Brazil has achieved impressive results in reducing poverty with “Fomento,” a set of large-scale, government-run social programs targeting smallholder farmers. Rural poverty in Brazil dropped dramatically from 51.4 percent in 2002 to 29.1 percent in 2011; during the same period, family farmers’ incomes also grew by 50 percent. When an...

República Dominicana se incorpora oficialmente al programa Mesoamérica sin Hambre con el propósito de reforzar los marcos institucionales locales y nacionales para alcanzar la realización del derecho a la alimentación de  toda la población y contribuir al diseño y establecimiento de la institucionalidad dirigida a mejorar las condiciones, medios de...

FAO, China and Uganda signed a two year agreement worth almost $2.5 million to support small-scale farmers in Uganda in boosting their production, including through sustainable technologies. The agreement marks the second phase of a partnership initially established in 2012 to make training and technical advice available to the Ugandan...

Le ministre de l’Agriculture, du développement rural et de la pêche, Sid Ahmed Ferroukhi, a indiqué samedi à Alger que son secteur allait mettre en oeuvre dès 2016 une feuille de route pour développer la filière apicole, visant essentiellement l’amélioration de la productivité et l’élaboration des normes de qualité du...

In this video FAO participated in a global gathering of over 2 500 youth change-makers from 120 countries, representing farmers, fishers, indigenous peoples, pastoralists, chefs and food experts. Among them, indigenous and pastoralist representatives shared their vision, ideas and concerns on food security and sustainable food production. 

Pasturing livestock in the conflict areas of eastern Ukraine has become too risky. With unexploded ordnance in the fields, thievery, and even losses due to shooting, farmers these days are keeping their animals close to home. The decision not to pasture comes with a price, though:  the price of fodder...

This publication presents the short term outlook for the arable crops, meat and dairy markets in the EU for 2014-2016. The report is based on analysis of market experts within the Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development of the European Commission. Information and data available until 15 September 2015 have...

We are delegates representing diverse organizations and international movements of small-scale food producers and consumers, including peasants, indigenous peoples and communities (including hunters and gatherers), family farmers, rural workers, herders and pastoralists, fisherfolk and urban people. Together, the diverse constituencies our organizations represent produce some 70% of the food consumed by humanity. They...

Beyond staple foods, agriculture needs a stronger focus on nutrient-dense foods (vegetables, fruits, legumes and animal source foods), suggesting the diversification of smallholder production, such as integrated farming systems. To understand the availability of agricultural biodiversity, working with partners that included the community members themselves, a farm inventory of cultivated and...

Profundamente enraizados en formas de gestión territorial integrada y en relaciones materiales y simbólicas con la naturaleza, estos pueblos desarrollaron sistemas alimentarios que conjugan prácticas agrícolas, de caza, pesca, recolección y pastoreo, construyendo paradigmas de sostenibilidad entre la producción y el consumo. Este tesoro de conocimientos, prácticas y formas de...

In this article the author attempts to give an idea of the today’s progress in formation of agricultural cooperatives in the five countries of Central Asia. The study has shown that agriculture of the countries under consideration is dominated by small agricultural producers. However, the lack of market infrastructure does...

Food security has become one of the international development agenda’s top priorities, enjoying a particular boost after the 1996 World Food Summit, the setting of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in 2000, and even more so after the 2007-2008 world food-price crisis, signalling the need for a stronger food security...

El postulado metodológico central que guía nuestra investigación sobre los herederos de la Reforma Agraria en el valle de Chancay es considerar este estudio de caso en relación con el papel del actor o grupos de actores dentro de su respectivo proceso histórico como con el contexto político, económico y...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), organized a regional workshop about “Enhancing Early Warning Capabilities and Capacities for Food Safety” in the Near East and North Africa Region, at Abu Dhabi during 22 – 26 November, 2015. The regional workshop gathered all concerned parties from different ministries,...

The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples was adopted by the UN General Assembly on 13 September 2007. Since then, the importance of the role that indigenous peoples play in economic, social and environmental conservation through traditional sustainable agricultural practices has been gradually recognized. Consistent with the...

Agricultores familiares de Perú, Ecuador y Bolivia incrementaron hasta en un cincuenta por ciento los rendimientos de sus cultivos de papa, maíz, quinua, frejol y haba, con el uso de semilla certificada, gracias al apoyo del proyecto Semillas Andinas de la FAO. Tras cuatro años de ejecución del proyecto, organizaciones de...

En los últimos diez años, Petrocaribe se ha convertido en una de las bases de la seguridad alimentaria de los países de Centroamérica y el Caribe,señaló hoy la FAO al respecto de la publicación de un nuevo libro que analiza las principales intervenciones e impactos del acuerdo de cooperación regional. El...

Fortalecer las organizaciones de mujeres de los nueve territorios de la Nación Sumu-Mayangna, potenciando sus formas de vida, sistemas de producción y propuesta de desarrollo con cultura, identidad y autonomía

Ce présent guide porte sur la recette de compostage de la jacinthe d’eau en anaérobiose

Maize is one of the major five staple cereal crops in Ethiopia. High productivity and efficacy in its production is critical to improve food security, reduce the level of poverty and achieve or maintain agricultural growth. A multi-stage sampling technique was used to select 385 household heads and interviewed using...