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Success Story (Cambodia): Toek Thla Samaki Saving Group

The Toek Thla Samaki saving group Toek Thla Village, Trapaing Krosaing Commune, Prey Kabas District Takeo Province was established in 2008 with 16 members and a saving capital of $40. With the support of AFOSP-MTCP2 through the Farmer and Nature Net in Cambodia starting 2014, the group conducted training and...
Cambodia
2017 - Asian Farmers Association

Journal article
Droughts and debts: The domestic tea value chain and vulnerable livelihoods in Girimukti village, West Java, Indonesia

This article is concerned with the linkages between the livelihoods of tea smallholders and domestic value chains in Indonesia. Theoretically, our empirical inquiry is informed by an integration of the sustainable livelihoods approach and value chain analyses. This enables a better investigation of micro (livelihoods) — meso (industry) — macro...
Indonesia
2017

Website
Sello Manos Campesinas

Sitio web donde podrá encontrar información sobre el Sello Manos Campesinas®, su objetivo y su proceso de acreditación. Es una certificación y distintivo que garantiza un producto elaborado por pequeños productores campesinos, además de ser sano, artesanal y que fomente el desarrollo local. Un Sello que busca dar visibilidad y apoyo...
Chile
2017 - Instituto Desarrollo Agropecuario (INDAP)

Conference/Meeting
Learning Journey on LSPA in Turkey

Towards a Mediterranean Training for Local and Solidarity -based Partnerships for Agroecology
How to strengthen producers-consumers relationships ? This activity is one of the numerous exercises to be tried out during Urgenci's learning journeys. The latest of these journeys took place in Turkey 4-8 October, thanks to the support from the Civil Society Team of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Some tasks...
Türkiye
2017 - Urgenci

Blog article
Fall army worm outbreak, a blow to prospects of recovery for southern Africa

New pest poses novel threat to region reeling from effects of consecutive droughts
A fall armyworm outbreak, the first emergence of the pest in southern Africa, is causing considerable crop damage in some countries. If the pest damage aggravates, it could dampen prospects for good crop harvests that is anticipated in the current farming season. Maize, a staple food in the region has...
Malawi - Mozambique - Namibia - South Africa - Zambia - Zimbabwe
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Blog article
Success Story (Cambodia): Ratanak Polrath Samaki agricultural cooperative

Mr. Oun Sophal is the Chairperson of the BOD of Ratanak Polrath Samaki Agricultural Cooperative in Khachey Khanlech village, Damnak Sokrom commune, Doun Toung district, Kampot province, Cambodia. He has been promoting organic agriculture, livestock, saving and community business among the members. With support from Farmer and Nature Net under the...
Cambodia
2017

Journal article
Chemins d’intensification et durabilité des exploitations de polyculture-élevage en Afrique subsaharienne : contribution de l’association agriculture-élevage

Dans les zones de savanes d’Afrique subsaharienne, les systèmes de polyculture-élevage sont dominants et l’association entre l’agriculture et l’élevage ne cesse de progresser. Cette évolution contribue-telle à intensifier durablement la production agricole dans les exploitations ? Pour répondre à cette question, l’étude compare selon le niveau d’association de l’agriculture et...
Burkina Faso
2017 - CIRAD

Video
Mehaou – A Nigerien Grandmother, Farmer and Leader

This video tells the story of Mehaou, an inspiring Nigerien farmer and grandmother who has overcome many challenges to provide for her family - including rearing, breeding and selling goats. 
Nigeria
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Report
Study on small-scale agriculture in the Near East and North Africa region (NENA). Focus Country: Egypt

The study relies on national data and accessible documents; academic and non-academic literature, including development projects documents. The study involved also interviews with key stakeholders to identify and analyze their experience about the current and past state of affairs on public policies in support of small-scale agriculture (SSA). The final...
Egypt
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Report
Study on small-scale family farming in the Near East and North Africa region. Focus country: Sudan

The Study was based on secondary data as well as on information provided by relevant government and non-government agricultural units at the Federal and states levels. The Study is intended to provide an analytical basis for recommending policy actions towards revitalizing inclusive and sustainable small-scale agriculture sub-sector. The Study starts...
Sudan
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Report
Organic Farming, climate change mitigation and beyond

Reducing the environmental impacts of EU agriculture
Sustainably feeding the growing world population and preventing dangerous climate change are two of the major challenges facing society today. While there is a growing understanding of the complexity of the links between these challenges and of the global degradation of the environment, the contribution of food and farming to...
European Union
2017 - IFOAM

Event
40ª Expointer

La 40ª Expointer, exposición reconocida como uno de los mayores eventos del mundo en el género, siendo considerada la mayor feria de América Latina. Se realiza entre el 26 de agosto y el 3 de septiembre de 2017 y reunirá las últimas novedades de la tecnología agropecuaria y agroindustrial. Se expondrán las...
Brazil
2017

Statement
Addis Ababa declaration on Agroecology, Ecological Organic Agriculture and Food Sovereignty: The Way Forward for Nutrition and Health in Africa November, 2016

Civil society organizations, farmers, fisherfolk, pastoralists, indigenous peoples, consumers, youth networks, women’s networks, food processors, practitioners, government, academics and researchers, recognizing that food systems in Africa have dramatically changed over the last century, gathered in Addis Ababa in November 2016 to deliberate the theme, “Changing Food Systems in Africa: Agroecology...
2017 - Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA)

Video
Livestock farming in EU - Juha Tehno on connecting farmers and reaching consumers

Juha Tehno, young farmer from Finland explains his farming practices and briefly outlines how to better connect farmers in the value chain
European Union
2017 - Copa&Cogeca

Practices
Training Young Burmese Farmers on Agriculture for the Future

The Agriculture and Farmers Federation of Myanmar (AFFM) saw low participation of youth in agribusiness, which is attributed to the limited access to key resources, such as land, start-up capital, business mentors, and increasing number of youth moving from rural to urban areas as well as to other countries to...
Myanmar
2017 - Agriculture and Farmers Federation of Myanmar

Blog article
El PIAF presenta publicaciones relacionadas a políticas públicas para la Agricultura Familiar en América Latina

Los documentos fueron elaboradas en conjunto por el IICA, el CIRAD y el INDAP.
Abordar el proceso de formulación de políticas públicas diferenciadas para la Agricultura Familiar (AF) en América Latina es el objetivo del lanzamiento de dos nuevas publicaciones desarrolladas por el Proyecto Insignia Productividad y sustentabilidad de la agricultura familiar para la seguridad alimentaria y la economía rural (PIAF) del Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación...
2017 - Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA)

Book
FAO in Europe and Central Asia

Europe and Central Asia is a vibrant region of nearly one billion people, living in more than 50 countries across 13 time zones, and speaking more than 300 languages. Chronic hunger has been all but eradicated from this part of the world, but pockets of food insecurity continue to exist,...
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO

Video
Agricultura familiar é responsável por 36% da riqueza produzida no campo

De acordo com o senso agropecuário de 2006, a agricultura familiar constitui a base econômica de 90% dos municípios brasileiros com até 20 mil habitantes. A agricultura familiar tem características diferentes da agricultura empresarial e representa 36% de toda a riqueza produzida pelo campo. Nela, a gestão da propriedade é feita...
Brazil
2017 - Organizações Globo

Book
Food Plants for Healthy Diets in Timor Leste

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...
Timor-Leste
2017

Event
Expointer 19º Feria Da Agricutura Familiar

A Expointer chega a sua 40º edição e começa no sábado dia 26 de agosto e vai até o dia 03 de setembro. A feira teve origem em 1901 e hoje é reconhecida como um dos maiores eventos do mundo no gênero e considerada a maior feira a céu aberto...
Brazil
2017 - Secretaria Especial de Agricultura Familiar e do Desenvolvimento Agrário (SEAD)
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