Milan Kouřil, Operational Group coordinator, says that climate change is impacting the quality of grasslands in the Czech Republic: “There has been a change in the composition of grasslands (and indirectly on microbiological soil activity), increased photosynthetic activity and a longer growing season.” Milan is part of an Operational Group...

UNACMA is the only association, at a national level, representing traders and repairers of agricultural machinery, and of machinery for the maintenance of green areas. It is associated with CONFCOMMERCIO MOBILITA and carries forward its objectives mainly in institutions at regional, national and European level. It carries out training and...

Wild bees and other pollinators play an essential part in agriculture, but as in many places, farming practices have contributed to their declining numbers. Six Welsh dairy farmers have set up an Operational Group aiming to boost pollinator populations. It will look at innovative management options in grass-based livestock farming,...

Fisheries Ministers, the European Commission, GFCM-FAO, and key stakeholders including WWF will meet in Malta for the official adoption of the Regional Plan of Action for Small-Scale Fisheries in the Mediterranean and Black Sea (RPOA-SSF). This will demonstrate the strong political commitment to ensure a sustainable future for the sector. ...

Depuis quelques années, la petite agriculture familiale est mise sur le devant de la scène par les institutions internationales et présentée comme étant susceptible de répondre aux enjeux globaux (sécurité alimentaire et changement climatique), et ce, notamment, dans les pays du Sud où ce type d’agriculture reste majoritaire. Un groupe...

This website is a rich trove of information about the Women in Fisheries Network—Fiji (WiFN-Fiji), a not-for-profit organization working to strengthen the involvement, and improve the conditions, of women in Fiji’s fisheries sector.

O projeto Arca do Gosto — idealizado pelo movimento Slow Food e feito em parceria com a Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina e com a Secretaria Especial de Agricultura Familiar e Desenvolvimento Agrário (SEAD) — quer catalogar as iguarias que correm risco de sumir de vez. O projeto é o...

A high-level conference in Belgrade  marks the first stage in a recently-begun four-year commitment on the part of FAO. A project worth US$3.75 million, financed by the Global Environment Facility, or GEF, is directed towards the long-term sustainability of forest ecosystems in Serbia. Main components and expected results of the project...

For over 40 years, natural hazards (mainly droughts, floods and landslides) have affected millions of people in the eastern Africa sub-region. The impact of these hazards have been high, continue to rise in frequency and are mostly felt in the agriculture and food sectors. In some other countries of the...

A palavra agroecologia está ganhando cada vez mais espaço na agricultura familiar. A saúde, a qualidade de vida e um produto mais valorizado têm incentivado os agricultores a deixarem produções convencionais e investirem na produção agroecológica. Mas os benefícios não param por aí. A produção livre de agrotóxico também ajuda...

Scientists the world over are working to predict how climate change will affect our planet. It is an extremely complex puzzle with many moving parts, but a few patterns have been consistent, including the prediction that farming as we know it will become more difficult. Scientists infer the impact on agriculture...

All these aspects of women’s work in the fisheries were brought to life on film in the entries submitted for a video competition on ‘Women in Seafood’, that was announced recently, in preparation for the World Seafood Congress to be held in Iceland in 2017. The organizers hoped that this...

The SKI seed germinated out of many years of work on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and farmers’ rights by activists, who at various times worked with Biowatch South Africa, the African Biodiversity Network, GRAIN, the Gaia Foundation, the University of Cape Town, the Mupo Foundation, La Via Campesina, PELUM and...

La Fundación Microfinanzas BBVA fue constituida en 2007 por BBVA en el marco de su responsabilidad social corporativa para apoyar, con su experiencia de más de 150 años, a personas vulnerables que cuentan con actividades productivas, para que mejoren sus condiciones de vida. En nuestros 10 años de actividad hemos...

The purpose of the symposium is to share and discuss issues affecting the sustainability of small-scale fisheries (SSF) in Europe and explore linkages to global SSF, especially through markets and stewardship efforts.

O Brasil é o primeiro país a assumir formalmente as metas para a Década de Ação em Nutrição da Organização das Nações Unidas (ONU), durante a Assembleia Mundial da Saúde, realizada pela Organização Mundial da Saúde (OMS), em Genebra (Suíça). As metas assumidas têm relação com obesidade e hábitos alimentares dos brasileiros. A...

Future Farmers in the Spotlight is an initiative that aims to inspire and encourage the next generation of sustainable farmers. It shares inspiring stories about young farmers who have – despite the many difficulties – managed to set up farming initiatives which are innovative, viable and sustainable!

For the past two years, FAO has been working with Moldova to develop a national programme on Integrated Pest Management, or IPM. With more than 6 000 small-scale farmers now trained in techniques for minimizing pesticide use, project results were presented here today at a final workshop. Entitled "Support for adaptation...

Webinar: Impactful Innovations. Lessons from Family Agriculture on Adaptation to Climate Change in LAC and the Caribbean (OUT-24862) Date: Tuesday, January 31, 2017 Time: 3:00 pm (EST), Washington, DC Organizer: FONTAGRO Join WebEx meeting: https://iadb-knl.webex.com/iadb-knl/j.php?MTID=m09523c5dc929c02de56ac1712ccc3554 Join by phone1-650-479-3208 Call-in toll number (US/Canada)Access code: 732 810 943   To download the publication: https://publications.iadb.org/handle/11319/7802

The Women’s Worlds Congress was organized with the aim of providing a forum for global debate beyond the North-South perspective. Held from 31 July to 4 August 2017, in the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) at Florianópolis, Brazil, the Congress featured an interesting session on ‘Transformations, Connections, Displacements of...