El número total de personas que sufre hambre en América Latina y el Caribe ha aumentado, lo cual está revirtiendo décadas de progresos. Al mismo tiempo, el sobrepeso y la obesidad afectan a todos los grupos de edad en hombres y mujeres y constituye  un problema de salud pública en todos...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) published a comprehensive series of studies on small-scale family farming in the Near East and North Africa with the aim of catalysing the work of development and agricultural practitioners towards sustainable and inclusive development of in the NENA region. Dr. Alfredo...

Nos arredores da grande São Paulo, na área rural do distrito de Parelheiros, uma mulher começou a trabalhar de forma tímida com o manuseio da terra. Vinte anos se passaram e ela é hoje a responsável pela existência de uma agrofloresta, que fica há cerca de noventa quilômetros do centro...

Healthy food and nutrition is a very immediate and personal part of our lives, and it is our agricultural sector that lays the foundation for this. Our agricultural, horticultural, viticultural and forestry sectors are also instrumental in shaping our homeland and landscapes. Food, agriculture and homeland: since time immemorial, these...

El feminismo ha avanzado mucho en reflexionar, que ya no podemos seguir hablando de las mujeres como un “grupo homogéneo víctimas pasivas de la opresión”, como bien señala la autora feminista post colonialista Mohanty. Ciertamente, no podemos. Sin embargo, sí podemos seguir argumentando que el patriarcado nos alcanza a todas,...

From the Editor, Analysis 1 - SDG 5: Gender equal fisheries by Meryl J Williams, Milestones - The Entebbe Declaration by Venugopalan N, Profile - An independent life! For Metty, a fisherwoman from Kerala, India, fishing has been a mainstay for over four decades by Nikita Gopal, Analysis 2 -...

BBC 100 Women names 100 influential and inspirational women around the world every year. In 2017, we're challenging them to tackle four of the biggest problems facing women today - the glass ceiling, female illiteracy, harassment in public spaces and sexism in sport. With your help, they'll be coming up with real-life...

A paper with Tips for organic advocates on "How to raise political awareness of the need for support to organic agriculture". This paper is targeted to policy advocates.

In 2006, the Government of Malawi initiated a Social Cash Transfer Programme (SCTP), which it called Mtukula Pakhomo (‘Lifting up Families’). Malawi’s SCTP is an unconditional cash transfer programme designed to reduce poverty and hunger, increase school enrolment and attendance and improve the health, nutrition, protection and well-being of children...

The agricultural sector is one of the main contributors to economic growth and sustainable development in ECOWAS member countries. Women are driving forces for agricultural development, food security and nutrition in the region. They represent an important percentage of the agricultural labour force. They are the frontline nutrition care givers...

The present regional review and synthesis for sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) provides an overview of major issues and trends in the aquaculture sector between 2004 and 2014 with emphasis on outstanding issues over the last five years. The regional review reflects development in 41countries in SSA for which production was reported...

NATEXPO is organised at the initiative of Natexbio,  the French Federation of the Organic Sector, member of the IFOAM EU network, with the support of its member associations Synadis Bio, Synadiet and Synabio, and the participation of Cosmebio, France Vin Bio and Agence Bio. Natexpo, the international trade show for organic products,...

Indicações Geográficas (IG) identificam um produto como originário de país, cidade, região ou localidade de seu território, quando determinada qualidade, reputação ou outra característica do produto seja essencialmente atribuída a sua origem geográfica. As indicações geográficas surgiram quando produtores, comerciantes e consumidores começaram a identificar que alguns produtos de determinados lugares...

El Espacio tiene como objetivo la institucionalización de una instancia permanente de carácter regional, liderada por la Secretaría Ejecutiva del CAC, para la discusión, el intercambio de experiencias y la construcción de políticas públicas específicas para la agricultura familiar (AF) en Centroamérica y República Dominicana, que en coordinación con las...

This short video explains the basis of Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS).

Sustainable agricultural mechanization (SAM) is an essential input for the development of the smallholder farm sector in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The benefits of SAM range from drudgery reduction to improved timeliness of agricultural operations, increased input use efficiency, facilitating sustainable production intensification, ensuring environmental protection, and contributing to make agriculture...

Those pineapples that still seem exotic on a super market shelf anywhere beyond the equator, are not just gorgeous to look at and luscious to eat or drink but this seemingly omnipresent tropical produce requires a careful and lengthy process of cultivation. In the Pacific island of Vanuatu, where pineapple production...

Climate change poses an alarming threat to food systems and food security in the Pacific islands, warned leaders of nine small island developing states (SIDS), representatives of regional development bodies, New Zealand and Australia at a meeting chaired by FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva today. The meeting took place ahead...

Small-holder farmers also contribute with school meals, delivering fresh and locally produced foods that improve the academic performance and school permanence of children, while at the same time, strengthen the local economy. The World Food Programme (WFP) in Ecuador is working with the Ministry of Education to complement the National Government’s...

En el marco de la Reunión Extraordinaria de Ministros del Consejo Agropecuario Centroamericano-CAC, que se llevó a cabo en San José, Costa Rica, el 28 y 29 de junio de 2017, se adoptaron las Directrices para el Reconocimiento e Identificación de la Agricultura Familiar en el ámbito de la Comisión...