In Guinea-Bissau, a country on the West African coast between Senegal, the Republic of Guinea and the Atlantic, rice is the staple food. During the past three decades, agriculture in Guinea- Bissau has undergone a radical transformation. In Guinea-Bissau, there is a common discourse that young people have abandoned the...

This  issue of Caravan – a collaborative effort with the CGIAR Research Program on Dryland Systems – focuses on gender related research being undertaken by ICARDA and national and CGIAR research partners across the world's dry areas, reflecting on experience and insights from Morocco to South Asia and beyond. Articles...

The family of the three brothers Christos Belides (32), Miltiades Belides (30) and Theodoros Belides (20) has a long history of wine producing. Their grandfather was winegrower in Constantinople and in 1922 he took some of his wine varieties with him to Greece. Nowadays the winery is located near the city...

La FAO ha realizado una encuesta en 71 países y ha analizado 21 estudios de caso en África, Asia y América Latina para conocer más sobre estas unidades de agronegocios. El objetivo principal ha sido extraer lecciones y buenas prácticas para orientar a los países miembros sobre cómo establecer y...

The presence of the family farming on the forest areas is a characteristic of the north part of Rio Grande do Sul. This condition is the result of the settlement of European immigrants, implemented by public and private colonization projects along the 19th and 20th centuries. The colonies establishment resulted...

The Lexicon of Sustainability's Know Your Food is a short film series that introduces consumers to key terms and principles that can help them make more informed decisions about the food they eat. 

Asia and the Pacific is a very socially, culturally and economically diverse region. Family farming remains the predominant form of agriculture in Asia and the Pacific. Family enterprises in agriculture, forestry and fishery production play key roles in food security, local economies, sustainable use of natural resources, and climate change...

Ask Rasmussen (27) is slowly taking over Kiselgården from his parents. Kiselgården is one of the oldest biodynamic farms in Denmark. Ask is growing a large variety of vegetables and delivers to many Michelin starred restaurants, among them NoMa and Geranium.

Este material surge a partir de la necesidad de contar con un compendio de información referente al agua, su utilización y recomendaciones. Incluido en el marco del “Proyecto Integrado para el Manejo del Agua en el NO del Chubut” (PROFEDER INTA), que tiene como finalidad desarrollar alternativas para el mejor...

Progress in raising awareness and advocacy in favour of family farming during 2014, by IYFF-2014 National Committees. International Year of Family Farming IYFF-2014.

Este libro es el resultado de un trabajo colectivo y sobre todo interinstitucional, desarrollado en el marco del proyecto de cooperación técnica TCP/ARG/3302 “Fortalecimiento de las capacidades que permitan abordar los procesos de Ordenamiento Territorial Rural de forma participativa e interactiva” de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la...

La cuarta reunión de la Mesa de Cooperación Internacional para la Agricultura dibujó un panorama amplio sobre el ejercicio de la cooperación en el ámbito agrícola local. Además, el espacio permitió compartir, ante un cada vez más extenso grupo de cooperantes, las prioridades gubernamentales en materia agrícola.

Folleto sobre el trabajo en la cría casera de gallinas, con énfasis en los cuidados y sanidad de los animales. La cría de gallinas ponedoras es implementada por el Programa ProHuerta, siendo una muy buena alternativa para la producción familiar, contribuyendo a una alimentación variada mediante la producción de huevos. Para tener...

This paper examines the current interest in addressing the problem of young people’s unemployment in Africa through agriculture. Using notions of transitions and mobilities we set out a transformative work and opportunity space framework that privileges difference and diversity among work opportunities, rural areas and young people. We argue that...

In constrained environments such as mountainous and Mediterranean areas the sustainable use of forage resources by domestic herbivores has to combine production, conservation of high environmental value areas and product quality. The sustainability of animal production systems relies on their ability to reconcile economic performance based on the added value...

The Eastern African region (which includes Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania) is highly vulnerable to climate change and several of its major sectors (notably agriculture) that significantly contribute to the sub-region’s economies are at risk. About 80% of the population in East Africa depend on agriculture, which contributes to 40% of...

This paper explores the situation of women left behind in villages when men out-migrate for work and what it implies for gender relations in rural China. It is based on questionnaire survey data that covers 400 left-behind women and extensive interviews in 10 rural communities. It reveals how the women...

Proceedings IAHA Preconference and Workshop, 12. and 15. October 2014 IFOAM 18th Organic World Congress in Istanbul

Las ferias de la agricultura familiar atraviesan un proceso de expansión en todas las regiones del país. En 2009, un grupo de investigadores del INTA relevaron 144 ferias en todo el país. Un estudio reciente hecho por el MINAGRI actualizó esta cifra, cuatro años después, a más de 470 experiencias...

This paper investigates the role of knowledge management in African agricultural and rural development policies, and how information and communications technologies (ICTs) can contribute to enhance it. African Policymakers are aware of the importance of knowledge management; however, its actual use is constrained by inter-related factors encompassing the national context...