The campaign Hands on the Land wants to relate the struggles for land and food sovereignty between the South and the North. The campaign works to give strength and visibility to the voices of small-scale food producers, on issues related to the control of land, fisheries, seeds and food production....

Para ampliar o acesso de extrativistas a Política de Garantia de Preços Mínimos para os Produtos da Sociobiodiversidade (PGPM-Bio), a Secretaria Especial de Agricultura Familiar e do Desenvolvimento Agrário (Sead) firmou parceria com a Companhia Nacional de Abastecimento (Conab) na última semana no valor de R$ 237.284,50. Para esse ano,...

Agricultores familiares dispõem de uma linha de crédito específica com recurso do Governo Federal. O Programa Nacional de Fortalecimento da Agricultura Familiar (Pronaf) financia projetos individuais ou coletivos, que gerem renda aos agricultores familiares e assentados da reforma agrária. E 2016, foram disponibilizados R$ 300 milhões para o Pronaf. E, agora,...

The course is designed to raise awareness and build knowledge among agricultural stakeholders about the importance of addressing child labour in agriculture, including livestock, forestry, fisheries and aquaculture. It aims to build specific skills, depending on work-related responsibilities and tasks and/or interests, by providing concrete ideas and guidance that can...

The economic contraction in Honduras during the 1980s led to a decline in agricultural research and the disappearance of agricultural extension from public sector services. This left the private and not-for-profit sectors to deliver fee-based extension services. These were inaccessible to most family farmers cultivating the steep, marginal hillsides of...

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development was launched at the 70th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in October 2015 while the goals under the 2030 Agenda are universally applicable, it is expected national targets are determined in line with global targets. These should take into account different baseline...

La production industrielle d'huile de palme s'est étendue à travers le monde au cours du dernier siècle, en Asie d'abord et en Amérique latine ensuite. Le développement de palmiers à huile à haut rendement et l'émergence de nouvelles techniques de transformation—qui ont modifié le traditionnel liquide rouge et visqueux en...

SOS Faim edita Zoom Microfinanzas desde hace 15 años. Momento para abordar numerosas temáticas sobre las cuales es posible aportar una mirada retrospectiva y prospectiva desde la perspectiva del financiamiento rural y agrícola. Es lo que proponemos en esta publicación. ¿Qué desafíos? ¿Desafíos políticos, técnicos, tecnológicos, o un problema de...

Promouvoir le dialogue, encourager des partenariats et trouver des solutions aux défis auxquels sont confrontés les éleveurs: tels sont les objectifs de la Plateforme de pastoralisme et de transhumance, une initiative multipartite lancée en mars 2015 par le Gouvernement de la République centrafricaine. Lors de sa deuxième réunion à Bangui en...

Em 2010, no Brasil, 30,4% das mulheres com 16 anos ou mais não tinham nenhum rendimento. Entre as pessoas sem remuneração, o maior peso estava entre as rurais com 32,3% de acordo com o Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). Há dois anos e meio, as agricultoras familiares de um...

Financial instruments co-funded by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development are a sustainable and efficient way to invest in the growth and development of people, businesses and resources in the agriculture and forestry sectors as well as in the rural economy. They can support a broad range of development...

Smart specialisation (S3) is an example of fruitful interaction between science and policy. The concept was first developed in the context of the high-level expert group on ‘Knowledge for Growth’ created by the European Commission. It was recast through work by researchers both within and outside the Commission to foster...

No momento em que o Brasil comemora sua recente saída do “Mapa da Fome”, a cidade de São Paulo coloca-se diante do espelho para observar as mudanças em sua Política de Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional e verificar o quanto as medidas implementadas são efetivamente capazes de conduzir a um modelo...

A Lei 12.651, de 25 de maio de 2012, também conhecida como novo "Código Florestal", estabelece normas gerais sobre a Proteção da Vegetação Nativa, incluindo Áreas de Preservação Permanente, de Reserva Legal e de Uso Restrito; a exploração florestal, o suprimento de matéria-prima florestal, o controle da origem dos produtos florestais,...

O presente artigo explorará as perspectivas de gestão sustentável compartilhada para os recursos hídricos entre os países membros do Mercosul, abordando o tema da Integração Regional para o Desenvolvimento Sustentável da região. Detentora do maior potencial hídrico do planeta, o aproveitamento de tais recursos no âmbito do Mercosul voltado aos...

Innovation as a policy goal, normative practice, and a conceptual framing of purposeful human activity, has received increasing attention. The question of what kinds of purposeful innovation might benefit smallholders in developing countries has been raised. This issue presents and analyses the work of Innovation Platforms (IPs) established by the...

The National Committee for the Promotion of Family Farming in DR Congo has drafted and approved an Electoral Strategy for the Farming Community and a Pledge of Commitment addressed to the country’s public authorities and potential political leaders in order to galvanise support for Family Farming in DR Congo.

ORC’s annual Organic Producers’ Conference is the event where organic and other producers interested in ecological approaches to sustainable food production come together with researchers and advisers to share ideas on making agriculture perform better, for their businesses and society. This year we will focus on what we have in common...

This ENRD workshop focused on the designation of ‘Areas facing natural or other specific constraints’ (ANCs) by programme authorities. It covered many aspects related to the implementation of the new ANCs system, specifically focusing on techniques for applying biophysical criteria and fine-tuning, as well as on payment schemes. The workshop further...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in conjunction with the Ministry of Science and Technology of Lao PDR, the French Development Agency (AFD) and the French Embassy in Vientiane has launched a regional symposium promoting the Geographical Indications (GI) initiative which aims to help smallholder farmers...