This working paper summarizes the findings of the socioeconomic component of the research project Improved livelihoods of small-scale farmers in Iraq through integrated pest management and use of organic fertilizer, that was managed by ICARDA and funded by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Ministry of Agriculture...

Entrevista com Rosiéle Ludtke, do Movimento dos Pequenos Agricultores (MPA) e das Mulheres Camponesas.  O maior desafio dos agricultores que tem uma pequena propriedade, especialmente das mulheres, é ter garantia de compra de sua produção. O fato de não ter um mercado garantido complica a diversificação - o fumo tem mercado...

Entrevista com Rogerio Heringer, que produz tabaco e novas culturas. O fumo está ficando caro para produzir - o projeto da merenda escoalr está me dando mais lucro e menos trabalho. Estou produzindo agora porco, galinha, fruta, hortaliça, bata doce... para merenda escolar. O programa do governo garante a compra. Participo de um...

Dairy farmer from Kilkenny, Bill O'Keeffe, who writes for the Irish Farmers Journal is interviewed on farm by Bryan Hynes.

La Plataforma de Tecnología, Información y Comunicación Agropecuaria y Rural-PLATICAR-es un ecosistema de conocimiento desarrollado participativamente por productores, extensionistas e investigadores costarricenses, con un enfoque agromático de las TIC, basado en procesos de comunicación para el desarrollo y gestión de conocimiento; ha logrado que los tiempos de adopción de las...

The Fast Track Land Reform Programme (FTLRP) implemented during the 2000s in Zimbabwe represents the only instance of radical redistributive land reforms since the end of the Cold War. It reversed the racially-skewed agrarian structure and discriminatory land tenures inherited from colonial rule, whereby over 6,000 large-scale white farmers and...

Although it is increasingly recognised that Zimbabwe’s Fast Track Land Reform Programme (FTLRP), initiated in 2000, was redistributive (Moyo et al 2009; Scoones et al 2010), few studies have examined the qualitative character of this outcome and its prospects for progressive social and political transformation in a largely agrarian society....

Los productores agropecuarios de la región pampeana desarrollan su actividad en el contexto de un modelo productivo cada vez menos demandante de mano de obra familiar. Asimismo, se registra cierta “modernización” de las relaciones intrafamiliares vinculada con la adopción de hábitos más característicos de una “clase media urbana” como, por...

Globally, agricultural production systems are under pressure to meet multiple challenges: to sustain or increase production from the same area of land and reduce negative impacts on the environment amid uncertainties resulting from climate change. As farming systems adapt to meet these challenges, one of agriculture’s greatest assets in meeting...

"Cambios de modelo educativo no se circunscriben a la educación superior universitaria sino que, vinculadas a las perspectivas de realización social y económica de los actuales jóvenes y niños de las familias campesinas agricultoras, existen iniciativas de educación rural con larga experiencia de éxito en varios países de la región,...

El PMA, ONU Mujeres, la FAO y UNICEF se han unido a la Asociación de Mujeres de Juntas Parroquiales Rurales del Ecuador para visibilizar a las mujeres rurales en su día mundial. La siguiente nota resume el impacto que Mariana, una de estas mujeres rurales, está teniendo en su comunidad....

This working paper synthesizes and analyzes the characteristics of the indigenous sheep production and breeding strategies and practices of four sheep farming communities located in pastoral (Amibara), sub-alpine sheep-barley (Menz), perennial crop-livestock (Bonga), and cereal-livestock (Horro) production systems. The paper also provides a model framework for characterizing the indigenous sheep...

Cash Transfers: Promoting Sustainable Livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa Cash transfers are regular money payments to poor households. In sub-Saharan Africa, cash transfer programmes target the poorest and most vulnerable people, who are mostly subsistence farmers. Some programmes specifically target families with members who have disabilities or who take care of orphans or older people. Eligible households...

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...

Esta guía técnica sobre Gobernar la tierra en beneficio de las mujeres y los hombres tiene como finalidad secundar la aplicación de las Directrices voluntarias sobre la gobernanza responsable de la tenencia de la tierra, la pesca y los bosques en el contexto de la seguridad alimentaria nacional, ofreciendo orientaciones...

The documentary shows how three smallholder farmers in Tanzania and Kenya escaped poverty, hunger and diminishing yields through learning organic farming practises. This documentary was made for IFOAM by Maweni Farm in collaboration with the national organic agriculture movements in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda.

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...

El esfuerzo colectivo hacia un objetivo reconocido y estudiado con la participación del conjunto de actores interesados en encontrar respuestas a problemáticas diversas da como resultado valiosos aportes e incluso proyectos con valor innovador. La publicación del presente manual afirma lo expuesto, la intervención de la Universidad, sus estudiantes y...

Este manual tiene el propósito principal de orientar a investigadores, técnicos extensionistas, certificadores de semillas, productores de papa (organizados o independientes), catedráticos, estudiantes y otros actores relacionados con este rubro en los aspectos técnicos de la producción de semillas de papa.

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...