A study using a participatory research approach and simple field techniques found significant differences in agroecological resistance between plots on “conventional” and “sustainable” farms in Nicaragua after Hurricane Mitch. On average, agroecological plots on sustainable farms had more topsoil, higher field moisture, more vegetation, less erosion and lower economic losses after...

En este canal, se encuentran una serie de videos sobre la experiencia de la Finca del Medio.  La Finca del Medio, está en en centro de Cuba, km 349 Autopista Nacional, Municipio Taguasco, provincia Sancti Spíritus, Cuba. Tiene un área de 12 ha y una familia conformada por 11 personas que...

This study explores the potential of Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) for farm diversification and community development. We define CSA as: A partnership between farmers and consumers where the responsibilities and rewards of farming are shared. The study investigates a range of CSA initiatives from around the world and concentrates on...

The EIP-AGRI Focus Group on Fertiliser efficiency - horticulture in open field brought together 20 experts to find answers to this question. The final report, published in July 2016, contains a set of innovative fertilisation approaches, ideas for Operational Groups, needs from practice, recommendations for farmers and advisers and links...

A three-year experiment was carried out to study different agro-ecological livestock:crop systems under different soils and climates, without irrigation and using on-farm resources for animal and plant nutrition. Five farms, four in the process of conversion and the fifth with twelve years of establishment were studied. Eight sustainability indicators (reforestation,...

The tribal societies of north-eastern India have wet rice cultivation as a land use activity, alongwith shifting agriculture (locally called `Jhum'), and the 'home gardens', which is an imitationof a forest but with economically important species. Wet rice cultivation is done at valleybottoms and sometimes on small terraces constructed at...

These days, many credit and savings activities, including those under IFAD-supported projects, target rural women. A 2000 FAO/IFAD study in Uganda highlights the role of microfinance in women’s empowerment. Two questions asked were: (1) Is it appropriate and efficient to provide credit lines exclusively for women? (2) Are women in...

This poster describes various innovative sustainable practices used in agroecology. It provides brief information on pollination, natural pest control, crop-livestock integration, soil biodiversity, water management, forest management, nitrogen fixing and other ecological, economic and social principles and techniques of agroecology.

The great majority of farmers in Latin America are peasants who still farm small plots of land, usually in marginal environments utilizing traditional and subsistence methods. The contribution of the 16 million peasant units to regional food security is, however, substantial. Research has shown that peasant systems, which mostly rely...

El Censo Nacional de 1988 señalaba que en el país existían unas 420.000 explotaciones agropecuarias, de las cuales según el Programa Social Agropecuario hay unas 160.000 bajo el control de productores minifundistas, es decir un 38 % del total. El relativamente importante peso cuantitativo que aún conserva el sector, contrasta...

Farmer participation in decision making at various phases of project implementation contributes very highly to project success. The Soil-Water Management Research Programme (SWMRP) has gained valuable experience in the involvement of farmer in all phases during the implementation of the programme.  The programme used the following instruments to ensure farmer...

Uganda was one of countries included in a 1997 IFAD/FAO/Government of Japan study on agricultural implements used by women. The study areas in Uganda were the District of Mubende in central Uganda and the District of Soroti in the northeastern part of the country. These areas have quite different farming...

El término agricultura familiar comprende los medios de producción que pertenecen a la familia y también incluye la administración, organización y el trabajo agrícola llevado a cabo por la misma. En Argentina, el 80% de las empresas agrícolas y ganaderas productivas registradas en el Censo Agrícola y Ganadero están constituidas...

Pays du Grand Maghreb, la République Islamique de Mauritanie a voulu rompre avec la coutume dans le domained u foncier. En règle générale, comme dans les autres pays d’Afrique du Nord, le droit musulman s’appliquait ; la terre morte, inoccupée ou improductive, appartenait à celui qui la mettait en valeur et...

La privatisation des terres collectives dans la région d'El Hamma (gouvernorat de Gabès) a entraîné des mutations socio-économiques touchant les pratiques agro-pastorales. En effet, cette privatisation des terres s'est traduite par la fixation des anciennes nomades et par l'extension des plantations arboricoles. Elle a fait baigner les Beni-Zid dans un...

All over the world women play a unique and vital role in fixing our broken food system. The prevailing view on agriculture and food in Europe and in European institutions is limited to economics and trade. In these places (old) men in suits discuss amongst themselves and take decisions. In...

El estudio fue realizado en la comunidad campesina de Qosqo Ayllu (Región Inka) durante la campaña agrícola 1991-1992, el cual intenta formalizar el conocimiento campesino, demostrar la racionalidad de su tecnología y analizar el alcance del enfoque de sistemas en la zona andina, a través de la determinación de las...

L'étude s'appuie sur une analyse de la zone du Sersou caractérisée par une forte population agricole et la juxtaposition de trois systèmes de production : la céréaliculture, l'élevage ovin et un système mixte céréaliculture-élevage. Les précipitations dans cette zone se situent, selon les années, entre 350 et 550 mm. Cette...

Nous avons vu que tous les auteurs qui ont cherché à interpréter le mouvement général de modernisation de l’agriculture s’accordent sur l’idée selon laquelle l’entrée, nécessaire et inévitable, de l’agriculture dans la modernité ne se réalise qu’à partir des années 1960. C’est le moment où une nouvelle élite paysanne, composée...

Pierre Alphandéry, Pierre Bitoun et Yves Dupont publient en 1989 Les Champs du départ, une France rurale sans paysans ? aux éditions de La Découverte. Respectivement sociologues et historien, les trois chercheurs de l’INRA analysent de l’intérieur les grands bouleversements opérés par la politique agricole de l’aprèsguerre et s’appliquent à...