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Atelier:"Identification d´options politiques et stratégiques pour une meilleure adoption des technologies par les exploitations familiales" (AGRIFAM)

Le projet AGRIFAM-Niger concerne principalement la culture de niébé compte tenu de son importance socio-économique au Niger en général et dans la Région de Maradi en particulier. L’atelier a pour objectif de restituer aux différentes plateformes les résultats des enquêtes ménages menées sur les sites et de réaliser une session...
Niger
2015 - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique du Niger (INRAN) la Fédération SA’A

Report
The role of smallholder farmers in sustainable commodities production and trade

Building on the momentum generated by the attention devoted to smallholders in 2014, the forthcoming UNCTAD Commodities and Development Report 2015 carries the issue forward and argues that smallholders are key actors in the quest for a more inclusive and socially and environmentally sustainable agricultural development model. The report states...
2015 - United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

Blog article
Agricultura familiar y de ‘subsistencia’

Ficción y realidad
La agricultura familiar, comunitaria, campesina, indígena, de pequeños productores es y ha sido objeto de análisis sociológicos y económicos, aunque lo que más se discute es su aporte a la seguridad alimentaria. La FAO (Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura, por sus siglas en inglés) destaca...
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
2015

Journal article
Concept of Organic Farming Planted, Growing Slowly in Kazakhstan

ASTANA – As Kazakhstan pushes to develop its agricultural sector with increased funding for farming even in times of belt-tightening, organic farming and permaculture experts are hoping the concepts maintain a foothold in the country. Though overlooked in recent decades, the practices are part of the country’s not-too-distant past, and today,...
Kazakhstan
2015

Blog article
Proyecto de Ley de Tierras reconoce Agricultura Familiar Campesina como forma de vida

Parlamentarios, sectores campesinos y agricultores resaltan la importancia de incorporar en el proyecto de Ley de Tierras Rurales y Territorios Ancestrales el reconocimiento de la agricultura familiar campesina, que permitirá dar atención prioritaria a los sectores vinculados con la soberanía alimentaria, el impulso a pequeños y medianos productores de la...
Ecuador
2015 - Asamblea Nacional de la República del Ecuador

Newsletter
10th annual convoy carries 30 tonnes of food across Budapest

With the new international target of 2030 for eliminating human hunger on Earth, three organizations in Hungary have come together to promote effective solutions to malnutrition and food insecurity. Once again this year, the Hungarian Foodbank Associationhas partnered with the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to produce today’s food truck...
Hungary
2015 - FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia

Magazine article
Sweden - Mobile equipment for obtaining fruit juices directly from the garden

The beneficiary of this project used the financial support for purchasing mobile equipment for producing fruit juice which was going to be directly used in the orchards of producers, allowing the fruit processing without needing to transport them to processors. This way, additional expenses were avoided. The climate in the...
Sweden
2015

Magazine article
Perspectives: Shifting African policy towards women and agroecology

The role of rural women and smallholder farmers in African society has been highly undervalued. This is so despite the fact that around 80% of Africa’s population is dependent on smallholder agriculture, it is the backbone of the rural economy, and women provide over two-thirds of the farm labour. There is clear evidence that agroecology is crucial for women farmers. Now we face the challenge of discovering how its principles can best be promoted and how practice can inform policy at local and national level.
  Recently, we have seen unequivocal changes in policies that are transforming African agriculture to facilitate a ‘Green Revolution’. These policies articulate and promote a form of agriculture that focuses on monocropping, expensive external inputs such as agrochemicals and synthetic fertilizers, hybrid/GM seeds and large-scale land acquisition. These changes in policies...
Kenya
2015 - ILEIA, Center for Learning on Sustainable Agriculture

Journal article
ASSESSING THE CURRENT STATE OF DEVELOPMENT OF ORGANIC AGRICULTURE IN THE NORTH-EAST REGION OF ROMANIA

The paper analyses the development of organic agriculture in the NorthEast Development Region of Romania, particularly during the current economic crisis. The organic agriculture sector represents a relatively new area of interest for farmers in Romania, as the first signs of organisation and utilisation of land and livestock according to...
Romania
2015 - ocial and Economic Institute "GH Zane" ROMANIAN ACADEMY, IASI Branch

Working paper
Smallholders’ Land Ownership and Access in Sub-Saharan Africa

A new landscape?
While scholars agree on the importance of land rental markets for structural transformation in rural areas, evidence on the extent and nature of their operation, including potential obstacles to their improved functioning, remains limited. This study uses household-level data from six countries to start filling this gap and derive substantive...
Ethiopia - Malawi - Niger - Nigeria - Uganda - United Republic of Tanzania
2015 - World Bank Group

Working paper
Investigating the gender gap in agricultural productivity

Evidence from Uganda
Women comprise 50 percent of the agricultural labor force in Sub-Saharan Africa, but manage plots that are reportedly on average 20 to 30 percent less productive. As a source of income inequality and aggregate productivity loss, the country-specific magnitude and drivers of this gender gap are of great interest. Using...
Uganda
2015 - World Bank

Blog article
Italian Government to support FAO's malnutrition interventions in Eastern Sudan

FAO is launching a new project with a grant of 600,000 Euros from the Italian Government to respond to the food and nutrition needs of rural families in Kassala and Red Sea States . The project will include a comprehensive package of activities to facilitate the adoption of sustainable climate-smart technologies and...
Sudan
2015 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Video
Sao Tomé: A Brighter Future

Most of the island of Sao Tomé is without any electricity. People battle to build and grow their businesses when they are literally kept in the dark. Now solar energy is promising them a brighter future.
Sao Tome and Principe
2015 - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

Book
IV Censo Nacional Agropecuario: Resúmenes de investigaciones, experiencias y lecciones aprendidas

Programa de becas para jóvenes investigadores y tesis de maestría 2014-2015
Los censos agropecuarios son una fuente de información para el análisis de procesos de cambio que nos permitan pensar alternativas de desarrollo para la sociedad rural. Con este convencimiento, el Seminario Permanente de Investigación Agraria (SEPIA) y el Grupo de Análisis para el Desarrollo (grade), con el financiamiento del Fondo...
Peru
2015 - Seminario Permanente de Investigación Agraria (SEPIA)

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Building, defending and strengthening agroecology

The meaning and politics of agroecology from social movement perspectives is being explored in this article based on research. movement is growing. While agroecology has been practiced for millennia in diverse places around the world, today we are witnessing the mobilisation of transnational social movements to build, defend and strengthen...
2015 - Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience

Manual
Guía para la implementación de Centros Demostrativos de Capacitación -CDC- con enfoque Agroecológico

Fortalecimiento de la seguridad alimentaria y de la capacidad de generar ingresos a través de proyectos de innovación en las Zonas de Reserva Campesina
Los Centros Demostrativos de Capacitación se constituyen en espacios de formación participativa, que se basan metodológicamente en la construcción colectiva del conocimiento a partir de la implementación de sistemas agroalimentarios integrados (hortalizas, aromáticas, cultivos de pancoger, frutales, especies menores y elaboración de biopreparados) en un área determinada, donde se realizan...
Colombia
2015 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)

Magazine article
Bacău Vegetable Growing Research and Development Unit: the brands created in 30 years provide self-financing

Bacău Vegetable Growing Research and Development Unit was established in 1974 in the context of carrying out the programme of self-supply and development of a modern and efficient vegetable growing in the area of Moldavia, where production and research traditions related to the vegetable crop were relatively reduced. The Vegetable...
Romania
2015

Video
Escuela Campesina de Teorías Críticas al Desarrollo Rural

Registra audiovisualmente las experiencias e intercambios que han tenido los integrantes del Grupo de Trabajo CLACSO Desarrollo Rural "disputas territoriales, campesinos y descolonialidad" con las realidades campesinas colombianas y la situación de despojo territorial y desplazamiento rural de la que han sido objeto. La escuela, es un espacio de reflexión...
Colombia
2015 - Consejo Latinomaericano de Ciencias Sociales (CLACSO)

Magazine article
El Perú debe utilizar su riqueza genética para enfrentar al cambio climático

Un reciente informe de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO) subraya la gran importancia del uso y aprovechamiento de los recursos genéticos para reducir los impactos negativos del cambio climático. El informe lleva a reflexionar acerca de si en el Perú las políticas...
Peru
2015 - Centro Peruano de Estudios Sociales (CEPES)

Video
Ghana : Une action local

Le Ghana importe aujourd’hui plus d’un milliard de dollars de produits alimentaires, qui sont particulièrement sujets à des hausses de prix. Pour y remédier, on peut notamment investir dans des entrepreneurs locaux comme Janet Gyimah-Kessie. Elle possède une grande usine de transformation du manioc qui non seulement augmente la production...
Ghana
2015 - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
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