This newsletter also contains a special Dossier on Radio & ICTs in Rural Areas that puts together a variety of experiences in this field, from an electronic forum on Gender, ICTs and Rural Livelihoods, over participatory community radio to empower rural women and men, to the use of different methodologies...

Rural women’s small businesses engaged in the production of local agri‐food products have been flourishing in the Greek countryside the last years responding to an emerging consumer demand for food of “specific quality”. Such successful initiatives have been particularly developed with co‐operative form, scattered throughout the country, both in the...

在全世界有25亿以上的小农户从事粮食的 种植、收获和加工，其中半数以上是妇女。妇 女们的知识、劳动在当地多样化的食物体系的 可持续发展中，特别在发展中国家，发挥了重 要作用。

在云南省滇西北广大的农村地区，妇女在畜牧业生产中扮演着一个非常重要的角色。然而，在以政府为主导的技术推广与培训活动中，妇女往往被排斥在外或很少有机会参与。近年来，为了改善妇女的这种状况，云南省生物多样性和传统知识研究会的“滇西北农牧区生计改良项目”采取和实施了一系列的针对妇女发展的措施和策略。通过增加女性村民对项目活动的参与和提高女性兽医技术人员的专业能力，降低了畜牧业生产中的风险和提高了家庭的经济收入。同时，在农业生产中，女性村民变得更加自信并意识到她们的决策权利。

Using lessons from the case studies this paper draws out five practical steps in reaching and supporting women marginal farmers: 1) take the lead from women marginal farmers themselves in helping build their networks and groups, 2) promote alliances and external links, 3) organising needs based training workshops and regular...

Les paysages culturels de l’agro pastoralisme sont fortement liés aux pratiques techniques et culturelles des éleveurs utilisateurs et gestionnaires des espaces qu’ils occupent. C’est particulièrement vrai sur la zone de Djelfa, haut lieu du pastoralisme algérien, sur les hauts plateaux. Ce pastoralisme, comme dans l’ensemble du monde méditerranéen, subit des...

Este artículo muestra los resultados obtenidos en un estudio transversal en cuatro municipios de la zona norte del departamento del Tolima (Colombia) con el fin de caracterizar la avicultura familiar en la comunidad. Información sobre producción avícola, nivel tecnológico, sistemas de alimentación, consumo y contribución a la economía familiar fue...

Neste livro estão reunidos diversos artigos acadêmicos e de gestoras publicas que buscam problematizar a presença das mulheres na reforma agrária no Brasil. Estudos quantitativos e qualitativos que abordam aspectos fundiários, da produção e reprodução, das relações familiares, das lutas sociais dos movimentos sociais do campo e o das políticas...

Producer organisations are widely heralded as leading contributors to poverty reduction and the achievement of food security. Following the withdrawal of state support as part of measures for liberalization, producer organizations in Africa have been in a process of transition, attempting to define appropriate strategies in a competitive open market...

La revista ALASRU, Análisis Latinoamericano del Medio Rural, es editada y publicada por la Asociación Latinoamericana de Sociología Rural (ALASRU). Este número incluye los artículos: Hacia el VIII Congreso de ALASRU, "Acercamiento a los proyectos en disputa”. A sociologia rural na América Latina: produção de conhecimento e compromisso com a sociedade. Globalização e...

Most Africans depend on small-scale farming systems as the primary source of their livelihoods. Yet they are marginalized and often do not produce enough to enable their families to have sufficient food to eat throughout the year. Smallholder farmers are also particularly vulnerable to climatic and economic shocks. Despite these...

Ha surgido una renovada atención hacia el papel tan importante que desempeñan los servicios de asesoría rural (extensión) en los procesos de desarrollo. Este documento resume la publicación titulada ‘Cómo movilizar el potencial de la extensión agraria y rural’ que se elaboró para la Conferencia Mundial sobre la Investigación Agrícola...

One of the reasons that necessitated the establishment of Women-in-Agriculture (WIA) Programme in 1989 was the perception that women farmers were not having adequate access to extension services compared to their male counterparts. Feminists argued that the inadequate access to extension services resulted in women farmers having poor farm yields,...

The objectives of this guide are: 1. to explain what origin-linked quality and the GI concept are; 2. to raise awareness regarding the potential of origin-linked products for rural development and conditions for sustainability; 3. to facilitate implementation of GI processes at local level by providing tools and a concrete...

January 2010 saw the launch of the world's first livestock insurance for remote African pastoralists as a result of years of research.

This issue of Baobab focuses on access to water for sustainable agriculture and livelihoods, its management and policies, or lack of them, which can regulate its effective and efficient use. In a region that highly relies on rainfall for food production, a lot needs to be done in agricultural water...

Building  on  case  studies from the field, the paper outlines a range of practices, approaches and tools aimed at increasing  the  resilience  and  productivity  of  agricultural  production  systems, while  also  reducing  and  removing  emissions. The second part of the paper surveys institutional and policy options available to promote the  transition...

CONAMUCA es una organización de cobertura nacional, fundada el 1ero. de noviembre del año 1986, que promueve los intereses y derechos de las mujeres y reivindica la lucha por una vida digna. Su misión es construir un modelo de producción agrícola que recupere la agricultura campesina basada en la igualdad de...

Este número de Mundos Rurales incluye artículos sobre: Charagua, líder en las reivindicaciones del pueblo guaraní, avanza a la Autonomía Indígena. Vivencias en elecciones Largo camino para ejercer el derecho Amazonía: día esperado, entre incertidumbre y esperanzas Asentamientos humanos en Pando: explorando mejores condiciones de vida Pese a la Constitución y las leyes, las mujeres...

The study aimed at examining how the policies and regulations in place (or lack thereof) impact on smallscale banana farmers in Isingiro district and share possible solutions with the government, farmers, interested donors and other stakeholders.