The farmland structure of the Misiones province (Argentina), unlike many other regions in the country, gravitates around numerous small farmsteads –typically less than 30 ha, which are the home of 60,000 families dedicated to forestry, agriculture, livestock raising, fisheries and beekeeping. In this context, the ‘Abundance’ cooperative was established in...

El arroz es un alimento básico en ALC donde el consumo per cápita es de 30 kg/año y la demanda supera la producción. Los rendimientos, costos y rentabilidad dependen de factores agroclimáticos y tecnológicos siendo esencial la innovación en el cultivo. El proyecto SICA, ejecutado por el IICA en República...

El Simposio se centrará en discutir en torno a los esfuerzos para abordar los múltiples desafíos que representa la malnutrición en todas sus formas y determinar las oportunidades para hacerles frente en los próximos decenios, a través de tres áreas temáticas que proporcionan una visión regional de los sistemas alimentarios...

Like many problems in the global South, the global food system issues can be traced back to a colonial history. Back in 1989 two sociologists, Harriet Friedmann and Philip McMichael, developed a useful concept in their work on agrarian studies: Global food regimes. They described two key periods where the...

En el distrito de Yhú, departamento de Caaguazú, la Escuela Básica nº 3330 San Miguel Arcángel y en la Escuela Básica nº 1600 Inmaculado Corazón de María, participan de las Escuelas Sostenibles, involucrando un total de 350 niños y niñas. La iniciativa de Escuelas Sostenibles fue diseñada con el objetivo...

The U.N. General Assembly has officially declared 2019–2028 the Decade of Family Farming. Initially proposed in October 2017, the resolution passed with 104 co-sponsors and unanimous approval. The Decade aims to inspire the international community to generate a refreshed political commitment supporting family farmers and crafting pro-family farming policies. The resolution...

En el marco de la implementación del proyecto “Fortalecimiento de la capacidad de generar ingresos a través de proyectos de innovación en las Zonas de Reserva Campesina”, suscrito entre el Gobierno de la República de Colombia (Instituto Colombiano de Desarrollo Rural) y la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la...

Primera Conferencia Regional del Grupo de Investigadores de Políticas Públicas para la Agricultura Familiar (GIPPAF) de la REAF Mercosur. El presente encuentro, tiene como título "Hacia una nueva Vinculación entre el campo y la Universidad), y tendrá como ejes de discusión la Extensión Rural y el acceso a Mercados para la...

Ao longo das últimas décadas, diversos conhecimentos, tecnologias sociais e inovações têm sido criados e experimentados por diferentes atores sociais, dentre estes agricultoras e agricultores familiares, alinhados com a perspectiva de melhor convivência com o Semiárido. O Programa Semear foi criado para facilitar o acesso a esses saberes, trabalhando a gestão...

Seeking solutions and income development systems for urban farmers with limited access to water and land. 

A produção de alimentos orgânicos tem tudo para render ótimos resultados em 2017. Um levantamento feito pela Coordenação de Agroecologia (Coagre) da Secretaria de Desenvolvimento Agropecuário e Cooperativismo (SDC), vinculada ao Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento (Mapa), mostrou que a área de produção orgânica no país pode ultrapassar os...

Sjoerd Wartena – founder of Terre de Liens, a French landrights movement – explains to Elisabeth Winkler from the Biodynamic Land Trust, how he and his wife created a civic organisation.

Empreendedoras. Essa é a palavra que define as mulheres da Associação de Mulheres Produtoras de Broas e Outros Produtos Alimentícios da Agricultura Familiar (Asprobroas), no povoado Taboquinha, em Arapiraca, que criaram uma agroindústria especializada na produção de doces derivados da mandioca e conquistaram mercado em todo o estado de Alagoas. O...

Para el año 2050, el sector agrícola tiene el desafío de aumentar la producción en más del 60% para alimentar al mundo. En Latinoamérica, las zonas áridas y semiáridas, donde los agricultores familiares tienen como principal sustento la ganadería extensiva, presentan alta susceptibilidad al cambio climático, fragilidad ambiental y altos...

The path to fairer land governance in Europe reached a milestone today, as the European Parliament approved an own initiative report that recognizes the urgent problems of land concentration, and access to land in the EU and demands for adequate responses.

This report synthesizes the analysis and findings of a set of seven country impact evaluation studies that explore the impact of cash transfer programmes on household economic decision-making, productive activities and labour allocation in sub-Saharan Africa. The seven countries are Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Results from...

The beehives of Ethiopia, Africa’s top honey producer, make about a quarter of the continent’s honey, but travellers who come to sample the liquid gold often find there isn’t enough to go around. In a country where 85% of all jobs are in agriculture, industry experts say the beekeeping – or...

Growing crops is a challenge in the hilly terrain of Assam-India. To counter this, Sloping Agriculture and Land Technology (SALT) has been introduced as an alternative farming method to the farmers in place of jhum.  Farmers are trained on - A-frame or making the contour line by using the A-frame;...

he Mayagna group is the second-largest indigenous group in Nicaragua, with over 18 000 people located mostly in or near the Bosawás Biosphere Reserve. Their community faces significant problems with illegal timber extraction and agricultural expansion in its territories. FAO's Forest and Farm Facility works with the Mayagna community, including the Mayaring Cooperative,...

Berry production and the development of rural areas and livelihoods will be the focus of two new FAO projects starting soon in Moldova. One of the projects will help build capacities in the area of agriculture and rural development policy – for policy makers, local officials and others who will be...