The European Conference on Crop Diversification will take place from the 18th to 21st of September 2019 in Budapest, Hungary. The conference will explore how we can achieve the full potential of cropping system diversification for improved productivity, delivery of ecosystem services and resource-efficient and sustainable value chains. 

Aos 47 anos, Vânia Lúcia Pereira da Silva resume em uma palavra o sentimento que tem ao olhar para sua trajetória como agricultora orgânica: gratidão. Produtora de café orgânico feminino, uma das linhas de café da Cooperativa dos Agricultores Familiares de Poço Fundo e Região (COOPFAM), Vânia está envolvida com...

Gestores e professores de escolas indígenas do Amapá participaram de oficinas sobre o Programa Nacional de Alimentação Escolar (Pnae). Durante quatro dias, representantes dos povos Galibi-Marworno, Karipuna, Palikur e Galibi-Kalinã estiveram na cidade de Oiapoque para debater sobre como garantir aos estudantes das escolas indígenas da região uma alimentação saudável,...

The hellish expansion of salmon farming in Chile’s Patagonia could threaten a hundred years of Chile-Norway relations

Agroforestry practices can be very diverse, ranging from specializing strictly on one tree species to one crop or livestock species which benefits from the presence of trees the best, to multilayer, multispecies plant associations on one agricultural plot. This article describes main agroforestry systems and common practices, that have been tested...

A agricultura familiar é realizada em pequenas propriedades e representa uma atividade fundamental para a produção de alimentos, geração de renda e empregos, o crescimento econômico regional e a conservação ambiental em função da relação afetiva com a terra. O Plano Estadual da Agricultura Familiar de Mato Grosso, que você...

The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is rolling out digital innovation technologies in the form of SMS text messages and smart phone applications across the African continent, starting in Senegal and Rwanda. In this pilot episode of FAO's new podcast Stories From The Field, we head to Tambacounda, 450...

A APDEA – Associação Portuguesa de Economia Agrária, o GPP – Gabinete de Planeamento e Políticas e o INIAV – Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agronómica e Veterinária vão realizar um evento internacional e multidisciplinar, subordinado ao tema “A Agricultura e os desafios societais para o período 20-30”, de 15 a 18 de outubro, em Lisboa/Oeiras. Este evento...

The African workforce will grow by 800 million people over the next 30 years. Generating sufficient jobs and incomes to meet their needs is one of the biggest political and economic challenges of our time. This report proposes strategies and policies, harnessing cooperation between Africa and Europe, to enable the African agri-food and rural economy...

Kazakhstan has strengthened its commitment to improving the safety of raw milk and dairy products with the signing of a roadmap in the country’s capital Nur-Sultan today that will bring the national dairy industry to the level of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) standards. The roadmap aims to provide a number...

A World Bank-funded loan project has been developed in the Indian state of Jharkhand to enhance and diversify household incomes for targeted beneficiaries through fish culture

Ensuring food security is one of the main challenges of the 21st century in developing countries. The aim of this study is to analyze how public policies contribute to the strengthening of family farming in order to increase the food security. The study encompasses a literature review of the relations...

Because every facet of agricultural activity depends on the weather, unpredictable weather patterns caused by climate change and other meteorological phenomena have increased the need for precise weather data. With careful planning and research, agrometeorology can help farmers overcome chaotic weather and meet the world’s demand for food and other agricultural...

La mayoría de las estadísticas sobre población rural e indicadores socioeconómicos se basan en las definiciones censales de cada país. En la región, se usan siete tipos de definiciones censales; son dicotómicas y con umbrales distintos. Con una creciente proporción de residentes rurales ocupados en actividades no agrícolas y aumentos en...

Reducing the risk of incursions and improving preparation for the rapid detection and control of African swine fever in the Balkan countries is the main topic of the four-day FAO workshop finishing today in Belgrade. African swine fever is a viral hemorrhagic disease that kills up to 100 percent of infected animals,...

O Colégio F3 da Universidade de Lisboa vai realizar um curso de formação teórico-prática para debater as questões do planeamento alimentar urbano com uma perspetiva de “bacia alimentar” nos dias 3 e 4 de maio no Instituto para a Investigação Interdisciplinar da Universidade de Lisboa. A frequência do curso é gratuita,...

April 17th, marks the International Day of Peasant’s Struggle. Organised by La Via Campesina, it is an annual event to remember the 1996 deaths of 19 members of the Landless Workers Movement (MST) struggling for agrarian reform in Eldorado dos Carajás, Brazil. This was part of a brutal crackdown by the Brazilian...

Stronger, more efficient promotion of agrifood products and new methodologies and indicators in agriculture and rural statistics are among the positive changes expected during the implementation of two new FAO projects in Republic of Moldova. The project agreements were signed in Chisinau today by Raimund Jehle, the FAO Representative in Republic...

The UN Biodiversity Conference in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, showed that sustainable development of fishing communities and participatory conservation of marine biodiversity are compatible 

Desde mediados del siglo XX la expansión del capitalismo, la globalización y las políticas de liberalización de la economía transformaron la sociedad rural en América Latina. Hacia finales del siglo, las políticas de ajuste estructural modificaron fuertemente la estructura social y productiva del sector agrícola. Los procesos de concentración de...