The report provides an outline of what was learnt during the workshop and some thoughts about how this important dialogue may be continued and enriched. It also serves as a call to action to the key stakeholders, in the light of the upcoming transformation of the sector. Continuing the dialogue...

El proyecto Más Algodón, del Programa de Cooperación Internacional Brasil-FAO participará el 11º Congreso Brasileño junto a una delegación de seis países de América Latina, que son sócios en esta iniciativa de Cooperación Sur-Sur Trilateral. El evento, que se lleva a cabo cada dos años, tiene como el tema de esta...

A learning pack for teachers and young Europeans aged 11-15, about food and the importance of farming in our life. The teacher's pack contains a DVD, a usb key, worksheets and a map. There are also 20 worksheets for students – colourful, entertaining exercise books with project ideas. This set...

Organic farming helped Mr. Keo Nov (PGS-organic farmer in the Kandal Province of Cambodia 🇰🇭) to break the vicious cycle of chemicals and debt. https://www.organicwithoutboundaries.... Together with his wife, they farm approximately 1,200 square meters of land, nearly a third of an acre. They have been managing their farm organically...

Регион Центральной Азии и Южного Кавказа (ЦАК) имеет много возможностей для разработки и внедрения аграрных инновационных технологий, благодаря важности ее сельскохозяйственного сектора в национальной экономике. Инновации рассматриваются как необходимое условие для повышения продуктивности сельского хозяйства в программах развития сельских районов. Комплекс мер, направленных на развитие инноваций в сельскохозяйственном секторе, будет...

O curso de Gestão em Cooperativismo para Dirigentes de Empreendimentos da Agricultura Familiar vai se iniciar no mês de março. Vão ser ministrados 50 cursos no total, e serão direcionados a 2.250 líderes de cooperativas espalhados pelo país. A programação do projeto foi dividida em três eixos principais: cooperativismo (o...

Trata-se de um levantamento de dados exaustivo e sem precedentes sobre o consumo de agrotóxicos no Brasil (todos com fontes oficiais) e faz um paralelo com o que acontece na União Européia. Conta com uma introdução sintetizando o trabalho de pós-doutoramento da professora e, a partir da página 67, são...

Farmers are experiencing the need to adapt to climate change, and are developing different strategies. This article contributes to the understanding of farmers’ adaptation choices, their determinants and their implications, in relation to the household income. In 2014, Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) and 220 household surveys were carried out with...

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...

O Governo mineiro prepara o lançamento do Geoportal do Café, mais uma ferramenta com o objetivo de contribuir para a excelência de uma das principais atividades econômicas em Minas Gerais. Vários braços do Estado estão envolvidos na iniciativa. A criação da plataforma tecnológica tem a participação da Empresa de Assistência Técnica...

Esta guía se enmarca dentro del Proyecto “Creación de Cadenas Cortas Agroalimentarias en la Ciudad de México” que es una iniciativa conjunta de la FAO y la SEDEREC, cuyo objetivo general consiste en apoyar las políticas y programas de desarrollo empresarial de la SEDEREC, con el fin de mejorar su...

As cooperativas agropecuárias associadas à Federação das Cooperativas Agropecuárias do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul (FecoAgro/RS) tiveram um crescimento de 11,3% no faturamento no ano de 2016, somando um total de R$ 20,45 bilhões no ano passado ante os R$ 18,38 bilhões registrados em 2015.  Outro número divulgado foi o...

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This project is supported by the Norwegian Aid for Development (NORAD) through the Southern Africa Confederation for Agriculture Unions (SACAU), in 6 districts of Zimbabwe. The program makes use of 50 school based young farmers clubs as community development agents and nucleus's for promoting adaptation, and mitigation of climate change...

Transnational supply chains are networks of locally-based enterprises that supply the demands of transnational corporations, mostly for raw materials and parts of manufactured goods. Transnational corporations set the terms of exchange within this supply chain: quality, prices, quantities and deadlines, leaving the supplying enterprises to determine working conditions, safety and...

Forest cover in sub-Saharan Africa declined by nearly 10 per cent between 2000 and 2010. Of this loss, 75 per cent was caused by the conversion of forest to agriculture, largely for food production to serve rapidly growing domestic food demand. Focusing on Ethiopia, Ghana and Tanzania, this study examines...

This is a story about Ruth Stephen Chileshe who lives in a remote rural farming community outside the northern capital of Kasama. For the past few years, farmers and villagers have battled extreme poverty and malnutrition due to low crop yields brought about by difficulties in tilling the land, depleted soils and...

Livestock production contributes significantly to ammonia and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The EIP-AGRI Focus Group on reducing livestock emissions looked for cost effective measures to reduce both methane (CH4 ) and ammonia (NH3 ). The 20 experts in the group described the current and new mitigation measures, explored their cost-effectiveness,...

Agrisud et ses partenaires, la Fondation Norsys et l’ORMVAO, ont conduit conjointement le programme d’INitiatives Entrepreneuriales de Services Agricoles (INES). Initié dans le cadre d’un appel à propositions de la Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine, ce projet a également bénéficié du soutien de MASEN (Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy). L’objectif était de créer à...

Agricultores familiares vinculados a 14 associações e cooperativas de Pernambuco assinaram 15 novos contratos com a Companhia Nacional de Abastecimento (Conab) em 2016 para fornecimento 2,62 mil toneladas de diferentes produtos por meio do Programa de Aquisição de Alimentos (PAA). O Programa de Aquisição de Alimentos (PAA) é uma ação do...