In their individual and joint efforts to address the problems of poverty, IFAD and its partner agencies in the NENA region are confronted by a large number of constraints, including:• The natural resource base in both quantity and quality, in particular, the prevalence ofdesert and semi-arid areas and the frequency...

Small producers, who sell their own products from their own farms, have been making and selling their products for many generations. They believe in the health of their products. But in certain cases, production and storage conditions can lead to serious food poisoning, even though the producer/seller who eats the...

This paper assesses the current rural development practice against the main trends in recent rural development thinking, based on evidence from four country case studies. While much progress has been made in understanding the need to look beyond only agriculture for the promotion of productive activities in rural areas, and...

(Páginas 1- 6 de la publicación). En el Perú una variable que caracteriza la condición socioeconómica de la familia campesina es la pobreza rural.  Entre los factores que se encuentran asociados al desarrollo económico de las zonas rurales se menciona, en general, a las características geográficas de la región, las...

This brief explains how Conservation agriculture offers a powerful option for meeting future food demands while also contributing to sustainable agriculture and rural development. CA methods can improve the efficiency of input, increase farm income, improve or sustain crop yields, and protect and revitalize soil, biodiversity and the natural resource...

This paper aims to review the role of farm households and the agro-food sector in the economy of rural areas in Korea. It discusses definition of rural area, share of agricultural and agro-food sectors in Korean economy, the income situation of farm households and non-farming activities, and multiplier effects of...

The Conference on Ecological Agriculture: Mitigating Climate Change, Providing Food Security and Self-Reliance for Rural Livelihoods in Africa was held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 26-28 November 2008. It was organised by the African Union (AU), UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development...

En el presente Manual se plantea una recopilación de los principales cultivos hortí- colas que pueden desarrollarse en una huerta familiar, desde la teoría y con la práctica, a través de una metodología descriptiva basada en cuatro puntos: Clima y Suelo Forma y Época de Siembra Cuidados del Cultivo Cosecha. Esto...

Este  documento  es  un  resultado  del Programa  Dinámicas  Territoriales Rurales,  que  Rimisp  lleva  a  cabo  en varios  países  de  América  Latina  en colaboración  con  numerosos  socios. El  programa  cuenta  con  el  auspicio del  Centro  Internacional  de Investigaciones  para  el  Desarrollo (IDRC,  Canadá).  Se  autoriza  la reproducción  parcial  o  total  y  la...

This issue of Caravan describes some of ICARDA's work on climate change. It contains overviews of the key issues, and articles describing research in specific areas: for example, how genetic resources – landrace varieties, wild relatives, indigenous livestock breeds – can be used to make small-scale agriculture better adapted to...

This document comprises a summary of the work accomplished during the meeting and a range of articles that were produced for the workshop by our FAO colleagues and the network’s partners. Dimitra is issuing this brochure in the aim of reproducing the participants’ discussions and making them available to a...

Este documento promueve acciones coordinadas por parte de la comunidad internacional para el reconocimiento de los derechos de los pueblos indígenas y que este año celebra su décimo aniversario.

Based on village surveys in diverse regions of Malawi, this paper explores the features of labor use in smallholder agricultural production in Malawi. Labor contracts found in the study villages were interrelated with the high risks in agricultural production and the problem of food deficit, and provided a means for...

This report is produced as part of collaboration between the European Forum on Nature Conservation and Pastoralism (EFNCP) and WWF Danube-Carpathian Programme (WWFDCP). Both organisations recognise the importance of certain farming systems for nature conservation. Between 2006 and 2008 a project was executed aiming at finding out at a local...

The course illustrates how markets operate and how they relate to, and affect, food security and vulnerable households. It describes market components and how they function, and introduces some of the methods and indicators used to assess markets for improving food security analysis.

Este documento recoge los resultados de los tres últimos años del subcomponente “Pago de incentivos económicos por diversificación de finca”, del programa Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricional, que la Asociación Soya de Nicaragua (Soynica) implementó desde 1999, el cual brinda atención a 360 familias, en 36 comunidades, ubicadas en seis municipios...

 Agriculture is the basic economic activity of most African countries and the agriculture sector is essential for food and livelihood security and poverty alleviation. Over 75 percent of African population is rural composed of small scale holdings and family farming with a vast diversity of agroecosystems evolved over generations forming...

A fines de septiembre pasado, el aún presidente del Consejo de Ministros, Jorge del Castillo, declaró que una forma efectiva de hacer frente al alza de los precios de los alimentos era consumir productos de origen nacional. Omitió decir que la política agraria del gobierno, del que entonces era figura...

This volume contains the papers presented in the seventh ITF meeting, which was held from 26-29 November, 2007 in Bali, Indonesia. It includes the fourth draft of IROCB , the first iii draft of a Tool for Assessing Equivalence of Certification Standards (EquiTool), three analytical papers, and the meeting report....

This publication presents papers of the sixth meeting of the ITF, held in Stockholm, Sweden in October 2006. Also included here is the first draft of the International Requirements for Organic Certification Bodies (IROCB), which is a tool for equivalence of organic conformity assessment systems. In addition, the volume contains...