Scholars have established sustainability as the goal of environmental sciences. The objective of this research was to establish definitions regarding the concept of sustainability and its place within agroecology theory. For that, a systematic review was conducted in global scientific databases, complemented with specialized journals and books. It was found...

Rural Development Programmes (RDPs) can use a combination of grants and FIs to support projects and schemes. Grants distribute funds that do not need to be repaid by beneficiaries. FIs provide RDP funding for investments that are repaid by beneficiaries through loans and micro-finance, guarantees, equity, interest rate subsidies, or...

FAO and Gayaza High School in Uganda are working together to develop opportunities for students to learn and acquire agricultural skills while eating healthier and nutritious food. A FAO project to help the high school acquire production input and facilities is showing promising results. Through the project, a greenhouse for...

Dentro de la teoría de las ciencias ambientales, se ha dicho que ellas tienen como propósito lograr la sostenibilidad de diferentes sistemas de referencia. El objetivo de la presente investigación es determinar los planteamientos que existen alrededor de la sostenibilidad y su lugar dentro de la teoría agroecológica. Se realizó...

Los días 11 y 12 de noviembre se llevará adelante en Montevideo, Uruguay, el seminario internacional Intercambio Regional sobre Evolución de las Políticas Diferenciadas para la Producción Familiar. En el marco de la celebración de los 100 años de la Comisión Nacional de Fomento Rural (CNFR), se propone así debatir algunos...

More than 200 people participated actively at the First Croatian Rural Parliament, held on 16-18 April 2015, organised by Croatian Rural Development Network - HMRR, with focus on "Perspectives for young people in rural areas". The Parliament was held under auspices of Croatian Ministry of Economy and EESC, in collaboration...

Del 22 al 27 de noviembre de 2015, se desarrolló en el Centro Integral de la Asociación Nacional de Agricultores Pequeños ,ANAP - La Vía Campesina  ¨Niceto Pérez ¨ en el municipio Güira, provincia de Artemisa, en Cuba, el V Encuentro Internacional de Agroecología, Agricultura Sostenible y Cooperativismo, que contó...

Así lo establece un proyecto de ley presentado por César Miguel (FpV) junto a sus pares Horne y Doñate. La norma modifica a la ley 3396, que en Río Negro adhirió a la llamada “Ley Pierri”. El legislador César Miguel (FpV), junto a Silvia Horne y Martín Doñate, presentó un proyecto...

To mark the European Year for Development, the International Year of Soils and the International Year of Light by visiting the 53rd International Fair of Agriculture and Food AGRA 2015 in Gornja Radgona. Namely, AGRA is a more than fifty year old event that promotes sustainable development cooperation, promotes the...

The Handbook offers guidance and tools for assessing the impacts of agricultural and food security programmes and projects on child labour in family-based agriculture. The Handbook helps agricultural programmes: incorporate child labour prevention or mitigation in the design stage; monitor their unintended or intended impacts on child labour; and evaluate their impacts on...

This conference aims at advancing the scientific state of the art in research on multifunctional agriculture and urban-rural relations by bringing together scholars from a wide range of disciplines from many parts of the world. The 2015 edition will focus on reconnecting agriculture and food chains to societal needs.

Alexander Segovia, ex secretario técnico de la Presidencia de  Mauricio Funes, apuesta por las políticas territoriales, ya que, “si bien han sido históricamente marginadas, tienen un gran potencial para el desarrollo económico y humano”.

Nigeria liberalized input distribution and established the Growth Enhancement Support Scheme (GESS) in 2011 to deliver subsidized inputs to farmers as part of its Agricultural Transformation Agenda (ATA). Despite the relevance of the GESS as a subsidy delivery mechanism, its achievements during the first year of implementation (2012) were below...

La mondialisation du système alimentaire a certes apporté aux consommateurs des avantages en termes de facilité d’accès aux aliments, de coût de l’alimentation, de standardisation des produits alimentaires et de sécurité sanitaire. Néanmoins, cette mondialisation, c’est-à-dire l’avancée d’une production, d’une distribution et d’une consommation de masse, a des impacts sociaux,...

Nutrition, as we all know, is an important determinant of health. A balanced diet, with high consumption of fruit and vegetables, helps prevent a number of chronic diseases and improves health outcomes across the board. This is good not only for the individual but for the economy as a whole,...

A concern when conducting stated preference valuation studies in rural developing or very low income contexts is the use of monetary willingness to pay (WTP) estimates. In circumstances where cash incomes are extremely low, a significant proportion of the population are not engaged in waged labour and the exchange of...

 Note sur  la célébration de l’Année Internationale de l’Agriculture Familiale par le gouvernement du Cameroun, en collaboration avec ses partenaires techniques et financiers. L’objectif recherché était de renforcer la communication sur le rôle et l’importance de l’agriculture familiale et de la petite agriculture en menant une réflexion sur les politiques publiques...

La nueva guía de la FAO se propone asegurar que se incorporen medidas para prevenir la mano de obra de menores en los programas de desarrollo agrícola y rural, en particular los destinados a los agricultores familiares.    Los programas que tienen el objetivo de impulsar la producción de alimentos y dar...

Cuando el Año Internacional de la Agricultura Familiar AIAF-2014 estaba a punto de terminar, los días 14 y 15 de Noviembre del 2014, hombres y mujeres líderes campesinos procedentes de los cinco continentes, junto con asociaciones rurales, centros de investigación, miembros del Comité Consultivo Mundial, comités nacionales y otros actores, nos reunimos en...

The Republic of Niger and the United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) signed an agreement to finance the Family Farming Development Programme (FFDP) in Maradi, Tahoua and Zinder Regions. The funding comprises a US$24.25 million loan, a $24.25 million grant and an additional $13 million grant from IFAD’s...