The most vulnerable economic communities on Earth live alongside carnivores and pay the highest price for human-wildlife conflict. A new paper calls for mechanisms to be developed for rich countries to make payments to the communities at risk. Poorer, rural communities pay the highest price for living with large, carnivorous wild...

Cropping system models are deployed as valuable tools for informing agronomic decisions and advancing research. To meet this demand, early career scientists are increasingly tasked with building crop models to fit into these system modelling frameworks. Most, however, receive little to no guidance as to how to do this well....

En la última década aumentó el reconocimiento de que es necesario y urgente avanzar en la igualdad de género para alcanzar una transición climática justa y un desarrollo sostenible. El Acuerdo de París, así como los fondos multilaterales bajo el Marco de las Naciones Unidas para el Cambio Climático (UNFCCC,...

As the world population grows, so will demand for food. To try to feed the rising population, agricultural production has increased globally by almost 300 percent over the past 50 years. At the same time, according to the latest data released by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations...

Following the Kyrgyz tradition, Manzura Orolbaeva welcomes guests with homemade bread and a saucer of melted butter. The bread is made from grain grown on their farm and the butter from the livestock they keep. Agriculture is the main source of income and food for a large part of the local...

Depuis le milieu de l’année 2020, les prix des matières premières agricoles et de certains intrants utilisés en agriculture sont en hausse sur les marchés mondiaux. Ces chocs de prix accentuent la pression sur les producteurs agricoles, qui développent des stratégies d’adaptation et de résilience.

Le dernier ouvrage d’Estelle Deléage (Paysans alternatifs, semeurs d’avenir, Le Bord de l’eau, 2023) interroge la place occupée, le désir d’autonomie et le rapport au temps de paysannes et paysans qui se sont engagé.e.s dans des systèmes et des pratiques alternatives au modèle agricole dominant (productiviste, intensif, agro-industriel…). Cette lecture...

In Europe and Central Asia, Members of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) talked about improving the management of land and water resources at the Forty-third Session of the European Commission on Agriculture, held in Budapest from 27 to 28 September. The meeting marked a significant step...

In the Global South, rich natural resources, once the bedrock of numerous communities, are under threat from the climate crisis, biodiversity loss, and other challenges. The latest IPCC report reveals that in Africa, 65% of productive land is degraded, with 45% desertified due to poor land practices and climate change...

Projects and collective dynamics around territorial agri-food transitions are multiplying, boosted by public policies around the Territorial Food Projects in France, but going far beyond them. This booklet proposes and illustrates through concrete examples some principles aimed at encouraging a better taking in account of the plurality of visions of ecologisation...

Marine fisheries in India is a caste-based occupation, with a social and political hierarchy in place. For those belonging to the subordinate fishing castes, excluded from decision-making processes at home, migration is an important strategy for gaining economic resources, social power and recognition as skilled and successful marine fishermen. In...

Dans les pays du Réseau FAR et ailleurs, le développement socioéconomique des territoires ruraux représente un défi majeur pour assurer la sécurité alimentaire, offrir des emplois et des revenus décents aux populations et répondre ainsi aux enjeux démographiques, de souveraineté alimentaire et de réduction des inégalités. Le constat est clair...

Le Guide pour l’évaluation de l’agroécologie propose une démarche et des outils méthodologiques pour apprécier, d’une part, les effets des pratiques et des systèmes agroécologiques sur les performances agro-environnementales et socio-économiques de l’agriculture et, d’autre part, les conditions de développement de l’agroécologie. Il vise à aider les acteurs du développement...

The Livelihoods Mt Elgon project aims at improving the livelihoods of 30,000 small-holder farmers by empowering farmers with sustainable agricultural practices including agroforestry, and establishing connections to markets through 15 cooperatives. The project is a partnership between Livelihoods Fund, Vi Agroforestry and Brookside Dairy. The project will lead to: -...

This report provides an update on global progress towards the targets of ending hunger (SDG Target 2.1) and all forms of malnutrition (SDG Target 2.2) and estimates on the number of people who are unable to afford a healthy diet. Since its 2017 edition, this report has repeatedly highlighted that...

La ganadería bovina en Colombia se lleva a cabo en grandes extensiones, en 2022 se reportaron cerca de 633.841 predios y 29.301.392 animales. Los sistemas tradicionales con baja implementación tecnológica generan un impacto negativo sobre los suelos, afectando sus propiedades físicas y químicas. Por lo tanto, es importante implementar alternativas de manejo que garanticen sostenibilidad y rentabilidad....

Fruit trees are often grafted onto rootstocks which provide the adaptation to the soil which makes them the long-term foundation for the tree and the orchard. This way the choice of rootstocks and varieties is so important and can thus be selected in a way that can meet the challenges...

A agricultura familiar compõe um segmento socioprodutivo diverso e disperso por todo o território brasileiro, cujas atividades assumem valores multidimensionais para uma estratégia de desenvolvimento sustentável e inclusivo. Ademais, é responsável pela manutenção de um amplo contingente de ocupações no meio rural, bem como pela produção de alimentos para o...

Les stéréotypes de genre ne sont pas sans impact sur les agriculteurs et les agricultrices car ils viennent poser et justifier les contours de la division sexuelle du travail agricole en arguant de la complémentarité entre les hommes et les femmes (Demathieu, mai 2022).

Food standards help ensure that food produced, traded, and consumed is safe, and meets the quality parameters expected by the consumer.  Several countries in the Europe and Central Asia region use Codex standards and texts as the basis for strengthening their legal framework for food safety including development of food...