The EMPRES-i Event Mobile Application (EMA) allows national veterinary authorities to use smartphones to report disease outbreaks. It also allows district veterinary officers to access disease reports submitted by colleagues. During the second half of 2013, the app was tested in a pilot which took place in ten districts of...

El cambio climático y sus efectos son innegables; más aún, muchos de los cambios observados desde la mitad del siglo pasado, no tienen precedentes en rangos de décadas a milenios. De acuerdo con el Panel Intergubernamental de Cambio Climático (IPCC, por sus siglas en inglés), los océanos y la atmósfera...

In Greek waters, the diversification of small-scale fishery in terms of spatio-temporal operations,  types of fishing gear, target species, and market pathways (Tzanatos et al. 2005) hinders various difficulties in monitoring the small-scale fisheries of an area. In an effort to reduce this uncertainty, Tzanatos et al. (2006) categorized Greek...

Analysis of the Technical and Scale Efficiency of Farms Operating in LFA Čechura, L. (2014), Agris on-line Papers in Economics and Informatics The article investigates the relation between the farm size and technical efficiency and scale efficiency. http://online.agris.cz/files/2014/agris_on-line_2014_4_cechura.pdf

During the next 7 years, the new CAP is going to invest around EUR 7.4 billion in Bulgarian farming sector and rural areas. Key political priorities have been fixed at European level such as: jobs, sustainability, modernization, innovation and quality. In parallel, flexibility is given to Bulgaria to adapt both...

El objetivo del presente trabajo es poner en discusión la interacción entre el sistema energético, el agroalimentario, las recurrentes crisis y la problemática del hambre y de la desnutrición en América Latina.  Para lo cual y a partir de información secundaria, en una primera instancia, se analizan las relaciones entre...

A solo un mes de concluir el año, aún no se cuenta con información clara acerca de la localización de todos los pequeños productores cuyas unidades agropecuarias dependen, fundamentalmente, de la mano de obra de sus miembros. La importancia de conocer el número y la ubicación de los productores familiares...

Food insecurity, hunger and malnutrition are complex problems. In sub-Saharan Africa alone, 214 million people are chronically hungry and child and infant malnutrition rates are amongst the highest in the world. As part of a multipronged approach to addressing the challenge, the African Union’s New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD)...

During the next 7 years, the new CAP is going to invest more than EUR 8.3 billion in Czech's farming sector and rural areas. Key political priorities have been fined at European level such as: jobs, sustainability, modernization, innovation and quality. In parallel, flexibility is given to the Czech Republic...

This publication contains of information on technologies and innovation for addressing climate change and variability in Eastern and Central Africa. They were compiled from national agricultural research system (NARS) and International research centers working in the ASARECA region. The information was submitted and discussed at a regional conference on “Climate...

Annonce, en marge d'un séminaire-débat intitulé " Fenêtre sur l'agriculture ", organisé par l'Organisation des Nations unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture (Fao) et l'Ong Initiative prospective agricole et rurale (Ipar), de l'investissement de 100 milliards de FCfa par l'Etat Sénégalais dans " Les domaines agricoles communautaires ".

This paper examines how economic growth in Egypt can be made more inclusive through a focus on rural development and reducing regional disparities. Nearly all of the extremely poor in Egypt live in rural areas and 83 percent of them live in Upper Egypt. The youth in those rural areas...

It all started in Kadoorie nearly thirty years ago, where Danny Barzilai oversaw the local sheep industry. Later this developed into a cheese-making hobby at home. On trips to Europe, Danny visited villages in Italy, Switzerland, France and Holland, exchanging tips and recipes with them. Danny, who for years raised...

Overview of Family Farming in Georgia

The Zimbabwe Organic Farming Handbook is a simplified organic production manual based on the Zimbabwe Organic Standards, and is particularly designed to be farmer-friendly. The handbook covers the whole production process, from field to fork. The methods and inputs outlined here are based on the principles of organic agriculture which are: ...

Hairy vetch (Vicia villosa Roth) produces a huge biomass also under dry conditions and is therefore an ideal green manure for Mediterranean cropping systems. However, the incorporation of this green manure into the soil is challenging. This video presents three different machines – disk harrow, stone burier, and crimper roller...

The report presents a summary of how the nutrition and agriculture sectors of the World Bank have addressed agricultural and food-based approaches to nutrition from the 1960s to the present and showcases the wealth of resources available in the World Bank that can inform the mainstreaming of nutrition in the...

Hernádszentandrás is a small village with a population of 450 in North East Hungary. It has an unemployment rate of 40%, and 35% of the population is of Roma ethnicity. The region is listed in the multiply disadvantaged category. For centuries, traditional agriculture provided work and a living for the...

Historieta breve que busca introducir, principamente a los productores, en los temas comunes del campo y en prácticas sustentables. En esta edición, se refiere a los temas de poscocecha.

During the next 7 years, the new CAP is going to invest more than EUR 7 billion in Danish farming sector and rural areas. Key political priorities have been defined at European level such as: jobs, sustainability, modernization, innovation and quality. In parallel, flexibility is given to Denmark to adapt...