How to strengthen producers-consumers relationships ? This activity is one of the numerous exercises to be tried out during Urgenci's learning journeys. The latest of these journeys took place in Turkey 4-8 October, thanks to the support from the Civil Society Team of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Some tasks...

A fall armyworm outbreak, the first emergence of the pest in southern Africa, is causing considerable crop damage in some countries. If the pest damage aggravates, it could dampen prospects for good crop harvests that is anticipated in the current farming season. Maize, a staple food in the region has...

Mr. Oun Sophal is the Chairperson of the BOD of Ratanak Polrath Samaki Agricultural Cooperative in Khachey Khanlech village, Damnak Sokrom commune, Doun Toung district, Kampot province, Cambodia. He has been promoting organic agriculture, livestock, saving and community business among the members. With support from Farmer and Nature Net under the...

Dans les zones de savanes d’Afrique subsaharienne, les systèmes de polyculture-élevage sont dominants et l’association entre l’agriculture et l’élevage ne cesse de progresser. Cette évolution contribue-telle à intensifier durablement la production agricole dans les exploitations ? Pour répondre à cette question, l’étude compare selon le niveau d’association de l’agriculture et...

This video tells the story of Mehaou, an inspiring Nigerien farmer and grandmother who has overcome many challenges to provide for her family - including rearing, breeding and selling goats. 

The study relies on national data and accessible documents; academic and non-academic literature, including development projects documents. The study involved also interviews with key stakeholders to identify and analyze their experience about the current and past state of affairs on public policies in support of small-scale agriculture (SSA). The final...

The Study was based on secondary data as well as on information provided by relevant government and non-government agricultural units at the Federal and states levels. The Study is intended to provide an analytical basis for recommending policy actions towards revitalizing inclusive and sustainable small-scale agriculture sub-sector. The Study starts...

Sustainably feeding the growing world population and preventing dangerous climate change are two of the major challenges facing society today. While there is a growing understanding of the complexity of the links between these challenges and of the global degradation of the environment, the contribution of food and farming to...

La 40ª Expointer, exposición reconocida como uno de los mayores eventos del mundo en el género, siendo considerada la mayor feria de América Latina. Se realiza entre el 26 de agosto y el 3 de septiembre de 2017 y reunirá las últimas novedades de la tecnología agropecuaria y agroindustrial. Se expondrán las...

Civil society organizations, farmers, fisherfolk, pastoralists, indigenous peoples, consumers, youth networks, women’s networks, food processors, practitioners, government, academics and researchers, recognizing that food systems in Africa have dramatically changed over the last century, gathered in Addis Ababa in November 2016 to deliberate the theme, “Changing Food Systems in Africa: Agroecology...

Juha Tehno, young farmer from Finland explains his farming practices and briefly outlines how to better connect farmers in the value chain

The Agriculture and Farmers Federation of Myanmar (AFFM) saw low participation of youth in agribusiness, which is attributed to the limited access to key resources, such as land, start-up capital, business mentors, and increasing number of youth moving from rural to urban areas as well as to other countries to...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...