The 11th OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) Rural Development Conference was held in Edinburgh on 9-12 April 2018. Prior to the main conference, a series of interactive sessions, led by the European Network for Rural Development, showcased projects and approaches already launched by rural communities to face 21st...

The National Committees for Family Farming in Indonesia and Colombia have promoted processes of political dialogue between key players in Family Farming, leading to the approval of new regulations for the development of Family Farming in their respective countries. In Indonesia, the Law on the Protection and Empowerment of Farmers in...

«Un million de citernes pour le Sahel» encourage des solutions simples et rentables pour la collection et le stockage des eaux pluviales pour les ménages et les communautés vulnérables.

Every year either Netherlands or Belgium hosts the bi-national CSA Conference. This year it was held in Amersfoort, in the center of the Netherlands and close to several CSAs. It was a fully sold out event (125+) with a plenary meeting, workshops, a meal and a movie and on Sunday we...

自2000 年始，国际权威有机农业研究机构瑞士有机农业研究所（FiBL）和 IFOAM 国 际有机联盟（IFOAM-OI）开展对全球范围有机产业发展的调研和数据统计与分析， 目前已连续十九年发布《世界有机农业概况与趋势预测》（以下简称统计年鉴）。随着相关工作越来越规范，信息的来源也越来越多，数据的全面性和准确性不断增强，许多政府机构、科研院所、认证机构、社会组织、有机企业和相关媒体纷纷转载和引用，可以说统计年鉴已得到了全球有机界的充分肯定和认可。

Sixty-eight-year-old Maria Elena is a fisherwoman, catching fish for a living in Mexico’s Lake Chapala. Earlier, in order to earn enough to meet family needs, in addition to fishing Maria Elena also filleted fish but her deteriorating health no longer permits this. Despite having fished for over 50 years, she...

SIMRA (Social Innovation in Marginalised Rural Areas) is a four-year project (2016-2020) funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Programme. It aims to advance understanding of social innovation and innovative governance in agriculture, forestry and rural development – and how to boost them – in marginalised rural areas across Europe...

O projeto Escola de Comer surgiu com o objetivo de melhorar da merenda servida na rede de ensino de Paraty, engajando chefs de cozinha e integrantes da comunidade escolar na capacitação de merendeiras, adoção de cardápios mais nutritivos e saudáveis nas escolas e também incorporando alimentos da agricultura familiar à merenda municipal. A...

Cooperative forms of collective action have a strong presence in agriculture worldwide, processing and/or commercializing one-half of the world’s food at some given stage of the value chain. In Morocco alone, there are about 10 000 registered cooperatives acting in the agriculture sector. The formal registration of such a large...

The programme aims to improve existing training and resources for CSA farmers, equipping them with the skills and tools to produce healthy sustainable food for local communities, and to encourage experience sharing with European countries where CSA is less established. The event took place over five days at Cascina Santa Brera,...

Growing populations and consumption patterns are squeezing forests – especially through industrial agriculture. But many of the 1.5 billion people who live within the world’s remaining forest landscapes are farmers too, albeit smallholders. Many grow and protect trees. Most also hunt and gather from the forest. Forests provide them with...

New research in southern India, conducted by the Fish4Food Project, reveals that small-scale traders play an important role in ensuring access to fish by the urban poor. By providing low income consumers with small pelagic fish, in particular, small-scale traders support food security as well as contribute to the livelihoods...

As fish in Kenya’s Lake Victoria region becomes increasingly scarce, women fish traders in the region turn to fish farming to boost incomes and find a way out of the pernicious practice of jaboya

O aquecimento global põe em risco toda a Floresta Amazônica. Escapamentos e chaminés domundo inteiro lançam na atmosfera bilhões de toneladas de dióxido de carbono, gerando temperaturas cada vez mais altas na Amazônia. Alguns estudos preveem que nas próximas décadas o aquecimento global também reduzirá a precipitação na região. Temperaturas mais altas...

The agriculture sector is one of the major income generating sectors in Sierra Leone and more than 70 percent of the population is engaged in subsistence farming. The outbreak of the Ebola virus disease caused a major disruption to farming activities, closing periodic markets, creating price volatility and worsening food...

O Acompanhamento do Mercado de Trabalho do Agronegócio realizado pelo Centro de Estudos Avançados em Economia Aplicada (CEPEA) aborda aspectos da conjuntura e da estrutura do mercado de trabalho do setor. O agronegócio, nesses estudos, é entendido como a soma de quatro segmentos: insumos para a agropecuária, produção agropecuária primária,...

Based on 25 case studies from the global comparative study ‘GENNOVATE: Enabling gender equality in agricultural and environmental innovation’, this paper explores rural young women’s and men’s occupational aspirations and trajectories in India, Mali, Malawi, Morocco, Mexico, Nigeria, and the Philippines. We draw upon qualitative data from 50 sex-segregated focus...

Improving Household Food and Nutrition Security in Egypt by Targeting Women and Youth is a project in which nutrition awareness is integrated with food production and income generating activities. It is designed to improve the food and nutrition security of the vulnerable by improving the skills of women and the...

Contract farming is often regarded as an inclusive business model because it engages small-scale producers with high-value agribusinesses. In principle, contract farming can improve family farmers' access to markets and boost their incomes while ensuring that agribusinesses have a stable supply of produce that meets their quality standards. However, there...

As part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, achieving a world without hunger and malnutrition calls for urgent action to make agriculture more sustainable, productive and resilient. The impacts of climate change are further increasing uncertainties and vulnerabilities facing farmers and communities. Integrated, cross sectoral approaches like agroecology are...