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

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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)

E-learning
Más Algodón, Más Artesanías: Desarrollo de una minicolección del hilo a la prenda

El presente curso es desarrollado en el marco del, proyecto de cooperación sur-sur trilateral +Algodón, implementado conjuntamente por el Gobierno de Brasil por medio de la Agencia Brasileña de Cooperación del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores (ABC/MRE), la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO) y...
2023 - Programa de Cooperación Internacional Brasil-FAO

Newsletter article
UNESCO nomination of Swedish and Norwegian summer-mountain farming and pastoralism

Summer farming at fäbod and seter – knowledge, traditions and practices related to grazing of outlying lands and artisan food production” to the UNESCO Representative list of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity
The gouverments in Sweden and Norway have nominated the "Summer farming at fäbod andseter – knowledge, traditions and practices related to grazing of outlying lands and artisan food production” to the UNESCO Representative list of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity There are now only 750 active summer- mountain frams in...
Norway
2023 - Norsk seterkultur

Report
Gender, Water and Agriculture Assessing the Nexus in Egypt

Access to clean and safe water is a prerequisite to meeting basic human rights. Water is essential for all productive activities in Egypt in the agricultural sector and related sectors, including industry, trade and energy generation. Agriculture is a key sector in the Egyptian economy, contributing 11.3 percent to the...
Egypt
2023 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO

Website
FAO and women drivers (of change)

From fisheries and aquaculture, where women make up half of the workforce, but are disproportionately engaged in the least stable and lowest paid jobs; to land agriculture, where women will often work the fields, but not own them; to a persistent blindness to the specific nutritional needs of women and...
2023 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Report
Inclusive is not enough

Agrifood value chains need gender-responsive business development
Inclusive agribusiness development has been increasingly prioritized by countries and development organizations as a key driver of economic growth, rural transformation and shared prosperity. In Africa, several high-level continental African Union policies and strategies feature this objective, including the Maputo Declaration, the Malabo Declaration, the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme,...
2023 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO

Blog article
Accelerating Nature-Based Solutions to Climate Change Through Women’s Leadership

Women-led climate action and nature-based solutions (NbS) represent transformative pathways for climate mitigation and adaptation, both demanding a systems-wide reassessment of how to manage resources responsibly. A growing body of evidence shows that women-led solutions, and particularly NbS, are key to meeting the 2015 Paris Agreement targets, along with many...
2023 - FP Analytics

Blog article
In Asia and the Pacific, promoting highly-valued and country-specific foods is gaining momentum for domestic and foreign consumption, thanks to a special FAO-led initiative

With the world’s population larger than ever, and still growing rapidly, more nutritious foods need to be produced worldwide, while also minimising the impact on the environment. The food produced for us moves along a complex value chain to reach the mouths of consumers, while providing livelihoods for many millions...
2023 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Blog article
Women are expanding their role in fisheries and aquaculture in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea

Women are working to transform fisheries and aquaculture in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. International Women’s Day 2023 is an opportunity to reflect on the contribution of women to the sector, while recognizing that more still needs to be done to acknowledge and advance their key role in the value chain. FAO...
2023 - FAO - Fisheries and Aquaculture

Technical paper
Historias de cambio: conectando el conocimiento tradicional y las innovaciones para sistemas alimentarios justos y sostenibles

La Plataforma de Conocimientos sobre Agricultura Familiar en colaboración con Barefoot Guide Connection organizó una serie de “talleres de escritura”, para ayudar a los profesionales a escribir sus propias experiencias, generando conocimientos que destaquen las prácticas, cambios, innovaciones e impactos de lo que hacen en apoyo a la agricultura familiar. Estos...
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) - Brazil - Ecuador - Peru - Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
2023 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)

Report
Stories of change: connecting traditional knowledge and innovations for fair and sustainable food systems

The Family Farming Knowledge Platform in collaboration with the Barefoot Guide Connection organized a series of “writeshops”, writing classes to support practitioners to write their own experience, generating knowledge which highlight the practices, changes, innovations and impacts of what they do in support of family farming. These writeshops represented an opportunity...
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) - Egypt - Ghana - India - Kenya - Nepal - Poland - Timor-Leste - Uganda - Zambia - Zimbabwe
2023 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Blog article
Brasil recrea Programa de Adquisición de Alimentos, con prioridad para mujeres e indígenas

La iniciativa asegura la compra de la producción de pequeños agricultores y la ofrece a personas vulnerables
El gobierno brasileño formalizó este miércoles 22 el regreso del Programa de Adquisición de Alimentos (PAA), que consiste en la compra de frutas, verduras, leche y otros alimentos ofrecidos por pequeños productores para ser enviados a poblaciones en situación de inseguridad alimentaria. En su nueva versión, el programa quiere incentivar la participación...
Brazil
2023 - Ministerio de Desarrollo y Asistencia Social, Familia y Combate al Hambre (MDS)

Guidelines
Addressing gender equality in sustainable soil management

A technical guide for policymakers and field practitioners
This technical guide for addressing gender equality in Sustainable Soil Management (SSM) is designed to provide an easily accessible and understandable reference on how to apply the Voluntary Guidelines on Sustainable Soil Management (VGSSM) for building healthy soils, while ensuring gender equality and women’s empowerment in all aspects of SSM....
2023 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO

Miscellanea
3 Pilar del Plan de Acción Mundial del Decenio de la Agricultura Familiar

Las mujeres contribuyen a los sistemas alimentarios no solo con su trabajo, sino también con su conocimiento de las prácticas agrícolas y la biodiversidad.  Te compartimos el #3Pilar del #PlanAcciónMundial, para mayor información te invitamos a ver el siguiente video. 
2023 - Onda Rural de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)

Blog article
'É preciso reconstruir o Brasil pelas mãos das mulheres rurais'

Desafio do governo é reestabelecer políticas que ja deram certo, mas foram cancelas, além de criar outras necessárias
Se, os estabelecimentos da Agricultura Familiar são caracterizados pela diversidade e pluriatividade, são as mulheres as principais responsáveis. Os estabelecimentos dirigidos por elas se caracterizam pela produção de alimentos, plantas medicinais, mudas e sementes. Entretanto, os estabelecimentos dirigidos por mulheres ainda têm menor acesso a máquinas, equipamentos, assistência técnica, crédito e...
Brazil
2023 - Subsecretaria de Mulheres Rurais (SMR)

Report
Empowering women in small-scale fisheries for sustainable food systems

This report presents the design and results of a baseline survey with respect to a project of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) focusing on empowering women in small-scale fisheries. The project supports the implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the...
Ghana - Malawi - Sierra Leone - Uganda - United Republic of Tanzania
2023 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Report part
Carisma de la Agricultura Oriental

La Plataforma de Conocimientos sobre Agricultura Familiar en colaboración con Barefoot Guide Connection organizó una serie de “talleres de escritura”, para ayudar a los profesionales a escribir sus propias experiencias, generando conocimientos que destaquen las prácticas, cambios, innovaciones e impactos de lo que hacen en apoyo a la agricultura familiar. Estos...
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
2023 - 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: Tercer 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 3 del Plan de acción mundial.
2023 - Onda Rural de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)

Guidelines
Recomendaciones para el desarrollo sostenible de la pesca y la acuicultura artesanales en pequeña escala en América del Sur

Lineamientos de políticas para hombres y mujeres que trabajan en el sector
Este documento va dirigido a las personas que día a día trabajan en la pesca y la acuicultura artesanales en pequeña escala en América del Sur, hombres y mujeres que permiten que tengamos alimentos sanos y nutritivos, y que contribuyen a la seguridad alimentaria y al desarrollo local. Se presentan...
2023 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)

Blog article
Women’s empowerment and market skills improve rural livelihoods

A bold business decision helps one Cambodian woman improve her farm’s production and challenge gender roles
Hos Salop’s days always began very early. She would cook breakfast for her husband and her three-year-old grandchild before working on her family farm in the village of Pongro in northwest Cambodia. She collected vegetables, fed the chickens and a pig, cleaned her house and dropped her grandchild off at...
Cambodia
2023 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
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