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Campaña: Pilares del Plan de Acción Mundial del Decenio de la Agricultura Familiar

¿Sabías qué…? Es posible construir un  mundo con sistemas alimentarios y agrícolas diversos, saludables y sostenibles, que brinden una alta calidad de vida. La agricultura familiar es clave‍! Te invitamos aprender sobre los 7 pilares del Plan de Acción Mundial del Decenio de la Agricultura Familiar aquí y comparte los videos que se encuentran en esta página en tus redes...
2023 - Onda Rural de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)

Event
Bienvenidos a la Cumbre Alimentaria de los Pueblos 2023. Capítulo 1

Regeneration International impulsó la Cumbre Alimentaria de los Pueblos 2023 en diversos continentes. Aquí presentamos la versión de América Latina y el Caribe. En este evento se presentan una serie de experiencias y proyectos que buscan recuperar la agrobiodiversidad, los ecosistemas, reducir el impacto del climática en los sistemas alimentarios, la...
Mexico
2023 - Regeneration International

Event
Bienvenidos a la Cumbre Alimentaria de los Pueblos. Capítulo 2

Regeneration International impulsó la Cumbre Alimentaria de los Pueblos 2023 en diversos continentes. Aquí presentamos la versión de América Latina y el Caribe. En este evento, se presentan experiencias y proyectos que buscan recuperar la agrobiodiversidad, los ecosistemas, reducir el impacto del cambio climático en los sistemas alimentarios, la escasez hídrica,...
Mexico
2023 - Regeneration International

Event
Bienvenidos a la Cumbre Alimentaria de los Pueblos. Capítulo 3

Regeneration International impulsó la Cumbre Alimentaria de los Pueblos 2023 en diversos continentes. Aquí presentamos la versión de América Latina y el Caribe. En este evento, se presentan experiencias y proyectos que buscan recuperar la agrobiodiversidad, los ecosistemas, reducir el impacto del cambio climático en los sistemas alimentarios, la escasez hídrica,...
Mexico
2023 - Regeneration International

Blog article
Young family farmers from 5 continents work together to push for the implementation of the United Nations Decade of Family Farming

Young people in family farming: acting today for tomorrow.
In order to strengthen the implementation of the 2nd Pillar of the United Nations Decade of Family Farming 2019-2028 (UNDFF) on supporting youth and generational change in family farming, the World Rural Forum (WRF) is encouraging the creation of a group of young people from around the world to strengthen their capacities...
2023 - World Rural Forum (WRF)

Blog article
Gulsoom’s garden boosts her confidence and brings fortune to the family

The ongoing humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, together with the effects of COVID-19 outbreak and an unprecedented drought across the country, have led to high levels of unemployment and lost livelihoods among most Afghan families. Like many other Afghans, Bibi Gulsoom’s husband lost his job and became a casual labourer. Since there...
Afghanistan
2023 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO

Project
OrganicTargets4EU

OrganicTargets4EU aims to reach 25% of agricultural landunder organic farming and a significant increase in organic aquaculture by 2030. The European commission recognises the key role of organic farming (and aquaculture) in the transition towards a more healthy and sustainable food system and it sets ambitious targets for organic production in...
European Union
2023 - OrganicTargets4EU

Blog article
El triángulo alimentario

El lector ¿se ha preguntado sobre lo que come cada día? Todos los alimentos que llegan hoy día ante los comensales provienen, en última instancia, de tres maneras diferentes de generarlos: la tradicional, la moderna y la agroecológica. Estas tres modalidades son el resultado de procesos históricos y actuales de producir,...
Mexico
2023 - Asociación de Consumidores Orgánicos (ACO)

Article
The guardians of the Blue Mountains coffee

Accompanying the indigenous peoples of the Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve in asserting their rights and commercializing their promucts, while safeguarding the environment, are the focus of the 30-year work of the Keystone Foundation, promoter of the Slow Food Nilgiris Coffee Coalition community together with Aadhimalai Pazhangudiyinar Producer Company Ltd. Specifically, the purpose of the local Coffee Coalition community is to accompany the producers of the Kurumba and Irula peoples in marketing the coffee they harvest in the forest.
The indigenous tribal communities of the Nilgiri Reserve base their economy on the collection and cultivation of forest products (including coffee), handing down their cultural, agricultural and linguistic traditions from generation to generation. Accompanying the indigenous peoples of the Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve in asserting their rights and commercializing their promucts, while...
India
2023 - Slow Food

Manual
How to invest in farmers

A guide for agriculture human capital investment projects
Investing in farmers – or agriculture human capital – is crucial to addressing challenges in our agrifood systems. A global study carried out by the FAO Investment Centre and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), with support from the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) and...
2023 - FAO

Blog article
Gobierno de Brasil y la FAO entregan a Colombia tecnología de última generación para la agricultura familiar algodonera

El proyecto +Algodón Colombia, ejecutado por FAO, ABC/MRE y MADR, entregó un dron al país.
El proyecto de cooperación Sur-Sur trilateral +Algodón Colombia entregó oficialmente el 23 de marzo, en Espinal-Tolima, un dron para uso de técnicos especialistas del Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje (SENA). La herramienta de última generación tiene el objetivo de mejorar la competitividad y sostenibilidad ambiental, económica y social del sector algodonero colombiano.  El proyecto...
2023 - Programa de Cooperación Internacional Brasil-FAO

Blog article
Farmer Field School for the empowerment of farmers with disabilities

Khaled Mohamed and Mohamed Abd ElAziz are two best friends working as farmers in the Oasis of El Kharga, Egypt. They share several commonalities other than being illiterate and having hearing impairments, as both men are married and both have four children. The two were also born into families of farmers...
2023 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Journal article
Africa’s topsy-turvy food paradox

n article written by Slow Food president Edward Mukiibi for the international website African Arguments,
The article discusses Africa’s food paradox, poised between fast food, industrial farming systems and sustainable agroecological alternatives, to conclude that it is the Global North -not Africa- that is backwards.  Imagine a country defined by deep inequalities that determine how the population live – right down to what they eat. One...
2023 - Slow Food

Article
Agroecological techniques: adoption of safe and sustainable agricultural practices among the smallholder farmers in Africa

Attaining sufficiency in food supply to support a growing population without compromising ecosystem functioning remains a top agenda of researchers and agricultural stakeholders. Agroecological farming approaches are effective techniques that ensure sustainable food production even in adverse situations. Population growth has been forecasted to reach over 9.1 billion by 2050...
2023

Fact sheet
Investing in rural people in the United Republic of Tanzania

IFAD’s Executive Board approved its first loan to the United Republic of Tanzania in 1978 – the second loan ever approved by the Board. Since then, IFAD has approved and financed 16 projects with investments of US$402.5 million and 4.2 million households have benefited from these activities. Tanzania has the...
United Republic of Tanzania
2023 - International Fund for Agricultural Development

Newsletter
Family Farming Knowledge Platform (FFKP) Monthly Digest August 2023

The Family Farming Knowledge Platform (FFKP) Monthly Digest showcases the latest contents uploaded in the FFKP to provide its readers with relevant and up to date information on family farming main themes such as agroecology, smallscale fisheries, pastoralism, indigenous people, and more. For more documents, feel free to search in the...
2023 - FAO FFKP

Journal article
Food justice in community supported agriculture – differentiating charitable and emancipatory social support actions

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) seeks to address injustices in the food system by supporting small-scale farmers applying agroecological practices through a long-term partnership: a community of members covers the cost of production and receives a share of the harvest throughout the season in return. Despite an orientation towards a more...
Belgium - France - Germany
2023 - Justus Liebig University Giessen Germany

Practices
GOOD PRACTICES -From Farm to Market – Pragati’s Journey with Finger Millet Farmers

Koraput district, in South Odisha, India, is characterized by warm and humid climate with 80% of the total annual rainfall received from the south-west monsoon in the months from June to mid-October. Agriculture is primarily rainfed with kharif (June-September) being the main cropping season. Finger millet is a major staple...
India
2023 - Agricultural Extension in South Asia

Case study
Contract-Based Agriculture Production

A Case Study of Organic Rice Production in Cambodia
Objectives of the Study General Objective. The case study aims to contribute to the enhancement of the exchange of knowledge and best practices on family farming and agroecology relevant initiatives and institutional context and contribute to the implementation of the Programme Priority Areas (PPA) BP1: Innovation for sustainable agriculture production...
Cambodia
2023 - Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Report
Resultados económicos de modelos productivos porcinos. Informe N° 78. Enero 2023

Este documento elaborado en el marco del Proyecto “Caracterización de gestiones económicas de sistemas de producción agropecuarios de pequeña y mediana escala” (vigente desde enero del 2020) presenta estimaciones sobre comportamientos de resultados económicos de modelos productivos y tiene como propósito aportar información que favorezca la inclusión de productores, mejore...
Argentina
2023 - Centro de Información de Actividades Porcinas (CIAP)
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