The 2022 National Young Farmer Survey received 10,091 responses, including 4,344 from past, current, and aspiring farmers who self-identified as age 40 and under. Our findings reveal a new generation of farmers answering the call to provide healthy food, steward the land, and cultivate community well-being. They are building diversified...

The National Young Farmers Coalition’s new report, Building a Future with Farmers 2022: Results and Recommendations from the National Young Farmer Survey, shares the voices of a generation of young farmers who are working hard to feed their communities despite the significant challenges they face, including access to farmland and capital, student...

In 2021, young farmers across the country continued to grow food for their communities despite major challenges, including pandemic disruptions, climate change impacts, racial inequities, and soaring land prices. It was an important moment to take stock and to ask our farmers what solutions and support they need as we...

A Confederação Nacional dos Trabalhadores Rurais Agricultores e Agricultoras Familiares (Contag) lançou a primeira edição de um anuário estatístico do setor, elaborado em parceria com o Departamento Intersindical de Estatísticas e Estudos Socioeconômicos (Dieese).  O Anuário Estatístico da Agricultura Familiar - 2022 demonstgra que a aghricultura familair brasileira é a principal...

L’alimentation scolaire apparaît de plus en plus comme un levier pour améliorer la nutrition des enfants d’âge scolaire et promouvoir des systèmes alimentaires locaux sains et durables. En permettant de connecter entreprises agroalimentaires, réseaux de distribution locaux, collectivités locales, équipes enseignantes et enfants, cette approche apparaît porteuse à différents points...

The European Union-funded United Nations Joint Programme for Support to Rural Entrepreneurship, Investment and Trade and in Papua New Guinea (EU-STREIT PNG) continues to expand its support to rural areas of the Greater Sepik Region, specifically targeting women and youth in capacity building of agri-food value chain. Here, the programme...

The global youth population has reached the unprecedented figure of 1.2 billion. This exceptional number has enormous potential: with farming populations ageing across the world, the agricultural sector needs to attract youth to ensure generational turnover and foster competitiveness. With their energy, ability to learn and innovative attitudes, youth can...

In the Republic of Moldova, far more women living in rural areas are at risk of poverty compared with men and with urban populations. The recently released National Gender Profile on Agricultural and Rural Livelihoods in the Republic of Moldova presents a snapshot of gender inequalities that affect various aspects of agricultural...

Finalizó el III curso a distancia para escuelas agrarias de Argentina y Uruguay: "Puesta en marcha desde cero de un criadero familiar porcino y control de manejos reproductivos, productivos y comerciales" que dictó el CIAP para 35 escuelas. El propósito de esta capacitación fue lograr una vinculación entre el CIAP y...

En Colombia la población total de jóvenes entre los 14 y 18 años ascendió a 12 millones de personas, de las cuales cerca del 22% corresponde a jóvenes rurales. Mujeres y hombres campesinos, indígenas y afrodescendientes que permanecen olvidados e invisibles. Este especial quiere mostrar la diversidad, pluralidad, riqueza y...

On 31 August and 1 September 2022, IFOAM Organics Europe, FiBL and Bio Suisse hosted the 1st edition of the Organics Europe Youth Event (OEYE). The event aimed to create a platform for young agents interested and active in the organic sector to network, discuss and develop knowledge and awareness on organic amongst youth. Young farmers, entrepreneurs, start-ups,...

When it comes to learning how to nurture seedlings to grow into trees, improving your surroundings and restoring the land around you, you’re never too young to make a start. That’s the thinking behind a project in Tanzania, supported by FAO and its partners, setting up more than 30 clubs...

Du 7 février au 15 mars 2022, la Dynamique pour une transition agroécologique au Sénégal (DyTAES) – réseau qui fédère la plupart des acteurs de l’agroécologie du pays – a entrepris une grande caravane pour rencontrer les agriculteurs et agricultrices sénégalais. Carte des 45 départements du Sénégal de 2008 à 2021. Amitchell125/Wikipedia, CC BY Après les Niayes, le Nord-Sénégal et...

Fondé sur des études de cas couvrant 15 pays d’Afrique, d’Asie, d’Asie centrale, d’Europe et d’Amérique latine, ce rapport examine les déficits de travail décent dans les économies rurales. Il présente également les réponses apportées par les gouvernements et les syndicats concernant les conséquences de la crise de la Covid-19...

Ricardo Soares, a Portuguese apple and pear grower, is a young innovator. He has brought many innovations to his farmer colleagues. As a young farmer, he also encountered some obstacles and found some solutions to overcome them.

Food trees contribute substantially to the food and nutrition security of millions of rural households in Africa. Farming communities prioritize tree and shrub species on farms based on a combination of factors, including their knowledge of potential uses the species' economic potential and a range of constraints and opportunities that...

Europe needs the vision, engagement and participation of all young people to build a better future that is greener, more inclusive and digital. In the words of the European Commission’s President, Ursula von der Leyen, “Our Union needs a soul and a vision [young people] can connect to”. The EU...

Rural women provide significant contributions to agriculture and food security while simultaneously taking care of their families and households. This heavy burden often goes unrecognized and uncompensated.  In addition, rural women face barriers in access to resources such as property (including land), credit, technologies, decent employment, information and skills. FAO data...

Al participar en la ceremonia de cierre del Año Internacional de Frutas y Verduras de la FAO, la primera dama de la República, Raquel Arbaje, reveló que próximamente el Gobierno someterá al Congreso Nacional un proyecto de Ley de Agricultura Familiar que dará mayores facilidades y apoyo del Estado a los pequeños...

1,000 Aldeas Digitales es una iniciativa de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO) que promueve la transformación digital de mil pueblos y ciudades pequeñas a lo largo de todo el mundo. En América Latina y el Caribe, esta iniciativa ha puesto foco en el turismo...