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Video
Tejiendo vidas con apoyo de Mesoamérica sin Hambre

La recuperación de cultivos nativos para elaboración de artesanías es uno de los ejes de trabajo de Mesoamérica Sin Hambre – capítulo Guatemala.En este video se puede observar el apoyo del programa, así como el proceso de manufactura realizado con fibras de maguey por mujeres del área chortí, en Corredor...
Guatemala
2016 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)

Article
What sort of climate forecasts should we be giving farmers?

What sort of climate information do farmers need? And how can we provide them with forecasts that will be truly useful? This is a complex question, involving a range of fields and requiring various types of data in order to make forecasts on the time and spatial scales on which...
2016 - CIRAD

E-learning
Curso: Estrategias de Fortalecimiento del Sector Algodonero para el Desarrollo de la Agricultura Familiar

Curso en línea disponible desde 30-06-2017 hasta el 31-122017. La Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y Agricultura (FAO) y el gobierno de Brasil, a través de la Agencia Brasileña de Cooperación (ABC/MRE) en el ámbito del Programa de Cooperación Internacional Brasil- FAO, lanzan el primer curso de autoaprendizaje...
Brazil
2016 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)

Video
Agriculture climato-intelligente à Madagascar

Madagascar occupe actuellement le 5ème rang mondial des pays les plus exposés aux risques dus au changement climatique et le 1er pays exposé en Afrique. Durant 30 ans depuis 1980, des aléas naturels notamment des sécheresses, tremblements de terre, épidémies, inondations, cyclones et températures extrêmes, ont causé des dommages économiques...
Madagascar
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Article
455 agricultores y ganaderos catalanes se han beneficiado de las ayudas a la producción ecológica por 2,9 millones de euros

El Departamento de Agricultura, Ganadería, Pesca y Alimentación (DARP) de la Generalidad de Cataluña efectuó el pasado 5 de agosto, los pagos correspondientes a la campaña 2015 de la ayuda a la ganadería ecológica para un total de 455 expedientes y un importe de € 2.974.529,48. Se atender todas las solicitudes de...
Spain
2016

Project
Agritourism Monitor Farms

The original concept of Monitor Farms is that they are farmer-led initiatives to improve the performance and profitability of a farm, typical of the local area, over three year period. To date the model has been used at over 40 Monitor Farms across Scotland. The agritourism Monitor Farms are run...
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2016 - THE EUROPEAN NETWORK FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT (ENRD)

Blog article
FAO report: Albania’s rural women face an uphill climb

The report, launched at a press conference at the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Water Administration, gives a comprehensive overview of the difficulties faced by rural women in Albania. The analysis is supported by data, and followed up by a set of recommended actions for improving the situation. For...
Albania
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Practices
Practices for occupational health and safety in forestry

Forestry is one of the most dangerous of all occupations; it is sometimes called a “3D” job – dirty, difficult and dangerous. Occupational health and safety in forestry can be greatly improved, however, through adequate worker training and supervision and the use of safety equipment, among other things. This article...
2016 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA

Video
Red de Grupos de Mujeres Rurales del Uruguay

Video institucional, describe a la red y su funcionamiento en Uruguay. 
Uruguay
2016 - Red de Grupos de Mujeres Rurales del Uruguay

Video
Encuentro Sudamericano de Jóvenes Rurales: caminos para el desarrollo

Encontro Sul-americano de Jovens Rurais: Caminhos para o Desenvolvimento, realizado pela Reunião Especializada para a Agricultura Familiar do Mercosul (Reaf) no início de novembro de 2016, com apoio do Instituto de Desenvolvimento Agropecuário (INDAP-Chile), Organização das Nações Unidas para Agricultura e Alimentação (FAO) e Instituto Interamericano de Cooperação para a...
Chile
2016 - Reunião Especializada para a Agricultura Familiar do Mercosul (Reaf)

Magazine article
Estudo das publicações sobre sustentabilidade em pequenas propriedades rurais no período de 2005 a 2015

Este estudo tem como objetivo caracterizar e analisar como a sustentabilidade em pequenas propriedades rurais é evidenciada em teses, dissertações e periódicos nacionais em língua portuguesa, no período de 2005 a 2015. A metodologia é bibliográfica, e a coleta de dados foi organizada em duas etapas: (1) pesquisas no banco...
Brazil
2016 - Revista Estudos Sociedade e Agricultura

Article
19й всемирный конгресс органики принимает заявки на участие

Конгресс пройдет с 9-11 ноября 2016 в Нью-Дели, Индия. Крупнейший  в мире съезд по органике проходит каждые три года и собирает большую аудиторию участников, занимающихся развитием органического земледелия. Работа 19го Конгресса будет проходить в четырех тематических секциях: Основная, Фермерская, Наука и Маркетинг.
2016 - ЭКОИС-Бишкек

Video
Farmer Field Schools in Uganda

The farmer field school (FFS) approach was developed by FAO and partners nearly 25 years ago in Southeast Asia as an alternative to the prevailing top-down extension method of the Green Revolution, which failed to work in situations where more complex and counter-intuitive problems existed, such as pesticide-induced pest outbreaks. ...
Uganda
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Book part
Beyond agriculture: Bio-districts

How organic farming model pushes the boundaries of innovation
In Italy, an innovative partnership between organic farmers, local governments, catering and hospitality industries have led to the creation of Bio-districts – territorial networks that promote short supply chains, preserve local traditions and resources, and support rural development. We talked to Salvatore Baslie, one of the initiators of the Bio-district...
Italy
2016 - AgriSpin

Journal article
Hacia un desarrollo sustentable de los tambos de la cooperativa Tamberos del Sur

El concepto de desarrollo sustentable ha ganado espacio en la consideración de la comunidad en general y en los sectores productivos en particular. Este concepto se encuentra vinculado tanto a los procesos de producción en sí mismos, como a sus consecuencias ambientales y sociales. A pesar de que el monocultivo...
Argentina
2016 - Universidad Nacional de Rosario (UNR) / Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias

Blog article
Launch of Peasants Consultations for Food Sovereignty Process in Romania

Eco Ruralis association, together with national and international partners, organized the event “The Right to Food Sovereignty – Public Peasants Consultation”, on 24th of April, in Bucharest, Romania. Through this event, a national process was launched, with the purpose of creating a national peasant strategy for the future of agriculture...
Romania
2016 - Ecoruralis

Case study
Impactful innovations: lessons from family agriculture on adaptation to climate change in Latin America and the Caribbean

2015 Competition for Succesful Cases
2015 COMPETITION FOR SUCCESSFUL CASES. FONTAGRO, organized a competition aimed at identifying successful cases of family agriculture adaptation to climate change and disseminating lessons learned, in partnership with the “Mechanisms and Networks for Technology Transfer Related to Climate Change in Latin America and the Caribbean” project, funded by the Global...
Argentina - Bolivia (Plurinational State of) - Brazil - Costa Rica - El Salvador - Haiti - Mexico - Nicaragua - Peru - United States of America
2016 - FONTAGRO

Journal article
Intensifier la culture du maïs pour améliorer la sécurité alimentaire : le producteur du Nord Cameroun y a-t-il intérêt ?

L’intensification de la culture du maïs, majoritairement destinée à l’autoconsommation rurale et à l’approvisionnement des villes, est une opportunité pour améliorer la sécurité alimentaire des régions septentrionales du Cameroun et limiter la pression foncière. Pour étudier sa faisabilité, trois niveaux d’intensification ont été testés en 2013 dans 32 champs de maïs...
Cameroon
2016 - CIRAD

Video
Mujeres Rurales

Reconocimiento de INTA a las mujeres rurales.
Argentina
2016 - INTA - Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria

Policy brief/paper
The global rush for farmland and peoples’ struggle against it

Tanzania adopts new policy to curb land grabbing – analysis
Tanzania has adopted a new national land policy which, among others, lowers the ceiling under which foreign investors can lease land from the current 99 to 33 years. The new policy comes barely months after the East African nation embarked on a campaign to seize “idle” land and deter “rogue...
Uganda
2016 - Support for Women in Agriculture and Environment (SWAGEN)
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