The primary obstacle to sustainable food security is an economic model and thought system, embodied in industrial agriculture, that views life in disassociated parts, obscuring the destructive impact this approach has on humans, natural resources, and the environment. Industrial agriculture is characterized by waste, pollution, and inefficiency, and is a...

Ao longo do século XIX a escassez de alimentos era uma das mais sérias ameaças à reprodução do capitalismo, trazendo à tona o Fantasma Malthusiano. A teoria de Malthus não se confirmou ao longo do século XIX e XX. Graças ao progresso tecnológico a produção de alimentos cresceu mais do...

Close to 12 million people across Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia are in need of food assistance, as farming families struggle with the knock-on effects of multiple droughts that hit the region. Shukri Ahmed, FAO Senior Economist, illustrates the food insecurity situation, most affected sectors, the support needed and FAO’s response....

Across the developing world, rural women play a crucial role in agriculture and farming. And Bangladesh, where women exceed 50 percent of the agricultural labour force, is no exception. So it’s no surprise that much of FAO’s work in the country has focused on supporting rural women farmers across a variety...

Agriculture is a sector that holds great promise for pro-poor economic growth. Economic growth is a key success factor for reducing undernourishment, but it has to be inclusive and provide opportunities for improving the livelihoods of the poor. Enhancing the productivity and incomes of smallholder family farmers is the key...

Financial Instruments (FIs) co-financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) in the scope of Rural Development Programmes (RDPs) can be a sustainable and efficient way to invest in the growth and development of businesses and infrastructure in agriculture as well as in the rural economy. The purpose of...

This newsletter is the first edition of the Farm-Success Project newsletter. The Farm-Success Project newsletter outlines all of the most recent Farm-Success Project developments, detailing the Project’s road to creating strategies to train farmers for a sustainable succession process in order to enable and to motivate young farmers to continue...

Internet connectivity has become vital to modern agriculture. Farmers and cooperatives across the EU have called on the European Commission to increase the penetration of broadband into rural and isolated farming areas. One of the main objectives of Europe’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is achieving a balanced territorial development through the...

Introdução O texto tem como objetivos propor uma reflexão sobre as possibilidades de análise e um marco conceitual da recente experiência de internacionalização de programas e políticas públicas brasileiras vinculadas à soberania e segurança alimentar e nutricional (SSAN) e ao direito humano à alimentação (DHA). Dessa discussão, foram extraídas indicações...

This video explains how to take out a handy soil profile and how to interpret it by using the spade test. The video is addressed to farmers, advisors and scientist. After the introductory part of determining the objectives of the test and of comparing it with other methods, the user...

Tropical fruits, beverage crops, sugar and raw materials contribute significantly to the economies of many developing countries, particularly the least-developed countries (LDCs), as a major source of livelihood and income for millions of rural smallholders. In 2014, the value of world production of these commodities was estimated at USD 255...

El Informe Latinoamericano sobre Pobreza y Desigualdad 2015 postula que la desigualdad de género -en términos de generación de ingresos y recursos propios- se expresa de distinto modo en los territorios, pues esta desigualdad no solo se relaciona con los activos o dotaciones de las mujeres y con la capacidad...

A importância das cultivares locais, tradicionais ou crioulas vem sendo cada vez mais reconhecida em aspectos relacionados a riqueza do patrimônio genético, preservação da biodiversidade na agroecologia, a partir da Política Nacional de Agroecologia e Produção Orgânica (PNAPO). Muitas delas também apresentam características de rusticidade e adaptabilidade, resultando na conjugação...

Water harvesting is an important technique to collect rainwater that can be used for different purposes in agriculture or stored and made available for the dry season. This practice describes the three main components of water harvesting systems, namely which are the catchment area, the storage area, and the target...

Communities in Bosnia and Herzegovina will play a leading role in a two-year rural development project financed by Hungary. The FAO project, which gets under way this week, will involve governments at national, cantonal and local levels on community-led local development planning. 

Au cours des dernières années, la baisse des précipitations et la dégradation accrue des sols ont porté pour de nombreux habitants de Tinkirana - et ailleurs au Niger – à de mauvaises récoltes et de graves pénuries alimentaires. Les terres agricoles d’Idrissa étaient fortement dégradées. En 2015, il n’a récolté que...

EURAF and INRA, the French National Institute of Agronomical Research are very pleased to welcome you in Montpellier for the Third European Agroforestry Conference. Montpellier is the core center in France for Agroforestry Research and demonstration. Both temperate zone and tropical zone agroforestry are targeted by Montpellier researchers. Montpellier is also...

Small holder farmer, Mrs Ssekide, joined the Balyejjusa farmer field school and convinced of the benefits persuaded her husband to join too. She tells her story of how successful working as a team has proven to be. In Uganda, almost 80% of households rely upon agriculture for their livelihood, and...

Smallholder farmers have a vital role to play in global food security and nutrition, and in supporting a range of development and climate change goals. Strengthening the resilience and commercial viability of these farmers, particularly women and youth, can increase their capacity to contribute to these global goals.

El proceso de valorización del capital en la Argentina, asociado al control de tierras y de recursos asociados (como el agua, el paisaje o las reservas ambientales) se ha desarrollado en las últimas décadas, y ha sido protagonizado por conglomerados empresariales (nacionales e internacionales), fondos de inversión privados, compañías de...