Worldwide, an estimated 3.5 billion kilograms of pesticides is applied to crops each year, and that number is steadily increasing as developing nations are steadily transitioning over to chemical-based agriculture in a misguided and misinformed effort to increase yield and lower cost. The use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides has...

The Too Big to Ignore (TBTI) Digest contains all of the project's recent activities and outputs.

En Tunisie, comme dans beaucoup de pays émergents, les coopératives et autres formes d’associations de producteurs ont été principalement créées à l’initiative de l’État comme véhicules pour faciliter la mise en œuvre des stratégies de développement. Malgré la multiplicité des soutiens publics qu’elles reçoivent et même si on peut citer...

The Too Big to Ignore (TBTI) Digest contains all of the project's recent activities and outputs.

Goats in rural communities are often raised in conditions which do not allow them to achieve their maximum performance nor express their genetic potentials. For goats to perform to their full potential, they require high nutritious feed especially in the winter season when there is food shortage or during high...

This article explores livestock markets and the use of pastoralist mobility to gradually enhance the growing cattle economy in Karamoja, Uganda; cases are provided in this article of the best practices in the livestock trade and communities, involved both inside and outside of Karamoja. The challenges and recommendations that can lead to the...

Reflections on the ‘Towards an Inclusive Blue Economy’ conference organized by the International Institute for Environment and Development in London in February 2019

The ENRD newsletter provides all the latest rural development news from Europe straight to your inbox once a month. From policy updates to ENRD meetings and from project outcomes to online videos, this new and updated tool aims to provide something for everybody interested in rural development policy in Europe....

Today, more than 55% of the world’s population lives in urban areas and consumes 70% of all food produced globally. By 2050, the urban population is expected to grow even more. This presents a challenge: urban areas need efficient food systems that ensure food security, safeguard the environment and promote...

The world’s soils are rapidly deteriorating due to soil erosion, nutrient depletion, loss of soil organic carbon, soil sealing and other threats, but this trend can be reversed provided countries take the lead in promoting sustainable management practices and the use of appropriate technologies. Several scientific reports highlighted in this...

The cyclonic wind that swept through the shores of the Indian state of Odisha in the wake of Cyclone Fani have razed the livelihoods of many fisherfolk

1 March 2019, Cairo -“Water and Land are arguably the most precious resources to the countries of the Near East and North Africa region,” the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) declared today. 

The European Conference on Crop Diversification will take place from the 18th to 21st of September 2019 in Budapest, Hungary. The conference will explore how we can achieve the full potential of cropping system diversification for improved productivity, delivery of ecosystem services and resource-efficient and sustainable value chains. 

Aos 47 anos, Vânia Lúcia Pereira da Silva resume em uma palavra o sentimento que tem ao olhar para sua trajetória como agricultora orgânica: gratidão. Produtora de café orgânico feminino, uma das linhas de café da Cooperativa dos Agricultores Familiares de Poço Fundo e Região (COOPFAM), Vânia está envolvida com...

Gestores e professores de escolas indígenas do Amapá participaram de oficinas sobre o Programa Nacional de Alimentação Escolar (Pnae). Durante quatro dias, representantes dos povos Galibi-Marworno, Karipuna, Palikur e Galibi-Kalinã estiveram na cidade de Oiapoque para debater sobre como garantir aos estudantes das escolas indígenas da região uma alimentação saudável,...

The hellish expansion of salmon farming in Chile’s Patagonia could threaten a hundred years of Chile-Norway relations

Agroforestry practices can be very diverse, ranging from specializing strictly on one tree species to one crop or livestock species which benefits from the presence of trees the best, to multilayer, multispecies plant associations on one agricultural plot. This article describes main agroforestry systems and common practices, that have been tested...

A agricultura familiar é realizada em pequenas propriedades e representa uma atividade fundamental para a produção de alimentos, geração de renda e empregos, o crescimento econômico regional e a conservação ambiental em função da relação afetiva com a terra. O Plano Estadual da Agricultura Familiar de Mato Grosso, que você...

The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is rolling out digital innovation technologies in the form of SMS text messages and smart phone applications across the African continent, starting in Senegal and Rwanda. In this pilot episode of FAO's new podcast Stories From The Field, we head to Tambacounda, 450...

A APDEA – Associação Portuguesa de Economia Agrária, o GPP – Gabinete de Planeamento e Políticas e o INIAV – Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agronómica e Veterinária vão realizar um evento internacional e multidisciplinar, subordinado ao tema “A Agricultura e os desafios societais para o período 20-30”, de 15 a 18 de outubro, em Lisboa/Oeiras. Este evento...