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Journal article
Technical, allocative, and economic efficiency among smallholder maize farmers in Southwestern Ethiopia
Parametric approach
Maize is one of the major five staple cereal crops in Ethiopia. High productivity and efficacy in its production is critical to improve food security, reduce the level of poverty and achieve or maintain agricultural growth. A multi-stage sampling technique was used to select 385 household heads and interviewed using...
Ethiopia
2015 - Haramaya University
Report
La propiedad social rural y su perfil productivo
Este Reporte da cuenta de la evolución de ejidos y comunidades así como de su perfil productivo, desglosando las actividades agrícolas, ganaderas, forestales y silvícolas, entre otras. De 1992 a la fecha, el número de núcleos agrarios y sobre todo el número de propietarios se ha incrementado en forma importante,...
Mexico
2015 - Centro de Estudios para el Desarrollo Rural Sustentable y la Soberanía Alimentaria (CEDRSSA)
Event
2nd Regional Workshop on Small Scale Agriculture Regional Initiative in the Near East and North Africa
The FAO Regional office for the Near East (RNE) in collaboration with the Advisor and team of the Regional Initiative “Small scale agriculture for inclusive development (SSA)” organize a Regional Meeting to be held in Cairo on 14th and 15th December 2015.Building on the lessons learnt from the first two...
2015 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Newsletter
Revista Mundo Rural n°12, noviembre 2015
Este número de Mundo Rural incluye artículos sobre: ExpoMundoRural: 17 años de historia de la principal feria campesina, El Catálogo vivo de la agricultura chilena, Comentarios al libro editado por INDAP “Décimas a nuestra Tierra: ExpoMundoRural Un Canto Campesino”, La sabiduría indígena al servicio de la salud, Vino “Lomas Campesinas”: Rescatando antiguas tradiciones del Itata, en Chépica...
Chile
2015 - Instituto de Desarrollo Agropecuario (INDAP)
Blog article
El Grupo Diálogo Rural y su impulso a la pequeña agricultura, a tono con la COP21
El cambio climático, y sus atenuantes –principalmente la posibilidad de un acuerdo global para reducir las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero (GEI)- es un tópico principal en la prensa en estos momentos, dada la realización en París de la 21ª Conferencia de las Partes (COP 21) de la Convención...
Mexico
2015 - RIMISP - Centro Latinoamericano para el Desarrollo Rural
Conference/Meeting
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)
Miscellanea
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
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