Adriana Tambaco, una pequeña agricultora ecuatoriana, nos habla de cómo sus alimentos frescos aportan al desarrollo de su comunidad y de niñas y niños en la provincia de Imbabura.

Этот бюллетень предназначен для ежемесячного обновления политики торговли сельскохозяйственной продукцией в регионе и предоставления соответствующих новостей, касающихся торговли сельскохозяйственной продукцией.

"My Name Is Lee" is part of the short films that have been received in the framework of the short film contest organized by ALiSEA and the Luang Prabang Film festival about Youth & Agroecology. It is the story of a young man (Lee Ayu) who has returned to his...

Luego del II Encuentro de Productores, Compradores y Consumidores de la Quínoa. Formar una feria comunitaria para comercializar los productos de productores locales y fortalecer el turismo fue una de las principales inquietudes de los vecinos de Lipimávida, localidad costera de la provincia de Curicó, tras participar en el II Encuentro...

This film is about Duncan Leaney, a conventional tenant farmer near Taunton in Somerset who realised his farm was no longer viable due to the increasing costs of inputs such as chemical fertilisers and pesticides. At the same time his profit from cereal crops was not going up resulting in...

Using panel data econometric techniques, this paper evaluates how public expenditure influences agricultural performance at the district level in Malawi by empirically estimating localized expenditure multipliers for the districts. The results of the analysis show that public expenditures in agriculture have generally positive but variable impacts on agricultural growth at...

This policy brief presents the main findings of a situational analysis and assessment of women’s and youth’s ability to access community land in Tana River County, Kenya, with a focus on their rights. The brief highlights the fact that even though policy and legal frameworks provide for equal rights and...

This video highlights the FAO Dimitra Clubs approach, its implementation, functioning modalities and keys features. “FAO-Dimitra Clubs: Stepping stones for rural development” is part of a series that illustrates the impact of FAO-Dimitra Clubs, a successful gender-transformative approach developed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)....

Animal diseases that spread across national borders are nothing new – but how those diseases behave under a changing climate and more erratic weather is cause for concern. With support from its member nations, FAO is ramping up efforts to keep transboundary animal diseases at bay, starting with a dedicated...

How can remote areas with harsh climates eat local sustainably produced food all year round? And in the case of west Wales, in terms of vegetables, is there anything to survive on beyond cabbages and leeks? This film captures the story of Blaencamel, a 50-acre farm in the Aeron Valley,...

FAO’s Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific and representatives from Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) today re-affirmed their close collaboration on technical cooperation work in the region during an annual review of the programme.

The Centrales Villageoises (“Village Centers”, in English) are local companies aiming at developing renewable and sustainable energies in rural and mountain territories in France by involving citizens, local communities and businesses.

En el Día Internacional de la Mujer Cinep/PPP se aproxima a sus luchas a través de las mujeres rurales colombianas. Sus trayectorias son muestra del limitado rol cultural que se les ha asignado a las mujeres y ejemplifican el tesón y la persistencia que se requiere para sobrepasar los obstáculos...

Cities are rising as powerful agents of change by finding innovative ways of putting sustainable food policies in place. Through a series of five case studies, this report provides insights into the factors that enable the development and delivery of urban food policies, how these enablers can be harnessed, and how barriers can be...

The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is warning that increasing demand for, and consumption of, meat and other products of animal origin in East and Southeast Asia are threatening the health of millions of people and livestock as unregulated producers race to meet the demand, often ignoring the possibility...

This video case study explores the challenges that women involved in fisheries activities face on a day to day basis in Tanzania: What successes have they achieved? how can their participation in fisheries be strategically improved? It also explains the strategies in place at local and national levels to counter...

En el día internacional de la mujer, CINEP da a conocer este material audivisual, resaltando la forma de vida de Fanny Guancha, mujer rural del departamento de Nariño.

Recently established organic regions aim to be model regions of sustainability. In the frame of this article we understand organic regions as territories that aim at the sustainable management of local resources, based on the principles of organic farming and agroecology. The contribution focuses especially on the role and configurations...

Around 90 women farmers and representatives of rural women from 14 countries in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific regions came up with a declaration at the end of the three-day Asia-Pacific Women Farmers Forum (APWFF) held in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India on 4-6 October 2017. Aimed to make appreciation for...

The FAO-EU FLEGT Programme has committed to a significant contribution to global Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) achievements in 2017 under the Phase III programme. This year’s objectives were to increasingly operationalize the projects that were endorsed under the first two calls for proposals in the Voluntary Partnership...