A partir de la decisión institucional de avanzar en el fomento de la agroecología, INDAP organiza el Primer Simposio Nacional de Agroecología para la Agricultura Familiar. Su principal propósito es promover la práctica agroecológica como un modelo de producción sustentable para la Agricultura Familiar Campesina (AFC) de Chile, generando una...

Smart villages are the new concept of villages around Europe where the traditional services are improved by using new technologies. Mr Mario Milouchev, Director of DG AGRI for Rural Development Programmes1 and Pre-accession assistance, explains how digital solutions help those villages improve the economic performance of their areas but also...

Four decades of communism and an overnight transition from socialism to the free market caused dramatic shifts in food consumer – producer relationships across Eastern Europe. In the Czech Republic, a history of cooperatives and local food production contrasts with today’s situation, in which the country is almost entirely dependent...

While that number may seem small compared to the business generated by trade in the automotive or energy industries, the agri-food sector is of particular importance to the EU economy and, more importantly, the economy of millions of families. EU exports of agricultural and food products to third countries – not...

Para disputar todo o volume de biodiesel comercializado nos leilões bimestrais da Agência Nacional do Petróleo, Gás Natural e Biocombustíveis (ANP), as indústrias do país precisam do Selo Combustível Social, conferido pela Secretaria Especial da Agricultura Familiar e do Desenvolvimento Agrário (SEAD). Até 2014, o selo só era dado às indústrias...

Las mujeres constituyen hoy un nuevo proletariado internacional. Y esta es solo una de las constataciones «de género» del proceso de globalización, que incluye la feminización de las migraciones, la pérdida de tierras y las tradicionales asimetrías entre centro y periferia. Si bien el proceso de globalización ha dado lugar...

Soils are a non-renewable resource on which 95% of our food supply depends. Short-sighted chemical fertilizer applications in conventional farming are depleting soils at an alarming rate. Instead of using potent chemicals that degrade soil, organic farmers continuously give back to the soil, maintaining soil health and fertility for future...

All the information from the EIP-AGRI Focus Group on Ecological Focus Areas at a glance

La papa (Solanum tuberosum) es una planta perteneciente a la familia de las solanáceas, originaria de Sudamérica y cultivada por todo el mundo por sus tubérculos comestibles. En nuestro continente, este cultivo evolucionó y se cruzó con otras plantas silvestres del mismo género, lo que dio como resultado una gran...

La mise en place des normes internationales de développement durable incite les pays à organiser la planification à une échelle locale et de façon participative. L’objectif de cet article est de montrer de quelle manière l’environnement est pris en compte à cette échelle dans 19 documents de planification de trois...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) held a two-day inception workshop in Muscat on the regional technical cooperation project entitled “Strengthening National Capacities of Producer Organizations in the Near East and North Africa”, which will focus on three countries from the region: The Sultanate of Oman,...

Zambia’s Social Cash Transfer (SCT) Programme is implemented by the Ministry of Community Development, Mother and Child Health and has been operating in Zambia since 2003. As of December 2014, the programme reached 150,000 households across 50 districts and there are concrete plans to scale it up nation-wide in the...

In Mali, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is implementing the “Caisses de Résilience” approach with a strong focus on nutrition to support 3 000 vulnerable households in 64 villages in the Mopti region (district of Bandiagara). The three-year programme, launched in February 2015, aims to...

The report reviews the history and construction of the National Policy on Agroecology and Organic Production in Brazil (Política Nacional de Agroecologia e Produção Orgânica no Brasil, Pnapo), a policy that originated from the claims and initiatives from the sovil society and was collectively built. Thanks to the newly created spaces...

O Selo Combustível Social é um componente de identificação criado a partir do Decreto Nº 5.297, de 6 de dezembro de 2004, concedido pela Secretaria de Agricultura Familiar e do Desenvolvimento Agrário (SEAD) ao produtor de biodiesel que cumpre os critérios descritos na Portaria nº 337, de 18 de setembro de 2015....

Progress towards gender equality is key to meeting global goals of eradicating poverty and eliminating hunger and malnutrition. Women make important contributions to agriculture and rural livelihoods and play a vital role in the care and reproduction of households and communities. However, persistent gender inequalities, such as unequal access to...

El desarrollo tecnológico de la agroindustria generó modelos basados en economías de gran escala productiva, fomentando un marginamiento de los modelos tradicionales de producción. Sin embargo, en Argentina, la necesidad de implementar tecnologías alternativas de desarrollo para el sector semi-intensivo o familiar aumentó en la implementación y la divulgación de...

Organic and eco-sustainable farming is particularly suited to farms situated within parks, because it does not harm local ecosystems as it does not use pesticides and promotes biodiversity, improving biological links and creating ideal habitats for animal life. It also promotes grants that reward farmers for acting as “guardians/stewards of...

É comum encontrar diferentes pacotes de arroz branco nos supermercados, mas você sabia que existe arroz vermelho? O produto, assim como a baunilha do cerrado e o milho crioulo, não é tão comum em gôndolas ou mercearias. Mas estes são apenas alguns dos variados produtos brasileiros que estão na lista...

Roadside and farmland hedgerows in Normandy (France) were disappearing. Local inhabitants wanted to preserve this traditional landscape feature. So they decided to generate an economic value for the hedgerows and set up a short wood supply chain. Involving all local groups in this was essential.