The International Conference on Drylands, Deserts and Desertification (DDD) has emerged as an important global gathering of scientists, practitioners, industry and government representatives and decision-makers, members of CSOs, NGOs, and international development aid agencies and other stakeholders from over 60 countries concerned about land and environmental degradation in drylands and...

Após cinco dias de debates, termina, nesta sexta-feira (31), em Belém, o Seminário Pan-Amazônico de Proteção Social. O evento, o maior encontro internacional voltado para a região, reuniu representantes do Brasil, da Bolívia, Colômbia, Equador, Guiana Francesa, Peru, República da Guiana e Suriname. O objetivo do encontro, que começou na última segunda-feira...

Actively involving indigenous peoples and local communities in wildlife conservation is key to maintaining biodiversity and ensuring sustainable rural livelihoods.The urgent challenges that the world faces in maintaining biodiversity worldwide requires that indigenous peoples are empowered to act at the national level with assistance from the international community.Sheila Wertz, FAO...

Over 370 million indigenous peoples live in more than 70 countries across the world. While they constitute about five percent of the world’s population, they account for approximately 15percent of the world’s poor. Such is the case with indigenous Mayangna women living in the Bosawás Biosphere Reserve in northern Nicaragua,...

The New Rural Paradigm was a response to changing conditions in rural areas. Statistical evidence shows that agriculture is not the main source of rural jobs and incomes anymore and that several rural regions perform in line with urban regions in terms of economic growth. This, in turn, led to...

Twenty-four young producers from Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, Kenya and Zambia have followed a special capacity-building program initiated by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. This six-week program should enable participants to be more productive and dynamic in the agricultural entrepreneurship business. It is from the observation...

This study presents an inventory of practices highlighting the role rural organizations play in: (i) delivering member-based social assistance and insurance, and other complementary services; and (ii) collaborating with national and international counterparts in the delivery of national and international social protection programmes. The inventory builds on an initial review...

Trip for exchange experience of Ghanians fish operators in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire

he Mayagna group is the second-largest indigenous group in Nicaragua, with over 18 000 people located mostly in or near the Bosawás Biosphere Reserve. Their community faces significant problems with illegal timber extraction and agricultural expansion in its territories. FAO's Forest and Farm Facility works with the Mayagna community, including the Mayaring Cooperative,...

Berry production and the development of rural areas and livelihoods will be the focus of two new FAO projects starting soon in Moldova. One of the projects will help build capacities in the area of agriculture and rural development policy – for policy makers, local officials and others who will be...

'Farm-to-fork' is not just a trendy buzzword but an exciting new ethos for how we eat that's taking hold in all walks of Irish life - from an urban farm in Dublin to an open prison in Cavan and a Michelin-star restaurant in Galway

O Governo Federal, depois de 25 anos, anuncia a retomada os investimentos nas entidades públicas estaduais de Assistência Técnica e Extensão Rural (ATER), as Emateres. A Secretaria Especial de Agricultura Familiar e do Desenvolvimento Agrário (SEAD), através da Agência Nacional de Assistência Técnica e Extensão Rural (ANATER), levará o serviço...

Un resumen de proyectos cofinanciados por FONTAGRO y sus instituciones miembros y socias en temas de agricultura familiar y cambio climático. Version reducida proyectada durante el XII Taller de Seguimiento Técnico de Proyectos FONTAGRO La Ceiba, Honduras, 2017 el 20 de junio de 2017.

El Sistema de Gestión Estratégica para el Desarrollo Territorial y la Agricultura Familiar (SiGET) publica tres tipos de fascículos, respectivamente enfocados en aspectos conceptuales, cuestiones de metodología y aportes sobre formación. Estos fascículos son elaborados a partir de la práctica y la refexión colaborativa con los actores territoriales en países...

En seguimiento a la IV reunión Técnica Regional de “Sistemas Públicos de Abastecimiento y Comercialización de Alimentos en América Latina y el Caribe”, realizada en el mes de abril de 2016 en Santa Cruz – Bolivia, los delegados de los países participantes de Brasil, Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panamá,...

Este evento tiene como objetivo la formulación de una Agenda Latinoamericana y Caribeña de Juventudes Rurales, que se basa en experiencias desarrolladas por la Secretaría Ejecutiva del Consejo Agropecuario Centroamericano (SECAC) y la Reunión Especializada sobre Agricultura Familiar del Mercosur (REAF), y está dirigida a las y los jóvenes rurales,...

While India was home to more than 100,000 rice varieties only 50 years ago, today more than 80% of the area dedicated to grow rice is planted with hybrid varities. Thanks to the efforts of about 1,400 farmers in the Koraput region (Odisha state), traditional varieties of "desi dhaan", as they...

La Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Agricultura y la Alimentación (FAO) y la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura (UNESCO), han diseñado una estrategia de trabajo conjunto para fortalecer la educación alimentaria y nutricional y promover su integración en las políticas públicas...

The course presents an approach for improved mapping and differentiating spatial-temporal facts at country-level (agro-environmental stratification), using the best remotely sensed data and most modern interpretation/analysis methods.

ECTAD’s work in the Asia-Pacific region mainly focuses on emerging pandemic threats like H7N9