The book is the first step in the process of creating such an index, which can measure agricultural biodiversity across different dimensions. The concept grew from the observation – based on a scientific paper on levels of crop diversity produced compared to levels of crop diversity imported – that juxtaposing...

Foi lançado neste mês de janeiro (2017) o edital nº 21/2016 destinará R$ 10,7 milhões aos melhores projetos voltados para a construção e socialização de conhecimentos e técnicas relacionados à agroecologia e à produção orgânica, bem como à promoção dos sistemas orgânicos de produção. Os projetos enviados devem estar inseridos em...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has organized farmer-to-farmer study trips for farmers from the Near East and North Africa (NENA) Region in order to facilitate knowledge sharing and the exchange of experiences to develop the integrated agri-aquaculture sector in the region. FAO gathered farmers from Algeria,...

À l’occasion de la Journée Mondiale des Télécommunications, l’Organisation des Nations Unies pour l’alimentation et l’agriculture (FAO), l’Association Mondiale de la Radio Communautaire (AMARC) et la Sosyete Animasyon Kominikasyon Sosyal (SAKS) se joignent au Ministère de l’Agriculture, des Ressources Naturelles et du Développement Rural (MARNDR) et au Ministère de l’Environnement...

The Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-scale Fisheries (SSF Guidelines) places responsible governance of tenure of land, fisheries and forests in small-scale fisheries as central for the realization of human rights, food security, poverty eradication, sustainable livelihoods, social stability, housing security, economic growth, and rural and social development. As such,...

A través de toda su historia la agricultura familiar ha experimentado y acumulado conocimiento para adaptar los sistemas agrícolas a las condiciones locales. Sin embargo, este tipo de experiencias locales son comúnmente ignoradas en la literatura crítica sobre innovación, que tiende a favorecer a la innovación vinculada a tecnologías de...

A short video about small farmers  - A big message for the world.

La Mesa Técnica de Agricultura Familiar fue uno de los acuerdos de trabajo entre el Comité de Impulso Nacional de la Agricultura Familiar (CIN-AF/RENAF) y el Ministerio de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural (MADR) al finalizar el 2014 (fue uno de los principales resultados de la Campaña del AIAF en el...

The publication presents the linkages between the regional Initiative on Small-Scale family Farming in the NENA region with the 20130 Agenda and its contributions to the SDGs. The Regional Initiative in this sense is aligned with FAO's broad priorities in the 2030 Agenda: End poverty and malnutrition; enable sustainable development...

This study was conducted in June and July 2016, in the fishing areas of Mwanza and Kagera regions in the Lake Victoria side of Tanzania. The focus of this study was on dagaa (sardines) (Rastrineobola argentea) fishery which involves mostly women in its overall value chain. The study sites were...

Most European consumers are familiar with migratory species like salmon and sturgeon, and with farmed trout and carp. The long-term viability of these and other inland fish species is the focus of an FAO regional commission whose meeting opens here today. The European Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture Advisory Commission, established in...

This document reviews the status and trends in aquaculture development in the Near East and North Africa (NENA) region. It updates the last Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) “Regional Review on Status and Trends in Aquaculture Development in the Near East and North Africa – 2010”...

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...

Esta é a sexta edição do Anuário Brasileiro da Agricultura Familiar, trabalho que se consolidou como fonte de pesquisa, consulta e diagnóstico do setor em todo o país. Além da versão on line, foram impressos cem mil exemplares com distribuição gratuita em todo o território nacional. A cada publicação, novos assuntos...

The ICWRAE 2017: 19th International Conference on Water Resources and Arid Environments aims to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and research scholars to exchange and share their experiences and research results about all aspects of Water Resources and Arid Environments. It also provides the premier interdisciplinary forum for researchers,...

Pastoralism is a rational and viable economic land-use system able to generate significant returns in the dryland areas of Eastern Africa. Widespread misunderstanding about pastoralism has left it often under-protected, undervalued and an unintended victim of uninformed policies. However, this traditional livelihood system, which evolved as an adaptive strategy for...

Rural Solutions is a video series that highlights solutions to specific challenges that are common in rural areas of developing countries. Without access to financial services, rural people can find themselves forever in debt to loan sharks. In this Indian fishing community, the solution to this is collective power.

The EU's farm sector and rural areas are major players in terms of the Union's well-being and its future. EU agriculture is one of the world's leading producers of food, and guarantees food security for over 500 million European citizens. The EU's farmers are also the first stewards of the...

En Centroamérica todavía existen distintas visiones del significado de la agricultura familiar, permaneciendo la asociación del concepto de AF a familias con escasos recursos y beneficiarios de programas sociales o de subsistencia únicamente. Para que en Centroamérica se produzca un cambio de esta percepción es sumamente importante que cada país...

En una pequeña localidad de la provincia de Santa Fe (Clason), Pampa Húmeda argentina, abordamos el tema de la innovación tecnológica para analizar los esquemas conceptuales de conocimientos que se accionan al realizar diferentes actividades. Esta tarea abarca tanto a los habitantes de la localidad, como a los técnicos e ingenieros, atravesados por la formación y el trabajo cotidiano.  Nos preguntamos qué implica...