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Global PGS Newsletter
The Global PGS Newsletter is published bimonthly by IFOAM - Organics International
2018 - IFOAM Organics International
Book
Potentially Important Trees of South Sudan
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...
South Sudan
2018 - Food Plant Solutions
Video
Fall Armyworm Monitoring and Early Warning System (FAMEWS)
Innovation is the main driver of agricultural and rural transformation. This video highlights support provided by FAO to countries in adopting and scaling-up sustainable practices, particularly by promoting agricultural innovation to smallholder farmers. FAO has developed and deployed a Fall Armyworm Monitoring and Early Warning System (FAMEWS). Through this app and...
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Article
First Asia Pacific Farmers Forum
YOGYAKARTA, INDONESIA – On October 20, 2018, 84 farmer leaders from 21 countries, representing 38 million small scale farmers, fishers, indigenous peoples, herders and pastoralists, met with the 37 staff of the IFAD Asia and Pacific Region Division in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, for the first Asia Pacific Region Farmers Forum (FAFO). The Forum...
Indonesia
2018 - Asian Farmers' Association
Policy brief/paper
Strategic Plan for Rural Development of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2018-2021) - Framework Document
At the proposal of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations, the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovna adopted in January 2018 a Proposal of the Strategic Plan for Rural Development of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2018-2021), which created conditions for domestic agricultural producers to receive funds from the...
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2018 - Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Newsletter
Global PGS Newsletter
The Global PGS Newsletter is published bimonthly by IFOAM - Organics International
2018 - IFOAM
Blog article
5 New National Committees of Family Farming Created or in the Process of Development in 2017
Currently, 37 National Committees of Family Farming (NCFF) are actively working on political advocacy in their countries.
In 2017, the network of National Committees for Family Farming expanded with the incorporation of new countries like Fiji, Macedonia, and Chad, while in Japan and Cameroon important efforts were made in the establishment...
Cameroon - Chad - Fiji - Japan - North Macedonia
2018 - World Rural Forum
Newsletter
IFOAM Newsletter - The INSIDER
The insider, it is a Monthly IFOAM News page, who brings more generic information on organic agriculture
2018 - IFOAM
Journal article
Les déterminants de la pluriactivité des ménages agricoles en Algérie
Dans cet article, la pluriactivité décrit une situation dans laquelle un agriculteur n’est pas entièrement investi (en termes de force de travail et/ou de capital) dans les activités agricoles. La pluriactivité est parfois appelée agriculture à temps partiel, ou travail hors ferme (Mishra et Goodwin, 1997).
L’article est divisé en 6...
Algeria
2018
Journal article
How do social movements shape organic food markets? Comparing the construction and institutionalization of Participatory Guarantee Systems in Brazil and France
Social movements have become central actors in the battles that are re-framing contemporary food markets in a variety of organizational and institutional configurations. With the aim of understand this process, this article contrasts the experiences of Nature & Progrès (France) and Ecovida Agroecology Network (Brazil). These movements are changing organic...
Brazil - France
2018 - Universidad Federal do Rio Grande Do Sul
Book
México rural del Siglo XXI
La Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO), presenta en una nueva publicación un análisis de cómo está el campo mexicano hoy, una fotografía que muestra las características del sector rural en el siglo XXI.La nueva publicación de la FAO retrata los rostros de la nueva ruralidad...
Mexico
2018 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Book
Buenas prácticas para la resiliencia de los medios de vida rurales en el ámbito de la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional
El valor añadido de la coordinación, colaboración y sinergia entre la FAO y el PMA
La Oficina Subregional de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO) para Mesoamérica y la Oficina Regional del Programa Mundial de Alimentos (PMA) para América Latina y el Caribe, ambas ubicadas en Panamá, compartieron conocimientos y herramientas para la validación y sistematización de buenas...
Colombia - Dominican Republic - Ecuador - Guatemala
2018 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Blog article
How to support small-scale farmers in negotiations with agribusiness
A new initiative led by IIED is generating lessons on how rural producers, their associations and their wider communities can best be empowered to articulate their development priorities, make informed choices, and negotiate effectively for equitable partnerships with progressive private sector actors in commercial agriculture.
This webinar, part of the 'Empowering...
2018 - International Institute for Environment and Development IIED
Technical paper
e-Agriculture Promising Practice
UshauriKilimo.org: web and mobile phones for extension services in Tanzania
‘UshauriKilimo’(http://ushaurikilimo.org) is a Swahili word from ‘Ushauri’ and ‘Kilimo’ which means ‘advisory’ and ‘agriculture’ respectively. ‘UshauriKilimo’ is an information system for agricultural advisory services. It is an agro-advisory and extension service system that allows any actor in the agricultural sector to ask for advisory services to an agriculture extension officer...
United Republic of Tanzania
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Case study
Producing machines for organic and small-scale farming systems
UNACMA is the only association, at a national level, representing traders and repairers of agricultural machinery, and of machinery for the maintenance of green areas. It is associated with CONFCOMMERCIO MOBILITA and carries forward its objectives mainly in institutions at regional, national and European level. It carries out training and...
United Republic of Tanzania
2018 - UNACMA (Unione Commercianti Macchine Agricole)
Journal article
Installation des jeunes agriculteurs et pluriactivité au Costa Rica
Depuis quelques années, la petite agriculture familiale est mise sur le devant de la scène par les institutions internationales et présentée comme étant susceptible de répondre aux enjeux globaux (sécurité alimentaire et changement climatique), et ce, notamment, dans les pays du Sud où ce type d’agriculture reste majoritaire. Un groupe...
Costa Rica
2017 - Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon
Magazine article
Projeto cria "fortalezas" para preservar alimentos em risco de extinção
O projeto Arca do Gosto — idealizado pelo movimento Slow Food e feito em parceria com a Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina e com a Secretaria Especial de Agricultura Familiar e Desenvolvimento Agrário (SEAD) — quer catalogar as iguarias que correm risco de sumir de vez. O projeto é o...
Brazil
2017 - Slow Food
Newsletter
Learning Through Partnership
The SKI seed germinated out of many years of work on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and farmers’ rights by activists, who at various times worked with Biowatch South Africa, the African Biodiversity Network, GRAIN, the Gaia Foundation, the University of Cape Town, the Mupo Foundation, La Via Campesina, PELUM and...
2017 - Seed and Knowledge Initiative (SKI)
Blog article
Inspirational ideas: Future Farmers in the Spotlight
Future Farmers in the Spotlight is an initiative that aims to inspire and encourage the next generation of sustainable farmers. It shares inspiring stories about young farmers who have – despite the many difficulties – managed to set up farming initiatives which are innovative, viable and sustainable!
European Union
2017 - Eip AGRI
Conference/Meeting
WEBINAR: Impactful Innovations.
Lessons from Family Agriculture on Adaptation to Climate Change in Latin America and the Caribbean
Webinar: Impactful Innovations. Lessons from Family Agriculture on Adaptation to Climate Change in LAC and the Caribbean (OUT-24862)
Date: Tuesday, January 31, 2017
Time: 3:00 pm (EST), Washington, DC
Organizer: FONTAGRO
Join WebEx meeting:
https://iadb-knl.webex.com/iadb-knl/j.php?MTID=m09523c5dc929c02de56ac1712ccc3554
Join by phone1-650-479-3208 Call-in toll number (US/Canada)Access code: 732 810 943
To download the publication:
https://publications.iadb.org/handle/11319/7802
United States of America
2017 - FONTAGRO
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