This article analyses the development of a system for producing and distributing hybrid oil palm seedlings to small-scale famers. The existing seed system had become so corrupted that the seedlings actually planted were largely of unimproved kinds. The article describes institutional experiments carried out by two Innovation Platforms (IPs) in...

This project is designed to enable smallholder farmers to increase their incomes and profitability, and diversify their livelihoods. The project aims to strengthen smallholder institutions, improve agricultural production and marketing, and build capacities for employment and enterprise development. It has four components: Community and livelihood development Agricultural development and diversification Rural financial services Project...

Secure tenure of land, fisheries and forests is widely acknowledged as being directly related to agricultural productivity, sustainable management of natural resources, and food security. This is the premise of a new project for Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan that FAO is kicking off with a workshop here today. The project will assist...

The Too Big to Ignore (TBTI) Digest contains all of the project's recent activities and outputs. 

A longa estiagem deixa os tradicionais traços de terra arrasada, plantação cinza, como se tivesse sido queimada, e animais magros, mas a situação da população é diferente de anos atrás, quando a seca expulsava os habitantes do sertão. Na seca de 1979 a 1983, por exemplo, 3,5 milhões de pessoas...

Training participants will learn about milk performance recording, best practices in breeding and artificial insemination as used in other countries. They will also be briefed on new milk control requirements being introduced by Moldovan authorities. The workshop’s second day will include practical training in the new techniques.

The First Interim Meeting of the Regional Expert Advisory Working Group (REAWG) on LEADER on the “Assessment of the application of LEADER approach in the Western Balkan countries” was held in the period 05 – 07 June 2017 in Andrevlje, Serbia. The aim of the meeting was to discuss the...

This issue of Farming Matters addresses the intersection of agroecology, food sovereignty and the climate crisis. Climate change is a political problem that highlights the need for systemic change to the way food is produced, processed and distributed. From agroecological practices that build resilience, to social movements that resist land grabbing,...

Documentary on the development cooperation in the Tusheti Region, Georgia

This one pager summarizes a study on the targeting system adopted in Senegal for implementing food purchases using procurement preferential treatment for small-scale family farming food outputs. The study provide a detailed description of the selection of farmers producing rice in the Kédougou region and discusses how it influenced the...

The 8th NRNs’ meeting discussed new networking tools and methods to support the implementation of the Cork 2.0 Declaration in Rural Development Programme (RDP) delivery. The meeting used a methodology called ‘Innovation Camp’ to develop new ideas for the rural networks to achieve their goals in practice. Participants worked in six...

La obra que ahora presentamos reúne trabajos de investigación en alimentos y territorio en el contexto de una nueva ruralidad. Los estudios fueron realizados con el enfoque de Sistemas Agroalimentarios Localizados (SIAL), como una herramienta que permite conocer y explicar la red de relaciones entre los actores sociales y el...

PIFON recently released its Annual Report 2016 documenting its activities implemented in 7 of its member countries of Fiji, Tonga, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, PNG, Samoa and newly joined TimorLeste, it also reports on the finances for 2016. The report covers the progress of all the activities associated with its two...

This workshop, jointly organised by the ENRD Contact Point and the European Council of Young Farmers (CEJA), focused on identifying how various Rural Development Programmes Measures could support generational renewal. The workshop discussed challenges faced by young farmers and new entrants, such as access to land, finance, training, and knowledge. It...

La Plataforma Diversidad Biocultural y Territorios implementa acuerdos y convenios de colaboración, servicios, coordinaciones y alianzas estratégicas alrededor de iniciativas concretas con: comunidades rurales; organizaciones de productores y de pequeños empresarios; redes territoriales; empresas privadas; instituciones y programas públicos; gobiernos nacionales y subnacionales; universidades y centros de investigación; escuelas de formación; agencias...

Comment: Working for Fishers, Analysis - C188: Truly Sustainable by Brandt Wagner et al., Brazil - Fishermen: A Backbreaking Struggle by Ana Paula Rainho, Peru - Labour: Against the Current by Juan Carlos Sueiro et al., New Zealand - Labour: Exploited, Blacklisted, Destitute by Christina Stringer et al., Ireland -...

The United Nations Ocean Conference held in New York on 5-9 June 2017, focussed on the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14 (SDG 14), and called for the sustainable use of oceans, seas and marine resources. At the conference plenary, the Women’s Major Group, representing 1300 member organizations and networks...

The regular 17 th Stakeholders Group Meeting aimed at presenting the realised and future activities related to the implementation of the ABD approach in the “Sharra” cross-border region, update with the new development in the region and information regarding the foreseen activities under the project “Fostering regional cooperation and balanced...

A Confederação Nacional dos Trabalhadores Rurais Agricultores e Agricultoras Familiares (CONTAG) recebeu em sua sede os coordenadores nacionais da Reunião Especializada da Agricultura Familiar (Reaf) Mercosul, do Uruguai, Argentina, Brasil, Paraguai e Chile, para debater temas importantes para o setor, como, por exemplo, cobrar mais espaço para as organizações da...

This issue coincides with a globally historic moment, namely the official launch of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs, which replace the Millen-nium Development Goals (MDGs), are part of an ambitious global sustainable de-velopment agenda focusing on economic growth, social inclusion and environ-mental protection. Having succeeded in reaching the...