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Proyecto
Food loss analysis for identification of critical loss points and solutions of sorghum, maize and cowpea value chains in Burkina Faso
The RBA Project is jointly implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP). Funded by the Government of Switzerland, the Project seeks to improve food security and income-generating opportunities through the reduction of...
Burkina Faso
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Libro
Algodón orgánico de color: Generando ingresos y ciudadanía en la agricultura familiar de la región semiárida brasileña
El estudio “Algodón Orgánico de Color: Generando ingresos y ciudadanía en la agricultura familiar en la región semiárida brasileña”, informa la experiencia del reinicio del cultivo del algodón y la conversión al sistema orgánico de producción de los agricultores familiares del Asentamiento Margarida Maria Alves I, en Paraiba.
Esta iniciativa pionera...
Brazil
2017 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Conferencia/Reunión
Farm-success project fourth transnational meeting, Naklo, Slovenia
The fourth Farm-Success transnational meeting was held in Naklo, Slovenia on the 9-10th March 2017. The first day of the meeting commenced with an overview of the project work completed recently, followed by a presentation of the case studies. The remainder of the morning session was spent discussing the project...
2017
Artículo de blog
Pour en finir avec l'insécurité alimentaire en Afrique et en Méditerranée
En dépit de nombreuses réunions internationales depuis des décennies (1), on observe en Afrique, mais aussi en Méditerranée et en Europe, une montée de l'insécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle, qui incite à proposer des solutions efficaces à la crise polysémique des systèmes alimentaires et de construire, au sein du cadre géopolitique...
2017
Acto
Agrarian Studies Training Institute (ASTI)
The institute is offering a course entitled “Agrarian Transformations in the Global South”.The aim of the course is to provide an intensive study of the agrarian question, including its origins, historical trajectories, and related policy interventions, especially land reform. It offers a historical and comparative perspective whose purpose is to...
2017 - Sam Moyo African Institute for Agrarian Studies (SMAIAS)
Vídeo
The Women of Petatán
Located in the central-western part of the country, Lake Chapala is Mexico’s largest lake, and one of the many fishing villages bordering the lake is Petatán, with a population of only 423 inhabitants. However, what makes Petatán special is that most fish caught in Lake Chapala—tilapia and carp—as well as...
Mexico
2017 - Women in Seafood
Manual
Facilitators' guide book for farmers field schools
This publication offers facilitators technical guidance to manage field farm schools to support local famers in all aspects of rice crop management. Technical knowledge gained by farmers will revitalize the rice industry in Fiji and assist food security by alleviating dependance on rice imports.
Fiji
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Vídeo
Women in the Changing World of Work: Planet 50-50 by 2030
Poverty, hunger, malnutrition: the solution to these global challenges rests upon unlocking the full potential of women in the world of work. Did you know that 52% of Zimbabweans are women, and yet there are fewer women being represented in parliament (32%), local Authority (16.7%) and in managerial positions in the...
2017 - Food and Agriculture organization of the United Nations
Artículo de revista especializada
Impacts of Improved Supplemental Irrigation on Farm Income, Productive Efficiency and Risk Management in Dry Areas
This paper provides empirical evidence that improved supplemental irrigation (ISI) can be justified on both environmental and economic grounds. Results of a stochastic frontier model which explicitly and simultaneously accounts for technical inefficiency and production risk applied to data collected from 513 wheat farms in the rainfed areas of Syria...
2017 - International Center for Agriculture Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)
Vídeo
Women in Seafood
The video was shot at Bishop Koji, an island 10 minutes speed boat ride from Central Lagos Nigeria. It highlights the role of women in the seafood industry, their personal sacrifices vis-à-vis economic contributions to livelihoods, the lack of social support and amenities from the Local Government in terms of...
Nigeria
2017 - Women in Seafood
Vídeo
Betty Ndugga, a female entrepreneur in Uganda
Betty Ndugga used to be a clothing trader in Uganda's capital of Kampala. After her husband died, she returned to her village and joined a local farmer field school, supported by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization, where she was trained in coffee production. After that, she decided to establish...
Uganda
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Artículo
AgroEcological Transitions: changes and breakthroughs in the making
To underline the need for radical, systemic changes, we have chosen the term “AgroEcological Transitions” for the title of this volume. It stresses that a transition towards sustainable agriculture requires more than improving agribusiness as usual. To us, agroecology refers to broad and varied processes of experimentation and innovation that...
2017 - OT Team Agriculture & SocietyKnowledge Technology and InnovationWASS
Aprendizaje en línea
Organization Analysis and Development
Effective organizations are critical for sustainable development and particularly important for food security and agriculture. This course explains how to carry out effective analysis and development of state and non-state organizations in member countries and provides illustrations of organizational change including in government ministries, producer organizations and research institutes.
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Artículo
Taking Advantage of the African Digital Tech Revolution.
Using mobile technology to scale the impact of agricultural development service provision.
Kenya
2017 - The Haller Foundation
Artículo de revista especializada
La gouvernance de l'eau souterraine dans le Sahara algérien : enjeux, cadre légal et pratiques locales
Depuis la découverte de son grand potentiel hydrique, et la baisse du coût de mobilisation de l'eau souterraine, le Sahara, où existait une agriculture oasienne en difficulté, est considéré comme l'espoir de l'agriculture algérienne. Sous l'effet conjugué de politiques publiques généreuses, notamment en matière de réalisation d'infrastructures, et de dynamiques...
Algeria
2017
Vídeo
Convite para Concurso vozes, imagens, historias e experiências das mulheres rurais
Video: Convite para Concurso vozes, imagens, historias e experiências das mulheres rurais
Brazil
2017 - Secretaria Especial de Agricultura Familiar e do Desenvolvimento Agrário (SEAD)
Artículo de blog
Direct selling at an organic market in Odisha
At organic market in Odisha, middle-class consumers get to interact with the producers of their food and appreciate traditional knowledge systems
India
2017
Artículo de blog
Estado reconhece importância das mulheres para fortalecer a agricultura familiar
Apoiar a população residente na zona rural, em especial as mulheres, é uma das prioridades do Governo de Minas Gerais. Prova disso é que está em andamento o diagnóstico sobre a situação das trabalhadoras rurais do estado. Desenvolvido pela Secretaria de Estado de Desenvolvimento Agrário (Seda) e a Fundação João...
Brazil
2017 - Secretaria de Estado de Desenvolvimento Agrário (SEDA)
Artículo
L'agroécologie, un modèle qui tient la route ?
Un nouveau modèle agricole semble devoir s’imposer. En Amérique du Nord, en Europe, mais également dans certains pays d’Amérique du Sud et d’Asie, les systèmes de production agricole ont connu une véritable révolution pendant la deuxième moitié du vingtième siècle. Avec une production agricole standardisée, des rendements fortement augmentés et...
Burkina Faso
2017 - SOS FAIM
Aprendizaje en línea
Developing Country Capacity
This course aims to guide actors in member countries in effectively enhancing country capacity and to ensure that programmes and projects lead to truly effective and sustainable change. It consolidates existing knowledge, tools and lessons learned from FAO’s work.
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
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