De 3,8 millones de hectáreas agrícolas existentes en el país al menos 152.000 que representa el 4% cuentan con la certificación de que es ecológica porque no se usa químicos o semillas transgénicas, reconoció el director general de Seguridad Alimentaria, Lucio Tito. La certificación fue realizada por el Consejo Nacional de...

When the seasonal rains came to some regions of south-eastern Senegal, the flooding used to cut off the inhabitants from the rest of the country. But that has changed with the IFAD-supported project known as PADAER – Projet d’Appui au Développement Agricole et à l’Entreprenariat Rural. Thanks to the projects’...

Agriculture sector employs about 31% of the labour force and generates 14% of GDP in Egypt. Yet many challenges hinder the development of this vital sector including weak role of extension and advisory services (EAS). The present paper aims at analysing the contribution of public EAS to agriculture development in...

This website has been created to help smallholders gain access to formal markets and improve the effectiveness of outgrower schemes. Formal markets can increase the number of potential buyers for smallholder produce but these markets require traceability and compliance to food safety standards; something which has traditionally been challenging and...

Esta noticia cubre la apertura de la Reunión de Comisiones de este órgano regional legislativo, celebrada el 25 de Septiembre de 2015 en la ciudad de México.

Este Manual puede considerarse una segunda edición del Manual de Producción de Semilla de Papa de Calidad usando Aeroponía1 . Los cambios más importantes, con referencia a esa primera edición, son por un lado, que esta vez, el Manual fue elaborado por un equipo de investigadores que han trabajado en...

Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which: identify highly nutritious local food plants, explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way, detail the nutritional value of the plants and describe why human bodies require those nutrients. The resources created by FPS allows people to better...

El 3 de diciembre se inauguró en la localidad de Margarita Belén - Chaco- un polo demostrativo de máquinas para la agricultura familiar ubicado en el predio de la empresa Metalúrgica Jensen quien es integrante de la Cámara Argentina de Fabricantes de Maquinaria para la Agricultura Familiar (CAMAF). Gustavo Jensen, propietario de la empresa metalúrgica,...

Los productores de las comunidades campesinas beneficiadas con el Proyecto de Mecanización de la Agricultura Familiar expresaron que es vital para ellos la continuidad del plan y que se oriente hacia una trasformación y una modernización total del sistema de producción de la agricultura familiar. Fue durante la “Jornada de Socialización...

Globalization and increased regional trade among countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States has meant a shift – from foods produced and consumed locally to greater food diversity and more foods traded internationally. As a result, countries are eager to increase their knowledge of international food safety standards and procedures. To...

This blog article presents hows young African entrepreneurs are engaging and succeeding in agriculture. this is all happening during a panel discussion that was part of the warm-up to the formal launch of the 2015 Agriculture Green Revolution Forum (AGRF)

En Gambie, les femmes cultivent souvent des sols dégradés et improductifs car les terres fertiles sont généralement réservées aux hommes. Mais les choses sont en train de changer. À l’aide de techniques simples, des marécages sont transformés en terres agricoles. Awa Jagne, qui autrefois avait du mal à nourrir ses...

Granxa familiar is aimed to help agricultural families in Galicia, where traditionally the main farming system is Family Farming; in the past production was destined mainly for family consumption but now they ready to introduce this production in the market. 

Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which: identify highly nutritious local food plants, explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way, detail the nutritional value of the plants and describe why human bodies require those nutrients. The resources created by FPS allows people to better...

El Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA) y la organización internacional CropLife Latin America firmaron, este jueves, un convenio de cooperación técnica con el objetivo de promover buenas prácticas agrícolas y el uso responsable de la biotecnología en América Latina y el Caribe (ALC). El acuerdo, firmado en Costa...

Soils contain the largest stock of organic carbon (C) in terrestrial ecosystems and changes in soil C stocks may significantly affect atmospheric CO2. A significant part of soil C is present in cultivated soils that occupy about 35 % of the global land surface. Agricultural intensification has led to practices that...

The aim of the study was to estimate the technical and cost efficiencies of smallholder dairy farms in Kenya (Embu and Meru counties).The results indicated that optimization of farm efficiencies could increase milk yields while concurrently lowering its production cost. The study further provides evidence that any efforts towards reducing...

Entrevista a Luis Ortiz Sandoval, Paraguay. Director del Instituto de Ciencias Sociales de Paraguay (ICSO Paraguay). Doctor en Sociología por la Escuela de Altos Estudios en Ciencias Sociales de Paris, Francia. Magister en Ciencias Sociales por la Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales de México D.F., México. Profesor en la Facultad...

Programa de incentivos a la foresteria, con este programa se podrán beneficiar comités, comunidades indígenas, cooperativas, asociaciones/fundaciones, arrendatarios en tierras de reserva de la nación, municipalidades, organizaciones no gubernamentales, personas individuales y empresas.

The Tenth Ukraine–EU Dialogue on Agriculture took place on 21 April 2015 in Kyiv. The Ukrainian delegation was headed by the Deputy Minister of Agricultural Policy and Food in charge of European integration Ms. Vladyslava Rutytska, the EU delegation by the Deputy Director General for Agriculture and Rural Development Ms....