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

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Video
Earning and learning for Afghan women

Whether through earning or learning, over 2000 Afghan women are helping themselves. Pickled vegetables, mushroom production and complementary feed preparations are the FAO initiatives that - in collaboration with the national Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock and donations from the governments of Germany and Luxemburg - are reaching the...
Afghanistan
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO

Blog article
Convocatoria Mujeres Rurales: las historias y experiencias seleccionadas

En el marco de la “Campaña #MujeresRurales, mujeres con derechos”; anunciamos hoy las historias y experiencias seleccionadas que participaron de la Convocatoria “Voces, historias y reflexiones”. Durante el desarrollo de la iniciativa se recibieron 136 relatos de mujeres y organizaciones de todo el país, con un notable apoyo de extensionistas...
Argentina
2017 - Unidad para el Cambio Rural (UCAR)

Newsletter
News from the Deck – September 2017

The newsletter of September 2017 includes: LIFE engaged from the start in the new Working Group on small-scale fisheries set up by the GFCM Small-scale fishers working in the Southern North Sea worried about the impact of pulse fishing Other news from around the EU News from our members
2017 - Low Impact Fishers of Europe

Blog article
Instituto de Economia Agrícola terá banco de dados da produção de orgânicos e agricultura familiar em 2017

O Instituto de Economia Agrícola (IEA), da Secretaria de Agricultura e Abastecimento do Estado de São Paulo, ampliará sua linha de pesquisas em 2017, oferecendo às empresas, consultorias e à sociedade um acompanhamento periódico de preços da produção de orgânicos e estatísticas da agricultura familiar. De acordo com o diretor técnico...
Brazil
2017 - Instituto de Economia Agrícola (IEA)

Blog article
Addressing rangeland degradation in Tunisia

A recent workshop in Tunisia brought together farmers, community and agricultural organizations, and local authorities to discuss rangeland management strategies – in particular identifying conditions for enhancing rangeland governance, including sustainable land tenure systems and more reliable and comparative assessments of land-use impacts.
Tunisia
2017 - International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)

Policy brief/paper
Use of Livestock Resources for Food Security in the Light of Climate Change

Sub-Saharan Africa has a great deal of livestock, but productivity is generally low. Climate change is expected to create new challenges, such as increased prevalence of diseases, heat stress, and reduced access to feed and water due to increased temperatures and more extreme weather conditions. This policy brief examines the...
2017 - Swedish International Agricultural Network Initiative (SIANI)

Video
Gutting for Living - unromantic tale of fishermen's wives

Small scale fishers are often presented or perceived as the ‘poorest of the poor’ (Bailey, 1988; Squires et al., 1998). Among small scale fishers in Sri Lanka, women involvement is significantly high as limited employment opportunities are available for them, especially in remote rural locations. Women in fishing communities have traditionally...
Sri Lanka
2017 - Women in Seafood

Video
Valorisation des projets d'assainissement - Cas du projet ECOSAN au Burkina Faso

Ce film a été conçu pour illustrer un message clef dans le cadre d'un module de form'action des collectivités locales. Il met en avant la spécificité d'un projet dans le territoire concerné. Ce film montre comment il est possible de valoriser les sous-produits issus de l'assainissement dans l'agriculture en améliorant...
Burkina Faso
2017 - CARI

Video
Women Role In Seafood in Ramanathapuram District,Tamil Nadu.

This video describes role of women in seafood industry and their livelihood importance, problem faced etc in Ramanathapuram district,Tamil Nadu. We really thankful to Dr.M.Krishnan, Principal Scientist, NAARM, Hyderabad, for his continuous support and encouragement.
India
2017 - Women in Seafood

Project
Food loss analysis for identification of critical loss points and solutions of sorghum, maize and cowpea value chains in Burkina Faso

The RBA Project is jointly implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP). Funded by the Government of Switzerland, the Project seeks to improve food security and income-generating opportunities through the reduction of...
Burkina Faso
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Book
Algodón orgánico de color: Generando ingresos y ciudadanía en la agricultura familiar de la región semiárida brasileña

El estudio “Algodón Orgánico de Color: Generando ingresos y ciudadanía en la agricultura familiar en la región semiárida brasileña”, informa la experiencia del reinicio del cultivo del algodón y la conversión al sistema orgánico de producción de los agricultores familiares del Asentamiento Margarida Maria Alves I, en Paraiba. Esta iniciativa pionera...
Brazil
2017 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)

Conference/Meeting
Farm-success project fourth transnational meeting, Naklo, Slovenia

The fourth Farm-Success transnational meeting was held in Naklo, Slovenia on the 9-10th March 2017. The first day of the meeting commenced with an overview of the project work completed recently, followed by a presentation of the case studies. The remainder of the morning session was spent discussing the project...
2017

Blog article
Pour en finir avec l'insécurité alimentaire en Afrique et en Méditerranée

En dépit de nombreuses réunions internationales depuis des décennies (1), on observe en Afrique, mais aussi en Méditerranée et en Europe, une montée de l'insécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle, qui incite à proposer des solutions efficaces à la crise polysémique des systèmes alimentaires et de construire, au sein du cadre géopolitique...
2017

Event
Agrarian Studies Training Institute (ASTI)

The institute is offering a course entitled “Agrarian Transformations in the Global South”.The aim of the course is to provide an intensive study of the agrarian question, including its origins, historical trajectories, and related policy interventions, especially land reform. It offers a historical and comparative perspective whose purpose is to...
2017 - Sam Moyo African Institute for Agrarian Studies (SMAIAS)

Video
The Women of Petatán

Located in the central-western part of the country, Lake Chapala is Mexico’s largest lake, and one of the many fishing villages bordering the lake is Petatán, with a population of only 423 inhabitants. However, what makes Petatán special is that most fish caught in Lake Chapala—tilapia and carp—as well as...
Mexico
2017 - Women in Seafood

Manual
Facilitators' guide book for farmers field schools

This publication offers facilitators technical guidance to manage field farm schools to support local famers in all aspects of rice crop management. Technical knowledge gained by farmers will revitalize the rice industry in Fiji and assist food security by alleviating dependance on rice imports.  
Fiji
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Video
Women in the Changing World of Work: Planet 50-50 by 2030

Poverty, hunger, malnutrition: the solution to these global challenges rests upon unlocking the full potential of women in the world of work. Did you know that 52% of Zimbabweans are women, and yet there are fewer women being represented in parliament (32%), local Authority (16.7%) and in managerial positions in the...
2017 - Food and Agriculture organization of the United Nations

Journal article
Impacts of Improved Supplemental Irrigation on Farm Income, Productive Efficiency and Risk Management in Dry Areas

This paper provides empirical evidence that improved supplemental irrigation (ISI) can be justified on both environmental and economic grounds. Results of a stochastic frontier model which explicitly and simultaneously accounts for technical inefficiency and production risk applied to data collected from 513 wheat farms in the rainfed areas of Syria...
2017 - International Center for Agriculture Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)

Video
Women in Seafood

The video was shot at Bishop Koji, an island 10 minutes speed boat ride from Central Lagos Nigeria. It highlights the role of women in the seafood industry, their personal sacrifices vis-à-vis economic contributions to livelihoods, the lack of social support and amenities from the Local Government in terms of...
Nigeria
2017 - Women in Seafood

Article
New research projects to identify and safeguard biodiversity in Chile

Stretching more than 4000 kilometres north to south, from the Atacama desert to the Tierra del Fuego, Chile is home to an incredible wealth of biodiversity, as well as a conflation of food cultures that span indigenous peoples and migrants from across the globe.
Chile
2017 - Slow Food
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