L’agriculture familiale couvre  environ 80% des besoins alimentaires au Bénin et concentre au moins 70% des agricultrices. L’agriculture familiale constitue au Bénin depuis la nuit des temps le modèle d’agriculture qui permet aux familles pauvres d’éradiquer la faim et la malnutrition. Ceci justifie son adoption par la majorité des agricultrices soucieuses du...

El estudio desarrollado en la provincia del Carchi, tuvo como objetivo determinar los sistemas de comercialización primarios de la producción familiar campesina. La metodología utilizada incluyó: sociabilización en la zona de estudio, levantamiento de información primaria, sistematización y presentación de resultados en la zona de investigación. Las variables estudiadas fueron:...

Smallholder sugarcane growing is central to rural development and poverty alleviation in Swaziland. The main objective of smallholder sugar cane growing is to reduce poverty through increased household income. This study investigated the relationship between water use agricultural and financial performance, and governance (accountability and transparency) in smallholder irrigation schemes...

Agriculture is the single largest employer in the world, with family farmersaccounting for the majority of this workforce. Family farms produce over70% of all food and manage a significant proportion of natural resources.Such a diverse and resilient agricultural model makes it possible to providesuitable solutions to challenges revolving around food,...

La comunidad científica internacional está de acuerdo en que una de las mayores manifestaciones del cambio climático es la creciente variabilidad interanual y estacional de la temperatura, precipitación y radiación solar, lo que se traduce en una mayor frecuencia de olas de calor y frío, sequías extremas e inundaciones. Sin...

Objectif global du projet à long terme:  améliorer les conditions économiques et de sécurité alimentaire des familles des 18 villages du district d'Ambatolampy, dans les Hauts plateaux de Madagascar par l’intensification de l’agriculture familiale.Dans un premier temps, le projet d’une durée de 18 mois concerne neuf groupements d’agriculteurs dans trois villages...

Agricultural mechanization is a crucial input to agricultural crop production. It is frequently very capital intensive, compared to other (usually annual) inputs and it has repercussions on the efficiency of all other inputs used in crop production, including seeds, fertilizer, water, and time/labour. It is also much more complex in...

Este material es un paso a paso para las compras de la agricultura familiar en Nicaragua, elaborado en el ámbito del proyecto de Fortalecimiento de los Programas de Alimentación Escolar.

Este manual tiene el propósito principal de orientar a investigadores, técnicos extensionistas, certificadores de semillas, productores de papa (organizados o independientes), catedráticos, estudiantes y otros actores relacionados con este rubro en los aspectos técnicos de la producción de semillas de papa.

This paper is an attempt to measure the economic efficiency of Dedza smallholder Irish potato (Solanum tuberosum) farmers in Malawi using a translog cost frontier, inefficiency effect model and input Elasticities from Seeming Unrelated Regression Model for asystem of cost share equations for labour, fertilizer, seed and land. A sample...

As part of the activities being implemented through the Italian contribution to the FAO Trust Fund for Food Security and Food Safety, several projects in different countries and regions are following a common strategy. In West Africa this Programme, “Food Security through Commercialization of Agriculture” (FSCA), or «Programme Italien pour...

This working paper summarizes the findings of the socioeconomic component of the research project Improved livelihoods of small-scale farmers in Iraq through integrated pest management and use of organic fertilizer, that was managed by ICARDA and funded by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Ministry of Agriculture...

Holly Whitesides and her husband are trying to go “against the grain” of industrial agriculture in the United States. They use their family farm and their work on saving seed to convince other farmers and groups of the importance of a sovereign seed stock.

Este trabajo se propone caracterizar la situación de un grupo de agricultores que utiliza prácticas agroecológicas como enfoque alternativo a la agricultura convencional. La idea de realizarlo surgió en la Asociación Nacional para el Fomento de la Agricultura Ecológica (ANAFAE), que se prepara para participar en un evento nacional, presentando...

Bjarteyjarsandur Farm is northwest of Reykjavík in Hvalfjörður Iceland.  It is nestled on the north side of a mountainous fjord between acres of rolling hills and the mussel-filled coastline. María Reynisdóttir Kynningarstjóri, the Communications Manager at Icelandic Farm Holidays, suggested Bjarteyjarsandur as the perfect place to learn more about Icelandic farm...

Es ampliamente conocido que se necesitan altos niveles de inversión para impulsar el potencial de la agricultura para el desarrollo sostenible y la reducción de la pobreza en los países en desarrollo. No obstante, en las últimas décadas muchos países han reducido las asignaciones presupuestarias al sector agrícola, mientras que...

Mountain farming takes many forms – forms as diverse as the world’s mountain landscapes – yet largely remains family farming. These mountain farming activities have traditionally fedand supported individual households although, today, they have begun to expand increasingly toward global markets. Yet, mountain farmers still tend to be driven by...

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...

Even in the International Year of Family Farming there is confusion about family farming. What is it, and what distinguishes it from entrepreneurial farming or family agribusiness? The confusion tends to be highest in places where the modernisation of agriculture has led society further away from farming. Jan Douwe van...

This document contains descriptions of 40 fallow-period cover crop species that are used in organic cropping systems.It is a complementary resource associated with the technical guide Choosing and managing cover crops in organic agricultural systems, which was published in July 2012. The guide is available for download on the ITAB...