Why are producer organizations critical? The economic activities of forest and farming families, indigenous communities, and small- and medium-scale producers and enterprises are the basis of local livelihoods. They are also critical for achieving or maintaining a sustainable and durable future for the natural resources on which such activities are...

One may say about Mihail Mucsi that he is a „former” scientific researcher of the potato crop. But this is not true. Even if he no longer holds this position he occupied for 15 years (when he also held his Ph.D. thesis in agronomical science with a very import and...

En este número se presentan experiencias donde, aún en pequeña escala, se puede apreciar que más allá de los gobiernos actuales existe una motivación cada vez mayor por adquirir alimentos saludables –libres de agrotóxicos y fertilizantes de síntesis química– de parte de consumidores urbanos informados y con recursos económicos para...

Waarabe Dareeray village has been known for the good crop production due to its good soil type and availability of water. However, the farmers’ fortunes changed when the area was hit by prolonged drought which led to poor crop yields. Many farmers migrated to other villages in search of other...

Este número de Vitrina Rural, incluye entre sus artículos: La fiesta de las campesinas y campesinos de Chile La agricultura familiar como proveedor de alimentos Reactivación del comité de emergencia nacional Las virtudes de la cabalgata a turistas en Los Andes Mejores condiciones para la agricultura familiar Productores campesinos destacan en Mall Viñamarino Reforma agraria y reforma...

This paper approached the complex issue of the association of semi-subsistence vegetable producers and their access to the large retail chains, in the context of the financial support received through the National Rural Development Program in order to connect these farms to the market.    

La Organización de Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura, FAO; el Programa Mundial de Alimentos de Naciones Unidas, PMA; y el Gobierno de Brasil, se unen para promover soluciones que permitan incrementar los ingresos y las capacidades empresariales de la Agricultura Familiar, vinculándolos como proveedores de los programas...

The International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems, IPES-Food, is a new initiative aimed at informing the debate on how to reform food systems. IPES-Food has identified 10 key principles to guide the urgently-needed transition to sustainable food systems. They include principles to shape the sustainable food systems of...

Like in other parts of Europe, wood pastures and silvopastoral systems were integral parts of traditional land use patterns and extensive livestock keeping for thousands of years in Hungary. This type of land management was a dominant feature up to the mid-twentieth century. The underlying causes for its deterioration include...

La diputada local, Angelina Solís, consideró ayer que la nueva Ley de Agricultura Familiar aprobada por la Asamblea Legislativa, evitará el éxodo de cientos de familias rurales a las zonas urbanas del Distrito Federal, además de que detonaría la capacidad productiva de más de 18 mil hectáreas de cultivo ubicadas...

Ianco Zifceak is one of the people who know his agriculture. Immediately after the Revolution, five hectares of agricultural land was returned to his parents and then he bought and rented other hectares, so as in 2004 he worked approximately 200 hectares with his brother Ioji. But he practices the...

  El artículo tiene como propósito avanzar en la caracterización de los circuitos cortos de comercialización en la Argentina y sus alcances para el afianzamiento de la producción familiar diversificada y su reconexión con el territorio. La metodología empleada es fundamentalmente cualitativa y se basa en dos estudios de caso. Si bien...

6 September 2015, Bo District (Sierra Leone) - Over one thousand people that have been displaced by flooding in six villages of Bo District, South of Sierra Leone, are in urgent need of food, clothes, medicines and shelter to cope with the traumatized situation that has befell them. The flood...

This course has been developed as part of the "Global Strategy to Improve Agricultural and Rural Statistics". The course is based on the Guidelines for Linking Population and Housing Censuses with Agricultural Censuses, prepared jointly by FAO and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and available in the Resources section.

Household mentoring is an innovative tool that provides the skills and knowledge that enable poor families to improve their well-being and incomes. And, as an IFAD-supported programme in Uganda has shown, it also promotes greater equality and shared decision-making among household members.

Although it is widely recognized that land tenure security is an integral part of agricultural intensification, there is no single clearly defined and universally applicable property rights regime to achieve this end. Countries that strive for economic development and food security through agricultural intensification need to utilize land governance strategies...

La terre est aride à Katikati, village du nord de la Tanzanie. Ici, les nomades Masaï parcourent jusqu’à 100 kilomètres par jour pour trouver un point d’eau. Mais à présent, un puits a été foré leur donnant accès à l'eau potable et une chance de se sédentariser en construisant une...

The real solution to our pest and weed problems lies in non-toxic, ecological methods of agriculture, not in pulling the pesticide trigger. In organic systems, farms are managed to maintain and build soil fertility, improving the overall health of microbes, plants and animals as one ecosystem. 

El presente artículo describe y evalúa la incidencia de la transferencia de tecnología en el trabajo de agricultores familiares lecheros de acuerdo a su entorno, a partir de dos casos en los que se ha intervenido de manera directa en acciones de investigación y extensión, uno en Perú y otro...

This study determined the adaptation and coping strategies adopted by farmers under yam- and cassavabased farming systems in Ebonyi and Enugu States in Nigeria’s derived savannah agro-ecological zone. The study uses data from 400 farmers. The likelihood that the farmers engage in some actions to cushion the effect of climate...