There is a growing trend towards small-scale forest operators engaging in certification initiatives in response to growing demands for certified timber. We aimed to analyse whether certified smallholders gain better access to timber markets and better financial incentives. We used three smallholder forest enterprises from Gunungkidul and KulonProgo districts, Java,...

「良食大学」是互联网第一个简体中文的食物议题知识库。我们的目标是希望向大众普及食物生产和消费的知识，让大家了解食物背后的真实代价，并且重新认识并定义健康、温和、良善而多元的「良食」。 "Good Food University" is the first knowledge base of food issues in Chinese on the Internet. Our goal is to spread the knowledge of food production and consumption to the general public so that we can understand the true cost behind food and re-understand and define a healthy, gentle, good...

A Secretaria Especial de Agricultura Familiar e do Desenvolvimento Agrário (SEAD) lança, nesta quinta-feira (23), a campanha internacional #MulheresRurais, mulheres com direitos. A iniciativa busca conscientizar a população sobre as principais atividades das mulheres rurais para alcançar o desenvolvimento sustentável. A campanha #MulheresRurais, mulheres com direitos promoverá o intercâmbio de experiências, políticas, inovações, estratégias e...

Ms. Shazada Begum, President of Kendrio Krishak Moitree (KKM) and Vice President of the Asian Farmers’ Association (AFA), has been honoured with the “RTV Alokito Nari 2017″ (Enlightened Woman) award. This is one of the most prestigious awards in Bangladesh that honours change makers like Shazada.

Developing short food supply chains for products from local pig (Sus scrofa domesticus) breeds may offer chances for smallholders in rural areas to participate in niche markets and obtain additional income. Because the authenticity and distinctness of products are crucial for establishing marketing, this study compared selected product characteristics of...

This study used cross sectional data from the government of Malawi’s Farm Income Diversification Programme (FIDP) to examine the impact of FIDP on household welfare. Total annual household income, food security, and the wealth status of households were used as measures of household welfare. A propensity score matching procedure was...

Between November 22 - 25, 2017 Lebanon hosted the 2nd Learning Journey on LSPA: Local Solidarity Partnerships for Agro-ecology between producers and consumers. Around 20 facilitators from 11 Mediterranean countries (Algeria, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Tunisia, Turkey, Syria) participated and shared their experiences through meetings and site...

A Secretaria Especial de Agricultura Familiar e do Desenvolvimento Agrário (SEAD) apresenta em Brasília a Campanha Internacional #MulheresRurais, mulheres com direitos. O objetivo é dar visibilidade para essas mulheres e destacar o trabalho que realizam. “A mulher rural é a protagonista do desenvolvimento sustentável. E é para isso que estamos...

The Toek Thla Samaki saving group Toek Thla Village, Trapaing Krosaing Commune, Prey Kabas District Takeo Province was established in 2008 with 16 members and a saving capital of $40. With the support of AFOSP-MTCP2 through the Farmer and Nature Net in Cambodia starting 2014, the group conducted training and...

This article is concerned with the linkages between the livelihoods of tea smallholders and domestic value chains in Indonesia. Theoretically, our empirical inquiry is informed by an integration of the sustainable livelihoods approach and value chain analyses. This enables a better investigation of micro (livelihoods) — meso (industry) — macro...

Sitio web donde podrá encontrar información sobre el Sello Manos Campesinas®, su objetivo y su proceso de acreditación. Es una certificación y distintivo que garantiza un producto elaborado por pequeños productores campesinos, además de ser sano, artesanal y que fomente el desarrollo local. Un Sello que busca dar visibilidad y apoyo...

The Palau capital plays host this week to the first subregional meeting in the pacific on the FAO Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing.  The workshop has been jointly organized by the Ministry of Natural Resources, Environment & Tourism and the...

How to strengthen producers-consumers relationships ? This activity is one of the numerous exercises to be tried out during Urgenci's learning journeys. The latest of these journeys took place in Turkey 4-8 October, thanks to the support from the Civil Society Team of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Some tasks...

A fall armyworm outbreak, the first emergence of the pest in southern Africa, is causing considerable crop damage in some countries. If the pest damage aggravates, it could dampen prospects for good crop harvests that is anticipated in the current farming season. Maize, a staple food in the region has...

Non-timber forest products such as bamboo shoots are a very important food and source of income for farmers in rural areas of Laos. Sustainable management of bamboo is important for food security, and improvement of the bamboo value chain can help increase incomes for rural people. That is why the...

FAO RAF Quarterly Newsletter is an information resource platform designated for broader audience in Africa and published every quarter of the year. This newsletter mostly contains news stories, articles, reports and up-to date events from FAO’s representatives, policy makers and other stakeholders in the sub region of Africa. The aim...

Damascus- 22 June 2017: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in the framework of its on-going EU funded project, has organized a one-day workshop to establish the resilience programming network for agriculture sector in Syria.  The workshop took place in Damascus on June 12th 2017 and...

The present study is a gender assessment of the dairy value chain in selected sites in Ethiopia: North Shoa Shewa (Degem woreda), East Gojam (Dejen woreda) and Gamu Gofa Arba Minch (Arba Minch Zuria woreda). It relies on evidence gathered through fieldwork complemented by a review of specialized background documentation....

The present resilience analysis is focused on the Isiolo, Marsabit and Meru couties in the Republic of Kenya. It relates to the baseline survey that is part of the Impact Evaluation strategy designed by the FAO Representation in Kenya in order to assess the effects of specific FAO interventions. In...

Following their first formation in Indonesia over 25 years ago, Farmer Field Schools (FFS) have served as a “proof of concept” of how transformative learning can help governments, donors and development stakeholders achieve development objectives. The FFS approach, which has now been used in more than 90 countries by more...