This report compiles analyses of the situation for new farmers and their access to land in Belgium, France, Spain, Italy, Romania and the United Kingdom. It also presents a number of new farmers, to highlight their diverse backgrounds, difficulties and pathways into farming. These portraits illustrate various ways in which they...

These Guidelines on Sustainable Rangeland Management in Sub-Saharan Africa come at a critical moment. Rangelands are under growing pressure from land degradation as well as crop and urban land expansion, among other threats. Moreover, the capacity of rangelands to sustainably supply markets will be tested over the coming decade as the global and regional demand for...

This guidebook was written for students, researchers and development practitioners engaged in supporting family farmers in Myanmar and other areas of Southeast Asia. It provides detai led methodological guidance to carry out farming systems analyses.The guidebook provides key concepts and tools for a better understanding of farmers’ decisions and practices....

This is the proceedings of the third formal meeting on the project 'Development of White Clover' held by the FAO European Lowland Pastures Sub-network in Estonia in late August, 1995. The plenary papers, designed to set the scene, and the poster presentations, covering a wide range of white clover technology,...

The importance of organic agriculture in the European agricultural sector is growing and has been doing so especially since the early 1990s. The total area under organic production in Western Europe has increased from just over 100 000 hectares in 1985 to more than ten-fold a decade later. Some countries,...

"The abolition of hunger needs a re-dedication just as in the 19th century when some people looked around and said that the existence of slavery was unacceptable and unconscionable and that it degraded not just the slaves themselves, but all those who lived in the same time that slavery existed....