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Magazine article
La inequidad de género persiste en el Perú rural
El papel de la mujer en el agro es hoy más evidente que nunca. El IV Cenagro, de 2012, informa que la cantidad de productoras, 691 mil, se ha duplicado en relación con las 357 mil que, según el III Cenagro, había en 1994. Esta presencia femenina es mayor en...
Peru
2013 - Centro Peruano de Estudios Sociales (CEPES)
Practices
Evergreen Agriculture: The use of fertilizer trees in maize production
Agroforestry is a set of tools which farmers can use to increase yields, build soil fertility, raise their income, and boost their food security. ICRAF and its partners have worked closely with farmers for decades to promote and develop simultaneous intercropping practices to address the challenges in soil fertility facing...
Malawi
2013 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Journal article
Interdependences between smallholder farming and environmental management in rural Malawi
A case of agriculture-induced environmental degradation in Malingunde Extension Planning Area (EPA)
The objective of this article was to develop a deeper understanding of the interdependences between smallholder farming and the state of environmental management in rural Malawi. We examined the agricultural local governance framework in Malingunde Extension Planning Area (EPA), its contribution to food security and how it conflicts with overall...
Malawi
2013
Case study
Promoting Indigenous Maize in Bugiri District, Uganda
In surveys conducted by the Organisation for Rural Development (ORUDE) from 2010 - 2012, maize stood out as the second most important food and cash crop in Busoga after sweet potatoes. Due to climate change, farmers desired to have drought-tolerant seed varieties, However, lack of formalized maize seed supply systems...
Uganda
2013 - Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA)
Project
Polish and Swedish Trail of Local Product
The reason the project was started was the promotion of local products as well as revitalising old professions such as black-smithing, embroidery, cooperage and also increasing profits for local communities of rural areas. The idea was developed by the board of LAG „Podbabiogórze“. Local product is very important both for...
Poland - Sweden
2013
Book
Aspectos Fiscales, Legales y de Administración de Emprendimientos Asociativos
El objetivo de este trabajo es presentar las distintas figuras jurídicas que pueden utilizarse para desarrollar emprendimientos en forma asociativa, considerando exclusivamente los aspectos legales y contables, explicando las ventajas pero también haciendo hincapié en los costos que cada una de ellas implica. Pretende ser una herramienta de trabajo que, con...
Argentina
2013 - Unidad para el Cambio Rural (UCAR)
Book
Innovaciones de impacto
Lecciones de la agricultura familiar en América Latina y el Caribe
La agricultura familiar comercial posee un potencial considerable de recursos productivos y bienes de consumo, y apoya sustancialmente a la seguridad alimentaria y al desarrollo rural de la región latinoamericana.
Recientemente múltiples estudios han destacado la necesidad de promover la innovación de la agricultura familiar para mejorar su competitividad y contribuir...
2013 - Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID)
Book
Crop and Livestock Production
We support both the tradition and the development of agricultural production Along with the associated food production industry; agricultural production is one of the major traditional sectors of the economy. In the area of crop production, the predominant activity is the cultivation of cereals and oilseeds. Legumes, sugar beet, potatoes,...
Czechia
2013
Book
Agroecología y Cambio Climático. Metodologías para evaluar la resiliencia socio-ecológica en comunidades rurales
Metodologías para evaluar la resiliencia socio-ecológica en comunidades rurales
La mayoría de las estadísticas disponibles que predicen impactos climáticos sobre la agricultura campesina son aproximaciones muy burdas que no toman en cuenta la heterogeneidad de la agricultura campesina-indígena, ni la diversidad de estrategias que los campesinos han utilizado y aun utilizan para enfrentar las sequías, inundaciones, huracanes, etc. Alrededor...
Argentina - Brazil - Chile - Colombia - Cuba - Mexico - Peru - Spain
2013 - Sociedad Científica Latinoamericana de Agroecología (SOCLA)
Magazine article
¿Existe un comercio justo para la pequeña agricultura?
A juzgar por lo que declaran los pequeños productores (PP), el comercio justo (CJ) no existe, pues los intermediarios son los que tienen todas las ventajas. Hace treinta años surgió en Europa un movimiento —conformado por varias organizaciones de la sociedad civil— decidido a instaurar un comercio justo. ¿En qué...
Peru
2013 - Centro Peruano de Estudios Sociales (CEPES)
Guidelines
Guidelines on Free, Prior and Informed Consent
The UN-REDD Programme recently launched the UN-REDD Programme Guidelines on Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) and the associated Legal Companion, which outlines related existing international law and emerging State practice affirming that indigenous peoples have the right to effective participation in the decisions, policies and initiatives that affect them...
2013 - UN-REDD Programme
Report
Feeding the world, caring for the Earth
A reality in every continent, family farming, is facing huge challenges and uncertainties. And yet, although in many places family farmers - men and women- have been forgotten and are neglected by pllicy makers, they continue to be the basis of sustainable food production in the world's effort toward food...
2013 - World Rural Forum (WRF)
Practices
Evergreen Agriculture: Conservation Agriculture in maize production in Malawi
Evergreen Agriculture is a combination of conservation agriculture and agroforestry practices within the same spatial and temporal dimensions. In other circles, evergreen agriculture is referred to as agroforestry based conservation agriculture or Conservation Agriculture With Trees (CAWT). Evergreen agriculture is being tested by ICRAF in conjunction with partners in Malawi...
Malawi
2013 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Journal article
Contestations and conflicting lifeworlds in conservation farming practices in Zimbabwe
The experiences of peasant smallholder farmers in Chivi south district in Masvingo
This study builds on an earlier research done by the researchers in Chivi south district on the impact of conservation farming on food security. The major focus of this study however is on the conflicts and contradictions embedded in conservation farming owing to differential perceptions and life-worlds and implications thereof...
Zimbabwe
2013
Technical paper
L'Agriculture pour le Développement : pertinence et limites à l'échelle des ménages ruraux
Selon l'auteur, le cas de Madagascar illustre bien les pays à base agricole, à potentiels multiples mais à performances agricoles stagnantes et à population rurale pauvre. L'intégration de ses petits producteurs aux marchés figure parmi les options de sortie de la pauvreté proposées. Les contextes et les opportunités peuvent cependant différer...
Madagascar
2013 - Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement (CIRAD)
E-learning
Qualitative Methods for Assessing the Impact of Development Programmes on Food Security
This e-learning course on Qualitative Methods for Assessing the Impact of Development Programmes on Food Security will contribute to technical capacity building on the application of qualitative methods for food security impact assessment of development programmes. By promoting a common methodological approach and a set of practical tools, the objective...
2013 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Magazine article
El rescate de la agricultura familiar y el impacto en la bipolaridad del agro
De manera creciente, en varios sectores políticos y académicos, la agricultura familiar está siendo considerada como «parte de la solución». ¿Solución de qué? De todo: de la inseguridad alimentaria (de la falta de soberanía alimentaria); de la crisis energética; de la mala relación con la naturaleza; de la persistencia de...
Peru
2013 - Centro Peruano de Estudios Sociales (CEPES)
Book
Smallholders and agro-food value chains in South Africa
Emerging practices, emerging challenges
A key emerging strand in the development of smallholder agriculture in South Africa is the effort to integrate smallholders into corporate food retail value chains. In this, the private sector and government have a common agenda, which is to build a commercial smallholder class that does not require ongoing financial...
South Africa
2013 - Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS)
Case study
Reviving the Ankole Longhorns of Uganda
Ankole Longhorn cattle can survive in extremely harsh, dry conditions such as those in Sub-Saharan Africa – which is becoming drier and hotter. In a context where herders are strongly encouraged to keep exotic and hybrid cattle, the innovative LIFE approach led Ugandan herders to revalue the Longhorns for their...
Uganda
2013 - Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA)
Technical paper
Gestion de la fertilité des sols pour une meilleure productivité dans les systèmes de culture à base d'igname au Bénin
En Afrique de l'Ouest et au Bénin en particulier, la production traditionnelle de l'igname est basée sur les systèmes itinérants de défriche sur brûlis des jachères naturelles causant la déforestation, la dégradation et la baisse de la productivité des sols. Dans le but de contribuer à la sédentarisation de la...
Benin
2013 - Université d’Abomey-Calavi
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