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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)

Working paper
Módulo experimental, demostrativo y de capacitación en agricultura urbana y periurbana (AUP)

La Agricultura Urbana y periurbana es un sistema de producción de alimentos orgánicos aplicable a espacios limitados tanto en las ciudades (agricultura urbana) como en sus alrededores (agricultura periurbana). Desde 2006, la Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria Corpoica ha establecido, implementado y consolidado en sus centros de investigación módulos demostrativos...
Colombia
2016 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)

Policy brief/paper
Brasil Agroecológico

Plano Nacional de Agroecologia e Produção Orgânica - Planapo - 2016/2019
As atividades relacionadas à produção agrícola estão entre as que mais têm gerado impactos sobre o meio ambiente. A produção intensiva é grande consumidora de energia, além de fonte de contaminação da água, ar e solo, por meio, especialmente, de resíduos de pesticidas e de fertilizantes. A expansão das fronteiras...
Brazil
2016 - Cámara Interministerial de Agroecología y Producción Orgánica (Ciapo)

Fact sheet
Innovación para la agricultura familiar

Folleto explicativo de FONTAGRO y su vínculo con América Latina. América Latina y el Caribe poseen un tercio de los recursos de agua y alrededor del 28% del área agrícola mundial, además de contar con el potencial para convertirse en una importante abastecedora de alimentos en el mundo. Sin embargo, la...
Argentina - Bolivia (Plurinational State of) - Chile - Colombia - Costa Rica - Dominican Republic - Ecuador - Honduras - Nicaragua - Panama - Paraguay - Peru - Spain - Uruguay - Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
2016 - FONTAGRO

Blog article
Governo publica MP que facilita regularização de imóveis e terras

O governo federal publicou, nesta sexta-feira (23), uma medida provisória com normas mais modernas para regularização fundiária urbana e rural no País. A MP 759/2016 simplifica e agiliza o processo, aumenta a segurança jurídica e combate irregularidades. No meio urbano, uma nova forma de registrar a propriedade foi criada. O processo...
Brazil
2016 - Secretaria Especial de Agricultura Familiar e do Desenvolvimento Agrário (SEAD)

Technical paper
Drought tolerant bean varieties offer hope to smallholder farmers in Malawi

The 2014/15 season was a nightmare in Malawi as the country faced floods at the beginning of the season and then terminal drought. Most farmers lost property and crops through flooding and water lodging while surviving crop fields were burnt dry prematurely by the terminal drought which was experienced towards...
Malawi
2016 - International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)

Technical paper
Control integrado de la ortezia de los cítricos basado en la mezcla de melaza con jabón

Entre los insectos que mayores daños causan al cultivo de los cítricos, se destaca la cochinilla blanca de los cítricos, Praelongorthezia praelonga (Douglas) (Hemiptera: Ortheziidae), también llamada comúnmente ortezia, ortezia de los cítricos o palomilla blanca. Mediante esta cartilla se destaca un programa de manejo de control integrado de la...
Colombia
2016 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)

Fact sheet
Evaluación de algunas prácticas de manejo para el sistema productivo de arracacha en el municipio de Cajamarca, Tolima, Colombia

La arracacha se siembra en 14 departamentos de Colombia, siendo el Tolima el que presenta las mayores áreas con 3.800 hectáreas, producción de 44.494 t y rendimientos promedios de 9,4 t/ha. De esta producción, 39.600 t son obtenidas en el municipio de Cajamarca, donde el cultivo presenta grandes limitaciones como...
Colombia
2016 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)

Photo gallery
Mora: Frutos

Mora: Frutos
Colombia
2016 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)

Report
Factors supporting the development of producer organizations and their impacts in the light of ongoing changes in food supply chains

This report surveys the recent literature on producer organizations with a specific focus on factors affecting their establishment and their impact on farmers' market performance and welfare. The report also discusses producer organizations' role in improving farmers’ bargaining power and allowing them to respond to various challenges which result from...
European Union
2016 - European Commission

Working paper
Family farming in Latin America and the Caribbean

Looking for new paths of rural development and food security
This paper presents an analysis of the characteristics of family farming in Latin America and the Caribbean, and discusses what might be its role in overcoming some of the major challenges to the development of this region. Hence, the main objective of the study is to analyze the evolving process...
2016 - International Policy Centre for inclusive Growth (IPC-UNDP)

Article
Why family farms must be protected

A recent open meeting of the Family Farmers’ Association(FFA), held at Westminster, brought together a core group of individuals, organisations and policymakers to discuss ways to support and protect smaller farms. With the UK rapidly losing its traditional farming culture, groups like the FFA and the Land Workers Alliance (LWA) see protecting smaller...
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2016 - The Sustainable Food Trust

Website
Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations of Bosnia and Herzegovina - Sector for Agriculture, Food, Forestry and Rural Development

  Institutional responsibility of "family farming" in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2016 - Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Blog article
Pan-European Forum in Romania wraps up: food sovereignty takes root in Eastern Europe

After five days of discussions, the groundwork has been laid to take back, relocalise our food systems and multiply food sovereignty platforms across the continent by the participants from more than 40 countries who gathered at the second Nyéléni Europe Forum on Food Sovereignty. A huge diversity of people involved...
Romania
2016 - Nyeleni, Via Campesina
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