A Confederação Nacional dos Trabalhadores na Agricultura (CONTAG) recebe os Coordenadores Nacionais da Reunião Especializada da Agricultura Familair (REAF) do Mercosul. No diálogo com a CONTAG e com a Confederación de Organizaciones de Productores Familiares del MERCOSUR (COPROFAM) reafirmou-se o papel da REAF nas políticas públicas para fortalecer a agricultua familiar...

El Centro Ceres es un Centro de investigación y desarrollo para la  innovación orientada a impulsar un modelo de desarrollo sostenible de la agricultura y de los territorios rurales, teniendo como pilares el enfoque sistémico y el desarrollo participativo de bienes públicos e innovaciones sociales para la región. El Centro Regional...

Smallholder farmers in Gambia are increasingly facing climate related induced disasters and vulnerabilities affecting their lives and livelihoods. During 2010-2012, farmers faced flash floods, periods of drought, disease infestation, saline intrusion, deforestation and massive erosion of their farmlands resulting in crop failure and reduced food security. ActionAid has introduced agroecological...

Agriculture is one of the most widespread activities in the world and has a crucial role in food production, environmental protection, landscape preservation, rural employment and food security. Agriculture is not uniform throughout, there are different elements. From a gender point of view, there are significant gaps between women and men....

In this article, we analyze opportunities and constraints for upgrading product quality in the dairy value chain in Ethiopia. Our analysis is based on an integrated understanding of supply chain performance both from producer and from consumer perspectives. We outline as main drivers for quality upgrading: (a) factors that influence...

In remote Kyaukphyu Township, members of local fishery groups are anxiously waiting to hear the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw’s decision on a draft law that could ensure the sustainable management of fisheries.  

La Campaña se enmarca en los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) y se basa en las reflexiones de la Conferencia de la Mujer Rural en América Latina y el Caribe (Brasilia, 2014) y la XIII Conferencia Regional de la Mujer (Montevideo, 2016), así como en la experiencia de dos campañas...

En Tunisie, les politiques de modernisation et de libéralisation mises en œuvre depuis l'Indépendance ont contribué à d'importants changements des conditions de pratique de l'agriculture et à une transformation des systèmes oasiens traditionnels. De nouvelles stratégies d'adaptations apparaissent – élevage, tourisme local, spécialisation des cultures, démarche de qualité –, renouvelant les...

The present paper is the product of research on cooperatives in Georgia carried out by Elkana from August to October 2016 in the framework of the AGROinform-led IFAD-funded project “Promoting inclusive horticultural value chains in Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan and Moldova” The goal of the research is to provide valuable information...

Faltam dois dias para a abertura da 40° Expointer, a maior feira de animais, máquinas, implementos e produtos agrícolas a céu aberto da América Latina. A Secretaria Especial de Agricultura Familiar do Desenvolvimento Agrário (Sead) levará para o evento sabores e belezas da agricultura familiar, em incentivo à comercialização dos...

El Foro Regional Desarrollo Rural Territorial, Igualdad y Equidad de Género, así, como la presentación de buenas prácticas para el avance de las mujeres rurales centroamericanas y dominicanas, en autonomía económica, permitieron no solo un espacio de disertación, discusión y propuestas novedosas, sino también, empoderar a distintas representantes de diversos...

Over the course of 2017, the International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems (IPES-Food) will seek to support and stimulate an open reflection on the future of agricultural development in West Africa. While industrial agriculture and ‘Green Revolution’ approaches promise short-term increases in productivity, they are yet to provide...

El período 1946-55, bajo la primera y segunda presidencia de J. D. Perón, fue el momento de mayor institucionalización del cooperativismo agrario pampeano. Estas instituciones transformaron el campo de la comercialización de cereales eliminando al intermediario y ocupando su lugar. Paralelamente, transformaron a los productores asociados y sus familias, conformándose...

This online guide for trainers and facilitators in Civil Society Organizations presents a methodology and a set of materials to enhance capacities on the “Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the context of National Food security”. It is based on “A learning...

Two-thirds of the caught fish that humans eat are taken by small-scale fishers, many using canoes carved from logs or stationary beach seine nets such as the rampani that dot India's eastern coast.Far from being relics of a bygone age, small-scale fisheries technologies and practices are usually well adapted to the ecological...

La consommation de produits certifiés n'est plus l'apanage des pays développés. Au Kenya, les premiers marchés biologiques sont apparus à Nairobi en 2006. Ils sont approvisionnés par des maraîchers, confrontés à une diversité de défis : construire une certification biologique crédible, garantir la fraîcheur des produits et composer avec l'hétérogénéité...

Del 15 al 19 de Mayo se celebro en Ginebra la cuarta sesión del Grupo de trabajo intergubernamental de composición abierta (GTA) sobre la declaración de la ONU para los derechos de los campesinos y de otras personas que trabajan en las zonas rurales. Según FIAN internacional, el debate sobre la...

La Plataforma Nacional de Suelos es una instancia de intercambio de experiencias en Agricultura Sostenible, que son promovidas por un conjunto de instituciones comprometidas que implementan proyectos orientados a mejorar las condiciones de vida, con el protagonismo de la gente que sufre desventajas. 

Agriculture in Senegal is predominantly rain-fed and so erratic weather patterns present an everincreasing risk to smallholder farmers across the country. Late onset of rain can lead to a reduced growing season; unexpected torrential rain and flash-flooding can lead to farmers losing scarce resources of seed, other farm inputs and...

A first atlas to offer a better understanding of complex rural migration patterns in sub-Saharan Africa has been published today. The atlas – Rural Africa in motion. Dynamics and drivers of migration south of the Sahara – also highlights the important role rural areas will continue to play in shaping the continent’s migration for decades...