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

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Conferencia Internacional Autosuficiencia Alimentaria y Agroecología en un mundo multipolar

Inscripciones A partir del 21 de agosto 2023 Ejes temáticos de la conferencia EJES DEL DÍA 30 DE NOVIEMBRE (MATUTINO) Eje 1. Transición agroecológica y otros enfoques afines para la transformación de sistemas alimentarios que sean más justos, saludables, sustentables y logren la autosuficiencia alimentaria. Políticas públicas nacionales exitosas. Eje 2. Experiencias relevantes de transición agroecológica y...
2023 - Secretaría de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural

Book
Family Farming in Spain 2023 Yearbook

Agriculture and livestock facing the challenge of climate change. Innovation and entrepreneurship for sustainable progress
In 1994, UPA began the adventure of publishing a Yearbook of Family Farming. The objective was simple, although ambitious: to collect in an annual work the main data, ideas and proposals of this production model, which in the Union of Small Farmers and Ranchers we have defended since our origin. Now,...
Spain
2023 - Union of Small Farmers and Ranchers of Spain - Unión de Pequeños Agricultores y Ganaderos (UPA)

Website
FAO Regional Initiative - Empowering smallholders, family farms and youth

This Regional Initiative uses a complex, multidisciplinary and area-based development approach, tailored to the Europe and Central Asia region. It takes into consideration the region’s heterogeneity and the special challenges it faces. The overall goal is to address the key problems of rural people by empowering smallholders and family farms to...
2023 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO

Blog article
20 Youth Organizations Transforming Food Systems

August 12th is International Youth Day and this year it is dedicated to the theme of Transforming Food Systems: Youth Innovation for Human and Planetary Health. The day is a way to celebrate the efforts and achievements of young people already at the forefront of food systems change. “When you’re thinking about the health...
2023 - Food tank

Technical paper
Rural Inspiration Awards 2022

The theme of RIA 2022 was ‘The Future is Youth’, inspired jointly by 2022 being the European Year of Youth, the long-term vision for rural areas, and the Rural Pact, developed by the European Commission. RIA 2022 sought to promote the importance of European youth to build a better future...
European Union
2023 - EU CAP NETWORK

Blog article
Ingénierie de la formation agricole et rurale

Ce mémoire réalisé dans le cadre du master MIFAR cherchait à comprendre ce que font les jeunes formés quand ils s’installent, comment ils s’installent (en développant quelles activités, avec quels moyens, quels appuis, quels parcours), quels résultats ils obtiennent, quelles difficultés ils rencontrent ? Une étude qualitative a été menée...
Niger
2023 - Réseau International Formation Agricole et Rurale (FAR)

Newsletter
Revue Grain de sel N°84 : Formation Agricole et rurale : la clef des champs ?

Depuis près de 20 ans, le Réseau international FAR réunit les acteurs africains de la formation agricole et rurale et alerte sur le manque crucial de formation et l’urgence à relever le défi de sa massification auprès des producteurs et productrices, majoritairement jeunes et peu alphabétisés. La Formation agricole et...
2023 - Inter-Réseaux Développement Rural

Case study
Building resilience in the Sahel region through job creation for youth

Innovatively supporting youth’s access to decent employment and green jobs in agrifood systems
The Sahel region is nowadays facing many challenges, including insecurity, rising extremism, lacking of economic prospects and decent employment opportunities, besides also experiencing poor access to education, vocational training and overall basic services. Youth are among the most vulnerable group in the region, and although youth population is expected to...
2023 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

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2 Pilar del Plan de Acción Mundial del Decenio de la Agricultura Familiar

Para que se cumplan los objetivos del Decenio de la Agricultura Familiar, es importante estimular a los #agricultores jóvenes para interconectar los conocimientos tradicionales con ideas innovadoras para que se conviertan en agentes de desarrollo rural.  Te compartimos el #2Pilar del #PlanAcciónMundial, para mayor información te invitamos a ver el siguiente...
2023 - Onda Rural de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)

Video
Plan de Acción del Decenio de las Naciones Unidas para la Agricultura Familiar: Segundo Pilar

El Plan de acción mundial, diseñado en torno a siete pilares de trabajo que se refuerzan mutuamente, recomienda una serie de medidas interconectadas que abarcan desde la escala local hasta la mundial. Este video describe el pilar 2 del Plan de acción mundial.
2023 - Onda Rural de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)

Video
Plan de Acción del Decenio de las Naciones Unidas para la Agricultura Familiar: Segundo Pilar

El Plan de acción mundial, diseñado en torno a siete pilares de trabajo que se refuerzan mutuamente, recomienda una serie de medidas interconectadas que abarcan desde la escala local hasta la mundial. Este video describe el pilar 2 del Plan de acción mundial.
2023 - Onda Rural de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)

Report
Foresight Africa 2023

As with every iteration of Foresight Africa, this 2023 edition aim to capture the top priorities for the region in the year ahead, offering recommendations for supporting Africa at a time of heightened global turbulence. The autors hope that Foresight Africa 2023 will promote dialogue on the key issues influencing development...
2023 - Africa Growth Initiative

Newsletter
Family Farming Knowledge Platform (FFKP) Monthly Digest September 2023

The Family Farming Knowledge Platform (FFKP) Monthly Digest showcases the latest contents uploaded in the FFKP to provide its readers with relevant and up to date information on family farming main themes such as agroecology, smallscale fisheries, pastoralism, indigenous people, and more. For more documents, feel free to search in the...
2023 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Policy brief/paper
THE YOUTH MANIFESTO “AFFORDABLE SUSTAINABLE FOOD AT THE HEART OF OUR FUTURE” : THE IMPORTANCE OF MAKING SUSTAINABLE FOOD ACCESSIBLE TO YOUTH

The young people interviewed often reported being unable to afford sustainable food due to their limited budget. The difference in prices between sustainable and unsustainable food often pushed young people to buy the cheapest food available, resulting in unsustainable food consumption. Several participants expressed that high prices represented one of...
European Union
2023 - The Agroecology Europe Youth Network

Blog article
Warwi.org, le nouveau site internet de la Formation Agricole et Rurale (FAR) !

Warwi.org, c’est la nouvelle plateforme communautaire de la Formation Agricole et Rurale (FAR) pour l’emploi décent des jeunes au Sénégal.
Senegal
2023 - Seneweb News

Blog article
Building a case for youth participation in land reform

Land Reform – Despite socio economic challenges faced by South Africans in general, the agriculture and tourism sector can significantly contribute to mitigating and curbing escalating youth unemployment especially in rural areas. So says the Vumelana Advisory Fund, a non-profit organisation that helps beneficiaries of the land reform programme to make...
2023

Event
FAO at the ECOSOC Youth Forum 2023

The 2023 ECOSOC Youth Forum is convened by the President of ECOSOC and co-organized by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), and the Office of the Secretary General’s Envoy on Youth, in collaboration with the United Nations Inter Agency Network on Youth Development (IANYD), and co-convened by the Major Group...
2023 - The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Youth Forum

Audio
Aimé-Félix Dzamah, un agronome togolais au service de l'alimentation durable

Aimé-Félix Dzamah, 28 ans, est agronome au Togo. Il est responsable programme au sein de l'ONG française "Entrepreneurs du monde". Et il vient tout juste d'ouvrir une ferme agroécologique, appelée "Ekofoda", où les pratiques agricoles se veulent respectueuses de la terre. Pour ce jeune togolais, grâce à l'agroécologie, on peut...
2023 - https://www.rfi.fr/

Blog article
Policy Insight publications: CAP support for agroforestry, gender equality and younger generations

Gender equality continues to be an important strategic objective for all European policies. Hence the new Policy Insight on Enhancing gender equality in EU agri-food systems highlights how the CAP is purposely designed to support actions and targets that benefit all EU citizens. It confirms the CAP’s strategic emphasis on...
European Union
2023 - EU CAP Network

Report
FAO in Europe and Central Asia 2023

FAO’s work globally and in the Europe and Central Asia region is guided by the FAO Strategic Framework 2022–2031, which articulates the Organization’s vision of a sustainable and food-secure world for all. The Strategic Framework seeks to support the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development through the transformation to more efficient,...
2023 - FAO
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