In 2007, Suzie and Mike Cahn established a family-owned social enterprise, supporting anyone interested in regenerative land and community development practice focused on education and demonstration. They help support communities and individuals wishing to set up their own projects. Find out more about young entrepreneurs in the workshop report ‘Young...

From November 2021 to January 2023, throughout the International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture (IYAFA 2022), Coast 2 Coast (C2C), a Peruvian community-based nonprofit, collaborated with rural educators and young learners from public schools, nonprofits, and social welfare centers located in inland and coastal small-scale fishing villages in Peru,...

The Family Farming Knowledge Platform (FFKP) Monthly Digest showcases the latest contents uploaded in the FFKP to provide its readers with relevant and up to date information on family farming main themes such as agroecology, smallscale fisheries, pastoralism, indigenous people, and more.

YAHI is a youth-led organization committed to eradicating hunger and achieving food security for all, by promoting sustainable and equitable food systems through education, advocacy, and community engagement.

Access Agriculture’s innovative model of working with young Entrepreneurs for Rural Access (ERAs) to help scale agroecology knowledge among smallholder farmers has been recognised by several international awards. At a recent workshop held in Kampala, Uganda, Ezra Masolaki, Access Agriculture Entrepreneur coach for East Africa, was invited to throw light...

Esta publicación surge de la experiencia piloto de implementación de 17 emprendimientos juveniles en el departamento de Chiquimula (Guatemala), en coordinación entre el Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería y Alimentación y la FAO, a través del programa Mesoamérica sin Hambre AMEXCID-FAO. El documento presenta una estrategia operativa para impulsar el desarrollo...

Cognizant of the risks that need addressing and the potentials waiting to be tapped, Thailand, through the Thai Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives (MOAC), focused on developing smart farmers, more specifically, the younger farming sector, through two (2) major programs launched a year apart less than a decade ago. First was...

In line with its transparency and monitoring requirements, the European Commission launched today an online dashboard presenting the targets set at national level by each Member State in its approved CAP Strategic Plan, as well targets at EU level. By exploring the interactive dashboard, users can find out for example about the...

One of the priorities for moving European rural youth forward is to create sustainable and high-quality rural jobs accessible to young people. Rural youth unemployment rates are higher than the average throughout the EU and rural employment opportunities tend to be relatively limited, with a prevalence of seasonal jobs.    Supporting youth...

El presente documento corresponde al Programa de Acción de la República Dominicana, aprobado durante la XXVIII Cumbre Iberoamericana de Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno, 25 de marzo de 2023, bajo el lema «Juntos hacia una Iberoamérica justa y Sostenible». Más información sobre la Cumbre en: https://www.fao.org/partnerships/parliamentary-alliances/news/news-article/es/c/1636426/ 

This was an interactive zoom discussion between youth and guest experts. We had the Key note speech from the Policy and advocacy officer from Bio-vision Foundation who unpacked how Agroecology can fix our food systems. We also had a representative from the ministry of Agriculture, a representative from Local government...

La revolución del AgTech avanza rápidamente en América Latina, pero sin llegar a los pequeños productores, quienes representan más del 40% de la población productiva de la región. Preocupado por este panorama, la unidad regional de Innovación de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)...

The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas (UNDROP), adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2018, endeavors to address the distinctive demands and realities of peasants and rural communities through the prism of human rights and governmental responsibilities. With its 28...

Inscripciones A partir del 21 de agosto 2023 Ejes temáticos de la conferencia EJES DEL DÍA 30 DE NOVIEMBRE (MATUTINO) Eje 1. Transición agroecológica y otros enfoques afines para la transformación de sistemas alimentarios que sean más justos, saludables, sustentables y logren la autosuficiencia alimentaria. Políticas públicas nacionales exitosas. Eje 2. Experiencias relevantes de transición agroecológica y...

In 1994, UPA began the adventure of publishing a Yearbook of Family Farming. The objective was simple, although ambitious: to collect in an annual work the main data, ideas and proposals of this production model, which in the Union of Small Farmers and Ranchers we have defended since our origin. Now,...

This Regional Initiative uses a complex, multidisciplinary and area-based development approach, tailored to the Europe and Central Asia region. It takes into consideration the region’s heterogeneity and the special challenges it faces. The overall goal is to address the key problems of rural people by empowering smallholders and family farms to...

August 12th is International Youth Day and this year it is dedicated to the theme of Transforming Food Systems: Youth Innovation for Human and Planetary Health. The day is a way to celebrate the efforts and achievements of young people already at the forefront of food systems change. “When you’re thinking about the health...

The theme of RIA 2022 was ‘The Future is Youth’, inspired jointly by 2022 being the European Year of Youth, the long-term vision for rural areas, and the Rural Pact, developed by the European Commission. RIA 2022 sought to promote the importance of European youth to build a better future...

Ce mémoire réalisé dans le cadre du master MIFAR cherchait à comprendre ce que font les jeunes formés quand ils s’installent, comment ils s’installent (en développant quelles activités, avec quels moyens, quels appuis, quels parcours), quels résultats ils obtiennent, quelles difficultés ils rencontrent ? Une étude qualitative a été menée...

Depuis près de 20 ans, le Réseau international FAR réunit les acteurs africains de la formation agricole et rurale et alerte sur le manque crucial de formation et l’urgence à relever le défi de sa massification auprès des producteurs et productrices, majoritairement jeunes et peu alphabétisés. La Formation agricole et...