Herlinda Caal Tzi is a 48-year-old Q’eqchi’ woman from rural Guatemala. She lives in the village of Panzós, in the country’s Alta Verapaz department, with her husband Tomás Cac, their three sons and two daughters-in-law. Herlinda is one of many women who have made positive changes in their lives through the...

Produced for the ILK dialogue workshop (11-13 January 2016, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris) organized within the framework of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), this film presents extracts from interviews with three reindeer herders from the Sami community of Sirges in Jokkmokk, Sweden. The herders attest to the...

Greening the economy and improving air quality for a better environment and human health were two main themes of the Eighth Environment for Europe Ministerial Conference, held 8-10 June in Batumi, Georgia. Participating countries also emphasized agriculture, forest management, water and food as key focus issues contributing to a “Green...

The present paper is the product of research on cooperatives in Georgia carried out by Elkana from August to October 2016 in the framework of the AGROinform-led IFAD-funded project “Promoting inclusive horticultural value chains in Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan and Moldova” The goal of the research is to provide valuable information...

Биологизация земледелия в России имеет давнюю историю. Первые идеи научной биологизации можно найти в трудах А. Т. Болотова (1738-1833 гг.) — основоположника отечественной агро­номической науки. Развивая свое хозяйство в имении Дворяниново Тульской губернии, он придавал решающее значение новым куль­турам и севооборотам. В 1771 г. вышла в свет одна из основных...

Una de las principales dificultades que enfrentan los pequeños productores familiares y campesinos de la región está vinculada a la comercialización de sus productos. Casi siempre, la mayor tajada del negocio se la lleva el intermediario, quien retira la mercadería de la casa del productor y la negocia en el...

The TBTI Digest contains all of the project's recent activities and outputs. 

The video covers the stories of five young, agroecological producers in Costa Rica. Covering issues from traditional knowledge, efficiency, recycling, local economies and others, the video tells the stories of how agroecology is a viable and sustainable way to produce food and how young people can engage and lead small-holder...

The transition towards sustainable food systems has often been conceived on the basis of two sets of instruments: legal regulations that impose certain ways of acting and prohibit others, or economic incentives such as taxes and subsidies to reward good practices and discourage less good practices. This classic view of transition...

La publicación del Anuario de 2016 de UPA, con el lema, “Agricultura y mundo rural: experiencias locales en un mundo global”, es una gran ocasión para reflexionar sobre las relaciones entre la globalización de los mercados y el mantenimiento de las producciones locales. La globalización es cada vez más constatable...

This short video explains the basis of Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS). It was designed as a trailer and short version of the documentary: A guide to Participatory Guarantee Systems for Organic Agricultureavailable to watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbwiC...The video was produced by IFOAM – Organics International with the financial support of the Technical...

União Províncal de Camponeses de Manica (UCAMA) and Zimbabwe Farmers Union (ZFU) have been supporting farmers to scale up Conservation Agriculture (CA) in Mozambique and Zimbabwe, respectively. As the key implementing partners of a project titled “Facilitating Farmer-led Scaling-up of Conservation Agriculture in Southern Africa” which is funded by the...

El presente sitio web contiene información de la serie y colección de guías sobre la aplicación práctica del modelo de la FAO de intensificación sostenible de la producción agrícola “Ahorrar para crecer” en los cultivos fundamentales para la seguridad alimentaria mundial. Con ejemplos de África, América Latina y Asia, se muestra...

 Under the banner, “Feeding Public Policies”  opening a space for international debate and alliance building in order to promote public policies that contribute to food sovereignty.

The African Union has set a target to “eliminate hunger and food insecurity by 2025.” Both Agenda 2063 and the African Union Summit decision on Accelerated Agricultural Growth and Transformation have reafrmed this commitment (African Union, 2014, 2015). Unfortunately, Africa is not currently on track to meet these targets. Immediate,...

Des experts et des professionnels du secteur agricole ont souligné à Alger la nécessité d'encourager les fermes familiales à contribuer à la résolution des problèmes dont souffre le secteur notamment l'instabilité de la production.Lors d'une rencontre organisée par la commission de l'agriculture, de la pêche et de la protection de...

O Brasil tem contribuído de forma efetiva para a consolidação de políticas públicas para a juventude rural no Mercosul. Um exemplo de ação foi o 5º Encontro Sul-americano de Jovens Rurais: Caminhos para o Desenvolvimento, realizado pela Reunião Especializada para a Agricultura Familiar do Mercosul (Reaf) no início de novembro,...

The TBTI Digest contains all of the project's recent activities and outputs.   

Publicação busca refletir sobre as dificuldades relacionadas às questões de gênero que afetam a vida das adolescentes. A Secretaria Nacional de Promoção dos Direitos da Criança e do Adolescente lançou, ontem, quinta-feira (15), o “Caderno de Boas Práticas Empoderamento de Meninas - Como iniciativas brasileiras estão ajudando a garantir a igualdade de gênero”. Sobre...

Chandra Kala Thapa is a thirty-year-old smallholder farmer living in Ranichauri, a village in the Sindhuli District of south-eastern Nepal. Like many women farmers here and in other parts of the developing world, she has faced a number of barriers to improving her agricultural productivity and increasing her income.