Amongst the various models for sustainable livelihoods being tried and tested in the tribal areas of India, the Wadi model has shown a lot of promise. Abhijeet Mohanty, Kieran Robson and Rosie Clarkson, find out why and how the Wadi model is doing in the tribal areas of Koraput district...

This research aims to provide the evidence required to help put dryland issues firmly on the development agenda at national, regional, and global levels. Dryland Systems research informs the interventions required by providing international public goods – tools, methods, practices, policies, and technologies – to enhance the economic and social...

Climate change is undermining the ability of African nations to feed themselves. Women smallholder producers are on the front line of dealing with the impacts, but are not first in line for international climate finance. Wealthy countries have committed to helping countries in Africa to adapt to climate change, but...

El encuentro, que se pretende desarrollar anualmente, busca visibilizar proyectos, propuestas y reflexiones sobre extensión y desarrollo rural. En su primera versión, se hace énfasis en los aportes de la extensión rural a los procesos de desarrollo y paz en los países latinoamericanos. El ejercicio se orientará desde nueve mesas temáticas...

El boletín, correspondiente al primer trimestre del año 2015, presenta las actividades más importantes llevadas a cabo por la Representación de FAO en Ecuador durante los meses de enero, febrero y marzo. En el documento se destaca la celebración del Año Internacional de los Suelos, los esfuerzos conjuntos de FAO...

Sin Fronteras es una serie documental que consta de diez capítulos que relatan las historias de productores rurales de Argentina, Brasil, Paraguay y Uruguay. A través de distintas experiencias e historias de vida de diferentes emprendedores, estos documentales proponen acercar el mundo rural al público en general. A lo largo de este capítulo se verán...

November 2015: The AgriCultures Network presents ten inspiring agroecological initiatives throughout Asia and the Pacific. Some have long existed, other have just started. They connect the rural and urban worlds, improve soils, and nourish farmers and citizens with healthy food. They ensure that production can be maintained for the generations...

The United Nations General Assembly declared 2014 as the International Year of Family Farming, recognizing contributions of family farming to food security, poverty reduction and sustainable development. And in 2015, the international community agreed on a set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In line with this international development agenda, UNCTAD’s...

El 15 de octubre de 2015, en la Ciudad de Guayaquil, se desarrolló el “Encuentro Nacional de Mujeres Rurales por el Derecho a la Alimentación”, evento que contó con la participación de representantes de organizaciones campesinas de la Costa, Sierra y Amazonía. Este evento organizado por FIAN Ecuador, contó además...

The countries of East and Southern Africa have made major commitments to advance gender equality and women’s empowerment, and they are starting to pay off. A number of countries have achieved substantial progress towards gender parity in primary school enrolment. Nearly all countries have adopted quota systems requiring women’s participation...

El II Congreso Internacional de Agricultura Urbana, Suburbana y Familiar que tuvo lugar en la sede de Oxfam en Cuba. Especialistas cubanos y de otros países subrayaron la agricultura urbana y el protagonismo de las mujeres como puntos clave para el desarrollo de Centroamérica, el Caribe y otras regiones del mundo.  

  Young men from even the remotest places in the Himalayan mountains are leaving their homes in search of income opportunities elsewhere. This trend of out-migration has been driven by increased mobility and access to information, in combination with the effects of climate change, including both increased flooding and drought. Drought...

El cambio climático es una de las principales amenazas para la justicia alimentaria, los modos tradicionales de subsistencia y la vida de las personas. Los impactos del cambio climático en América Latina son cada vez más preocupantes; en particular aquellos que afectan al sector agropecuario y forestal, dada su alta dependencia...

We are delegates representing diverse organizations and international movements of small-scale food producers and consumers, including peasants, indigenous peoples and communities (including hunters and gatherers), family farmers, rural workers, herders and pastoralists, fisherfolk and urban people. Together, the diverse constituencies our organizations represent produce some 70% of the food consumed by humanity. They...

The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples was adopted by the UN General Assembly on 13 September 2007. Since then, the importance of the role that indigenous peoples play in economic, social and environmental conservation through traditional sustainable agricultural practices has been gradually recognized. Consistent with the...

Fortalecer las organizaciones de mujeres de los nueve territorios de la Nación Sumu-Mayangna, potenciando sus formas de vida, sistemas de producción y propuesta de desarrollo con cultura, identidad y autonomía

Este número de Mundo Rural incluye artículos sobre: ExpoMundoRural: 17 años de historia de la principal feria campesina, El Catálogo vivo de la agricultura chilena, Comentarios al libro editado por INDAP “Décimas a nuestra Tierra: ExpoMundoRural Un Canto Campesino”, La sabiduría indígena al servicio de la salud, Vino “Lomas Campesinas”: Rescatando antiguas tradiciones del Itata, en Chépica...

  Recently, we have seen unequivocal changes in policies that are transforming African agriculture to facilitate a ‘Green Revolution’. These policies articulate and promote a form of agriculture that focuses on monocropping, expensive external inputs such as agrochemicals and synthetic fertilizers, hybrid/GM seeds and large-scale land acquisition. These changes in policies...

Women comprise 50 percent of the agricultural labor force in Sub-Saharan Africa, but manage plots that are reportedly on average 20 to 30 percent less productive. As a source of income inequality and aggregate productivity loss, the country-specific magnitude and drivers of this gender gap are of great interest. Using...

Most of the island of Sao Tomé is without any electricity. People battle to build and grow their businesses when they are literally kept in the dark. Now solar energy is promising them a brighter future.