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Journal article
Smallholder pig farming in Croatia: Destined to become extinct or worth saving?
In the course of becoming a new EU member state, Croatian pig production systems are being modernized in order to ensure product quality and competitiveness according to European standards. This process involves the modernization and intensification of larger pig farms and the termination of small pig farms. Small‐scale farming, especially...
Croatia
2010
Guidelines
Linking people, places and products
A guide for promoting quality linked to geographical origin and sustainable Geographical Indications
The objectives of this guide are: 1. to explain what origin-linked quality and the GI concept are; 2. to raise awareness regarding the potential of origin-linked products for rural development and conditions for sustainability; 3. to facilitate implementation of GI processes at local level by providing tools and a concrete...
2010 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Book
Tecnología en maquinaria y equipos para la producción familiar en el Cono Sur
En el año 2004 y como resultado de la elaboración de un nuevo Plan de Mediano Plazo, el Programa Cooperativo para el Desarrollo Tecnológico Agroalimentario y Agroindustrial del Cono Sur (PROCISUR) promueve entre otras, la creación de la Plataforma Tecnológica Regional de Agricultura Familiar (PTR_AF) con el objetivo de generar,...
Argentina - Bolivia (Plurinational State of) - Brazil - Chile - Paraguay - Uruguay
2010 - Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA)
Blog article
Dar voz a los hombres y mujeres de medio rural a través de Dimitra
Las mujeres y la tierra, los problemas relacionados con el VIH a los que se enfrentan las mujeres de Kenya y la creación de redes de mujeres en la República Democrática del Congo. Estos son solo algunos de los temas tratados en el boletín de Dimitra de la primavera de 2010.
Dar voz a las poblaciones rurales, en particular a las mujeres, es el principal objetivo de Dimitra, un proyecto participativo de información y comunicación en la FAO. Dimitra también pretende destacar las contribuciones de las poblaciones rurales a sus comunidades para poner de relieve su papel decisivo en el desarrollo.
Este proyecto...
Niger
2010 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Case study
Making agricultural demonstrations work
The case of raising smallholder banana production in Zimbabwe
A livelihoods study by SNV in 2007 concluded that it was possible to increase the income of banana producers four-fold by increasing productivity and quality per acre grown by the average household. To take up this method, a robust and effective method of transforming the mindset and practices of farmers...
Zimbabwe
2010 - SNV Netherlands Development Organisation
Manual
Guía para la formulación y gestión de planes de desarrollo rural sostenible
Un abordaje participativo con enfoque territorial
Esta guía busca orientar procesos de formulación de Planes de Desarrollo Rural Sostenible (PDRS). Ha sido elaborada según un documento que se publicó en el 2005, para la Secretaría de Desarrollo Territorial (SDT) del Ministerio de Desarrollo Agrario (MDA) en Brasil, con el objetivo de tener una nueva visión de...
2010 - Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA)
Video
Livestock Insurance for Pastoralists in Kenya
January 2010 saw the launch of the world's first livestock insurance for remote African pastoralists as a result of years of research.
Kenya
2010 - International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
Video
Modern Day Problems Of Small Scale Farmers In India
Thousands of small scale farmers in India commit duicide, because they can no longer solve their debt problems. Two decades ago they took up modern farming and with the help of government subsidies they started growing commercial crops. In the beginning harvests were good, but as time went on, the...
India
2010 - rosaryfilms
Book
Economía social y agricultura familiar
Hacia la construcción de nuevos paradigmas de intervención
La presente publicación refleja las principales reflexiones y experiencias sobre economía social, puestas en común en una serie de encuentros de formación realizados durante 2007 y 2008 en diversos puntos del país, que reunieron a un conjunto de intelectuales, instituciones, técnicos y organizaciones. Poniendo en relación aspectos conceptuales, análisis de...
Argentina
2010 - Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA)
Report
Scoping Study for Equivalence and Harmonization of Organic Standards and Technical Regulations in the Asia Region
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM) and United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) began a partnership in 2002 to address barriers to organic trade arising from the proliferation of organic standards and technical regulations. From 2002 to...
2010 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Magazine article
Indigenous Knowledge
In this issue of BAOBAB, we focus on the importance of indigenous knowledge as a key for sustainable agriculture. This knowledge has the potential to play an important role in conserving natural resources, finding food alternatives and reducing the use of chemicals in production of materials. In this issue partnerships...
2010 - Arid Lands Information Network (ALIN)
Magazine article
Enhancing Small-scale Livestock Production
This first issue after the merger of the old Baobab with the Kilimo Endelevu Africa (KEA) looks at the importance of livestock in the livelihoods of farmers. Livestock is an integral part of most family farms, and fulfills many functions such as food, assets and fertilizer. This issue focuses on...
Kenya - Malawi - Uganda
2010 - Arid Lands Information Network (ALIN)
Magazine article
Water Management and Food Security in Africa
This issue of Baobab focuses on access to water for sustainable agriculture and livelihoods, its management and policies, or lack of them, which can regulate its effective and efficient use. In a region that highly relies on rainfall for food production, a lot needs to be done in agricultural water...
Malawi
2010 - Arid Lands Information Network (ALIN)
Magazine article
Partnerships for Learning
This issue of the BOABAB focuses on partnerships for learning: forging partnerships, expanding networks, including different stakeholders and meanwhile promoting sustainable agriculture. Not only do the partnerships prove important in farming matters but also in how people effected by HIV and AIDS are able to cope, improve their lives and...
2010 - Arid Lands Information Network (ALIN)
Magazine article
Modelo territorial de producción del dawe (Chenopodium Quinua Willd)
Protocolos-sellos campesinos, una experiencia de soberanía alimentaria en el sur de Chile
El objetivo del artículo es presentar la experiencia de agricultores mapuche en la creación de su propio sistema de certificación para proteger y controlar el comercio y los atributos agrícolas, gastronómicos y culturales de la quinua.
Chile
2010 - Centro de Educación y Tecnología para el Desarrollo del Sur (CET Sur)
Case study
La FAO y la agricultura familiar
El caso de El Salvador
El objetivo del presente documento es la sistematización del Plan de Agricultura Familiar, en su componente conocido como PAF-Seguridad Alimentaria, el cual es ejecutado por el Gobierno de El Salvador, a través del Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería (MAG) y el Centro Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria y Forestal (CENTA), con...
El Salvador
2010 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Case study
Community based pasture management in Kyrgystan
Pasture is one of the most vital natural resources for Central Asia countries – Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. It accounts for nearly 260 million hectares of land resources being a basis for livestock breeding which is an income source for the majority of Central Asia population. Pasture land is...
Kyrgyzstan
2010
Journal article
Soberanía alimentaria y agricultura familiar
Oportunidades y desafíos del caso argentino
En la actualidad el mundo atraviesa una crisis alimentaria de grandes proporciones. El informe 2009 sobre el estado de la inseguridad alimentaria de FAO estima que “hay 1.020 millones de personas subnutridas en todo el mundo. Esta es la mayor cifra de personas hambrientas desde 1970 y significa un empeoramiento...
Argentina
2010 - Programa de Estudios Regionales y Territoriales (PERT)
Technical paper
“Climate-Smart” Agriculture
Policies, Practices and Financing for Food Security, Adaptation and Mitigation
Building on case studies from the field, the paper outlines a range of practices, approaches and tools aimed at increasing the resilience and productivity of agricultural production systems, while also reducing and removing emissions. The second part of the paper surveys institutional and policy options available to promote the transition...
2010 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Project
Integrated Dairy Development Project in Albania
Through the “Integrated Dairy Development Project in Albania,” Heifer International has empowered 630 families in rural areas to increase their food and income by transforming subsistence farms into a sustainable resource while increasing cooperation between farmers. The donation of heifers, combined with effective technical assistance and training on community development,...
Albania
2010 - Heifer International
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