El artículo se propone mostrar la evolución reciente de los modelos de sucesión hereditaria de las unidades agropecuarias en un área llamada «zona núcleo» de la región pampeana argentina, que durante la década pasada y buena parte de la actual, atraviesa por un período de auge económico impulsado por el...

In Ethiopia, smallholder farmers’ commercialization and integration into the market has been one of the policy directions to ensure households’ progress out of poverty and maintain the sustainable development trajectory. A lot of progress has been made in this endeavor over the past couple of decades. However, market participation and...

Over 61,000 smallholder farmers will benefit from a financial agreement signed between the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and Zambia to increase the incomes and food and nutrition security of rural households. The project will promote market-oriented agriculture and focus particularly on women and young people. The financing agreement for...

A demonstration of how farmers can adopt new post harvest technologies to enable them to preserve their farming output and market their produce when the market price is most favourable.

From 2000 to 2014, per capita gross domestic product in Sub-Saharan Africa increased by almost 35 percent in real terms, doubling in some countries. Such progress happened while agricultural productivity growth remained low in the aggregate, despite some bright spots, and poverty reduction was steady but discouragingly slow. This paper...

Este número específico de los Cuadernos de Trabajo sobre Inclusión es fruto de un proceso integrado de cooperación entre los Proyectos Insignia “Inclusión en la Agricultura y los territorios Rurales” y “Productividad y Sustentabilidad de la Agricultura Familiar para la Seguridad Alimentaria y la Economía Rural”, en Guatemala. Para facilitar...

A glimpse into the world of Afishionado Fishmongers a community-minded distributor and retailer of sustainable, transparent and locally sourced seafood based in Halifax, NS Canada.

O Instituto de Economia Agrícola (IEA), da Secretaria de Agricultura e Abastecimento do Estado de São Paulo, ampliará sua linha de pesquisas em 2017, oferecendo às empresas, consultorias e à sociedade um acompanhamento periódico de preços da produção de orgânicos e estatísticas da agricultura familiar. De acordo com o diretor técnico...

El estudio “Algodón Orgánico de Color: Generando ingresos y ciudadanía en la agricultura familiar en la región semiárida brasileña”, informa la experiencia del reinicio del cultivo del algodón y la conversión al sistema orgánico de producción de los agricultores familiares del Asentamiento Margarida Maria Alves I, en Paraiba. Esta iniciativa pionera...

En dépit de nombreuses réunions internationales depuis des décennies (1), on observe en Afrique, mais aussi en Méditerranée et en Europe, une montée de l'insécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle, qui incite à proposer des solutions efficaces à la crise polysémique des systèmes alimentaires et de construire, au sein du cadre géopolitique...

The institute is offering a course entitled “Agrarian Transformations in the Global South”.The aim of the course is to provide an intensive study of the agrarian question, including its origins, historical trajectories, and related policy interventions, especially land reform. It offers a historical and comparative perspective whose purpose is to...

This publication offers facilitators technical guidance to manage field farm schools to support local famers in all aspects of rice crop management. Technical knowledge gained by farmers will revitalize the rice industry in Fiji and assist food security by alleviating dependance on rice imports.  

Using mobile technology to scale the impact of agricultural development service provision.

At organic market in Odisha, middle-class consumers get to interact with the producers of their food and appreciate traditional knowledge systems

Apoiar a população residente na zona rural, em especial as mulheres, é uma das prioridades do Governo de Minas Gerais. Prova disso é que está em andamento o diagnóstico sobre a situação das trabalhadoras rurais do estado. Desenvolvido pela Secretaria de Estado de Desenvolvimento Agrário (Seda) e a Fundação João...

Ecologistas en Acción finally published the e-book : Compartiendo la cosecha: Agricultura Apoyada por la Comunidad, una guía ciudadana, a Spanish version of Sharing the Harvest, by Elizabeth Henderson y Robyn Van En. In this Spanish translation of the thoroughly revised and expanded classic, Elizabeth Henderson provides us with valuable...

Criada em 2004, a Reunião Especializada sobre Agricultura Familiar do Mercosul (Reaf) é formada por Argentina, Bolívia, Chile, Equador, Paraguai, Uruguai, além do Brasil, representado pela Secretaria Especial de Agricultura Familiar e do Desenvolvimento Agrário (Sead). O foco da Reaf é propor ações que fomentem a agricultura familiar nesses países....

O objetivo deste artigo foi analisar a percepção dos agricultores familiares brasileiros sobre o tema sustentabilidade em pequenas propriedades rurais. A questão central é como manter pessoas no meio rural estimulando o uso racional de recursos naturais e provocando o menor impacto ambiental possível com suas práticas produtivas sem que...

Proyecto en el que participan: INTA AMBA. la Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias (UNLZ), la Universidad Nacional Arturo Jauretche de Florencio Varela, productores familiares y una empresa metalúrgica. "El cerdo criollo costero (CCC), forma parte de la cultura popular de la provincia de Buenos Aires. Se utiliza para producir carne y chacinados...

The two women in this story are among 8,000 Afghan milk farmers, mostly women, who were introduced to the business through the dairy cooperative movement. Founded by FAO in 2002, the movement is expanding steadily and is now based on thriving co-operative-managed enterprises, thanks to the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation...