarus, another will soon begin. This is what governmental representatives agreed upon this week in Minsk during five days of talks to conclude the previous project and set priorities for future work. FAO has been working in Belarus to understand the...

Urgenci’s advocacy capacity is central to strengthening the role of the Community supported Agriculture (CSA) movement at local and global level. As a global social movement, the CSA and theirs networks need to work  collectively to show how they contribute to overcoming global challenges to the food system. This is...

Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which: identify highly nutritious local food plants, explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way, detail the nutritional value of the plants and describe why human bodies require those nutrients. The resources created by FPS allows people to better...

Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which: identify highly nutritious local food plants, explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way, detail the nutritional value of the plants and describe why human bodies require those nutrients. The resources created by FPS allows people to better...