Soils are a non-renewable resource on which 95% of our food supply depends. Short-sighted chemical fertilizer applications in conventional farming are depleting soils at an alarming rate. Instead of using potent chemicals that degrade soil, organic farmers continuously give back to the soil, maintaining soil health and fertility for future...

Desde el 2013, Nitlapan ha venido trabajando en alianza con la  hoy financiera Fondo de Desarrollo Local (FDL) en brindar asesoría técnica a pequeños caficultores.  El testimonio de Aurora Galeano, es una muestra de cómo con una asistencia técnica adaptada al cultivo y a las condiciones de la familia genera resultados...

Serie de videos que muestran investigaciones, noticias, tecnología y avances que pueden ser adaptados por la pequeña agricultura.

Worldwide, the figures on child labour are worrying. According to estimates from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Labour Organization (ILO), there are about 215 mn ‘child workers’, many of whom work full-time, and close to 170 mn are ‘trapped’ in activities considered...

La Guía brinda información elemental para que autoridades locales, entidades técnicas, productores y productoras y público en general puedan interiorizar y poner en marcha procesos para abastecer programas de compras públicas a partir de la producción local de alimentos y de la participación directa de la agricultura familiar, dinamizando la...

This video tells the story of Joyce, an inspiring and entrepreneurial Kenyan fish farmer who has overcome many challenges to develop a thriving Tilapia and Catfish farming business. FAO and the ASTF fund are supporting aquaculture programs in Kenya with the aim to increase local fish production to fulfil local...

This document provides a departing point and a brief summary of the livestock weight, impacts and related-policies for possible livestock evolution by 2050

Facilitating access to succession brokers for farming families in all EU Member States is necessary in order to broach the difficult conversation about the transfer of land between generations, CEJA also calls the EU to pay a particular attention to young people not coming from a farming background by implementing...

El Frente Parlamentario contra el Hambre de América Latina y el Caribe, surgido en 2009 con el apoyo del Parlamento Latinoamericano y Caribeño (PARLATINO), en el marco del compromiso intergubernamental Iniciativa América Latina y el Caribe sin Hambre, se constituye como un espacio plural y participativo donde el diálogo, la...

In West Africa, where about 7 mn people depend directly on fishing as a source of income, this access is increasingly hindered by industrial fleets which, often illegally, target areas that are otherwise reserved for small-scale fishers and their communities. Illegal fishing is worth US$2.3 bn in the waters of...

Soils are a non-renewable resource on which 95% of our food supply depends. Short-sighted chemical fertilizer applications in conventional farming are depleting soils at an alarming rate. Instead of using potent chemicals that degrade soil, organic farmers continuously give back to the soil, maintaining soil health and fertility for future...

Este estudio analiza la evolución del crédito agropecuario y los factores determinantes de su necesidad, demanda y uso efectivo por parte de los productores agropecuarios del Perú. Identifica que los principales factores para la solicitud y la obtención de crédito son la asistencia técnica, la titulación y asociatividad; por último,...

Information and communication technology (ICT) has always mattered in agriculture. Ever since people have grown crops, raised livestock, and caught fish, they have sought information from one another. Today, ICT represents a tremendous opportunity for rural populations to improve productivity, to enhance food and nutrition security, to access markets, and...

The Bulletin highlights outbreaks of transboundary pests and diseases that have the potential to impact food and nutrition security in Southern Africa. It also captures recently concluded and upcoming events that are being organized by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and stakeholders to improve the capacities...

The Too Big to Ignore (TBTI) Digest contains all of the project's recent activities and outputs. 

Despite serious influences of climate change on food security and farm income, there is insufficient research in Central Asia on the impact of climate change on agro-ecosystems, farm incomes, and analysis of the potential adaptation strategies. There is very limited use of integrated assessments critical for analyzing environmental, economic and...

This study presents an overview of Blue Growth emerging industries and investigates the linkages with the traditional maritime activity of fisheries with emphasis on small-scale fisheries. Positive synergies are investigated as well as possible opportunities (and threats) that Blue Growth can or should offer to small-scale fisheries and coastal communities...

A ausência de mulheres nas mesas de abertura de simpósios, conferências e seminários sobre café ou nas diretorias das cooperativas e sindicatos rurais ou, ainda, representando o País no exterior pode levar a uma conclusão – precipitada e errônea – de que, no Brasil, as mulheres não desempenham um papel...

Esta herramienta de comunicación e incidencia es el resultado de estrategias implementadas por grupos de mujeres que trabajan por la garantía de sus derechos, el reconocimiento de sus identidades y la participación en los espacios de toma de decisiones que afectan a las mujeres rurales en Latinoamérica. Con esta herramienta se...

The livestock sector is a complex one that touches not only on animal production and agriculture but on environment, health, and land-use rights. Addressing all of these topics within a policy is a delicate task especially where there is a wide range of competing objectives: economic growth, employment, equality, food...