Pese a los esfuerzos públicos y privados, gran parte de la pequeña agricultura del país ha perdido competitividad y ha tenido dificultades para acceder a economías de escala. Con escasos recursos para construir marca y diferenciar sus productos, el potencial que poseen los sellos de origen,indicaciones geográficas y denominaciones de...

The Federal University of Paraná (UFPR) signed today (28/10/2015) a new contract for the purchase of food from family farms. The University is a pioneer in buying products from family farms to supply their university restaurants, and, since 2012, it is an active participant of the Food Acquisition Program of...

The history of this factory in Bihor begins about 20 years ago as a family business. Its upward trajectory was driven by the desire for improvement and innovation, business developing in several steps, the first step being a small livestock farm. Thus, in 2001, it was outlined the current direction...

One of the fundamental resources that is essential for the development and sustenance of people in Africa is land. Land is very important because it forms the basis of agricultural production in the sub-region. This chapter will trace the role and impact of land amongst the different ethnic groups that...

The value chain for macadamia is generally short, covering farmers at the primary end of the chain most of whom are smallholder farmers. Also in the value chain are cooperative societies or producer groups, brokers, and local processing companies. At the other end of the value chain are foreign wholesalers...

The upland grasslands and meadows are one of the most important natural resources in Kyrgyzstan, covering up to 85 % of the designated agricultural areas. Most of the crop and livestock based small scale farms are located there, faced with degradation and loss of biodiversity due to overgrazing. Hence, proper...

Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a zoonotic, viral, vector-borne disease representing a threat to human health, animal health and livestock production in Africa, the Near East and potentially, Europe and the rest of the world. Rift Valley fever primarily affects sheep, goats, cattle, camels, buffaloes, and antelopes. The majority of...

Este artículo recoge las principales conclusiones, recomendaciones y lecciones aprendidas de las experiencias que fueron compartidas en el seminario "Extensionismo y agricultura familiar: Recomendaciones para una estrategia integral", realizado el 25 de noviembre de 2014 en CIMMYT, Texcoco, Estado de México.

Wine has always been considered the nectar of the gods. Romans called it „vinum”, and Alexander the Great considered it „the blood of the vine, the power of the earth and the eternity of the sun”. To follow the path of the vine on the current territory of Romania means...

The 2007/08 commodity price boom triggered a ‘rush’ for land in developing countries. Yet, many affected countries lacked the regulatory infrastructure to cope with such demand and reliable data on investors’ performance. This study uses the example of Ethiopia to show how simple improvements in administrative data collection can help...

La rencontre sous régionale sur l’année internationale des sols, sera organisée à l’université de Chlef du 18 au 19 novembre 2015 pour des experts de la sous région (Algérie, Maroc, Tunisie, Mauritanie) et qui viendra couronner la série de conférences et de manifestations au niveau national. Les thématiques qui seront développées...

Small actors in agricultural value chains are tied to markets through a series of forward and backward business linkages, which incorporate various types of business models. The complexity of these business models varies according to the commodity, number of actors involved, local context and market structure. Aimed at designers of...

 La lucha contra el hambre y la pobreza rural en América Latina y el Caribe debe incorporar innovaciones institucionales, sociales y tecnológicas y mejores servicios de comunicación, señaló la FAO durante el Foro Latinoamericano sobre Desarrollo Territorial, Innovación y Comunicación Rural. Más de 100 participantes de 15 países de América Latina...

Vasile Peica was stimulated to implement this project by several factors among which the growth of the local food products’ consumption, to the disadvantage of the imported products, the local and national demand for sheep products, both milk products (sweet cheese, cheese, cottage cheese) and livestock meat products (lambs and...

This paper examines the determinants of abandonment of conservation agriculture (CA) techniques among smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe. The analysis uses four rounds of a balanced panel from a survey aimed at monitoring CA adoption among farmers who participated in CA promotion projects. Findings indicate that a large share of farmers...

Está generalmente aceptado que el fenómeno de “El Niño” tendrá un impacto importante en la agricultura de la región, e incluso, ya existen evidencias de sequías localizadas y cambios en los patrones de lluvia que han afectado los rendimientos, tanto de los cultivos como de la ganadería. Por estos motivos,...

This chapter discusses land issues in southern Africa in general, and in Zimbabwe in particular. At independence most African states with settler white farmers inherited a skewed land distribution in favour of the white commercial farmers. Countries like Namibia and South Africa, among others, embarked on some land redistribution programmes...

Although dramatic increases in maize yields since the implementation of the Farm Income Subsidy Program (FISP)—the major national program that subsidizes fertilizer and improved seed primarily for maize cultivation—have likely enhanced household maize self-sufficiency (Chibwana et al. 2012), Malawian diets remain poorly diversified. Indeed, the contribution of foods other than...

About two-thirds of the developing world’s 3 billion rural people live in about 475 million small farm households, working on land plots smaller than 2 hectares. Many are poor and food insecure and have limited access to markets and services. Their choices are constrained, but they farm their land and...

Healthy soils contribute to resilient food production. Soil carbon is a key to healthy soils but, today we see the long-term consequences of agricultural management that has neglected soil carbon – degraded soils, polluted waters, and unprecedented rates of hunger and malnutrition. There are good examples of agroecological practices that...