This FFS Guidance Document focuses on the process and critical decisions that are necessary when starting a new FFS programme, and guides the reader through the essential steps required to establish a solid basis for such programmes, in tune with the specific local conditions. It also defines the essential elements...

Por meio do Programa Nacional de Fortalecimento da Agricultura Familiar (Pronaf), a agricultora familiar Letícia Weigert conseguiu fazer seu primeiro financiamento, em 2009. “Com um investimento de aproximadamente R$ 40 mil, ampliamos a nossa unidade agroindustrial”, conta ela, que recentemente passou a trabalhar com o cultivo suspenso de morangos. A agricultora...

APF CR is a part of the International project FARM_SUCCESS, which deal with succession at family farms.  The main aim of the project is to provide tools and knowledge to young farmers in order to enhance and support succession process in family farms. In mid of September already third meeting...

Vários municípios desconhecem os programas de compras públicas de alimentos produzidos pela agricultura familiar para fins sociais e, além disso, por várias dificuldades não vem cumprindo a lei federal que determina aquisição direta de gêneros alimentícios produzidos pela agricultura familiar para a merenda escolar.   A cartilha “Boas Compras da Agricultura Familiar”...

El 17 de junio se realizó el Seminario Equidad de Género para el Desarrollo Territorial en la Cineteca del Centro Cultural Palacio la Moneda en el que, frente a más de 100 personas, se presentaron dos documentos: el Informe Latinoamericano sobre Pobreza y Desigualdad 2015: Género y Territorio, elaborado por...

Tenure security is believed to be critical in spurring agricultural investment and productivity. Yet what improves or impedes tenure security is still poorly understood. Using household- and plot-level data from Ghana, this study analyzes the main factors associated with farmers’ perceived tenure security. Individually, farmers perceive greater tenure security on...

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (“the Committee”) acknowledges the vital contributions of rural women and the urgent need to improve recognition and protection of their human rights. Through its previous Concluding Observations and General Recommendations, the Committee has identified various ways in which rural women continue...

Este es el testimonio de Nené Soneira, quien dedicó toda su vida a trabajar los derechos de aquellos olvidados. Trabajó para construir ese puente necesario entre las comunidades originarias del Impenetrable chaqueño y el Estado e impulsó la creación del municipio El Sauzalito. En 1985 se convirtió en la primera...

El universo de la agricultura familiar comprende varias formas de organización social del trabajo (que corresponden a múltiples identidades culturales), todas estructuradas a partir del control sobre los principales recursos empleados para la reproducción de los medios de vida.   Para llamar la atención sobre la complejidad de la actual crisis alimentaria,...

Malawi has the potential to reorient its smallholder agriculture away from being primarily directed towards assuring household subsistence and self-sufficiency to increased commercial production, including of soyabean. This shift would reduce the country’s reliance on tobacco and diversify its agricultural production and exports. As a legume, furthermore, soyabean would also...

As the Coordinator of the H2020 project “Social Innovation in Marginalised Rural Areas” (SIMRA), I am very pleased to share the news that the 1st Workshop of the H2020  SIMRA Social Innovation Think Tank (SITT) that took place on October 26th – 28th 2016 in Bratislava and was endorsed by...

Para conmemorar el Día Internacional de la Mujer, y con el fin de proveer información específica sobre las brechas de género en áreas rurales, la Unidad para el Cambio Rural (UCAR) junto a la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura en Argentina (FAO) lleva adelante en...

El 17 de junio se realizó el Seminario Equidad de Género para el Desarrollo Territorial en la Cineteca del Centro Cultural Palacio la Moneda en el que, frente a más de 100 personas, se presentaron dos documentos: el Informe Latinoamericano sobre Pobreza y Desigualdad 2015: Género y Territorio, elaborado por...

A first required step to improving the integration of refugees and migrants s to increase understanding between host communities and new arrivals. Such approaches aim to ‘change the narrative’ around migration, increasing the likelihood of more positive outcomes for all.

Addressing gender inequalities and the concerns of women is an urgent need in this context. The SSF Guidelines are an important starting point towards this agenda. The next steps would be to take forward the campaign to include provisions of the Guidelines as part of policies for small-scale fisheries, particularly...

Farmer Coumba Ndoffen Sene used to struggle to feed his family, but now he can pay his children’s school fees and buy them new clothes. He has also started a business raising chickens. Sene takes part in the IFAD-funded Agricultural Value Chains Support Project in Senegal. One of the ideas behind...

La insuficiencia de lugares donde la mujer rural pueda desempeñar un trabajo remunerado, la devuelve una y otra vez al cuidado y atención del hogar, en el que se incluyen los cuidados a personas mayores, niños y niñas, etc. Esto hace necesario la continuidad del desarrollo de programas, tanto desde...

Drylands make up about 43 percent of the region’s land surface, account for about 75 percent of the area used for agriculture, and are home to about 50 percent of the population, including many poor. Involving complex interactions among many factors, vulnerability in drylands is rising, jeopardizing the livelihood for...

Opportunities to become economically self-sufficient are crucial to successful integration into society in the medium to long term, as well as to personal dignity. Skills development, work placements and business-development support can all be valuable depending on each individual’s profile. Access to work for new arrivals is key for their...

This anthology explores the future of African food systems and the role that digital solutions can play in overcoming the isolation of smallholder farmers and speeding up rural development. Farming is one of mankind’s oldest endeavors, and digital technology is one of its newest. The contributors to this fascinating volume...