Chandra Kala Thapa is a thirty-year-old smallholder farmer living in Ranichauri, a village in the Sindhuli District of south-eastern Nepal. Like many women farmers here and in other parts of the developing world, she has faced a number of barriers to improving her agricultural productivity and increasing her income.

  Farmers in Koutiala, a district in Southern Mali grow cereals to feed their families and keep cows for milk and as a form of savings. There, all the arable land is currently under cultivation. During the four months of the rainy season, farmers prioritise the cultivation of cereals over fodder...

Around the world, farmers are losing their lands, often violently, to large companies and speculators who see farmland as a lucrative investment. But what are the complex mechanisms behind these processes? Could your pension fund be contributing to land grabbing in places like Brazil? This animated video shows how a global...

The video shows how the members of the FAO-Dimitra Clubs in Niger and DR Congo have succeeded in improving their livelihoods and highlights the momentum they have created at community level. The video also explores the collaborations between the clubs and other development actors, such as rural institutions. ”Community Mobilization”...

Although family farms are found in great numbers all over Romania, they are found in their highest numbers, and in the most typical traditional small-scale farmed landscapes, in the northern and Central parts of Romania. This smallholding-based production has persisted, especially in Romanian mountain and upland regions. However, livestock numbers...

The economic contributions of forests in Eastern African countries have not received the desired attention in terms of policy and budgetary allocation needed for sustained growth of these forests. This, among other reasons, has led to the reduction of forest zones and an increase in the import of forest-related products,...

El CIMMYT participó en el taller global Pathways to Impact que organizó la oficina de Estados Unidos del United States Business Council for Sustainable Development (USBCSD), una iniciativa global que reúne a las principales empresas del sector privado y donde el CIMMYT aporta su experiencia y conocimiento en materia de...

Stanislav Nemec’s runs a dairy farm in the Czech Republic. He originally produced feta cheese, but in 2008 during the economic crisis, his business partner pulled out and he lost 70% of his turnover. What appeared at first to be a serious threat for the further existence of his farm,...

Noticia que da cuenta de el 34.º período de sesiones de la Conferencia Regional de la FAO para América Latina y el Caribe se llevará a cabo en Ciudad de México, desde el 29 de febrero al 3 de marzo de 2016. Gracias a los enormes esfuerzos que han realizado los...

Las principales especies pecuarias en América Latina y El Caribe (ALC) procedentes de la península Ibérica, han evolucionado por 500 años en ambientes diversos y adversos, lo que sugiere que los animales Criollos poseen genes para adaptación en frecuencias distintas a las de razas exóticas. El propósito es mostrar resultados de...

With financial support from the European Commission, FAO implemented the Agricultural Livelihood Recovery Project in Northern Uganda to enhance agricultural productivity, rehabilitate rural based infrastructure to faciliatte return and resettlement and to revitalise the local economy

El esfuerzo continuado desde el año 2008 hasta el 2011 de las organizaciones agrarias, rurales y sociales de más de sesenta países de los cinco continentes, impulsados y coordinados por el Foro Rural Mundial-FRM, logró que la comunidad internacional, a través de la FAO, el FIDA y la ONU, pusiera...

Over the past couple of decades, the European Union has adopted and implemented legislation that has eliminated the most extreme confinement systems for farm animals, such as barren battery cages for laying hens, cages for broiler chickens and individual sow stalls for pigs. The European Commission asserts that animal welfare is a...

Resultado das palestras e discussões científicas do V Congresso Brasileiro de Defensivos Agrícolas Naturais, que teve como tema o papel dos defensivos naturais na agricultura do século XXI, o livro aborda em seus capítulos iniciais temas pertinentes ao acesso ao patrimônio genético natural, legislação para o desenvolvimento e uso de...

Fish significantly contributed to human food supply and food security and nutrition (FSN) for more than 660 million fish-workers and their families. Fish provides more than 4.5 billion consumers with at least 15 percent of their average per capita intake of animal protein. Fish is more nutritious than staple foods...

The video shows how Dimitra Clubs play an important role in helping women gain self-confidence and in building their capacities to become leaders in their communities. ”Women Leaders” is part of a series that illustrates the impact of Dimitra Clubs, a successful gender-transformative approach developed by the Food and Agriculture...

The Chef's Garden in Huron, Ohio, strives to farm produce in a thoughtful way—without chemicals and with special care for the soil. This attention to detail has made the small 300-acre farm a leader in the world of specialty produce for fine-dining establishments. Meet the family operation that is producing...

Achieving Zero Hunger while responding to climate change requires everyday changemakers. In Uganda, various actors respond to what makes them a changemaker and their role in supporting tackle climate change.

The International Network of Community Supported Agriculture Newsletter

Nguyen Thi Hoi is a woman farmer in the province of Thai Binh, Viet Nam. She is one of many smallholder farmers whose lives have improved thanks to a project implemented by FAO and IPSARD (the Institute of Policy and Strategy for Agriculture and Rural Development). Through the local farmers' cooperative, the...