En el marco del proyecto Mercados campesinos, AVSF apoyó la realización de trabajos de investigación sobre la problemática agraria, soberanía alimentaria y comercialización campesina. Desde el trabajo doctoral de un colega ecuatoriano, la presente publicación “Los andes carchenses: nuevas dinámicas productivas entre haciendas y campesinos” analiza en particular el proceso...

Este libro presenta ocho estudios de caso que se cuestionan sobre un particular asunto: qué elementos caracterizan a las dinámicas económicas y políticas en los territorios donde se observa un crecimiento económico y buenos resultados sociales, esto es, una disminución de la pobreza y de la desigualdad. 

El segundo congreso de la Asociación Nacional de Mujeres Rurales e Indigenas (ANAMURI), se realizó los días 28, 29 y 30 de Noviembre del año 2014, en la comuna de San Miguel, en la región Metropolitana y reunió a mujeres de Arica a Coyhaique que debatieron problemas de importancia nacional...

La CNA viene ha implementado el proyecto financiado por la Fundación Ford, “Llipinchis yupasunchis” Todos/as contamos: Visibilización de los Pueblos indígenas del Perú”; con este proyecto propone iniciar un proceso de construcción participativa de propuestas de conceptos y metodología para integrar el componente étnico y de diversidad cultural en la...

Documentaries on the Best Practices in Rural Development carried out by young farmers that have been granted support under EU Rural development policies.

In Swaziland, the marketing initiative of the Swaziland Agricultural Development Programme, led by the government with assistance from the European Union and FAO, is helping farmers gain access to finance and markets.  

The Vikizijula community in Swaziland talks about bees as the 'insect of hope'. This refers to the way beekeeping and producing honey has transformed their lives. Parents are now able to send their children to proper schools, and some have also been able to construct larger houses. Bees have been...

La política pública para el sector rural es interpelada en razón de múltiples conflictos e intereses contrapuestos, y su sentido último, así como su sostenibilidad en el tiempo, depende en gran medida del contexto social y político. En Argentina, el período abierto luego de la crisis de 2001-2002 planteó el...

Keeping its tradition of exploring major emerging issues, Nature & Faune has chosen to dedicate this edition to looking at the implications of this rapid urbanization and its implications for urban food and nutrition security, focusing on the specific roles of sustainable management and utilization of natural resources in Africa‘s...

The emergence of social movements: Community Supported Agriculture, between Food Sovereignty and Solidarity Economy. The end of the 20th century can be characterised by the emergence of both extreme forms of globalisation of trade and of social movements. The spaces in which the latter emerged were not only the World...

Documentaries on the Best Practices in Rural Development carried out by young farmers that have been granted support under EU Rural development policies.

Smallholder irrigated vegetable production in the Central Rift Valley region of Ethiopia is instrumental in ensuring the year-round availability of fresh vegetables in the local market in the country. However, a number of problems constrain irrigated vegetable production in the region. Therefore, asurvey was conducted with the objectives of assessing...

The two pig breeds, Mangalița and Bazna, have been ignored for a long time because of their low prolificacy and low carcass yield. However, there are rearers who appreciate them and fight to bring them back to the public’s attention. One of them is the agronomist Ioan Tătăran, from the...

Many rural development initiatives attempt to improve the lives of small-scale farmers. Some succeed, some fail – but all of them can offer valuable lessons for the future. In a two-phased documentation workshop, a group of experts working in IFAD-funded projects in Zambia described, analysed and wrote down some of...

El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar cómo el proceso de mercantilización asociado a la agricultura familiar puede influir en la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional de las familias. La primera parte introduce el tema, estableciendo cómo las consecuencias de la modernización agrícola orientan hacia una mirada diferente a la pequeña producción...

Access to markets is considered a major constraint to the development of family farming. This article aims to analyze the access of family farmers in the municipality of Unaí, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil to two markets: the fair of family farming, and the sale of products for Brazil’s National...

Como institución responsable de promover la integración armónica de la población campesina al desarrollo económico y social de la nación, el Instituto Nacional de Desarrollo Rural y de la Tierra deberá adecuar la estructura agraria promoviendo el acceso a la tierra rural, saneando y regularizando su tenencia, coordinando y creando...

Family farmers in the Paraná region of Brazil are conserving local and traditional seeds and promoting diversification of varieties. They are supported by organisations such as AS-PTA. Access and use of these seeds creates autonomy, food sovereignty and sustainable livelihoods. The government's PAA program is playing a major role in...

This food policy report reviews resilience processes, activities, and outcomes by examining a number of case studies of initiatives by nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to enhance resilience capacity, and draws implications for policymakers and other stakeholders looking to strengthen resilience. Resilience building relies on integrated programming—a cross-sectoral approach with a long-term commitment...

The study was conducted in 2011 at Hamamavhaire and Mhende irrigation schemes in Chirumanzu district in Zimbabwe to determine the typology of the farmers using different irrigation technologies. A structured household survey was carried out on a sample of 79 respondents drawn from farmers using the sprinkler (n=32), flood (n=39)...