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The Resources section holds archived publications and multimedia materials related to family farming general issues.

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Journal article
Conservation Agriculture and household wellbeing

A non-causal comparison among smallholder farmers in Mozambique
This research examines the relationship between household wellbeing and the use of conservation agriculture (CA) by smallholder farmers in Mozambique. Wellbeing indicators are regressed on household demographic attributes, farm management practices, and a variable indicating farmer adoption of CA. Findings suggest that households using CA have higher wellbeing index scores...
Mozambique
2014

Policy brief/paper
Estonian Organic Farming Development Plan 2014-2020

Over the ages, agriculture has been an important area of activity for Estonian population, with one of the main objectives of continually providing the inhabitants with food. In addition to yielding agricultural products, farmers also share the task of keeping the environment clean, applying the principle of economy while using...
Estonia
2014

Video
Programme Italien pour la sécurité alimentaire (PISA) au Sénégal

PISA (Programme Italien pour la sécurité alimentaire), un chantier de la FAO.
Senegal
2014 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Magazine article
Dilemmas in the definition of family farms (on the example of Poland)

The aim of the paper is to characterise Polish individual farms in terms of compliance of their characteristics with definition of the family farm that is used in socio-economic sciences. The main source of the analysed data were surveys conducted in intervals of several years (most recently in 2011) in...
Poland
2014

Video
Appui aux transformatrices de produits halieutiques au Sénégal

Programme Italien pour la sécurité alimentaire (PISA), appui aux transformatrices de produits halieutiques au Sénégal.
Senegal
2014 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Article
The Future of Small Farms in Asia

Farms throughout Asia are predominantly small and family-based. In the past, small farms in tropical Asia achieved significant improvement in the yield of cereal crops, such as rice and wheat, which is dubbed the Green Revolution. As a result, grain production increased much faster than population growth, thereby contributing to...
2014

Working paper
Sistema sustentable de producción de cerdos a pequeña y mediana escala

Cómo ser pequeño y eficiente
Este documento aborda las pautas de trabajo que permite alcanzar el objetivo de eficiencia productiva.  
Argentina
2014 - Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA) Argentina

Article
Modernizing cattle farming in the Kaluga Oblast

A family is pioneering a project that brings 21st century farming methods to a Russian backwater, and they are reaping the rewards of their efforts. Far away in the Kaluga Oblast, about a hundred miles from Moscow, retired armed forces captain Andrey Davydov has built his own village. At its center...
Russian Federation
2014

Magazine article
Quel développement agricole pour la RDC ?

Etat des lieux du secteur agricole de la République Démocratique du Congo, qui a toujours été considéré comme une perspective de développement intéressante susceptible de contribuer au décollage économique du pays. Les agriculteurs et les agricultrices restent  le groupe cible le plus important dans la lutte contre la pauvreté en...
Democratic Republic of the Congo
2014

Book
Communication for Rural Development Sourcebook

Today more than ever smallholders and rural communities require access to information and communication to make their voices heard and change their lives for the better. Communication for Development facilitates dialogue and collaborative action, combining participatory methods with communication tools ranging from community media to ICTs. The Communication for Rural...
2014 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Project
Agriculture familiale et accès à l’information au Sénégal

L’objet de ce projet est d’étudier l’impact d’actions ciblées d’appui aux exploitations familiales. Ce projet est issu d’une demande de l’IFPRI adressée au Gret afin de mettre en application au Sénégal des leçons tirées du projet Fomento au Brésil. Le GRET a s'associe à la FONGS  pour la mise en...
Senegal
2014 - FIG (Fongs Ifpri Gret)

Manual
Turismo comunitario rural

La presente publicación está dirigida a personas interesadas en conocer en mayor detalle la metodología, módulos avanzados y factores a tener en cuenta para la provisión de servicios turísticos en localidades rurales. Se espera que esta cartilla contribuya a fortalecer los conocimientos impartidos y por consecuencia se reafirmen los procesos...
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
2014 - Soluciones Prácticas

Book
Caracterización y diagnóstico de la cadena de valor de la quinua en la Argentina

La quinua es un cultivo tradicional de origen milenario que en los últimos años ha sido revalorizado por ciertos sectores de las sociedades más ricas del mundo debido a las propiedades nutricionales que contiene. Este hecho queda evidenciado en la evolución del comercio mundial. La demanda en el año 2012...
Argentina
2014 - Ministerio de Agroindustria

Practices
Animal traction and single-axle tractor drawn planters in conservation agriculture

In this technology description the use of animal traction and single-axle tractors for direct seeding is explained. In particular different instruments or implements for direct seeding are described and Illustrated with a range of Pictures. The main working elements of the direct seeders are: (1) a disc to cut through the...
2014 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Book
Hacia una bioeconomía en América Latina y el Caribe en asociación con Europa

Los contenidos del libro que tienen ante ustedes son parte de los productos de este proyecto birregional. Los capítulos se basan principalmente en los documentos de trabajo producidos durante la primera fase del proyecto. De esta manera, el primer capítulo “Hacia un desarrollo de la bioeconomía en América Latina y...
2014 - Pontificia Universidad Javeriana

Conference proceedings
Taller nacional de formulación de directrices voluntarias de la FAO para políticas agroambientales en América Latina y el Caribe em Bogotá, Colombia

El Taller Nacional de Formulación de Directrices Voluntarias de la FAO para Políticas Agroambientales en América Latina buscó reunir las percepciones de expertos en diferentes áreas (pesca, pecuario, agricultura, bosques, seguridad alimentaria y nutricional) para que, no sólo se congregaran entorno a preguntas detonantes que dieran cabida al debate sobre...
Colombia
2014 - Oficina Regional de la FAO para América Latina y el Caribe

Case study
Shashe Agro-ecology School for Farmer-to-farmer Training, Zimbabwe

In 2000, twelve smallholder farming families, which had gathered extensive experience on agroecological methods by working closely with a grassroots organization called the Association of Zimbabwe Traditional Environmental Conservationists (AZTREC), organized themselves into a group. They initiated a project to set up a school for farmer-to-farmer training in Zimbabwe which...
Zimbabwe
2014 - Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA)

Report
Pastoralism and the Green Economy – a natural nexus?

Status, challenges and policy implications
The “Green Economy” is a vision of the future wherein material wealth is not generated at the cost of increasing environmental risk, ecological scarcity or social disparity. Considerations over “green” development for the global livestock sector are at an all-time high and whilst countries grapple with what this entails, many...
2014 - International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN)

Website
Programa FIDA MERCOSUR CLAEH

En 1997, en el seminario “Combate a la pobreza con reglas de mercado en el contexto del Mercosur” surgió la recomendación de crear una unidad que apoyase la definición y coordinación de estrategias políticas para combatir la pobreza rural. El FIDA (Fondo Internacional para el Desarrollo Agrícola) decidió apoyar la...
2014 - Fondo Internacional de Desarrollo Agrícola (FIDA)

Newsletter
Boletín CEPAL-FAO-IICA: Gestión de los riesgos de la agricultura familiar en ALC

El presente boletín forma parte de los productos que, de manera conjunta, elaboran la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO) y el Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA). Los objetivos de esta publicación son...
2014 - Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL)
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