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Farmers' Congress Appeal 2016

On June 2, 2016 the delegates, gathered for the Georgian Farmers’ II Congress held in Tbilisi and discussed problems related to the following three main issues: 1. Market access for smallholder farmers and cooperatives; 2. Smallholder farmers and agricultural cooperatives’ access to investment funds and financial resources; 3. Effects of...
Georgia
2016 - Biological Farming Association ELKANA

Fact sheet
Corpoica Mapiria Ao1, Corpoica Yopare Ao2, Corpoica Yucao Ao3: clones de marañón para la altillanura plana de la Orinoquía colombiana

Como fruto del trabajo colaborativo entre el Estado y las instituciones se pone a disposición del sector productivo de la altillanura plana de la Orinoquía colombiana el presente folleto, dando a conocer tres clones de marañon destacados por producción y calidad de exportación de la nuez, como una contribución esencial...
Colombia
2016 - Corporación colombiana de investigación agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)

Journal article
Duración de la gestación en el ganado bovino criollo costeño con cuernos

Determinar la duración de la gestación en la raza bovina criolla Costeño con Cuernos y establecer si factores  tales como el sexo del ternero o el orden de partos podrían intervenir en la duración de este periodo. Se realizó un estudio retrospectivo en  un hato de hembras del  Centro de...
Colombia
2016 - Redalyc

Newsletter
Women family farmers at the center of poverty reduction efforts

Family farming is the predominant form of food production in Asia and the Pacific which is home to 70 percent of the world’s family farmers. Family farmers produce 80 percent of the region’s food, 1 working on 85 percent of the total arable land2 and largely relying on the contribution...
2016 - Food and Agriculture organization of the United Nations

Blog article
Central Europe discovers the potential of bioeconomy

Slovak Minister of Agriculture Gabriela Matečná said that the bioeconomy is a necessity. But Central and Eastern Europe is still lagging behind in its uptake, but the key to the transition may be in the regions.
European Union
2016 - Eur Activ

Report
Progress report on the implementation of Outcome 1 of the Project Brazil & Africa

Fighting poverty and empowering women via South-South Cooperation
In recent years, social protection has emerged worldwide as a major new focus in efforts to reduce poverty and vulnerability. Since the early 2000s, conditional and unconditional cash transfer programmes have gained significance as key elements of social safety nets throughout Africa. The UN-supported Social Protection Floor Initiative (SPF-I) has...
Brazil - Congo - Democratic Republic of the Congo - United Republic of Tanzania
2016 - United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Journal article
Identification and distribution of whiteflies (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in tomato crops (Solanum lycopersicum) in Cundinamarca (Colombia)

The main purpose of this study was to determine the presence, distribution and characterization of whiteflies in thirteen tomato-crop producing municipalities in Cundinamarca (Colombia). Immature stages were collected and taken to the laboratory until adults emerged in order to establish their taxonomic identification. The mitochondrial regions were amplified with specific...
Colombia
2016 - Scielo

Blog article
COLOMBIA BEGINS COLLECTING SIGNATURES TO LAUNCH A REFERENDUM ON NATIONAL FARMING AMENDING THE CONSTITUTION

The petition for a Referendum on National Farming in Colombia is intended to collect signatures backing a referendum to amend articles 64, 65, 66 and 100 of the Constitution, thus requiring Colombia to adopt special protection measures for national agri-food production, to guarantee credit, and to protect the work and...
Colombia
2016 - family farming campaign

Article
Family farming and gendered division of labour on the move: a typology of farming-family configurations

Family farming, understood as a household which combines family, farm and commercial activity, still represents the backbone of the world’s agriculture. On family farms, labour division has generally been based on complementarity between persons of different gender and generations, resulting in specific male and female spheres and tasks. In this...
2016

Photo gallery
Blanco Orejinegro BON: Razas Criollas

Blanco Orejinegro BON: Razas Criollas
Colombia
2016 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)

Working paper
Diseño metodológico de construcción del Pectia: anexo 1

En las páginas siguientes, se encuentra una descripción del marco metodológico y conceptual con el cual se construyó el Pectia, los resultados más sobresalientes del diagnóstico del sector agropecuario desde la perspectiva de la CTi y el plan estratégico en sí, partiendode su misión, visión, objetivos estratégicos, factores habilitantes y...
Colombia
2016 - Corporación colombiana de investigación agropecuaria - AGROSAVIA

Newsletter
Modelos de Adaptación y Prevención Agroclimática-MAPA Nº 14

En este número queremos explicar con más detalle el sistema experto MAPA. Este SE_MAPA fue concebido como una herramienta para la gestión del conocimiento, a partir de la información que el proyecto ha generado. Son conocidas las críticas sobre la cantidad de proyectos que teniendo un acervo de información considerable...
Colombia
2016 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)

Report
Impact of the Ebola virus disease outbreak on market chains and trade of agricultural products in West Africa

Using the outcomes of a technical consultation meeting organized by FAO in December 2014 in Dakar, Senegal, with the support of CIRAD, and building on past studies conducted by FAO and other partners, the report presents an analysis of the impact of the EVD outbreak on agricultural market chains. Seven...
Guinea - Liberia - Sierra Leone
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Book
Superación del hambre y de la pobreza rural

Esta publicación es una herramienta valiosa para mejorar el intercambio de las prácticas, sobre todo, en el marco de la cooperación Sur-Sur. Al reunir por primera vez, de una manera didáctica e informativa, las políticas de éxito comprobadas en el campo de la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional, da un nuevo...
Brazil
2016 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)

Video
Climate Action in Uganda

In a country like Uganda where 80% of the population relies upon agriculture for its livelihood, putting agriculture at the heart of plans for climate change adaptation is essential, for which there is full political support. 
Uganda
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Report
Innover pour des mécanismes inclusifs de financement agricole et d’atténuation des risques

L’exemple de Tamwil El Fellah au Maroc
La présente étude de cas décrit un modèle particulièrement innovant de fourniture de services financiers aux ménages ruraux les plus pauvres dépendant de l’agriculture – le modèle Tamwil El Fellah (TEF), société créée par le Groupe Crédit Agricole du Maroc (GCAM). TEF s’est fondée sur la longue expérience du financement du...
Morocco
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Newsletter article
Morte de insetos põe agricultura em risco e pode custar bilhões ao Brasil

A população de abelhas e outros insetos polinizadores está diminuindo em todo o mundo, o que faz cientistas correrem para calcular o impacto na agricultura e de propor possíveis soluções. Segundo as contas feitas por pesquisadores de Minas Gerais e do México, o Brasil poderá perder de 16,5 a 51 milhões...
Brazil
2016 - Folha de São Paulo

Blog article
Medida Provisória propõe nova fase da reforma agrária no País

Para modernizar, dar mais transparência e simplificar os trâmites burocráticos para a reforma agrária no País, o governo federal encaminhará Medida Provisória com mudanças no programa de titulação de terras. A MP será enviada ao Congresso Nacional e, posteriormente, assinada pelo presidente da República, Michel Temer.  O documento atualiza as leis 8.629/1993, que...
Brazil
2016 - Secretaria Especial de Agricultura Familiar e do Desenvolvimento Agrário (SEAD)

Report
Global analysis of food and nutrition security situation in food crisis hotspots

This report provides a global overview of the food insecurity situation due to different crises and natural disasters, to support the programming of the Pro-resilience Action (PRO-ACT) funding mechanism, a component of the Global Public Goods and Challenges (GPGC) thematic programme of the European Union. The analysis covers the period...
European Union
2016 - European Commission

Fact sheet
Estructura y diversidad genética en cerdos San Pedreños del banco de germoplasma evaluada por análisis de pedigree

Colombia cuenta con tres razas porcinas criollas: Casco de Mula, San Pedreño y Zungo, las cuales se encuentran adaptadas a diferentes regiones del país. En el Centro de Investigación El Nus de Corpoica se encuentra el banco de germoplasma, cuyo propósito es conservar la raza San Pedreño, la cual se...
Colombia
2016 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)
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