Over the last decades abandonment of farm land can be observed in several parts of Europe (Pointereau 2008, Brouwer et al 1997 and Pinto Correia 1992). Mainly due to the declining viability of small scale and / or extensive farming systems, farmers are sometimes forced to give up the land...

UCAR - MAGyP: Este video corresponde a la serie "Mujeres Rurales" que se emite por la TV Pública: mujeres que trabajan, producen, deciden y sostienen.

Se informan los principales resultados obtenidos en el Instituto de Ciencia Animal, desde su fundación hasta 2014, en investigaciones acerca de la utilización de recursos locales destinados a la alimentación porcina. Se refieren los avances logrados en el empleo de la caña de azúcar y sus derivados, productos obtenidos por vía...

Esta ficha presenta las etapas y los primeros resultados de una cooperación implementada por AVSF en Ecuador en apoyo a gobiernos locales, ONGs y organizaciones campesinas del Austro ecuatoriano. Desde hace quince años, estos actores decidieron por una parte, promover juntos una agricultura más sostenible, basada en prácticas de agroecología y, por...

A Vegetable Garden for All is a self-instruction manual in family horticultural production, prepared originally by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean, in support of the Technical Cooperation Network for Food Production.The objective of this manual is to present...

Jujube is a unique fruit species native to China. Located in the Jinshaan Canyon at the middle reach of the Yellow River, the Jia Count is recognized as the place with the longest history of jujube cultivation. It boasts a large over-one-thousand-year-old jujube community. The community presents the whole domestication...

Agriculture plays an important role in the economics of Belarus with 7.9 % of GDP and 8.1 % of population employed in agricultural sector (Agriculture of Republic of Belarus, 2013). Intensive agricultural production is the major direction of agriculture development in Belarus. It demands significant subsides and provides negative consequences...

Le mouvement paysan sénégalais a entrepris dès les années 1990 de s’intéresser à la situation et aux dynamiques des exploitations familiales. Ce travail a permis de construire une connaissance de l’intérieur de la réalité de ces exploitations. Au total, 2 000 exploitations familiales sont aujourd’hui suivies au Sénégal selon la...

El objetivo del presente estudio, fue identificar, investigar y analizar los posibles factores que valora el mercado (oferta y demanda) en los productos y servicios desarrollados por productores de la Agricultura Familiar Campesina (AFC) y construir, según su valorización, la estrategia y plataforma más adecuada para la implementación de un...

El enfoque de desarrollo de base es el punto de articulación e inspiración para la actuación de RedEAmérica y sus miembros. Y uno de los propósitos esenciales de este enfoque es afianzar la capacidad colectiva de las comunidades y sus organizaciones para definir sus necesidades, descubrir las alternativas de acción...

A seminar regarding Innovations and Opportunities in Small-Scale Fisheries

In this paper, it has been demanded what the effects of migration and remittances are on land tenure, agriculture and forests, based on empirical evidence from four rural communities in Guatemala. The results suggest that remittances improve migrant families' access to agricultural land which – depending on the context –...

Having physical and economic access to food on their own are not sufficient to ensure that people are food secure and well nourished. It is essential that people understand what constitutes a healthy diet; in particular, what nutrition-related health issues affect their communities and how to address these through food-based approaches, and know how...

Yemen’s economy is heavily dependent on oil exports, representing about 90 percent of export earnings and income from oil production constituting 70 to 75 percent of government revenue. Agriculture is a vital sector in the Yemeni economy and is the main source of employment for about 37 percent of the...

The study aims to gain more knowledge of the environmental effects of farmland afforestation in order to better understand the factors behind successful afforestation in rural development programmes, and the pitfalls to avoid. Minor references are made to related measures such as afforestation of non-agricultural land and forestry measures for...

En la Región Autónoma del Caribe Norte de Nicaragua se encuentra la reserva Biosfera de Bosawas y otras áreas que forman parte del Corredor Biológico Mesoamericano, el área protegida binacional más importante de Centroamérica constituida por las reserva biosfera Bosawas en Nicaragua y en la hermana república de honduras, las...

In the Near East and North Africa region, Iran has the second largest economy (after Saudi Arabia) and population (after Egypt). Iran ranks second in the world in natural gas reserves and third in oil reserves.1 The agriculture and rural sector share in the GDP has declined in the last...

Colloque de réflexion sur la promotion de l'agriculture familiale  dans l’Atacora-Donga, au Bénin. Ce colloque visait globalement à assurer une meilleure compréhension du concept d’agriculture familiale et son développement dans le contexte du changement climatique et de la dynamique actuelle de gestion du foncier, ceci, pour impulser la mise en oeuvre d’actions...

This paper outlines the establishment of a broad innovation platform on to which more players were invited in efforts to meet the demands of participating farmers. We share this experience to encourage others to undertake impact-oriented programs. Scientific papers emanating from this work have been published in a wide range...

This report captures three years of accomplishments beginning 2012 to 2014. It highlights AsiaDHRRA work that has evolved the past three years as an agri-agency member of  AgriCord, alongside other  accomplishments as a  regional network of DHRRAs dedicated to building partnerships among rural development stakeholders towards the empowerment of organized...