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...

The Sahel region is nowadays facing many challenges, including insecurity, rising extremism, lacking of economic prospects and decent employment opportunities, besides also experiencing poor access to education, vocational training and overall basic services. Youth are among the most vulnerable group in the region, and although youth population is expected to...

Para que se cumplan los objetivos del Decenio de la Agricultura Familiar, es importante estimular a los #agricultores jóvenes para interconectar los conocimientos tradicionales con ideas innovadoras para que se conviertan en agentes de desarrollo rural.  Te compartimos el #2Pilar del #PlanAcciónMundial, para mayor información te invitamos a ver el siguiente...

El Plan de acción mundial, diseñado en torno a siete pilares de trabajo que se refuerzan mutuamente, recomienda una serie de medidas interconectadas que abarcan desde la escala local hasta la mundial. Este video describe el pilar 2 del Plan de acción mundial.

El Plan de acción mundial, diseñado en torno a siete pilares de trabajo que se refuerzan mutuamente, recomienda una serie de medidas interconectadas que abarcan desde la escala local hasta la mundial. Este video describe el pilar 2 del Plan de acción mundial.

As with every iteration of Foresight Africa, this 2023 edition aim to capture the top priorities for the region in the year ahead, offering recommendations for supporting Africa at a time of heightened global turbulence. The autors hope that Foresight Africa 2023 will promote dialogue on the key issues influencing development...

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. For more documents, feel free to search in the...

The young people interviewed often reported being unable to afford sustainable food due to their limited budget. The difference in prices between sustainable and unsustainable food often pushed young people to buy the cheapest food available, resulting in unsustainable food consumption. Several participants expressed that high prices represented one of...

Warwi.org, c’est la nouvelle plateforme communautaire de la Formation Agricole et Rurale (FAR) pour l’emploi décent des jeunes au Sénégal.

Land Reform – Despite socio economic challenges faced by South Africans in general, the agriculture and tourism sector can significantly contribute to mitigating and curbing escalating youth unemployment especially in rural areas. So says the Vumelana Advisory Fund, a non-profit organisation that helps beneficiaries of the land reform programme to make...

The 2023 ECOSOC Youth Forum is convened by the President of ECOSOC and co-organized by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), and the Office of the Secretary General’s Envoy on Youth, in collaboration with the United Nations Inter Agency Network on Youth Development (IANYD), and co-convened by the Major Group...

Aimé-Félix Dzamah, 28 ans, est agronome au Togo. Il est responsable programme au sein de l'ONG française "Entrepreneurs du monde". Et il vient tout juste d'ouvrir une ferme agroécologique, appelée "Ekofoda", où les pratiques agricoles se veulent respectueuses de la terre. Pour ce jeune togolais, grâce à l'agroécologie, on peut...

Gender equality continues to be an important strategic objective for all European policies. Hence the new Policy Insight on Enhancing gender equality in EU agri-food systems highlights how the CAP is purposely designed to support actions and targets that benefit all EU citizens. It confirms the CAP’s strategic emphasis on...

FAO’s work globally and in the Europe and Central Asia region is guided by the FAO Strategic Framework 2022–2031, which articulates the Organization’s vision of a sustainable and food-secure world for all. The Strategic Framework seeks to support the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development through the transformation to more efficient,...

BIZnet, a Polish LEADER project, has successfully used fun and engaging innovative digital tools to promote youth entrepreneurship. © Association «Razem na wyżyny »  LEADER has been at the vanguard of efforts to value young people’s potential to improve the current and future prospects of rural communities within the EU. Local Action Groups...