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Conference paper
How is the life of family farms in Europe? Presentation of Italy

Association of private farming of the Czech Republic organized an International Conference on family farms and Common Agricultural Policy of EU. The event was held in Brno on 4 - 6th of April 2016. 10 European countries attended the conference. Herewith volume 3. Presentation of Italy
Italy
2016 - Association of Private Farming of the Czech Republic

Website
Notas de política sobre mujeres rurales

El equipo de género de la Oficina para América Latina y el Caribe de la FAO ha escrito una serie de notas de política, con el ánimo de aportar datos objetivos de la situación de las mujeres y el género en la región sobre las temática específicas del trabajo de...
2016 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y Agricultura (FAO)

Newsletter
Dimitra Newsletter: Gender, resilience and climate change

2015 was a landmark year for the future of the planet and therefore for the future of every woman, man, girl and boy, in all four corners of the world. Two important events - the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit 2015 and COP21 on development and climate change, led to...
Ethiopia - Ghana - Mali - Niger - Senegal - Uganda
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Report
What Will Become of Us: Voices from around the world on drought and El Nino

About 60 million people across Southern Africa and the Horn, Central America, and the Pacific face worsening hunger and poverty due to droughts and crop failures in 2014/5 that have been exacerbated by the El Niño weather system in 2015/6. This number is likely to rise. This short report gives...
El Salvador - Ethiopia - Malawi - Papua New Guinea
2016 - Oxfam International

Event
Second Training of Trainers – Strengthening Forest Tenure for Sustaining Livelihood and Generating Income

Strong and secure forest tenure for forest dependent communities is a necessary condition for improved income and sustainable livelihoods. However, in many Asian countries community tenure is generally weak and contested. This commonly results in conflict. Strengthening the forest tenure systems is necessary if forest dependent communities are to benefit...
2016 - FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific Bangkok, Thailand

Video
Integrated approach against fruit flies

Fruit flies inject their eggs in fruit. A single fruit fly can lay hundreds of eggs, which turn into white worms that eat the inside of fruit. If no action is taken, fruit flies quickly increase in numbers and can destroy your entire crop. Always combine different methods: • Place...
2016 - AccessAgriculture

Book part
Agriculture urbaine et périurbaine, les exploitations laitières du Caire, Egypte

La mégalopole du Caire compte aujourd'hui près de 20 millions d'habitants. En son cœur et dans sa périphérie subsiste une activité agricole organisée sur une base familiale. Ce chapitre éclaire la situation des exploitations, qui contribuent à l'approvisionnement alimentaire du Caire en particulier en produits laitiers et maraichers. Les données...
Egypt
2016 - Centre technique de coopération agricole et rurale (CTA)

Journal article
Estamos EN-RED-ANDONOS

A través de la iniciativa de estudiantes y docentes de la facultad de Ciencias Agrarias de la Universidad Nacional de Rosario, se inció el proyecto Enredándonos, a fin de establecer un vínculo participativo y de reconocimiento mutuo de la Facultad y de la comunidad de Zavalla, desde la necesidad de...
Argentina
2016 - Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias. Universidad Nacional de Rosario

Policy brief/paper
The local economy impacts of social cash transfers

A comparative analysis of seven sub-Saharan countries
This article presents findings on the local economy impacts of seven African country SCT programmes evaluated as part of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) “From Protection to Production” (PtoP) project. The countries are Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The PtoP project has facilitated expansion of...
Ethiopia - Ghana - Kenya - Lesotho - Malawi - Zimbabwe
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Project
Fostering Agricultural Market Activities II (FARMA II)

USAID/Sweden FARMA II project is the third generation of USAID and Government of Sweden projects focused on the agricultural sector in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Previous projects assisted Bosnia and Herzegovina to increase sales and exports for certain crops and food products within the agricultural sector.
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2016

Newsletter
SANA: Programa Regional de Cooperación Triangular Venezuela - FAO

Boletín que da cuenta de los avances del programa SANA y temas de relevancia para dicha inicitiva. La República Bolivariana de Venezuela y la FAO desde enero de 2015, han puesto en marcha el Programa Regional de Cooperación Triangular Venezuela—FAO para América Latina y el Caribe, SANA dentro del marco de...
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
2016 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)

Fact sheet
The Livelihoods Fund for family farming

The Livelihoods Fund for Family Farming (L3F) proposes a new approach to supply chains in order to address all of these issues simultaneously. We invest in large-scale projects enabling farmers to produce greater yields of higher quality through sustainable agricultural practices. We strengthen the connection between groups of family farmers...
2016 - Livelihoods

Article
Variabilité climatique et stratégies d’adaptation en zone pastorale au Sénégal

L’expérience de la ferme agricole de Guelakh-Peulh
Les populations de Guélakh-Peulh sont exposées aux variabilités climatiques comme la plupart des milieux ruraux du Sahel et du Sénégal en particulier. Ce travail analyse l’évolution des paramètres climatologiques et identifie les stratégies d’adaptation de l’élevage des bovins aux variabilités climatiques dans le village de Guélakh-Peulh. L’étude du climat est...
Senegal
2016 - IED Afrique

Project
Fishermen and the local municipality join forces to set up a local fish market

Fishermen and the local municipality worked together to improve selling conditions for fresh fish in Olt county with a local fish market for 170 fishermen.
Romania
2016 - European Commission

Report
Grow Africa

Partnering to achieve African agriculture transformation
As an international organization for public-private cooperation, the World Economic Forum works to address major global challenges through multi-stakeholder dialogue and partnership. The Grow Africa partnership serves as an outstanding example of this approach. Cofounded by the Forum in partnership with the African Union (AU) and New Economic Partnership for...
2016 - World Economic Forum

Technical paper
Cash crops and food security

Evidence from Ethiopian smallholder coffee producers
One of the key questions in food policy debates in the last decades has been the role of cash cropping for achieving food security in low income countries. We revisit this question in the context of smallholder coffee production in Ethiopia. Using unique data collected by the authors on about...
Ethiopia
2016 - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Report
Women’s rights in the cocoa sector

Examples of emerging good practice
Women cocoa farmers are central to the sustainability of the cocoa supply chain and cocoa growing communities. Although too often unrecognized, women’s labor makes significant contributions to the amount of cocoa produced, which is under increasing demand. Empowering women cocoa farmers not only has a positive impact on the lives...
Côte d'Ivoire - Ghana - Nigeria
2016 - Oxfam International

Blog article
2016家庭农场扶持政策有哪些?

家庭农场是2016年农村经济新亮点,那么2016年国家对家庭农场扶持政策有哪些呢?据资料显示,各省对家庭农场的扶持力度都很大,如四川省就出台了8项扶持政策,涉及登记服务、示范创建、土地流转、财政扶持、金融支持、用水用电用地、社会化服务和人才培养等方面,对四川家庭农场主或有意涉足者来说,无疑是多重利好。
China
2016

Video
Cooking together in Zambia – local nutrition groups work together to diversify family diets

In this short film, local people and field scientists from the Barotse Floodplain, Zambia explore the potential for local nutrition groups to empower communities to take actions toward improving the nutrition of their families through diversifying diets in an effort to address high levels of malnutrition and declining stocks of...
Zambia
2016 - Bioversity International

Case study
Innovaciones de impacto. Lecciones sobre adaptación al cambio climático de la agricultura familiar en América Latina y El Caribe

Concurso de casos exitosos FONTAGRO 2015
FONTAGRO organizó un concurso con el fin de identificar casos exitosos de adaptación al cambio climático en la agricultura familiar, y difundir las lecciones aprendidas. El concurso fue realizado en alianza con el proyecto llamado “Mecanismos y Redes de Transferencia de Tecnología Relacionada con el Cambio Climático en América Latina y el Caribe” financiado por el Fondo...
Argentina - Bolivia (Plurinational State of) - Brazil - Colombia - Costa Rica - El Salvador - Haiti - Mexico - Nicaragua - Peru
2016 - FONTAGRO
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