A produção de leite foi só o começo para o jovem Vanderlei Holz Lermen, de Boa Vista do Buricá, Rio Grande do Sul. Ele, que é apaixonado pelo campo, quis ir mais longe e encontrou na internet o caminho para se capacitar, comercializar a produção da sua fazenda e divulgar...

The approach draws elements from, and builds upon agroecology, permaculture, conservation agriculture, climatesmart agriculture, bio-intensive methods and ecosystem services, distilling some of these principles to make them more accessible to farmers and allowing farmers to understand their unique, holistic farm system. It identifies a suite of agricultural techniques from which...

The right of women to hold and use land in Zimbabwe continues to be inequitable in all land tenure regimes, despite the major strides taken in promoting more equitable land redistribution and progressive constitutional reforms. The rights to land available to women in communal and resettlement areas (A1 and older...

Su objetivo es financiar las necesidades de capital de trabajo y de inversión, requeridos para desarrollar actividades económicas y productivas, en las mujeres rurales del País. No se financiara el pago de deudas, los recursos humanos propios, la adquisición de acciones y/o participación en el capital social y la compra...

The Resilience Design in Smallholder Farming Systems Approach helps smallholder farmers and those who support them build a more productive and resilient farming system. This approach was developed by Mercy Corps through USAID/Office of Food for Peace-funded Technical and Operational Performance Support (TOPS) Program. To learn more, visit www.fsnnetwork.org.

Con el apoyo de FAO, CAC y el programa Mesoamérica sin Hambre, los países de la región se reúnen para establecer una hoja de ruta que permita contar con un registro y la caracterización de los agricultores familiares de cada país. Los registros de agricultores familiares ofrecen información sobre aspectos como...

The newsletter was produced by the Zimbabwe Land and Agrarian Network (ZiLAN) which was established in 2012 brings together non-governmental organisations (NGOs) working on land and agrarian issues. Membership of the Network comprises organisations involved in research and policy analysis; NGOs working with farmers; farmers’ representative organisations; women’s and youth...

The adoption of integrated ecosystems approaches for the management of land resources in the Kagera Basin has generated local, national and global benefits including: restoration of degraded lands, carbon sequestration and climate change adaptation and mitigation, protection of international waters, agro-biodiversity conservation and sustainable use and improved agricultural production, leading...

Com mais de 70 unidades espalhadas pelo país, as Comunidades que Sustentam a Agricultura (CSAs) colhem frutos por onde passam. Proposta originária da Alemanha, no final do século 19, baseada no conceito de Agricultura Solidária, a CSA se apoia em uma parceria mútua entre quem planta e quem consome. Somados...

Agroecology is deeply rooted in the ecological rationale of traditional small-scale agriculture, representing long established examples of successful agricultural systems characterized by a tremendous diversity of domesticated crop and animal species maintained and enhanced by ingenuous soil, water and biodiversity management regimes, nourished by complex traditional knowledge systems. Such complex...

Fruticultura integrada com lavouras e hortaliças. Essa é a base de um novo sistema de produção de agricultura integrada desenvolvido pela Embrapa: o Sistema Filho. O nome do sistema faz referência às iniciais das palavras Fruticultura, Integrada, com Lavouras e Hortaliças, as quais designam a sua aptidão. “Essa tecnologia tem tudo a...

In essence, ‘doing more with less’ is about reducing the pressure on existing resources and avoiding economic and environmental costs associated with excessive resource use. Avoiding over-exploitation can ensure that resources are still available to future generations. At the same time, promoting more efficient resource use can ensure that sustainable...

La Via Campesina International Conferences are the highest-level space for proposing and making decisions within the movement. From July 16th to 24th, 2017, La Via Campesina will gather in Derio, Biskaia in the Basque Country to re-affirm the commitment of member organizations to build a common path towards food sovereignty...

Hle Gu, Myanmar – Saw Htoo Baw is a young farmer from Tha Bite Kone village, Hle Gu Township in Myanmar. In 2015, the Agricultural Farmer Federation of Myanmar (AFFM) visited his area and met with him. Saw Htoo Baw expressed his concern about the increasing use of synthetic and chemical...

Noticia sobre el INTA y la UCAR, donde se realata que a través del Proyecto Adaptación y Resiliencia de la Agricultura Familiar del NEA ante el Impacto del Cambio Climático y su Variabilidad, continúan realizando actividades de capacitación tendientes a mejorar el acceso al agua, la producción y por ende,...

Biointensive agriculture is a sustainable organic farming system based on working with the basic elements needed for life – soil, water, air and sun – to achieve maximum yields, while increasing biodiversity and soil fertility.This form of farming is suitable for small-scale farmers because it enables them to harvest great...

Avanzar en el diálogo político y la dignificación del mundo campesino, y profundizar en la definición de políticas públicas específicas para los pequeños agricultores, fueron las ideas fuerza que marcaron el acto de clausura de la Primera Conferencia Regional de Agricultura Familiar del Mercosur Ampliado que se desarrolló en Olmué,...

Costa Rica, Angola, the Dominican Republic, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Indonesia, Italy, Mexico, the Philippines, Spain, Thailand and Uruguay make up the Core Group working on the draft resolution for the Decade of Family Farming. Wednesday, 16th of August 2017- On the 25th of July, the 13 countries that make up the...

El Programa de Estudios Regionales y Territoriales (PERT) es un ámbito de investigación académica, docencia, transferencia y divulgación, de la Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA) focalizado en cuestiones vinculadas al desarrollo territorial  (en particular asociadas con lo rural, lo local y las economías regionales). Está conformado por investigadores de diferentes...

The Brazilian Special Secretariat for Family Farming and Agrarian Development (Sead) and the Brazilian Embassy in Berlin are proud to present at this year’s edition of BioFach six family farming cooperatives and their very best organic products, amongst which you will find rice, coffee, powder guarana, propolis, honey, Brazil nuts,...