Zero-tillage, soil cover and crop rotation would help many countries to reverse land degradation and produce more food. Kazakhstan’s wheat growers are already well advanced in the transition to full conservation agriculture.

Social protection is important in driving rural transformation and ensuring its inclusiveness. The policies of social protection – defined as a set of interrelated public policies and interventions implemented to reduce poverty, vulnerability and risk – via universal and targeted social interventions have the potential to enhance the capacity of...

Este manual está enfocado a la producción de semillas de calidad en la región alto andina, busca potenciar a través de la gestión del conocimiento y del trabajo en equipo, la agricultura familiar como eje del desarrollo local sostenible. Las Escuelas de campo para agricultores (ECA) son esencialmente escuelas sin...

The NENA region has a diverse landscape in terms of social protection. Programmes range from government-led social assistance to vulnerable groups, subsidies in food and contributory social security and insurance schemes, to informal social protection systems based on religious and cultural traditions. However, efforts to strengthen linkages between social protection...

This factsheet discusses women's triple work burden in the household, as producers and at community level and highlights their time poverty. It introduces labour saving technologies, practices and services as potential solutions and describes the adoption constraints women may face. A section is on tested technologies and the concluding page...

Dans certaines régions du sud-est du Sénégal, à la saison des pluies, les habitants se retrouvaient isolés du reste du pays du fait des inondations. Mais avec le Projet d’appui au développement agricole et à l’entrepreneuriat rural, appuyé par le Fonds international de développement agricole (FIDA), ce n’est plus le...

In February 2016, the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP), a controversial new trade agreement covering 12 countries of the Asia-Pacific region, was signed in Aotearoa/New Zealand. The result of a US-driven process, the agreement aims to boost trade and investment among a select group of countries—excluding China. The TPP will have...

The ten-year efforts of the Kaydara Agroecology School Farm, in Senegal, led to concrete benefits for the community and for the environment. Gora Ndiaye, founder of the "African Gardens" association, summarizes the some important features of the project.

Nestled at the foot of the Vladeasa Mountains lies Sancraiu, a commune composed of five villages in Transylvania. One of the villages is Alunisu that provides an exquisite example of Romania’s subsistent peasantry. Here, Lars Veraart and Robyn Bors-Veraart set up their farm called Provision, the Transylvania School of Self Sufficient Living, which not only...

En el marco del trabajo conjunto del Gobierno de Nicaragua y la FAO, para el fortalecimiento de las capacidades institucionales, se desarrolla el I Diplomado en Manejo Agroecológico de Café, Cacao, Hortalizas y Granos Básicos con énfasis en Seguridad Alimentaria, en el cual están participando 27 funcionarios y funcionarias del Sistema Nacional...

Even as structural and rural transformation opens up new opportunities, it also generates major risks for smallholders, rural small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and other marginalized groups. This chapter considers if, why and how collective action and rural collective organizations can enhance the scope of inclusive rural transformation.  It considers...

Analizar los procesos de abastecimiento alimentario en rubros de canasta básica en la subregión del Bajo Cauca - Departamento de Antioquia, para proponer modelos participativos que favorezcan una inclusión más eficiente y equitativa de la agricultura familiar en los mercados locales y regionales, así como el desarrollo de estrategias y...

In the “Land Rights Campaign” Eco Ruralis researches the important aspect of generational renewal in peasant farming and its complex relation with land tenure and stewardship. First of all, we aim to disseminate the information to our members, Romanian peasants, and deepen their understanding and capacity to react to the imminent threat in the near future: the loss...

This publication responds to calls in regional and global forestry forums to strengthen capacity for effectively developing and implementing payment schemes for environmental services in sub-Saharan Africa. In particular, the African Forestry and Wildlife Commission, at its 18th session, called for enhancement of the institutional capacities of member countries and...

El mundo está alimentado por la agricultura familiar. Sin embargo, las pequeñas parcelas de cultivo y las explotaciones familiares han estado denostadas durante todos estos años, en los que el irremediable proceso de desagrarización ha ido aparejado de un insistente eslogan del capitalismo: lo pequeño no es competitivo. Es ya...

How do small-scale farming communities deal with the challenges of migration and land abandonment stemming from falling local income? This project shows the value of linking small-scale producers for their mutual benefit. Advantages are obtained on behalf of all small-scale farmers by procuring one food-safety authorization for multiple producers, by...

A Companhia Nacional de Abastecimento (CONAB) atualizou os preços de referência de 2017 para 27 produtos amparados pelo Programa de Garantia de Preços da Agricultura Familiar (PGPAF). Os novos valores, aprovados pelo Conselho Monetário Nacional (CMN), entram em vigor no dia 10 de janeiro de 2017 e valem até 18...

A 3-year research-for-development initiative in the Barotse floodplain, Zambia, supported by the CGIAR research programs Aquatic Agricultural Systems and Agriculture for Nutrition and Health, brought scientists and community members together to improve food and nutrition security all year round. Activities included assessing seasonal food availability, dietary intake patterns of the...

La empresa pública Unidad Nacional de Almacenamiento (UNA EP) inició la compra de maíz amarillo duro a pequeños y medianos productores de la provincia de Manabí. La absorción de la cosecha se cumplirá en los centros de acopio de los gremios agrícolas, debido a que la planta de silos fijos de...

With the help of the young farmer grant, the producer has installed a processing unit for the production of ice cream, enabling him to sell ice cream at local events. He has also made two rooms available for guests and runs a bike rental service.