With greater market orientation of EU policies and increasing trade liberalisation in recent years, the EU agriculture sector is no longer shielded from global developments in the food supply chain. The participation of the European agri-food sector in global markets has created important trading opportunities, but also exposed it to greater market instability and increased price volatility.

In drought-prone Eritrea, livestock is a farmer’s most valuable asset. Animal husbandry is not only one of the main sources of livelihood for farmers, but it is also a form of insurance that enables poor rural people to cope with drought and other disasters. IFAD-funded projects invest in rebuilding livestock...

Dans les exploitations de polyculture-élevage du Burkina Faso, les producteurs ont des difficultés à mettre en œuvre des projets d’élevage familiaux (PEF) qui répondent à leurs attentes en termes de revenus et de services. La présente étude vise à rechercher et à expliquer les causes de ces faiblesses. L’étude a...

The newsletter of August and September 2016 includes: LIFE presents its contribution to the “Extraordinary Plan for the Management of the Mediterranean Spanish coast” for 2017-2019 to the Spanish Ministry The Low Impact Fishers of Baltic Countries present their Action Plan to the EU Commission Other news from around the EU News from our...

ince the launch of the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in 2015, the EU’s farmers have suffered a string of crises. The CAP’s greening measures have helped farmers maintain their revenue, but the questions of job creation and access to land have proved harder to answer. EurActiv France reports. Europe’s farmers...

Environmental change, population growth and economic development are all having far reaching effects on vulnerable coastal communities. How is it possible to strengthen community’s resilience and enable people to adapt and control their future?

Three billion people live in rural areas in developing countries. Conditions for them are worse than for their urban counterparts when measured by almost any development indicator, from extreme poverty, to child mortality and access to electricity and sanitation. And the gulf is widening, contributing to large-scale migration to urban...

The opening ceremony and the inception workshop of the project “Agricultural Implication for Ecosystem Based Adaptation (EBA) to Climate Change in Steppe Ecosystems” will take place in Ankara, Turkey. Co-funded by the European Union and the Government of Turkey, the project aims to restore healthy ecosystems in Anatolian steppes and raise levels of...

Artículo sobre la promocion de carnes alternativas (productos aviar, porcino, cunícola, caprino y ovino). 

El presente documento entrega un panorama mensual sobre la situación de los precios de alimentos en América Latina y el Caribe. Mediante el monitoreo de la información oficial de los países de la región, se busca entregar una alerta sobre los potenciales impactos que un alza de los precios de...

Building on the achievements of the IYFF-2014 and on the Brasilia Manifesto (signed by Farmers' Organizations from the 5 continents), the global campaign in favour of Family Farming, peasants, artisan fishing, pastoralists and indigenous people was extended for 10 more years. The aim of the IYFF+10 is to continue improving...

Adoption of productivity- and income-enhancing agricultural technologies is conspicuously low in Africa south of the Sahara. Farmers’ beliefs regarding the authenticity of agricultural inputs are important for explaining technology adoption: if farmers do not believe that inputs are genuine, they are unlikely to invest in them. The degree of alignment...

Though many people shy away from the word and distance themselves from its negative connotations, there is a contemporary push to reclaim ‘peasant’ as something to be proud of, to be respected. In Transylvania, Eco Ruralis is part of this effort but the true driving force, though not necessarily in...

Bee-keeping is an alternative source of income for rural families, especially in times of drought, when food security is at risk. Luul, an Eritrean farmer, has learned how to keep bees and avoid their sting, and now he is content with his livelihood of producing honey, or liquid gold. IFAD...

The Euphrates and Tigris river basin shared between four countries (Turkey, Syria, Iran and Iraq) is one that is highly vulnerable to climate change. These countries are interdependent on the water from the system to sustain ecosystem goods and services, agriculture and energy production, municipal and industrial water supply, livelihoods...

On Monday 10th october 2016, The Council reached a political agreement on the fishing opportunities in the Baltic Sea for 2017. Following these important decisions, the Low Impact Fishers of Europe issue a statement to express their view on the way forward to ensure sustainable and viable fisheries in the Region in 2017...

The aim of this seminar is to bring together experts and researchers from the agriculture and food sectors to debate over methodological and empirical issues regarding relationships among Euro-Mediterranean countries on topics such as food policy, trade and marketing. This seminar will also focus on the topics of food security and...

he European Court of Auditors has urged the European Commission to avoid “unnecessarily complicated” rules for mapping EU farm fields eligible for direct payments under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), and to “simplify the system” wherever possible. The Land Parcel Identification System (LPIS) is a key control mechanism of the CAP, which...

A unique course on the Impacts of Climate Change and its Impacts in Latin America taught by 21 Latin American scientists to empower resource managers, decision makers, stakeholders, scientists to cope with climate and global changes. The course aims to provide users with a good understanding of current climate change...

El Salvador será la sede de la III Reunión Ministerial de Agricultura Familiar y Desarrollo Rural celebrarse del 9 al 11 de noviembre, en la cual, delegaciones de los países miembros de la Comunidad de los Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños (CELAC), analizarán los avances alcanzados para definir y acordar conjunta-mente...