The 2014/15 season was a nightmare in Malawi as the country faced floods at the beginning of the season and then terminal drought. Most farmers lost property and crops through flooding and water lodging while surviving crop fields were burnt dry prematurely by the terminal drought which was experienced towards...

This report surveys the recent literature on producer organizations with a specific focus on factors affecting their establishment and their impact on farmers' market performance and welfare. The report also discusses producer organizations' role in improving farmers’ bargaining power and allowing them to respond to various challenges which result from...

This paper presents an analysis of the characteristics of family farming in Latin America and the Caribbean, and discusses what might be its role in overcoming some of the major challenges to the development of this region. Hence, the main objective of the study is to analyze the evolving process...

A recent open meeting of the Family Farmers’ Association(FFA), held at Westminster, brought together a core group of individuals, organisations and policymakers to discuss ways to support and protect smaller farms. With the UK rapidly losing its traditional farming culture, groups like the FFA and the Land Workers Alliance (LWA) see protecting smaller...

  Institutional responsibility of "family farming" in Bosnia and Herzegovina

After five days of discussions, the groundwork has been laid to take back, relocalise our food systems and multiply food sovereignty platforms across the continent by the participants from more than 40 countries who gathered at the second Nyéléni Europe Forum on Food Sovereignty. A huge diversity of people involved...

La Agricultura Familiar Campesina (AFC) ha demostrado ser clave para avanzar hacia sistemas alimentarios más sustentables y saludables en la región y en el mundo, lo cual ha elevado su protagonismo en lo más reciente, al punto que FAO ha declarado al 2014 como el Año Internacional de la Agricultura...

In the context of increasing vulnerability to climate change for people dependent on natural resources for their livelihoods, the International Food Policy Research Institute and partner organizations in Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, and Bangladesh undertook a project broadly aiming to create knowledge that will help policymakers and development agencies to strengthen...

El 13 de agosto se llevó a cabo la 3ª Fiesta de la Agricultura Familiar del Alto Uruguay en el salón parroquial Santa Teresita de la localidad de 25 de Mayo (al frente de la Municipalidad). Tal como se vienen desarrollando año a año, participaron de agricultores y agricultoras familiares del...

La Confederación Nacional Agraria (CNA) es una organización de carácter gremial que representa a 18 federaciones regionales agrarias, integradas por ligas agrarias provinciales y distritales en todo el Perú. Defiende los intereses de la población rural, como productores agrarios y forestales con o sin tierra, comunidades campesinas y nativas, rondas...

The Observatory on Public Policies for Agriculture (OPPA) is a research group integrated to the Program of Postgraduation of Social Sciences in Development, Agriculture and Society (CPDA), associated with the Department of Development, Agriculture and Society (DDAS), from the Institute of Social and Human Sciences (ICHS), from the Rural Federal...

Les ressources en eau en Méditerranée sont rares, inégalement réparties et se caractérisent par une grande variabilité temporelle et des sécheresses récurrentes au cours des dernières décennies. De plus, il est reconnu que la région Méditerranéenne sera largement impactée par le changement climatique. Les pays méditerranéens étant déjà confrontés à d’importants...

2015 was a prolific year for GRAIN. We produced a large number of high impact research reports and databases that became reference points for many groups and individuals working on land, food, seed and climate-related issues. At the same time, we worked with partners on the ground, supporting their capacity...

Este libro forma parte de la campaña Somos la Tierra pensada en el marco del Año Internacional de la Agricultura Familiar 2014, que propone como homenaje mostrar a algunos de los hombres y mujeres que, en cada territorio de nuestro país, viven y producen en la ruralidad. Se trata de...

Four traditional farming systems in Bangladesh and Japan have been designated today by FAO as "Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems."

El Banco Mundial aprobó días atrás el financiamiento del Proyecto de Inclusión Socio-Económica en Áreas Rurales (PISEAR), por un monto de 56 millones de dólares, destinado a pequeños productores, que permita superar condiciones desfavorables en el desarrollo. Priorizando las provincias de Norte argentino. El proyecto fue elaborado por el Ministerio de...

The specific aid for the milk producers from the disadvantaged areas was granted between 2010 and 2014, according to the Government Decision no. 755/2010, Government Decision no. 296/2012, Government Decision no. 298/2014 and M.A.R.D. Order no. 573/2014, in accordance with the provisions of the article no. 68, paragraph (1), letter...

A nationwide series of national organic farming open days will take place from Summer 2014 to Spring 2015. Teagasc, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, and organic organisations invite all interested to see organic farming in practice and to meet and speak with the producers and sector’s experts....

Es innegable el aporte de la denominada agricultura familiar a la alimentación en el mundo, a la preservación de los recursos naturales y al de muchos conocimientos y saberes acerca de la crianza de la vida. No obstante, la atención que se le otorga está por debajo de lo que...

Report on a project looking at three enterprises involved in short supply chains: Willem & Drees in the Netherlands, Pico Bio in Switerland and Cooperativa Agricoltura Nuova in Italy.