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Video
Sao Tomé: A Brighter Future

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.
Sao Tome and Principe
2015 - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

Video
Escuela Campesina de Teorías Críticas al Desarrollo Rural

Registra audiovisualmente las experiencias e intercambios que han tenido los integrantes del Grupo de Trabajo CLACSO Desarrollo Rural "disputas territoriales, campesinos y descolonialidad" con las realidades campesinas colombianas y la situación de despojo territorial y desplazamiento rural de la que han sido objeto. La escuela, es un espacio de reflexión...
Colombia
2015 - Consejo Latinomaericano de Ciencias Sociales (CLACSO)

Video
Ghana : Une action local

Le Ghana importe aujourd’hui plus d’un milliard de dollars de produits alimentaires, qui sont particulièrement sujets à des hausses de prix. Pour y remédier, on peut notamment investir dans des entrepreneurs locaux comme Janet Gyimah-Kessie. Elle possède une grande usine de transformation du manioc qui non seulement augmente la production...
Ghana
2015 - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

Case study
Redistribución de tierras a jóvenes rurales mediante herencia en los municipios de Somotillo y Río Blanco en Nicaragua

Somotillo (pacífico seco) y Río Blanco (zona de vieja frontera agrícola) en Nicaragua
Comprender los procesos de herencia de la tierra en las familias de los municipios de Somotillo y Río Blanco, es esencial en el análisis de los procesos de redistribución de tierras y el acceso de los jóvenes a ellas. El análisis de los mecanismos y procesos de acceso a tierra,...
Nicaragua
2015 - Instituto de Investigación y Desarrollo de la Universidad Centroamericana (Nitaplán-UCA)

Technical paper
Derecho a la Tierra y Empoderamiento Económico de las Mujeres Rurales en El Salvador

El presente documento es la versión en borrador del reporte de la consultoría para la realización del Estudio “Derecho a la tierra y empoderamiento económico de las mujeres rurales en El Salvador”. El Objetivo General de la consultoría fue “Realizar una investigación sobre el derecho a tierra y a otros activos...
El Salvador
2015 - RIMISP - Centro Latinoamericano para el Desarrollo Rural

Conference/Meeting
2024 prospects for EU agricultural markets

The European Commission's Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development presented its latest projections for crop, milk and meat markets in the EU for the next ten years. Leading experts from international organisations also presented their views. The conference concluded with a panel discussion involving representatives from OECD, FAO, USDA and the European...
Belgium
2015 - The European Commission's Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

Report
Same goal, sharper focus - Agriterra 2014 Annual Report

Fewer clients, more private partnerships, more cooperative business development, more strenghtened and new groups, more producers being reached directly and farmers' organizations with better networking capacity - in a nutshell, these were Agriterra's achievements in 2014.
2015 - Agriterra

Video
Homenaje a las Mujeres Rurales

Este es un homenaje de la Unidad para el Cambio Rural a nuestras mujeres rurales.
Argentina
2015 - Unidad para el Cambio Rural (UCAR)

Magazine article
Agricultura familiar: La mayor proveedora de trabajadores del país

Las cifras acerca de la importancia estratégica de la agricultura familiar (AF) son concluyentes: en la actualidad, este sector concentra el 43% de la superficie agropecuaria del Perú, y un abrumador 99% de los productores agropecuarios proviene de hogares de AF. No solo ello, en los últimos años, la AF...
Peru
2015 - Centro Peruano de Estudios Sociales (CEPES)

Conference/Meeting
Knowledge for Young Farmers

The aim of the conference is to present the needs of young farmers, provide an overview of existing exchange schemes for young farmers throughout EU 28, and also outside Europe, and launch the guide for successful exchange schemes, which has been produced as part of the study. The conference is aimed...
2015 - The European Commission's Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

Policy brief/paper
Gender Differentials and Agricultural Productivity in Niger

In Niger, as in many other African countries, productivity is even lower among female peasants. To build policy interventions to improve agricultural productivity among women, it is important to measure the potential gap between men and women and understand the determinants that explain the gap. This paper uses the Oaxaca-Blinder...
Niger
2015 - World Bank

Book
Potentially Important Food Plants of Northern Thailand

Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which: identify highly nutritious local food plants, explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way, detail the nutritional value of the plants and describe why human bodies require those nutrients. The resources created by FPS allows people to better...
Thailand
2015

Book
Potentially Important Food Plants of Pakistan

Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which: identify highly nutritious local food plants, explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way, detail the nutritional value of the plants and describe why human bodies require those nutrients. The resources created by FPS allows people to better...
Pakistan
2015

Video
Nuovi fattori di successo 2015: "Liberi"- Azienda Agricola Paolo Maria Mosca

Documentaries on the Best Practices in Rural Development carried out by young farmers that have been granted support under EU Rural development policies.
Italy
2015 - Rete Rurale Nazionale

Newsletter
Dimitra Newsletter: Dimitra Clubs against Ebola

This edition opens with a critical issue: the Ebola crisis and how Dimitra clubs are helping contain the threat of the epidemic in Senegal. The Dimitra approach not only allows to inform and raise awareness in rural communities, but above all ensures a space for communication, where everyone can express...
Burundi - Democratic Republic of the Congo - Gambia - Ghana - Kenya - Niger - Senegal - Somalia
2015 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Book
Potentially Important Food Plants of Bangladesh

This guide is based on information from the Food Plants International (FPI) database developed by Tasmanian agricultural scientist Bruce French.  The source material and guidance for the preparation of the book has been made possible through the support of Food Plants International, the Rotary Clubs of District 9830, particularly the...
Bangladesh
2015

Case study
Incertidumbres sembradas en la tierra. Prácticas y expectativas de jóvenes rurales en perspectiva intergeneracional y de género, en contextos de guerra

El caso de la región del Oriente Antioqueño, Colombia
Este texto recoge los resultados de un estudio cuyo propósito es profundizar en la relación, expectativas y percepciones de los y las jóvenes frente a la tierra y el territorio desde una perspectiva de género e intergeneracional que hiciera posible una lectura más amplia de estas realidades. La aproximación se...
Colombia
2015 - Corporación Ambiental Rio Verde

Magazine article
Editorial: Women showing the way with agroecology

Around the world, women forge change in their communities using agroecological approaches. Yet, surprisingly little has been written about this subject. This issue of Farming Matters shows how women can transform a situation of exclusion, crisis and social vulnerability, into a positive spiral of innovation, solidarity, and personal growth.
Many innovations led by women are based on agroecological principles such as increasing diversity, using fewer pesticides, or building new relationships with consumers. Through small experiments women learn, get organised and strengthen their autonomy. They gain increasing recognition and visibility in their communities and increase their self-esteem. This positive spiral...
Brazil - Colombia - Malaysia - Mozambique - Spain
2015 - ILEIA, Center for Learning on Sustainable Agriculture

Report
ECOWAP: A Fragmented Policy

Development partners and regional institutions should address leadership and coordination issues in order to build a common agricultural policy for West Africa
Ten years after the Economic Community of West African States launched its policy on food and agriculture, coordination remains a serious challenge. Several regional initiatives compete with each other at the political and the project levels, in a complex and fragmented institutional context. This paper is one of a series published...
Benin - Burkina Faso - Cabo Verde - Côte d'Ivoire - Gambia - Ghana - Guinea - Guinea-Bissau - Liberia - Niger - Nigeria - Senegal - Sierra Leone - Togo
2015 - Oxfam International

Conference paper
Reporte Foro Mundial Campesino

En el presente informe, FIDA pretende recopilar de exhaustiva las diferentes experiencias en la colaboración con las organizaciones campesinas y determinar las tendencias regionales que han ido surgiendo. El estudio representa un punto de partida para la ampliación de escala y la profundización de los logros en otros países y...
2015 - Programa Fidamercosur CLAEH
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