The scarcity of water resources, even for supplementary irrigation, small and fragmented landholdings that cannot support an average family, and dwindling productivity: these are some of the challenges facing farmers relying on rainfed agriculture in Jordan’s Southern Highlands region. Forced to buy water for irrigation, smallholders resorted to reducing their...

Seeking to gain a better understanding of the role that agroecology can play in eradicating hunger and malnutrition, FAO organized the Multistakeholder Consultation on agroecology for Asia and the Pacific, held in Bangkok, Thailand on 24-26 November 2015. FAO acted as a facilitator to enable debates and foster collaboration among...

Um estudo feito por pesquisadores da Secretaria Extraordinária de Regularização Fundiária na Amazônia Legal (Serfal) avalia o perfil dos beneficiários do Terra Legal com base na coleta de dados do Sistema Terra Legal (SISTERLEG) e aponta resultados importantes ao longo de sete anos de atuação do programa. A análise destaca...

O artigo analisa as mudanças ensejadas pela estruturação das Indicações Geográficas (IG) no segmento vinícola brasileiro. Inicialmente, discute o papel das normas e padrões na governança dos mercados. Em seguida, com base em pesquisas conduzidas em cinco regiões vinícolas brasileiras, analisa o processo de construção dos Regulamentos de Uso. Os...

Conservation Agriculture in Zimbabwe.

L’Association des journalistes agricoles du Congo (l’AJAC) participe à un atelier de deux jours. Soutenu par SOS Faim, il a comme objectif l’optimisation de la communication envers les paysans congolais pour la promotion de l’agriculture familiale en RDC.

When we think about food security, images of farmers and land often come to mind. However, fisheries are an extremely important part of our food system. But even at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), they are decidedly less talked about than land-based sectors.

A desigualdade extrema tem múltiplas origens e traz sérias consequências negativas para a garantia de direitos e o desenvolvimento sustentável. Entre suas causas estruturais está a concentração da terra, um fator de preocupação na América Latina e, em especial, no Brasil. A concentração da terra está ligada ao êxodo rural,...

Herlinda Caal Tzi is a 48-year-old Q’eqchi’ woman from rural Guatemala. She lives in the village of Panzós, in the country’s Alta Verapaz department, with her husband Tomás Cac, their three sons and two daughters-in-law. Herlinda is one of many women who have made positive changes in their lives through the...

Greening the economy and improving air quality for a better environment and human health were two main themes of the Eighth Environment for Europe Ministerial Conference, held 8-10 June in Batumi, Georgia. Participating countries also emphasized agriculture, forest management, water and food as key focus issues contributing to a “Green...

The present paper is the product of research on cooperatives in Georgia carried out by Elkana from August to October 2016 in the framework of the AGROinform-led IFAD-funded project “Promoting inclusive horticultural value chains in Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan and Moldova” The goal of the research is to provide valuable information...

Биологизация земледелия в России имеет давнюю историю. Первые идеи научной биологизации можно найти в трудах А. Т. Болотова (1738-1833 гг.) — основоположника отечественной агро­номической науки. Развивая свое хозяйство в имении Дворяниново Тульской губернии, он придавал решающее значение новым куль­турам и севооборотам. В 1771 г. вышла в свет одна из основных...

Una de las principales dificultades que enfrentan los pequeños productores familiares y campesinos de la región está vinculada a la comercialización de sus productos. Casi siempre, la mayor tajada del negocio se la lleva el intermediario, quien retira la mercadería de la casa del productor y la negocia en el...

The TBTI Digest contains all of the project's recent activities and outputs. 

The video covers the stories of five young, agroecological producers in Costa Rica. Covering issues from traditional knowledge, efficiency, recycling, local economies and others, the video tells the stories of how agroecology is a viable and sustainable way to produce food and how young people can engage and lead small-holder...

The transition towards sustainable food systems has often been conceived on the basis of two sets of instruments: legal regulations that impose certain ways of acting and prohibit others, or economic incentives such as taxes and subsidies to reward good practices and discourage less good practices. This classic view of transition...

La publicación del Anuario de 2016 de UPA, con el lema, “Agricultura y mundo rural: experiencias locales en un mundo global”, es una gran ocasión para reflexionar sobre las relaciones entre la globalización de los mercados y el mantenimiento de las producciones locales. La globalización es cada vez más constatable...

This short video explains the basis of Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS). It was designed as a trailer and short version of the documentary: A guide to Participatory Guarantee Systems for Organic Agricultureavailable to watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbwiC...The video was produced by IFOAM – Organics International with the financial support of the Technical...

União Províncal de Camponeses de Manica (UCAMA) and Zimbabwe Farmers Union (ZFU) have been supporting farmers to scale up Conservation Agriculture (CA) in Mozambique and Zimbabwe, respectively. As the key implementing partners of a project titled “Facilitating Farmer-led Scaling-up of Conservation Agriculture in Southern Africa” which is funded by the...

El presente sitio web contiene información de la serie y colección de guías sobre la aplicación práctica del modelo de la FAO de intensificación sostenible de la producción agrícola “Ahorrar para crecer” en los cultivos fundamentales para la seguridad alimentaria mundial. Con ejemplos de África, América Latina y Asia, se muestra...