A nationwide programme to transfer government-owned forest land to local communities is changing lives in The Gambia while promoting the sustainable management of its forests. As communities manage forest affairs and benefit from the proceeds from forest resources, more forest-friendly livelihoods such as beekeeping and soap making are boosting incomes...

Ministers of Agriculture from OECD countries and partner economies around the world will meet at OECD headquarters in Paris on 7-8 April 2016, to discuss Better Policies to Achieve a Productive, Sustainable and Resilient Global Food System. Ministers will explore the new policies needed to achieve this widely shared interest,...

Multifunctional forests offer diversified opportunities of sustainably optimising the usage of natural resources and creating rural development opportunities. That is why they play a key role in the successful implementation of the EU bioeconomy strategy. In order to explore innovative approaches in creating new values from multifunctional forests the EIP-AGRI network...

Access and benefit sharing of plant genetic resources is a crucial but very complex, political and legalistic matter. Does the formal system work for family farmers? As we see in this special issue of Farming Matters, co-produced with Bioversity International, it poses many challenges. At the same time, farmers around...

Rapid population growth, increasingly complex economies and novel industrial uses of agricultural products call for further intensification of agriculture, particularly in the tropics. How to achieve sustainable intensification of food production systems in tropical regions that are challenged by ongoing climate change, loss of natural resources and biodiversity is a...

Un «árbol campeón» generalmente se refiere a los mayores especímenes de una especie de árbol - ya sea una sequoia imponente, un baniano que se extiende por miles de metros, o a un antiguo olivo que podría parecer pequeño en la comparación. Sin embargo, otros árboles son campeones a su manera:...

Based on the success of the 1st edition, the Alpine Convention is organizing the Reading Mountains festival The “Reading Mountains” festival is an opportunity to celebrate the cultural diversity of the Alps – its many languages, different, yet similar cultural heritage and its arts in all shapes and forms. For this...

Um dos maiores programas para fomentar o acesso às sementes crioulas do mundo está sendo implementado pela Secretaria Especial de Agricultura Familiar e Desenvolvimento Agrário (Sead) na região Nordeste do Brasil. Um Termo de Execução Descentralizada foi assinado pela Sead com a rede de Articulação Semiárida Brasileira (Asa). O convênio...

o último encontro do ano, realizado nesta quarta-feira (23) em Brasília, a Comissão Nacional de Agroecologia e Produção Orgânica (CNAPO) se comprometeu a atuar de forma a garantir mais avanços para a agroecologia e produção orgânica em 2017. Também fez um balanço dos objetivos e desafios para a continuidade da...

From the 10th to the 13th of May 2016, the AgroEcology Fund (AEF) and the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) brought together 70 people representing 30 organizations to share experiences and ideas about amplifying agroecology. True to its name, this Learning Exchange aimed to facilitate learning and cross-pollination...

To conduct a non-monetary valuation of ecosystem services, this study explored combining data on the use of ecosystem resources with measuring the effort expended on agricultural activities in three communities of the lower Caqueta, Colombian Amazon. By measuring the energy expended by people during their principal subsistence activities, a measure...

América Latina y el Caribe cuenta con alrededor de la quinta parte de la superficie forestal global. El 47 % de la superficie de la región está cubierta por bosques, los cuales constituyen el mayor repositorio de biodiversidad terrestre del mundo. Su contribución a la mitigación del cambio climático también...

By supporting smallholder foresters and farmers through their organizations, the Forest and Farm Facility (FFF) continues a long-running collaboration between FAO and AgriCord. Now, together with the International Family Forestry Alliance (IFFA), we have made this compilation of cases that highlight how forest and farm producer organizations (FFPOs) are vital...

Tree-based production systems have enormous potential to reduce vulnerability and increase the resilience of households living in dryland regions of Sub-Saharan Africa. Trees are key providers of biomass, which is critical for many livelihood needs. Wood from trees is the leading source of energy in many dryland countries and is...

Nos dias 28 e 29 de novembro, a Secretaria de Agricultura, Abastecimento e Desenvolvimento Rural (Seagri/DF) e a Empresa de Assistência Técnica e Extensão Rural do Governo do Distrito Federal (Emater/DF) realizarão o I Encontro de Agrofloresta do Distrito Federal e Entorno, no auditório da Granja Modelo do Ipê, no...

The Indian Society of Plant Genetic Resources (ISPGR) and Bioversity International, in collaboration with the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Right Authority (PPV&FRA) (Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare), National Biodiversity Authority (Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change), Trust for Advancement of...

El 27 de octubre se liberaron los clones fe cacao fino de aroma de alto rendimiento, cuya demanda es principalmente para la elaboración de chocolate a nivel nacional e internacional, adaptado a las zonas agroecológicas del Ecuador y adecuado para rehabilitar huertas tradicionales de los productores que realizan agricultura familiar...

The importance of forests with regard to supporting human needs is considerable. Forests are rich in biodiversity and valuable for recreation, water regulation and soil protection. As well as for providing timber and other non-wood forest products, forests are important for mitigating climate change and for the renewable energy sector....

The general objective of the course is to develop a comprehensive understanding of the major challenges, inherent concepts, management perspectives, and methodological approaches that are important for the planning and implementation of the restoration with emphasis on agricultural and forest landscapes in Latin America. The target audience includes professionals in charge...

Between the 20th and 24th of September 2016, 85 participants from 25 countries met in Sighisoara in Southern Transylvania for the 13th annual conference of the Eurasian Dry Grassland Group. In contrast to the previous 12 “EDGM, European Dry Grassland Meetings”, this year it was decided to change the name...