This course provides guidance on some of the main issues to consider when implementing a monitoring activity: from how to select the most appropriate approach or to identify the best data sources for monitoring to how to effectively communicate the results of the monitoring activity to maximize its effect on...

As countries design climate change adaptation policies, it is important to understand how workers alter behavior in response to changes in temperature. Nonetheless, the impact of temperature on labor markets is poorly documented, especially in Africa. We address this gap by analyzing panel surveys of labor choices by sector, contractual...

The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) defines pulses as legumes with dry, edible seeds that have low fat content such as chickpeas, kidney beans, butter beans, black eyed peas, lentils, pigeon beans and cow peas among others. “Pulses are the key to food security and nutrition in Africa, taking...

SIMRA (Social Innovation in Marginalised Rural Areas) is a four-year project (2016-2020) funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 programme. It aims to advance understanding of social innovation and innovative governance in agriculture, forestry and rural development – and how to boost them – in marginalised rural areas across Europe...

The course introduces spatial planning, identifying its rationale and benefits, its key principles and the main stages in the spatial planning process. It represents a useful reference for all those who want to promote and implement spatial planning in their countries as an instrument to reconcile and harmonize different, often...

La Chambre de l'agriculture de la wilaya de Souk Ahras a organisé, les 21 et 22 mars, un séminaire sur le développement agricole durable et l'agriculture familiale. Les objectifs ciblés par cette rencontre, à laquelle ont assisté des spécialistes dans ce domaine venus de Montpellier (France), Tiaret, Mostaganem et l'INA...

Although smallholder farmers produce most of the developing world’s food, they also make up the majority of people living in poverty. Smallholder farmers are key to addressing many of today’s social, economic and environmental challenges. However, they need help to overcome the substantial barriers that prevent them from profiting fully...

Sustainable development is at the heart of FAO’s Strategic Framework. Driving FAO’s work on sustainability is the recognition of the complex interactions between different objectives and interests. The necessary transition towards sustainability needs actions that focus on effective changes in practices, including strengthening respective capacities, and ensuring an enabling policy...

FAO seeks to promote practices and policies that support integration of the agriculture and productive sectors (crops, livestock, forestry and fisheries) to ensure the responsible management and long term availability of natural resources. For this, it focuses its efforts on improving and standardizing productive activities, as it acknowledges the need...

Malas prácticas que en ocasiones se tornan rutinarias en la producción porcina constituyen elementos propiciadores para innumerables procesos patológicos y trastornos que dificultan la obtención de una eficiente productividad. En este artículo, se abordan de manera objetiva las acciones asociadas a malas prácticas que en ocasiones se tornan rutinarias en la...

El proyecto “Qutapiqiña”, implementado desde el 2012 al 2015 por ProgettoMondo MLAL, Soluciones Prácticas y la Asociación Integral San Antonio de Qutapiqiña (AIQ), con el apoyo financiero de la Unión Europea, se orientó a aumentar los ingresos de las familias de las comunidades manejadoras de vicuña del ANMIN Apolobamba y...

From 3 to 5 October 2016, around 260 mountain actors (researchers, farmers, environmentalists, elected representatives from local and regional authorities, representatives of chambers of commerce and development adeclaration finale bragancagencies) met in Bragança, Portugal during the X European Mountain Convention organised by Euromontana.

Исследовательский холдинг Ромир  и Центр ОНФ по мониторингу технологической модернизации провели исследование продуктовых предпочтений россиян о том, какие продукты они предпочитают, на какие характеристики обращают внимание. Опрос показал, что все больше людей заботится об экологичности продуктов. На вопрос: «За что вы готовы платить больше?» 56% ответили, что переплатят за продукты экологические чистые,...

Their specific potentials and opportunities of mountain areas need to be considered as much as their challenges. Mountain areas are too diverse to elaborate an integrated European strategy. However, a framework for development strategies in mountain areas can be developed, taking into account the specific challenges and importance of mountain...

Suite à la situation de sécheresse déclarée dans la région de Grand Sud de Madagascar, la vulnérabilité de la population rurale a atteint un niveau alarmant.  Un projet de relance d’urgence de l’agriculture auprès des ménages agricoles et des producteurs vulnérables a été mis en œuvre afin de leur permettre de...

This report presents the findings of the EIP-AGRI Focus Group (FG) on New Entrants to Farming: lessons to foster innovation and entrepreneurship, which was established under the European Innovation Partnership Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability (EIP-AGRI). New entrants are widely recognised as important to the ongoing vitality and competitiveness of the...

Agricultural newspaper about georgian agriculture (7 Publications)

La Ruche qui dit oui, qui permet la vente directe de produits alimentaires, connaît un fort engouement en France, avec plus de 5.000 agriculteurs et artisans membres du réseau. Pourtant ce système, organisé par une entreprise privée, essuie des critiques, en particulier de la part des Amap et de certains producteurs....

Pacific Island countries and territories already face a range of development challenges due to their specific geographic and socio-economic characteristics, and their generally high exposure to natural hazards. The projected changes to the climate of the Pacific Island region over the coming decades present another challenging dimension that the region...

This compendium of best practices brings together practical ecologically sound and nutrition-sensitive approaches to improving theproductivity of backyard, community and family farms. With the increasing awareness of the importance of safe and healthy diets, there is aresurgence of interest in these complementary pathways to household level food securityMany of these...