The African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) facilitates the transfer of appropriate proprietary technology, held by private and public organisations in the North and South, for use by smallholder African farmers. AATF serves as an honest broker in negotiating the royalty-free transfer of technologies held by public and private organisations in...

The value of wild edible vegetables in food security has not been given sufficient attention in South Africa. Consequently, there are no formal interventions that seek to encourage people to use traditional vegetables as sources of essential nutrients. Studies on the role of wild leafy vegetables in food security could...

El objetivo general de la publicación es identificar y analizar, durante el mes de octubre de 2006, el tratamiento periodístico de los diarios Clarín, La Nación, Página/12 y Ámbito Financiero sobre la Pequeña Agricultura Familiar, las acciones desarrolladas por los Institutos de Investigación y Desarrollo Tecnológico para la Agricultura Familiar...

Southern Africa is one of the regions estimated to be most at risk from climate change. While policy responses to global warming have been mainly driven by debates among scientists, the insights of poor people living on the frontline have been largely neglected. This study seeks to understand what is...

CA is a concept for resource-saving agricultural crop production that strives to achieve acceptable profits together with high and sustained production levels while concurrently conserving the environment. CA is based on enhancing natural biological processes above and below the ground. Interventions such as mechanical soil tillage are reduced to an...

This issue of Caravan looks at different aspects of desertification; and how ICARDA and its partners are working together to help farming communities find effective, sustainable solutions. These collaborative efforts have generated significant impacts at community level – higher crop yields, more sustainable farming systems, more incomegenerating opportunities for the...

Jordan is a chronically water-scarce country, and less than five per cent of the land is arable. For farmers, little or no rainfall means severely reduced cultivation and production – and increased hunger and poverty. Those who find other ways to supplement their incomes generally earn very little. To address...

Diversity among smallholders farming 1.28 ha plots at Dzindi Irrigation Scheme in the Thulamela Local Municipality of Limpopo Province; South Africa is investigated by applying farming style theory. Farming styles refer to specific farming strategies, which are conscious responses of farmers to the prevailing ecological and socioeconomic conditions. The specific...

An initial study covered the feed resources and nutritional ecology of Tswana goats kept under extensive communal management conditions in Gaborone Agricultural Region. Such goats feed on a variety of browses and herbaceous forages throughout the year. Only 30% of the respondent farmers provided their goats with supplementary feeds implying...

Cita un documento del Banco Mundial (BM) referido a América Latina y el Caribe («Más allá de la ciudad: la contribución rural al desarrollo»), que señala que los encargados de formular políticas deben prestar más atención a las políticas de desarrollo rural.

El proyecto de ley aprobado por la Comisión de Pueblos Andino-amazónicos, Afroperuanos, Ambiente y Ecología toma como base el texto trabajado por la comisión especial creada por ley, a principios de año, para revisar, actualizar y concordar toda la legislación existente sobre comunidades campesinas y nativas

(Páginas 90 - 113 de la publicación).  La gran variedad de estructuras sociales y productivas del medio rural peruano determina la necesidad de realizar una caracterización de los territorios rurales, la misma que permite establecer tipologías y, en consecuencia, estrategias eficaces en el desarrollo de estos territorios en base a...

Desde la década del 90 se asiste a cambios en la agricultura local inmersa en un contexto político y macroeconómico de corte neoliberal. Las estrategias de los agricultores que en el pasado permitían la continuidad de la mayor parte de las explotaciones en la región, se quiebran, incrementándose los riesgos...

The main objective of this study is to support the efforts put forth by small-scale producers in Central America (CA) to penetrate the Japanese market for products that are produced in socially and/or environmentally responsible manners. This report therefore analyzes the current trends and future prospects of the Japanese market...

La producción de almidón agrio de yuca en el departamento del Cauca está conformada por un complejo sistema de agroempresas procesadoras, agricultores, intermediarios, empresas fabricadoras de equipos y organizaciones que prestan servicios de apoyo. Los recursos locales como el saber-hacer, las redes de actores, el producto, las acciones colectivas, las...

The Paper is intended to set out a strategic vision as an overarching guide for the future policies, plans, and programmes of GIAHS – a unique and innovative initiative to advance the goals of sustainable management of the ecosystems and enhancing human well-being.

Axé autour de 18 études de cas réalisées sur les cinq continents, cet ensemble complet de travaux de recherche revient sur la diversité et le développement des formes familiales de production agricole. Tous les thèmes essentiels y sont abordés, de la sécurité alimentaire et des liens aux marchés aux stratégies...

Theodor Friedrich, Agricultural and Food Engineering Technologies Service, FAO, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy discusses the use of herbicides in no-till farming

Los autores estudian la evolución de la pequeña agricultura chilota en el transcurso de los cincuenta últimos años, en base al análisis de estudios anteriores y de una encuesta realizada en 2003 / 2004 por dos de ellos. La salmonicultura iniciada en los años 80 y la labor promocional del...

This paper is taking a look at some of the most important resources required for agricultural food production. The limitations are shown and possible solutions to overcome the limitations through conservation agriculture are explained.