Asia and the Pacific is a very socially, culturally and economically diverse region. Family farming remains the predominant form of agriculture in Asia and the Pacific. Family enterprises in agriculture, forestry and fishery production play key roles in food security, local economies, sustainable use of natural resources, and climate change...

This publication is an effort by Heifer Ecuador to substantiate the importance of small-scale family farming and agroecology in Ecuador. The five chapters comprising this book will take reads through the different puzzles making up Ecuador’s agrarian sector, from the perspective of small farmers, who grow most of our food,...

Ask Rasmussen (27) is slowly taking over Kiselgården from his parents. Kiselgården is one of the oldest biodynamic farms in Denmark. Ask is growing a large variety of vegetables and delivers to many Michelin starred restaurants, among them NoMa and Geranium.

Este material surge a partir de la necesidad de contar con un compendio de información referente al agua, su utilización y recomendaciones. Incluido en el marco del “Proyecto Integrado para el Manejo del Agua en el NO del Chubut” (PROFEDER INTA), que tiene como finalidad desarrollar alternativas para el mejor...

Progress in raising awareness and advocacy in favour of family farming during 2014, by IYFF-2014 National Committees. International Year of Family Farming IYFF-2014.

Este libro es el resultado de un trabajo colectivo y sobre todo interinstitucional, desarrollado en el marco del proyecto de cooperación técnica TCP/ARG/3302 “Fortalecimiento de las capacidades que permitan abordar los procesos de Ordenamiento Territorial Rural de forma participativa e interactiva” de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la...

La cuarta reunión de la Mesa de Cooperación Internacional para la Agricultura dibujó un panorama amplio sobre el ejercicio de la cooperación en el ámbito agrícola local. Además, el espacio permitió compartir, ante un cada vez más extenso grupo de cooperantes, las prioridades gubernamentales en materia agrícola.

Folleto sobre el trabajo en la cría casera de gallinas, con énfasis en los cuidados y sanidad de los animales. La cría de gallinas ponedoras es implementada por el Programa ProHuerta, siendo una muy buena alternativa para la producción familiar, contribuyendo a una alimentación variada mediante la producción de huevos. Para tener...

This paper examines the current interest in addressing the problem of young people’s unemployment in Africa through agriculture. Using notions of transitions and mobilities we set out a transformative work and opportunity space framework that privileges difference and diversity among work opportunities, rural areas and young people. We argue that...

In constrained environments such as mountainous and Mediterranean areas the sustainable use of forage resources by domestic herbivores has to combine production, conservation of high environmental value areas and product quality. The sustainability of animal production systems relies on their ability to reconcile economic performance based on the added value...

The Eastern African region (which includes Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania) is highly vulnerable to climate change and several of its major sectors (notably agriculture) that significantly contribute to the sub-region’s economies are at risk. About 80% of the population in East Africa depend on agriculture, which contributes to 40% of...

This paper explores the situation of women left behind in villages when men out-migrate for work and what it implies for gender relations in rural China. It is based on questionnaire survey data that covers 400 left-behind women and extensive interviews in 10 rural communities. It reveals how the women...

Proceedings IAHA Preconference and Workshop, 12. and 15. October 2014 IFOAM 18th Organic World Congress in Istanbul

Las ferias de la agricultura familiar atraviesan un proceso de expansión en todas las regiones del país. En 2009, un grupo de investigadores del INTA relevaron 144 ferias en todo el país. Un estudio reciente hecho por el MINAGRI actualizó esta cifra, cuatro años después, a más de 470 experiencias...

This paper investigates the role of knowledge management in African agricultural and rural development policies, and how information and communications technologies (ICTs) can contribute to enhance it. African Policymakers are aware of the importance of knowledge management; however, its actual use is constrained by inter-related factors encompassing the national context...

Small ruminants are important for income generation and security, food supply and for development in rural Mediterranean areas especially in mountainous and marginal regions. Nevertheless, the adoption of cost-effective technologies and management practices for improving flock productivity and farmers' incomes is limited. This is largely due to socio-economic factors, such...

Las y los participantes y autoridades de los países de América Latina y el Caribe y personas invitadas de otras regiones , reunidos/as en Brasilia, del 10 al 12 de noviembre de 2014, con ocasión de la Conferencia sobre Mujeres Rurales de América Latina y el Caribe en el Año...

This course describes how the information derived from remote sensing is obtained and best used for crop monitoring in a food security context. It outlines what the exact meanings of the products are and shows how their early warning and food availability information contents can be combined efficiently with other...

Smallholder family farmers are people working in any area of agriculture who derive a significant portion of their income from farming, involve members of the family in managing the farm and rely predominantly on family labour. These farms vary in size, ranging from 0.25 hectares to 10 hectares depending on...

En el presente boletín se hace énfasis en las actividades relacionadas al año Internacional de la Agricultura Familiar, el día Mundial del Agua, Quito como una de las 10 ciudades más verdes, logros de FAO Ecuador en el año 2013, conservación y uso sostenible de bosques y producción de semillas...