El agua es uno de los componentes fundamentales en la productividad de los ecosistemas. El suelo desde el punto de vista agrícola constituye la principal reserva de agua para el crecimiento de las plantas, por lo tanto debe asegurar el abastecimiento de este recurso en la cantidad y momento en...

A new project, supported by the Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF) and led by the FAO, is going to give fish exporters in the Solomon Islands an added boost to access the EU market. Solomon Islands’ fish exporters stand to benefit under a new project going live supported by the...

Ce film montre un mode de collaboration entre deux communes, ayant permis de réaliser des investissement qu'une seule ne pouvait pas assumer. La route construite grâce à l'intercommunalité permet de contribuer au désenclavement de la zone, en favorisant les échanges de marchandises, y compris agricoles, et en permettant une facilité...

This e-learning course introduces you to the concepts of productive employment and decent work and its relevance for food and nutrition security and rural poverty reduction. The course also provides guidance on how to integrate employment and decent work considerations into agricultural strategies and programmes, with focus on specific groups...

The FAO is partnering with the CARICOM Secretariat with support of the members of AFNC, to organise the 11th Meeting of the Regional Planners Forum on Agriculture with a focus on Innovation systems for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development. This activity stems directly from the FAO’s commitment to support the implementation...

Abordar el proceso de formulación de políticas públicas diferenciadas para la Agricultura Familiar (AF) en América Latina es el objetivo del lanzamiento de dos nuevas publicaciones desarrolladas por el Proyecto Insignia Productividad y sustentabilidad de la agricultura familiar para la seguridad alimentaria y la economía rural (PIAF) del Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación...

En este documento argumentamos que la participación de las mujeres mayangna y miskitu de seis comunidades indígenas del Caribe Norte de Nicaragua, en el manejo de los bosques no ha sido equitativa con respecto a los hombres, debido a la forma en que se establecen las relaciones de género en...

The newsletter of June 2017 includes: LIFE lands on the beautiful island of Cyprus, Top Chefs Association from Poland strengthens cooperation with LIFE, Other news from around the EU, News from our members, Press review

Europe and Central Asia is a vibrant region of nearly one billion people, living in more than 50 countries across 13 time zones, and speaking more than 300 languages. Chronic hunger has been all but eradicated from this part of the world, but pockets of food insecurity continue to exist,...

De acordo com o senso agropecuário de 2006, a agricultura familiar constitui a base econômica de 90% dos municípios brasileiros com até 20 mil habitantes. A agricultura familiar tem características diferentes da agricultura empresarial e representa 36% de toda a riqueza produzida pelo campo. Nela, a gestão da propriedade é feita...

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...

Forests are essential to life on earth: more than 1.6 billion people rely on them for their livelihoods, they’re critical in the fight against climate change, they maintain biodiversity, and protect land and water. Yet the threats against them continue to multiply. Around the world forests are being plundered for...

Whilst many challenges facing Farming First’s supporters can vary from region to region, we also stand to gain much from sharing our common experiences, to identify relevant solutions. With this in mind, we recently interviewed farmers from opposite ends of the world, to find out which concerns and interventions – if...

A Expointer chega a sua 40º edição e começa no sábado dia 26 de agosto e vai até o dia 03 de setembro. A feira teve origem em 1901 e hoje é reconhecida como um dos maiores eventos do mundo no gênero e considerada a maior feira a céu aberto...

This report is the result of the Focus Group (FG) on Organic Farming, Optimising Arable Yields which was launched under the European Innovation Partnership (EIP-AGRI) 'Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability'. The Focus Group brought together 20 experts with different backgrounds and experiences (scientists, farmers, advisers…) to make recommendations on transferable innovative...

A marketing application for small holder farmers in Zimbabwe. This video serves the purposes of educating the user on the value proposition of the application.

A partir de la década del ´70 comenzó a producirse en amplias regiones del país un cambio del modelo agropecuario mixto (agricultura y ganadería) hacia uno de agricultura permanente, que incluyó el doble cultivo trigo-soja y el monocultivo de soja. Este proceso se debió principalmente a los buenos precios agrícolas y...

The UA Magazine tries to provide insight into the questions: “What is ‘urban agroecology’,exactly? Is it a type of ecological or organic agriculture in the city or if not, what else or what more?”. As we will see from the contributions in this Magazine, definitions differ and tend to reflect...

Agricultural labour productivity and decent employment are interlinked. Data show that in countries with higher agricultural productivity, the agricultural workforce faces a lower probability to be unemployed, poor or in vulnerable employment. This indicates that decent work gaps in agriculture can be addressed by increasing labour productivity. To do so,...

There are still 2.1 billion poor people and other 900 million living in extreme poverty, most of which live in rural areas. Most of the poor live in rural areas and 95% per cent of the rural poor live in East Asia, South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Most of the...