Matheus inherited a farm from his grandfather, what he now calls the Terras Caipora, or The Land of Caipora. Caipora is a character of the Brazilian Tupi Guarani Mythology, known as the guardian of the animals and the forests. His main goal is to heal the land through well planned...

At the proposal of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations, the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovna  adopted in January 2018 a Proposal of the Strategic Plan for Rural Development of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2018-2021), which created  conditions for domestic agricultural producers to receive funds from the...

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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...

Innovation is the main driver of agricultural and rural transformation. This video highlights support provided by FAO to countries in adopting and scaling-up sustainable practices, particularly by promoting agricultural innovation to smallholder farmers. FAO has developed and deployed a Fall Armyworm Monitoring and Early Warning System (FAMEWS). Through this app and...

YOGYAKARTA, INDONESIA – On October 20, 2018, 84 farmer leaders from 21 countries, representing 38 million small scale farmers, fishers, indigenous peoples, herders and pastoralists, met with the 37 staff of the IFAD Asia and Pacific Region Division in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, for the first Asia Pacific Region Farmers Forum (FAFO). The Forum...

At the proposal of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations, the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovna  adopted in January 2018 a Proposal of the Strategic Plan for Rural Development of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2018-2021), which created  conditions for domestic agricultural producers to receive funds from the...

The Global PGS Newsletter is published bimonthly by IFOAM - Organics International

Currently, 37 National Committees of Family Farming (NCFF) are actively working on political advocacy in their countries. In 2017, the network of National Committees for Family Farming expanded with the incorporation of new countries like Fiji, Macedonia, and Chad, while in Japan and Cameroon important efforts were made in the establishment...

The insider, it is a Monthly IFOAM News page, who brings more generic information on organic agriculture

Dans cet article, la pluriactivité décrit une situation dans laquelle un agriculteur n’est pas entièrement investi (en termes de force de travail et/ou de capital) dans les activités agricoles. La pluriactivité est parfois appelée agriculture à temps partiel, ou travail hors ferme (Mishra et Goodwin, 1997). L’article est divisé en 6...

Social movements have become central actors in the battles that are re-framing contemporary food markets in a variety of organizational and institutional configurations. With the aim of understand this process, this article contrasts the experiences of Nature & Progrès (France) and Ecovida Agroecology Network (Brazil). These movements are changing organic...

La Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO), presenta en una nueva publicación un análisis de cómo está el campo mexicano hoy, una fotografía que muestra las características del sector rural en el siglo XXI.La nueva publicación de la FAO retrata los rostros de la nueva ruralidad...

La Oficina Subregional de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO) para Mesoamérica y la Oficina Regional del Programa Mundial de Alimentos (PMA) para América Latina y el Caribe, ambas ubicadas en Panamá, compartieron conocimientos y herramientas para la validación y sistematización de buenas...

A new initiative led by IIED is generating lessons on how rural producers, their associations and their wider communities can best be empowered to articulate their development priorities, make informed choices, and negotiate effectively for equitable partnerships with progressive private sector actors in commercial agriculture.  This webinar, part of the 'Empowering...

‘UshauriKilimo’(http://ushaurikilimo.org) is a Swahili word from ‘Ushauri’ and ‘Kilimo’ which means ‘advisory’ and ‘agriculture’ respectively. ‘UshauriKilimo’ is an information system for agricultural advisory services. It is an agro-advisory and extension service system that allows any actor in the agricultural sector to ask for advisory services to an agriculture extension officer...

UNACMA is the only association, at a national level, representing traders and repairers of agricultural machinery, and of machinery for the maintenance of green areas. It is associated with CONFCOMMERCIO MOBILITA and carries forward its objectives mainly in institutions at regional, national and European level. It carries out training and...

Depuis quelques années, la petite agriculture familiale est mise sur le devant de la scène par les institutions internationales et présentée comme étant susceptible de répondre aux enjeux globaux (sécurité alimentaire et changement climatique), et ce, notamment, dans les pays du Sud où ce type d’agriculture reste majoritaire. Un groupe...

O projeto Arca do Gosto — idealizado pelo movimento Slow Food e feito em parceria com a Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina e com a Secretaria Especial de Agricultura Familiar e Desenvolvimento Agrário (SEAD) — quer catalogar as iguarias que correm risco de sumir de vez. O projeto é o...

The SKI seed germinated out of many years of work on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and farmers’ rights by activists, who at various times worked with Biowatch South Africa, the African Biodiversity Network, GRAIN, the Gaia Foundation, the University of Cape Town, the Mupo Foundation, La Via Campesina, PELUM and...