For the fifth consecutive year, Brazil is considered as being the second largest producer of transgenic plants of the world, after the United States. The area for this type of culture already exceeded 40 million of hectares in our country. The continuous increase of the area planted with transgenic soy, maize...

It was in 2015 that the United Nations declared the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). There are 17 Goals, and SDG 14 deals with marine ‘life below water’, which is is formulated with the aim to conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development.

The 2016 EIP-AGRI workshop in Krakow focused on building innovative food systems and supply chains which connect producers with consumers. The workshop covered both the perspective of the farmer and of the city, giving cities easy access to fresh, safe and healthy food, benefiting local producers and contributing to local...

Compilation of official support for the Declaration of the Decade on Family Farming 

Soils are a non-renewable resource on which 95% of our food supply depends. Short-sighted chemical fertilizer applications in conventional farming are depleting soils at an alarming rate. Instead of using potent chemicals that degrade soil, organic farmers continuously give back to the soil, maintaining soil health and fertility for future...

Desde el 2013, Nitlapan ha venido trabajando en alianza con la  hoy financiera Fondo de Desarrollo Local (FDL) en brindar asesoría técnica a pequeños caficultores.  El testimonio de Aurora Galeano, es una muestra de cómo con una asistencia técnica adaptada al cultivo y a las condiciones de la familia genera resultados...

Serie de videos que muestran investigaciones, noticias, tecnología y avances que pueden ser adaptados por la pequeña agricultura.

Worldwide, the figures on child labour are worrying. According to estimates from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Labour Organization (ILO), there are about 215 mn ‘child workers’, many of whom work full-time, and close to 170 mn are ‘trapped’ in activities considered...

La Guía brinda información elemental para que autoridades locales, entidades técnicas, productores y productoras y público en general puedan interiorizar y poner en marcha procesos para abastecer programas de compras públicas a partir de la producción local de alimentos y de la participación directa de la agricultura familiar, dinamizando la...

This video tells the story of Joyce, an inspiring and entrepreneurial Kenyan fish farmer who has overcome many challenges to develop a thriving Tilapia and Catfish farming business. FAO and the ASTF fund are supporting aquaculture programs in Kenya with the aim to increase local fish production to fulfil local...

This document provides a departing point and a brief summary of the livestock weight, impacts and related-policies for possible livestock evolution by 2050

Facilitating access to succession brokers for farming families in all EU Member States is necessary in order to broach the difficult conversation about the transfer of land between generations, CEJA also calls the EU to pay a particular attention to young people not coming from a farming background by implementing...

El Frente Parlamentario contra el Hambre de América Latina y el Caribe, surgido en 2009 con el apoyo del Parlamento Latinoamericano y Caribeño (PARLATINO), en el marco del compromiso intergubernamental Iniciativa América Latina y el Caribe sin Hambre, se constituye como un espacio plural y participativo donde el diálogo, la...

In West Africa, where about 7 mn people depend directly on fishing as a source of income, this access is increasingly hindered by industrial fleets which, often illegally, target areas that are otherwise reserved for small-scale fishers and their communities. Illegal fishing is worth US$2.3 bn in the waters of...

Soils are a non-renewable resource on which 95% of our food supply depends. Short-sighted chemical fertilizer applications in conventional farming are depleting soils at an alarming rate. Instead of using potent chemicals that degrade soil, organic farmers continuously give back to the soil, maintaining soil health and fertility for future...

Este estudio analiza la evolución del crédito agropecuario y los factores determinantes de su necesidad, demanda y uso efectivo por parte de los productores agropecuarios del Perú. Identifica que los principales factores para la solicitud y la obtención de crédito son la asistencia técnica, la titulación y asociatividad; por último,...

Information and communication technology (ICT) has always mattered in agriculture. Ever since people have grown crops, raised livestock, and caught fish, they have sought information from one another. Today, ICT represents a tremendous opportunity for rural populations to improve productivity, to enhance food and nutrition security, to access markets, and...

The Bulletin highlights outbreaks of transboundary pests and diseases that have the potential to impact food and nutrition security in Southern Africa. It also captures recently concluded and upcoming events that are being organized by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and stakeholders to improve the capacities...

The Too Big to Ignore (TBTI) Digest contains all of the project's recent activities and outputs. 

Despite serious influences of climate change on food security and farm income, there is insufficient research in Central Asia on the impact of climate change on agro-ecosystems, farm incomes, and analysis of the potential adaptation strategies. There is very limited use of integrated assessments critical for analyzing environmental, economic and...