Small-scale agriculture is a topic that has drawn the attention of many State agencies, local, regional and international during the last few years, due to their importance in the food production and poverty reduction in rural communities of the world. In this context, the present investigation had as its objective...

A group of twenty young Fijian farmers dream of earning enough money to support their siblings. Their plan? To farm papaya organically and to access the premium price that the organic market pays. But they can only do this if their product is certified organic. With the prohibitively high cost...

Water is one of the most scarce resources for African farmers. Access to enough water in semi-arid regions is a huge challenge and shortages can lead to the loss of lives and livelihoods in times of drought. With climate change, water conservation will only become more imperative. Ethiopia has one...

Les Nations unies reconnaissent officiellement que parvenir à l'égalité hommes-femmes, en termes d'accès aux ressources de production et à leur contrôle (en particulier la terre et les services agricoles), aurait un effet positif sur la productivité agricole, la sécurité alimentaire et la pauvreté. Pourtant, quelle est la situation actuelle des...

Part of what’s special about the Göngur is that it’s not just one farm bringing home their horses, but the whole community. The atmosphere is celebratory in that unique way where people who know each other well are working together towards a common goal. That said, it also felt like...

在世界很多地方，干旱频繁发生和作物歉收威胁食品和营养安全，并造成这些地区对粮食 援助的依赖。但是最近，肯尼亚许多农户正在自行探索可持续性的方法，确保足够的营养食物 和额外的收入，以便他们能供孩子上学。因为玉米产量猛涨而逐步边缘化的传统耐干旱营养 作物，比如木薯、高粱、小米等，再次得到广泛种植，促使可靠收成的实现，而改善了饮食 和收入。

Seeds of Sovereignty shares the stories of African communities embarking on a journey to revive their traditional seed diversity, and take back control over their food systems. Forging a path toward a socially just, ecologically sane and sovereign future, they are courageously challenging the corporate, profit driven model of agriculture...

Access to credit is regarded as an important intervention for improving the incomes of the rural population, mainly by mobilizing resources to more productive uses. Production of vegetables by smallholder farmers in Swaziland is inconsistent and lower than the national demand, hence the gap is filled by imports from South...

Development of (the many forms of) short food supply chains (SFCs) is one of the approaches of the Common Agricultural Policy to improve competitiveness. There are many different types of SFCs, ranging from direct selling on the farm, farmers’ markets, community supported agriculture, collective direct selling etc. to food chains...

The existence of markets is critical to the survival of the farm-household-family system and as such the nature of this relationship and how it affects the dietary supply of the household needs to be understood. The objective of this study is to examine the market relation of farm families by...

A ‘Farm Enterprise’ Competition from Wales in the UK is a good example of an EAFRD-funded project that both identifies and raises awareness about agribusiness innovations. The competition specifically explored knowledge development and transfer in sheep farming for young farmers.

Since the end of the Second World War, the international community has been focusing on reducing the number and the proportion of people who suffer from hunger. Over time it became clear that no single indicator would provide a comprehensive picture of the food security situation. Rather, a suite of...

All Nepal Peasants Federation (ANPF) is an umbrella association of entire Nepali peasants fighting against feudalism, imperialism and neo-liberalism. It is fighting for the agrarian reform and peasants rights for last 6 decades since its inception in 1951 AD. In the new context of democratic republic of Nepal with the...

Es la confluencia de más de 900 organizaciones que asocian a unas 180 mil familias de productores en todo el país, reunidos para consensuar y proponer alternativas de desarrollo rural con equidad e inclusión. Organizaciones con historia de lucha en defensa de los intereses nacionales que al fin son escuchados. Un...

Article sur la création d'un cadre d’échanges pour la mise en application des pratiques et systèmes agroécologiques : le ReBPA, Réseau Béninois pour la Promotion de l’Agroécologie, à la suite d'un cycle d’apprentissage, organisé en septembre 2013 par Agrisud, pour la mise en œuvre et la diffusion de systèmes et pratiques agroécologiques à...

Fisheries play an important part in the economic and social life of people in Burundi. One third of the animal protein consumption in the country stems from fisheries, and the sector employs over 100,000 people. Yet, about 10 to 15% of the harvest is lost in the process. Fish drying,...

Chukhny farm was founded in 2011, with 3 hectares of land. The farmer recently got access to additional 20 hectares of land, and Ecohome consults him in creating a permaculture based design of the area. The main produce is leaf and root vegetables as well as perennial varieties of berries....

El gobierno uruguayo se ha propuesto exigir a los productores un Plan de Uso y Manejo Responsable del Suelo a nivel predial. Siguiendo lo dispuesto en la Ley Nº15.239, a través del Artículo nº 5 del Decreto Nº405/2008, se determina que los planes, avalados por un asesor técnico Ingeniero Agrónomo...

Oliver De Schutter speaks about sustainable food systems at a conference in Wageningen, the Netherlands. “Agroecology is really common sense. It means understanding how nature works, to replicate the natural workings of nature on farms in order to reduce dependency on external inputs. Agroecology preserves the ability for future generations...

On 14 January 2014, DG AGRI and the EIP-AGRI Service Point organised a workshop, which focussed on the practical aspects of the Horizon 2020 calls for multi-actor projects and thematic networks related to agriculture and forestry. The workshop was kicked off by DG AGRI director Jose Sousa Uva who gave...