Voluntary standards are part of a growing trend in global markets. As a result, FAO and member countries are being asked to respond adequately to the opportunities and challenges presented by business models that could foster both increased food security and better market access for small-scale producers. FAO reviewed the...

It is in the mandate of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), as stated in Article 1 of its constitution, “to collect, analyse, interpret and disseminate information related to nutrition, food and agriculture”. Within this framework, in 1993 FAO launched a programme known as AQUASTAT, its...

Folleto que describe quienes son agricultores pequeños y familiares, su importancia en relación a la sostenibilidad y los múltiples beneficios que ellos generan.

This document is an update of the Strategy on Climate Change of the CLAC for Mesoamerica (Central America and Chiapas, southern Mexico), which extends geographical scope to the Dominican Republic, an island state in the Caribbean Sea. It incorporates the latest scientific findings on climate change manifestations and impacts. It...

Despite the increasing attention given to organic supply chains over the past decade, there are still significant market opportunities to pursue. The demand for organic products in developing countries continues to grow and price premiums for organic certified products are available, albeit not comparable with those of a decade or...

This atlas on rural change in Africa was prepared at the request of the NEPAD Agency and under the overall coordination and guidance of Ibrahim Assane Mayaki, NEPAD Agency CEO, Estherine Lisinge Fotabong, Programme Implementation and Coordination Director, and Benoît Faivre-Dupaigre, Agriculture Adviser to the CEO. It is part of the...

Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which: identify highly nutritious local food plants, explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way, detail the nutritional value of the plants and describe why human bodies require those nutrients. The resources created by FPS allows people to better...

El objetivo del presente documento es describir los avances metodológicos logrados por el PPD con el apoyo metodológico del Programa de Articulación de Redes Territoriales para la quinta fase operativa del Programa de Pequeñas Donaciones en el marco del Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo. La presente guía, está...

Boletín dedicado a la temática del trabajo infantil en la agriculturaen América Latina y el Caribe. 168 millones de niños en el mundo se ven obligados a realizar trabajo infantil, viendo vulnerados sus derechos más elementales; de ellos, 98 millones, es decir, 58% del total lo hace en la agricultura, por...

La presente publicación desarrolla un “modelo de finca” el cual, de ser replicado, podría permitir un nivel adecuado de seguridad alimentaria en hogares rurales de ecosistemas de altiplano andino, considerando dos tipos de geografías: zonas planas y zonas de ladera. Esto constituye un esfuerzo inédito para identificar de manera cuantificada...

This publication presents a kaleidoscopic view of agricultural mechanization experiences from around the globe and, as such, provides a solid launching pad for the promotion of sustainable mechanization technologies that are so vital if we are to feed, with due regard to the planet’s natural capital, the burgeoning world population...

The International Conference on Policies for Water and Food Security in Dry Areas was co-organized by the Egyptian Ministry of Agriculture and Land reclamation and its Agricultural Research Center, ICARDA, FAO, IFAD and IRDC. The conference was held in Cairo on 24-26 June, 2013 and attended by some 200 policy...

El objetivo general del proyecto es contribuir al conocimiento y difusión de tecnologías campesinas e indígenas utilizadas en la agricultura familiar, como medidas de adaptación frente a eventos extremos climáticos en zonas vulnerables de altura.Tres variables para la identificacion de tecnologias de adaptacion: Sistemas productivos agrícolas y uso optimo agua Agrobiodiversidad Técnicas de...

El año 2013 fue declarado Año Internacional de la Quinua (AIQ). Fue propuesto por Bolivia con el apoyo de Argentina, Azerbaiyán, Ecuador, Georgia, Honduras, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Perú y Uruguay y el respaldo de la FAO. Fue adoptado por la Conferencia de la FAO en junio de 2011 y aprobado por...

Documentaries on the Best Practices in Rural Development carried out by young farmers that have been granted support under EU Rural development policies.

Este sitio web ha sido diseñado para dar a conocer la pequeña Agroindustria Rural en el Perú que a pesar de ser un sector aún desconocido, cumple un rol social y económico muy importante que energiza a las fuerzas productivas del sector rural facilitando la articulación de la economía campesina...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) estimates that 32 percent of all food produced in the world was lost or wasted in 2009. this estimate is based on weight. when converted into calories, global food loss and waste amounts to approximately 24 percent of all food...

La crianza de alpacas es la actividad económica más relevante en la región andina, destacando fundamentalmente la producción de fibra, que posee una alta valoración en los mercados internacionales por su fina textura. La apuesta por mejorar la producción y la productividad de los criadores de camélidos andinos, así como...

Documentaries on the Best Practices in Rural Development carried out by young farmers that have been granted support under EU Rural development policies.

If agricultural research and innovation are to deliver acceptable levels of food and nutrition security to poor communities at a global scale, a rethink is needed of how current approaches to research-for-development are planned and executed. Obstacles lie in three factors: · Today’s vertical and supply driven focus – by...