Este artículo informa que representantes de organizaciones campesinas, gremios agropecuarios de las nacionalidades  de pueblos indígenas y autoridades del Ministerio de Agricultura Ganadería, Acuacultura y Pesca (MAGAP), participaron la reunión preparatoria a la Conformación de la Red Especializada de Agricultura Familiar (REAF), capítulo Ecuador. Los objetivos de la REAF implican crear...

Participatory programming provides scope for the unlocking of potential competence and optimizing available resource use in order to improve plant nutrition and plant health; while safeguarding the integrity of the scarce land resource base in St. Lucia.

The project leader for the third phase of the project joined ICARDA in July 2012, and a project instigation meeting was conducted in Amman where the previous progress was reviewed, objectives discussed, and a comprehensive work plan developed. In the autumn of 2012, 29 zero-tillage (ZT) demonstrations were established in...

In line with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) this study defines climate change as any change in climate over time, whether due to natural variability or as a result of human activity. The study report is based on case studies from Bangladesh (Sulaiman, 2010), Bolivia (Pafumi and Ulloa, 2010),...

This report presents results of analyses of the IFPRI household survey data on various topics that, combined, represent the current food security situation in Bangladesh. Specifically, the study examines how that situation varies between the FTF zone of influence in the southern region and other regions throughout the country.

La Matriz de Análisis de Política a la que se refiere este documento es una herramienta de análisis cuantitativo microeconómica relativamente fácil de aplicar. Ante la dificultad que representa el analizar el complejo y heterogéneo sector agropecuario, y dada la escasez de estudios microeconómicos, se considera que los Ministerios de...

The International Conference on Policies for Water and Food Security in Dry Areas was co-organized by the Egyptian Ministry of Agriculture and Land reclamation and its Agricultural Research Center, ICARDA, FAO, IFAD and IRDC. The conference was held in Cairo on 24-26 June, 2013 and attended by some 200 policy...

Without financial access and sufficient yearly earnings, many farmers also lose up to 50 percent of their annual potential income because they must gain quick access to cash to afford household expenses all year. In the time leading up to harvest, farmers often experience a “hungry season” in which they...

El problema de la distribución de beneficios, producto del desequilibrio en las relaciones de poder en la toma de decisiones entre productores y empresas, es la que amerita el establecimiento de políticas públicas para proteger a los pequeños productores. De forma general se ha identificado que los productores rurales son...

This paper attempts to contribute to the emerging literature with focusing on one important high-value agricultural product in Indonesia: chili. More specifically we examine the factors that determine chili farmers participation in supermarket channel and to investigate the impacts of this participation on their income. This study focuses on chilies...

This report presents a farm household model for use in the context of developing countries to gain knowledge on food security and rural poverty alleviation under different economic conditions and agri-food policy options. This model, called FSSIM-Dev (Farming System Simulator for Developing Countries), is an extension of the FSSIM model...

The Government of Ghana (GoG) since 2007 has been providing subsidized agricultural machines to individual farmers and private enterprises established as specialized Agricultural Mechanization Services Enterprise Centers (AMSECs) to offer tractor-hire services to small-scale farmers across the country. Current demand in the country is primarily focused on land preparation services,...

Esta publicación bilingue fue realizada para brindar información sobre la cartera de programas y Proyectos de la Unidad para el Cambio Rural (UCAR) respecto a objetivos, áreas de intervención, estrategias, montos de inversión, etc.

Voluntary standards are part of a growing trend in global markets. As a result, FAO and member countries are being asked to respond adequately to the opportunities and challenges presented by business models that could foster both increased food security and better market access for small-scale producers. FAO reviewed the...

It is in the mandate of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), as stated in Article 1 of its constitution, “to collect, analyse, interpret and disseminate information related to nutrition, food and agriculture”. Within this framework, in 1993 FAO launched a programme known as AQUASTAT, its...

Folleto que describe quienes son agricultores pequeños y familiares, su importancia en relación a la sostenibilidad y los múltiples beneficios que ellos generan.

Despite the increasing attention given to organic supply chains over the past decade, there are still significant market opportunities to pursue. The demand for organic products in developing countries continues to grow and price premiums for organic certified products are available, albeit not comparable with those of a decade or...

This atlas on rural change in Africa was prepared at the request of the NEPAD Agency and under the overall coordination and guidance of Ibrahim Assane Mayaki, NEPAD Agency CEO, Estherine Lisinge Fotabong, Programme Implementation and Coordination Director, and Benoît Faivre-Dupaigre, Agriculture Adviser to the CEO. It is part of the...

Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which: identify highly nutritious local food plants, explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way, detail the nutritional value of the plants and describe why human bodies require those nutrients. The resources created by FPS allows people to better...

El objetivo del presente documento es describir los avances metodológicos logrados por el PPD con el apoyo metodológico del Programa de Articulación de Redes Territoriales para la quinta fase operativa del Programa de Pequeñas Donaciones en el marco del Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo. La presente guía, está...