This month's newsletter focuses on Operational Groups (OGs). Hear about some first experiences from people involved in OGs and discover a range of tools and information which are available for you to use on the EIP-AGRI website.

Public funding of agricultural science brings strong social benefits, experts said at last week’s international conference on the impact of research on agriculture in Europe. Participants in the conference, held at FAO headquarters in Rome, called for increased public spending to enable agriculture to respond to today’s challenges.

Increasing plant populations by reducing the planting distance is a key step to achieving a uniform crop stand and a high yield. On the other hand, when plants are too close to each other this can hamper good crop development. The plants will be thin and will be susceptible to...

New information materials (a video and five factsheets) are providing important insight into the Forest and Farm Facility’s (FFF) work at country, regional and global level. The FFF, a partnership comprising FAO, IIED and IUCN hosted by FAO, has developed a model delivery mechanism for multi-stakeholder actors to improve the...

Sustainably feeding the growing world population and preventing dangerous climate change are two of the major challenges facing society today. While there is a growing understanding of the complexity of the links between these challenges and of the global degradation of the environment, the contribution of food and farming to...

Populations in Africa are increasingly exposed to the negative impact of natural and human-induced disasters such as drought, floods, disease epidemics and conflicts which threaten the agriculture production systems and livelihoods of vulnerable communities. The initiative on “Building Resilience in Africa’s Drylands” was developed to enhance the capacity of these...

In an already precarious context characterized by structural vulnerabilities, the socio-political crisis that started in April 2015 has increasingly affected the population in the country with 1.1 million Burundians in need of immediate humanitarian assistance. Access to basic services was restricted and communities were forced to adopt negative coping mechanisms,...

This website is devoted to the promotion of the Rural Development Programme of the Republic Croatia, financed by the European Union.

Being ‘smart and competitive’ is about developing the strategies and tools for different types of rural areas to be economically competitive, while at the same time preserving their natural resources and social cohesion. This is not only important for rural areas themselves, but also for maximising the contribution that rural...

Por Resolución del Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería (MAG), del mes de junio del año 2016, se crea el Sello de la Agricultura Familiar y se establecen las bases para su utilización.

L’Agenda 2030 et ses 17 objectifs du développement durable (ODD) offrent une nouvelle perspective pour la coopération au développement dans la réalisation de la souveraineté alimentaire car ce vaste plan d’action prône des interventions aussi bien au Nord qu’au Sud, de façon cohérente et concertée. L’avenir de la souveraineté alimentaire...

Considerando las políticas sociales y las intervenciones de desarrollo como procesos continuos, negociados y socialmente construidos que incluyen iniciativas tanto "desde abajo" como "desde arriba", proponemos un enfoque “constructivista”, basado en la orientación de los actores, estudiando las interfases entre las agencias oficiales y los usuarios potenciales o reales de...

La batata (Ipomoea batatas L.) es un cultivo de gran importancia en la producción mundial de alimentos, después del arroz, trigo, maíz y yuca. En Colombia, la región Caribe es la principal productora de batata, especialmente los departamentos de La Guajira, Sucre, Cesar, Bolívar y Córdoba donde se siembran variedades...

Agropolis International associe des institutions de recherche et d’enseignement supérieur de Montpellier et de la région, en partenariat avec les collectivités territoriales, des acteurs du développement économique et de la société civile, et en liaison avec des institutions internationales. Agropolis International est un campus dédié aux sciences « vertes »....

All over Europe, people are coming together to take control of our food systems, from production to distribution to consumption. We are building systems centered on our local communities. We are joining forces to achieve food sovereignty, by claiming our right to define our own food and agricultural systems. The time is ripe to address...

How can small-scale agricultural producers cope with the effects of climate change, reduce their exposure to risk, and manage their farms more efficiently? A series of training sessions launched recently in Serbia covers these very topics. Agricultural producers in Serbia have been affected by extreme weather events in recent months and...

Greater efficiency in Moldova’s fruit and vegetable production and trade is the goal of a joint effort by FAO and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, in collaboration with the Moldovan National Federation of Agricultural Producers (AGROinform). More than 120 fruit producers, traders, retailers and market experts from all regions...

Региональные консультации экспертов по электронному сельскому хозяйству в Центральной Азии и Южного Кавказа были организованы и успешно проведены в Бишкеке, Кыргызская Республика, с 7 по 9 декабря, 2016 года, в которых приняло участие 28 экспертов из всех стран Центральной Азии и Южного Кавказа: Армении, Азербайджана, Грузии, Казахстана, Кыргызской Республики, Таджикистана,...

Disponer de semillas de calidad de una amplia gama de variedades de cultivos adaptadas es esencial para lograr la seguridad alimentaria y la seguridad de los medios de subsistencia y para erradicar el hambre, especialmente en los países en desarrollo. En la Guía se explica en qué consisten las políticas...

Este documental (30 min), filmado en el  2015 retrata la vida de cuatro mujeres agricultoras que participan de los movimientos agroecológicos en Brasil. Son mujeres que se organizan tanto en movimientos autónomos (sólo de mujeres) como también de movimientos mixtos (como el sindical, de lucha por la tierra, etc.) y...