Video que resalta la importancia de la agricultura familiar en el país, su caracterización y su contribución a la seguridad alimentaria nutricional.

La Asociación para el Desarrollo Integral de la Mujer (APADEIM), Fundación Mujeres y la AEXCID, están poniendo en tus manos la Guía de Manejo de Cerdos como parte de la Formación en diversificación agropecuaria, enmarcada en el Proyecto: “Promoción del Desarrollo Socioeconómico con perspectiva de género en diez comunidades de...

Somalia’s agricultural sector has been undermined by years of conflict and climatic shocks, but WFP and its partners are helping farmers rebuild the sector and reconnect with markets. In partnership with FAO and the Somali Ministry of Agriculture, and with long-term support from the European Union (EU), WFP is working...

Smallholder farmers are key contributors to global food security and nutrition. The 500 million smallholder farms in the developing world provide an estimated 80 percent of the food produced in Asia and Africa south of the Sahara.1 Yet smallholders are a vulnerable and often neglected group, who account for most...

Entre los días 18 al 21 de octubre de 2016 se realizó en la Universidad Nacional de Santiago del Estero (UNSE) el Pre Congreso de la Asociación Latinoamericana de Sociología Rural (ALASRU). El presente material es un compendio de los resumenes de todos los trabajos presentados en dicha actividad académica. Los trabajos se...

Over the past 25 years, Ethiopia has made remarkable headway in addressing the country’s nutrition situation. Despite ongoing challenges, significant progress has been made toward meeting the United Nations Millennium Development Goals, including halving child mortality, doubling the number of people with access to clean water, and quadrupling primary school...

These recommendations draw on the outcomes of the CFS High-Level Forum on Connecting Smallholders to Markets held in June 2015, are based on existing evidence and aim to encourage good policies and practices. The recommendations are intended to contribute to meeting the mandate of the Committee to strive for a...

International Conservation Agriculture Advisory Panel (ICAAP - Africa) has been called for under the auspices of the Lusaka Declaration of the 1st Africa Congress on Conservation Agriculture (IACCA) held in Lusaka in March 2014. It is a group of global conservation agriculture experts acting as a thinktank to advise ACT...

his video shows an example of CAP investment leading to innovation, jobs and modernisation at a dairy farm in Lappträsk, northern Sweden. It is made from the DG AGRI video - The Common Agricultural Policy "On the ground...” (2013).

A regional dialogue on responsible governance of tenure in Europe and Central Asia will take place in Antalya, Turkey in early May, hosted by the Committee on World Food Security. Representatives of civil society, the private sector, UN agencies, international agricultural research bodies and others will take part in the...

Not since the Green Revolution half a century ago has there been such a golden age for agronomy.  But unlike the hey-day of new high-yield varieties of rice, wheat and corn, there is no consensus today about where the science of farming should be headed and what it should be...

Environmental, economic and political crises that the Mediterranean is experiencing are multiple both in nature and in number and they contribute to the degradation of living conditions of populations and production and strike a blow against the efforts made in terms of food security and development. In this Watch Letter, the CIHEAM wishes...

This video shows an example of where CAP support simplified innovation and clean energy investments at a horticulture farm in Venlo, Netherlands. It is made from the DG AGRI video - The Common Agricultural Policy "On the ground...” (2013).

Probably only a few Hungarian families would fail to meet “the pulse challenge” – eating at least one dish based on dried lentils, beans or peas every week. Yet, while robust lentil or bean soups are staples of the national cuisine, those dried seeds of leguminous plants struggle with an image...

The Horizon 2020 Societal Challenge 2 Programme was created to develop and implement an EU research and innovation policy for more sustainable and resource efficient agriculture, forestry, inland water and marine systems that supply European society with sufficient food, feed, biomass, and other raw materials, as well as ecosystems services,...

Biohuhn is an Operational Group (OG) looking into innovative uses for laying hens at the end of their productive life. They are developing new, local food products from this organic meat to provide extra income for farmers, reduce environmental impact and improve animal welfare. This OG brings together six organic hen farms,...

The EIP-AGRI Focus Group on High Nature Value (HNV) – Farming Profitability brought together 20 experts from 15 EU Member States and a diverse range of backgrounds. They explored the potential for making effective use of the EIP-AGRI to improve the long-term viability of High Nature Value (HNV) farming systems...

This document will provide case studies from different regions, that set out the challenges, successes and lessons learned relating to the development of knowledge, skills and capacity for youth in agriculture. Bearing in mind the necessity of addressing various approaches for targeting youth, case studies cover the areas of peer-to-peer...

Entrevista com o Representante da FAO em Moçambique, Castro Camarada, sobre Escola na Machamba do Camponês. Cerca de 27.500 camponeses estão a ser beneficiados pela Metodologia das Escolas na Machamba do Camponês (EMCs) introduzida pela FAOMZ, num total de 1.095 escolas, que se estendem por todo o país.  Esta abordagem tem...

América Latina tiene la reserva más grande del planeta en tierras cultivables y se encuentra amenazada por los principales desafíos que representa el cambio climático. Estos efectos se manifiestan de diferentes formas, desde la modificación de las zonas agrícolas hasta el resurgimiento de enfermedades que se consideraban erradicadas. La región de...