The Horizon 2020 Societal Challenge 2 Programme was created to develop and implement an EU research and innovation policy for more sustainable and resource efficient agriculture, forestry, inland water and marine systems that supply European society with sufficient food, feed, biomass, and other raw materials, as well as ecosystems services,...

Biohuhn is an Operational Group (OG) looking into innovative uses for laying hens at the end of their productive life. They are developing new, local food products from this organic meat to provide extra income for farmers, reduce environmental impact and improve animal welfare. This OG brings together six organic hen farms,...

The EIP-AGRI Focus Group on High Nature Value (HNV) – Farming Profitability brought together 20 experts from 15 EU Member States and a diverse range of backgrounds. They explored the potential for making effective use of the EIP-AGRI to improve the long-term viability of High Nature Value (HNV) farming systems...

This document will provide case studies from different regions, that set out the challenges, successes and lessons learned relating to the development of knowledge, skills and capacity for youth in agriculture. Bearing in mind the necessity of addressing various approaches for targeting youth, case studies cover the areas of peer-to-peer...

Entrevista com o Representante da FAO em Moçambique, Castro Camarada, sobre Escola na Machamba do Camponês. Cerca de 27.500 camponeses estão a ser beneficiados pela Metodologia das Escolas na Machamba do Camponês (EMCs) introduzida pela FAOMZ, num total de 1.095 escolas, que se estendem por todo o país.  Esta abordagem tem...

América Latina tiene la reserva más grande del planeta en tierras cultivables y se encuentra amenazada por los principales desafíos que representa el cambio climático. Estos efectos se manifiestan de diferentes formas, desde la modificación de las zonas agrícolas hasta el resurgimiento de enfermedades que se consideraban erradicadas. La región de...

The Conference aims to bring together 250 or so stakeholders in order to discuss current and future challenges of farming and rural areas, as well as potential policy responses. The Commission will start inviting policy makers, NGOs, members of academia and other interested parties in the coming weeks.  

This video includes two projects (in Ireland and the Netherlands) using result-based systems for agriculture.

This five-year project (2012-2017) aims to strengthen biocultural innovation for food security in the face of climate change, in China, India, Kenya and Peru. Much of the world's agrobiodiversity has been lost in the last century due to the spread of modern agriculture. Only about 30 crops now provide 95% of...

Lack of cooperative spirit is a common challenge in rural areas. The same applies to Lower Silesia, Poland, where different cultures and identities co-exist like the German, the Czech, etc. However, the distinct culture and traditions of the area and the range of local niche products, provide significant opportunities for...

El profesor Rey Benayas ejerce en el Departamento de Ciencias de la Vida de la Universidad de Alcalá y tiene registrada la marca Campos de vida para etiquetar productos como el aceite producido en pequeñas fincas de Ciudad Real y Toledo, agrupadas en esa Fundación. Todo gira en torno a...

This article highlights the main outcomes of the 34th FAO Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbeans. Hunger eradication, climate change adaptation, and strengthening family farming are the three priorities set for FAO by governments of this region.

Climate change has increasingly been recognised as the main challenge facing humanity in the coming decades. The starting point of this study is the consideration of future climate change scenarios and the uncertainties they bring. First, global projections available in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report...

This video features Angela Hilmi discussing about giving peasants access to financing by investing in their farm without resulting to indebtedness. Angela also talks about empowering peasants by giving them the freedom to choose the methods that they would want to employ which results to autonomy and not depedency. This...

FONTAGRO anuncia la Convocatoria 2016 “Innovaciones para el mejoramiento de la agricultura familiar a través de encadenamientos productivos que faciliten el acceso al mercado". La Convocatoria apoyará plataformas de innovación constituidas por agentes públicos y privados que comparten visión, misión y objetivos, y que específicamente fomenten prácticas que aumenten la sostenibilidad...

This edition of the UN in Zimbabwe newsletter is dedicated to shed light on the partnerships, progress and challenges in the collective humanitarian response in Zimbabwe.

Climate change is a worldwide phenomenon that does not respect national boundaries nor affects one specific region. Hurricanes, tornadoes, typhoons, drought and floods are just a few of its many disastrous forms. Most world countries, especially in the arid and semi-arid regions, have been seriously devastated by the consequences of...

El manejo de malezas es un tema complejo, y para los productores que han incursionado en la agricultura de conservación (AC), esto no es una excepción. Sin embargo, el disminuir la labranza del suelo puede apoyar a la reducción de los bancos de semillas esto aunado al desarrollo de una...

In the period to 2020, the CAP is going to invest more than EUR 8 billion1 in Portugal's farming sector and rural areas. Key political priorities have been fined at European level such as: jobs and growth, sustainability, modernisation, innovation and quality. At the same time, Portugal has flexibility to...

L'objectif de cette étude est de calculer l'efficacité technique et l'utilisation de l'eau dans le système irrigué Jijel-Tahir, à l'est de l'Algérie, en utilisant la méthode de l'analyse de l'enveloppe des données (DEA). La DEA a également été utilisée pour simuler l'effet de différents niveaux de quotas d'eau sur l'amélioration...