Osório (RS) – O Brasil é o país da diversificação de povos, de culturas, de territórios, de sistemas de produção da agricultura familiar. Esta é uma das características das Caravanas Agroecológicas que a ANA organiza: mostrar as diferentes realidades do país, seus conflitos e suas vitórias diante do agronegócio e...

Agroforestry—the use of trees in farming—benefits both farmers and the environment. According to a recent report by Biodiversity International, the Center for International Forestry Research, the World Agroforestry Centre, and Charles Sturt University, forests contribute to the livelihoods of more than 1.6 billion people. Yet, 30 percent of the world’s forests...

Only a small number of governments have established meaningful and effective farmer-centred measures for the implementation of access and benefit sharing of genetic resources. One reason is the highly complex nature of the international regulatory system. This special issue of Farming Matters magazine presents practical ways in which access and...

EU forests serve a wide range of economic, social and environmental purposes and provide around three million jobs. Wood remains the main source of financial revenue and forest biomass represents the biggest source of renewable energy in the EU. However, forests also provide a large range of other products, such...

New information materials (a video and five factsheets) are providing important insight into the Forest and Farm Facility’s (FFF) work at country, regional and global level. The FFF, a partnership comprising FAO, IIED and IUCN hosted by FAO, has developed a model delivery mechanism for multi-stakeholder actors to improve the...

Este documental (30 min), filmado en el  2015 retrata la vida de cuatro mujeres agricultoras que participan de los movimientos agroecológicos en Brasil. Son mujeres que se organizan tanto en movimientos autónomos (sólo de mujeres) como también de movimientos mixtos (como el sindical, de lucha por la tierra, etc.) y...

This video shows preliminary results of the implementation of the FFF in its 10 partner countries and at regional and global level. Through witnesses of forest and farm producers, government representatives, and FFF Steering Committee members, it illustrates some of the value added and impact of the FFF support on...

Globalisation, climate change, population growth and urbanisation are all having an impact on the world’s agriculture. Through the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), which accounts for the biggest share of the EU budget, the EU is driving developments in this strategic sector. Latest figures show that farming employs over 20 million...

Esta investigação tem por objetivo compreender as posibilidades e os limites das organizações coletivas associadas à produção de alimentos a partir das relações de trabalho estabelecidas pelos agricultores familiares da região de Toronjil (rede de agroecología do Uruguai – RAU). A análise das relações estabelecidas pelos Agricultores Familiares (AF) se pautou...

Esta dissertação analisa as ressignificações havidas na posição e no papel social das mulheres inseridas no contexto da transição de um modelo de produção convencional para a agroecologia. A partir de uma fundamentação teórica que buscou correlacionar os conceitos de gênero e agroecologia, objetivou-se analisar até que ponto a participação...

Con el fin de contribuir a superar obstáculos y deficiencias y mejorar el desempeño de las iniciativas de FC como actividad comercial generadora de beneficios económicos y ambientales, la FAO y el CATIE unieron esfuerzos para desarrollar la presente guía. Se trata de una guía práctica que recoge las experiencias...

This publication responds to calls in regional and global forestry forums to strengthen capacity for effectively developing and implementing payment schemes for environmental services in sub-Saharan Africa. In particular, the African Forestry and Wildlife Commission, at its 18th session, called for enhancement of the institutional capacities of member countries and...

The forest not only supplies the raw material for paper and solid wood products, it also has a great potential for renewable energy production. As the EU designs its energy and climate policy for post-2020, it is essential to consider this remarkable asset. Without a congruent EU bioenergy policy with the...

Fundația ADEPT Transilvania  is listed among the 1.000 worldwide cultural institutions on the Google Cultural Institute, which brings together millions of artifacts from multiple partners, with the stories that bring them to life, in a virtual museum

This Edition of RAF Newsletter captures the key projects and success stories of FAO across the subregion of Africa. It also present to readers news highlights and titbits of FAO activities in focus.

In September 2015, countries adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This will shape their development programmes in a transformational way for the next 15 years. At the last FAO Regional Conference for Africa, held in Abidjan in April 2016, many delegates asked the organization to assist countries in their...

The benefits of establishing mixed-species agroforestry in Pacific island countries are widely recognised. There is some underutilised land in western Viti Levu in Fiji, including in areas marginal for sugarcane where planting has ceased due to low profitability, and in areas where unproductive grasses are subject to regular burning. Two...

At its 58th session held in Mostar on 16 June  2016, the Government of Federation of BiH considered the Rural Development Program of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina for the period 2016-2020.

Strong and secure forest tenure for forest dependent communities is a necessary condition for improved income and sustainable livelihoods. However, in many Asian countries community tenure is generally weak and contested. This commonly results in conflict. Strengthening the forest tenure systems is necessary if forest dependent communities are to benefit...

FONTAGRO organizó un concurso con el fin de identificar casos exitosos de adaptación al cambio climático en la agricultura familiar, y difundir las lecciones aprendidas. El concurso fue realizado en alianza con el proyecto llamado “Mecanismos y Redes de Transferencia de Tecnología Relacionada con el Cambio Climático en América Latina y el Caribe” financiado por el Fondo...