To date, food security and nutrition (FSN) policies have been developed mainly through traditional, “top-down” approaches; that is, they are designed and implemented at the national level, often without sufficiently taking into account the priorities and needs of local stakeholders, and without involving them in the policy-making process. This lack...

This “Lessons Learned” document of the conservation agriculture (CA) in sub-Saharan Africa toolkit reviews experiences over the last two decades. First, the context and challenges of CA in sub-Saharan Africa are addressed. Then the main issues follow – those previously raised in the Teaser as being crucial to the successful...

En réponse à une demande du ministère égyptien de l’agriculture, le Programme européen de voisinage pour l'agriculture et le développement rural (ENPARD) a focalisé ses travaux et échanges sur la réforme du système de vulgarisation agricole qui a fait l'objet de deux ateliers de travail au premier semestre 2016. Le premier atelier...

In the period to 2020, the new CAP is going to invest EUR 4.6 million1 from the EU budget in Slovakia’s farming sector and rural areas. Key political priorities have been defined at European level such as: jobs and growth, sustainability, modernisation, innovation and quality. In parallel, flexibility is given...

The FLW Platform is an informal Commission expert group, which will be composed of a maximum of 70 members representing the public and private sectors. It will include competent authorities from member states, EU umbrella organisations and federations involved in food waste prevention, NGOs, and EU bodies (e.g. Committee of Regions)....

Food Tank has put together a list of documentaries and films to inspire, educate, and give viewers some food for thought. Each film explores a different topic in food and agriculture, some with a dash of social equality or a splash of health awareness. Whether you're a social activist, small...

Today more people live in cities than ever before, but we still depend on rural areas for our food. In the developing world, up to 80 per cent of food is produced on small farms that are usually family run. Yet it's also true that 70 per cent of the...

Uncertainties and low non-agricultural commodity prices resulted in a stronger global economic slowdown in 2016 than expected; the situation is expected to improve in 2017. Cereals and oilseeds are characterised by a combination of a global record production with weak EU production, particularly for wheat and maize. Ample global supply...

Sustainability is the cornerstone of FAORwanda’s work, from building the resilience of Rwandan families to supporting the domestication of the Sustainable Development Goals. Explore these initiatives and more in this quarter’s newsletter

The purpose of this paper is examine the notion of tenure in connection with water resources and to explore whether the concept of water tenure has the potential to make a useful contribution towards resolving the world’s water resources challenges. It seeks to provide answers to the following questions: (a)...

Numerous sources provide evidence of trends and patterns in average farm size and farmland distribution worldwide, but they often lack documentation, are in some cases out of date, and do not provide comprehensive global and comparative regional estimates. This article uses agricultural census data (provided at the country level in...

En 2008, le Maroc a adopté le Plan Maroc Vert, qui vise à faire de l’agriculture un des moteurs de croissance de l’économie nationale dans les quinze prochaines années. Pour atteindre ses objectifs ambitieux, le Plan Maroc Vert cible les exploitations familiales de petite et moyenne taille et les exploitations...

The central coast of California, with its Mediterranean climate, is an important strawberry growing region. Strawberry production here, as in many other locales, is highly dependent on expensive, energy-intensive, and environmentally harmful off-farm inputs. The current system of industrial, conventional strawberry production in California can be traced back to the...

Success stories and lessons learnt are discussed at an event in the Rwandese capital, concluding a project on the improvement of food security in cross-border districts of Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda, in support of the modernization of agriculture under the NEPAD-CAADP framework. With the objective of...

Nuno Marques, a Portuguese farmer (beef, cereal and forestry), has developed a new land and soil management strategy for Mediterranean soil and climatic conditions. His project achieved a sustainable intensification of the production system by improving soil fertility, water and land productivity and the efficiency of external inputs. These findings...

Tunis September 1, 2016: The regional workshop on the use of gender statistics in the field of agriculture and the plans to integrate the gender issue in agricultural statistics was launched on Thursday, September 1st 2016 by Mr Taieb Baccouche, Secretary General of the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU), in the...

Clacso TV y Techo visitaron el barrio de Hornos, en el municipio de Moreno, en el oeste del Gran Buenos Aires, de Argentina. Sus habitantes esperan el título de propiedad del suelo, como la llave para acceder a otros derechos y servicios que dignifiquen su urbanismo y sus vidas. Este video...

Food production in Syria has hit a record low as widespread insecurity and unfavourable weather conditions in parts of the country continued to hamper access to land, farming supplies and markets, making it ever more difficult for farmers to maintain their livelihoods and feed the war-torn country. The latest Crop and...

Helping Moldova’s agrifood sector become more internationally competitive, more sustainable, more resilient to climate change, and a major contributor to rural development are the objectives of an agreement signed today between Moldova and FAO. Results will include strengthened the food safety system and phytosanitary control services, promotion of Moldovan agrifood products...

La restructuration de l'agriculture, en place depuis 1980, a conduit à une recomposition sociale des exploitations, en particulier dans les zones irriguées. Cette recomposition repose sur un accès différent aux ressources de production et aux opportunités sociales. Notre article analyse les formes sociales dans l 'agriculture à travers l' étude...