Cooperative forms of collective action have a strong presence in agriculture worldwide, processing and/or commercializing one-half of the world’s food at some given stage of the value chain. In Morocco alone, there are about 10 000 registered cooperatives acting in the agriculture sector. The formal registration of such a large...

The programme aims to improve existing training and resources for CSA farmers, equipping them with the skills and tools to produce healthy sustainable food for local communities, and to encourage experience sharing with European countries where CSA is less established. The event took place over five days at Cascina Santa Brera,...

Growing populations and consumption patterns are squeezing forests – especially through industrial agriculture. But many of the 1.5 billion people who live within the world’s remaining forest landscapes are farmers too, albeit smallholders. Many grow and protect trees. Most also hunt and gather from the forest. Forests provide them with...

New research in southern India, conducted by the Fish4Food Project, reveals that small-scale traders play an important role in ensuring access to fish by the urban poor. By providing low income consumers with small pelagic fish, in particular, small-scale traders support food security as well as contribute to the livelihoods...

M. (. ‎‎Corporación Cacao SC 1 (Selección Colombia 1):Colección de trabajo del Banco de Germoplasma identificado con el nombre de SC 1 (Selección Colombia 1). 

As fish in Kenya’s Lake Victoria region becomes increasingly scarce, women fish traders in the region turn to fish farming to boost incomes and find a way out of the pernicious practice of jaboya

O aquecimento global põe em risco toda a Floresta Amazônica. Escapamentos e chaminés domundo inteiro lançam na atmosfera bilhões de toneladas de dióxido de carbono, gerando temperaturas cada vez mais altas na Amazônia. Alguns estudos preveem que nas próximas décadas o aquecimento global também reduzirá a precipitação na região. Temperaturas mais altas...

Global study elaborated by the WCC (World Coordinating Committee) of the IYFF+10 and coordinated by the WRF that analyzes and highlights the common and global challenges faced by rural youth from all 5 continents.

En este capítulo se discuten los efectos de la variabilidad del clima y el cambio climático en la producción de alimentos, la seguridad alimentaria, el uso de pesticidas, las poblaciones de insectos plaga y su control biológico en los sistemas de producción. El análisis se enfoca en los efectos de...

The agriculture sector is one of the major income generating sectors in Sierra Leone and more than 70 percent of the population is engaged in subsistence farming. The outbreak of the Ebola virus disease caused a major disruption to farming activities, closing periodic markets, creating price volatility and worsening food...

O Acompanhamento do Mercado de Trabalho do Agronegócio realizado pelo Centro de Estudos Avançados em Economia Aplicada (CEPEA) aborda aspectos da conjuntura e da estrutura do mercado de trabalho do setor. O agronegócio, nesses estudos, é entendido como a soma de quatro segmentos: insumos para a agropecuária, produção agropecuária primária,...

Los sistemas agrícolas se comportan y tienen características de sistemas complejos. Como sistema complejo, las respuestas a efectos y cambios que lo afecten pueden, en unos casos, ser evidentes y, en otros, enmascararse o permanecer ocultos en el sistema. El cambio climático afecta directamente múltiples sistemas en la tierra, entre...

Based on 25 case studies from the global comparative study ‘GENNOVATE: Enabling gender equality in agricultural and environmental innovation’, this paper explores rural young women’s and men’s occupational aspirations and trajectories in India, Mali, Malawi, Morocco, Mexico, Nigeria, and the Philippines. We draw upon qualitative data from 50 sex-segregated focus...

Las leguminosas en general, y especialmente el fríjol común, constituyen fuentes importantes de proteínas, vitaminas y minerales (Ulloa, Rosas, Ramírez, & Ulloa, 2011). Aunque las vitaminas y minerales son requeridos en el cuerpo humano en bajas cantidades, existe en el país, y en el mundo, una gran problemática ligada a...

Improving Household Food and Nutrition Security in Egypt by Targeting Women and Youth is a project in which nutrition awareness is integrated with food production and income generating activities. It is designed to improve the food and nutrition security of the vulnerable by improving the skills of women and the...

Contract farming is often regarded as an inclusive business model because it engages small-scale producers with high-value agribusinesses. In principle, contract farming can improve family farmers' access to markets and boost their incomes while ensuring that agribusinesses have a stable supply of produce that meets their quality standards. However, there...

As part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, achieving a world without hunger and malnutrition calls for urgent action to make agriculture more sustainable, productive and resilient. The impacts of climate change are further increasing uncertainties and vulnerabilities facing farmers and communities. Integrated, cross sectoral approaches like agroecology are...

O artigo assim se justifica pela importância de se discutir e refletir sobre as especificidades da condição de mulher pertencentes à comunidades rurais; pela relevância e particularidades do conceito de Feminismo Comunitário para o movimento feminista; e pela tentativa de reflexão e comparação das lutas de mulheres de comunidades rurais...

Realizado ao longo de 18 meses, o trabalho foi costurado com a participação de cerca de 370 colaboradores da estatal e de instituições parceiras A agricultura tem passado por profundas transformações de ordem econômica, cultural, social, tecnológica, ambiental e mercadológica que impactam o mundo rural. A inteligência estratégica é imprescindível para...

Hemos oído una cantidad de mitos acerca de los atributos del chontaduro, algunos son eso, solo mitos y otros son verdad. En este capítulo el YouTuber del Agro nos cuenta algunos de ellos y qué beneficios trae para la salud humana.