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Sustainability of organic grassland-based dairy production in Tyrol, Austria
In Austria, grassland accounts for more than 50 percent of agricultural land and is mainly located in mountainous regions. Consequently, 70 percent of all Austrian dairy farms, producing two thirds of all milk, are located in these areas. In the Alpine regions, organic farming has traditionally been very important and...
Austria
2014
Policy brief/paper
La innovación en la agricultura
un proceso clave para el desarrollo sostenible
El Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura ha desarrollado este texto explicando la innovación en el contexto de la agricultura de las Américas Para comprender la dimensión del concepto de innovación, se presentan algunos elementos básicos: definición, tipos de innovación, actores que las implementan y sus objetivos.
2014 - Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura
Policy brief/paper
Limited access of small-scale food producers to markets in Africa
What should be changed?
This paper describes why small-scale food producers have so many difficulties to get to markets, delineates types of agricultural markets and main players, defines main challenges and constraints that small-scale food producers face in relation to food production and access to markets, shows cases of good practices and presents solutions...
Rwanda
2014 - Prague institute for global policy – Glopolis,
Newsletter
Dimitra Newsletter: South-South Cooperation and family farming
This edition opens with a report of the last session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), which has helped to ensure that gender equality and women’s empowerment feature prominently in the post- 2015 Development Agenda. This will take over from the Millennium Development Goals, whose 2015 deadline...
Burundi - Democratic Republic of the Congo - Ghana - Niger
2014 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Book
Promotion of underutilized indigenous food resources for food security and nutrition in Asia and the Pacific
The product of a two-year collaborative effort among Khon Kaen University, Thailand, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and other partners, this publication sheds light on the need to promote underutilized and indigenous food sources for overcoming malnutrition and hunger in the Asia-Pacific region. I sincerely hope...
2014
Journal article
Tinajeros
Albacete, La Mancha, Spain
This very large family farm and business near Albacete, Spain was brought together to form a Limited Company with the marriage of the parents of the current part-owner and manager. The property on the paternal side of this arrangement has been within the same family for 200 years. Today the...
Spain
2014
Newsletter
Boletín informativo de la Fundación REDDOM
El boletín correspondiente a noviembre de 2014 de la Fundación Rural Economic Development Dominicana (REDDOM) desarrolla noticias atingentes a República Dominicana, relacionadas a nutrición, comité nacional del año de agricultura familiar, panel de comercio sobre frutas y vegetales, potabilización de agua y seguro de sequía.
Dominican Republic
2014 - Fundación Rural Economic Development Dominicana (REDDOM)
Working paper
Grazing rights in Namibia’s communal areas
A case study of a local land grabbing dispute in Western Kavango region
While conflict and competition over land is a major trend in Africa, and there are allegations of ‘land grabbing’ of large areas of land from local people, usually by foreign companies, other more localised forms of competition over land are less well understood. This paper presents the case of disputes...
Namibia
2014 - Future Agricultures Consortium
Magazine article
Évolution des variétés de mil au Niger en réponse aux variations du climat Évolution des variétés de mil au Niger en réponse aux variations du climat
Article relatant les résultats d'études qui démontrent la capacité d’adaptation du mil aux variations du climat, dans les systèmes agricoles dominés par des exploitations familiales au sein desquelles des variétés cultivées présentent une forte diversité génétique.
Niger
2014 - Agropolis International
Case study
Finding a way out of the maize
Recurring drought and crop failure in many parts of the world have led to food and nutrition insecurity, and a dependence on food aid. But recently, some farmers in Kenya have been developing their own sustainable way to secure enough nutritious food along with extra income so that they can...
Kenya
2014 - ILEIA, Center for Learning on Sustainable Agriculture
Magazine article
EU: Peasant Family Farming, a challenge to gain
In the EU, the peasant family agriculture is the major component of agricultural production, but it remains difficult to give an exact definition. A clear reference - not exclusive and must be applied in a specific way in each country - is the economic and territorial dimension of a farm....
2014 - foodsovereignty
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Family Farming: Regional Perspective from the Asia-Pacific region
The International Year of Family Farming was launched as part of a global campaign to reinforce awareness and support for small scale and family farmers around the world. The move to focus on family farmers for the international year was driven by strong advocacy from civil society, mainly the World...
2014 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Website
Specialized Meeting on Family Farming of MERCOSUR (REAF)
The Specialized Meeting on Family Farming of MERCOSUR (REAF) is a meeting place for family farmers, rural organizations and institutions in the region, operating since 2004 with the aim of creating a framework of regional public policies for family farming.
It is recognized as one of the most dynamic areas of...
2014 - Specialized Meeting on Family Farming of MERCOSUR (REAF)
Article
Strategies of resilience: Cooperation in Irish family farming
Ireland’s family farming heritage holds crucial elements of rural sustainability – established networks of social support; cultural traditions resourcing ethno-industries such as tourism and draft; and localised human-ecological knowledge important for environmental custodianship. The ‘small, not multinational’ symbolic value of family farming is strategically used to authenticate the ‘brand-centred, consumer...
Ireland
2014
Report
Family Farming Around the World: Definitions, contributions and public policies
Family farms are central to both contemporary changes and contradictions in agriculture. They have been, and are still, the crucible for a whole host of agricultural innovations and major revolutions. They form the social basis of most Southern countries and contribute to supplying their local, national and international markets. Paradoxically,...
2014 - CIRAD
Case study
Guinea pigs – small livestock with big potential
The right to food sovereignty is a part of the Plurinational State of Bolivia’s constitution, but what does this actually mean for family farmers? The truth is that many people in rural areas are far from having access to adequate food and nutrition, with 37% of children under five reported...
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
2014 - ILEIA, Center for Learning on Sustainable Agriculture
Audio
Family Farming: Regional Perspective from Near East and North Africa
The International Year of Family Farming was launched as part of a global campaign to reinforce awareness and support for small scale and family farmers around the world. The move to focus on family farmers for the international year was driven by strong advocacy from civil society, mainly the World...
2014 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Guidelines
Respecting free, prior and informed consent
Practical guidance for governments, companies, NGOs, indigenous peoples and local communities in relation to land acquisition
This technical guide has been prepared under the direction of Francesca Romano in collaboration with a team from the Forest Peoples Programme and Samuel Nguiffo of the Centre pour l’Environnement et le Développement (CED) in Cameroon. The guide was written by Marcus Colchester and Sophie Chao, with contributions from participants...
2014 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Magazine article
Investissements agricoles à grande échelle et partage des ressources en eau pour la riziculture irriguée au Mali
Face à l’arrivée d’investisseurs dans le périmètre irrigué de l’Office du Niger (Mali), la recherche-action menée par l’UMR G-EAU avec comme objectifs : d'analyser et comparer les pratiques foncières des exploitants familiaux et des investisseurs ; d'accompagner les acteurs dans l’identification des enjeux à long terme et l’anticipation des conséquences des nouvelles attributions foncières...
Mali
2014 - Agropolis International
Case study
Food fairs revive local food and nutrition
Food fairs are an important tool and space to promote food sovereignty as they take place in local public spaces and within people’s own socio-cultural settings. One excellent example was a food fair in Ghana, organised by the Centre for Indigenous Knowledge and Organisational Development (CIKOD). Women farmers exhibited traditional...
Ghana
2014 - ILEIA, Center for Learning on Sustainable Agriculture
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