“Only by putting the poorest in charge of their own lives and destinies, will absolute poverty and deprivation be removed from the face of the earth.” These words came from Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, 2015 winner of the prestigious World Food Prize, which was announced this summer. To celebrate the prize...

She began in 2000 with 12 goats, performing milking by hand "for five years""

The annual published Beef and Sheep reports contain the main findings of the sector, emphasising the comparative analysis of the competitiveness of the production of beef and sheep, among the participating countries. The 2015 report provides an update of global world maps and charts, a continuation of the country page information...

Reducing risk and increasing resilience to natural disasters and climate change requires access to knowledge, information and the active participation of vulnerable population. Planning Communication for Agricultural Disaster Risk Management is a field guide to orient ADRM teams and concerned stakeholders for the design and implementation of communication for development...

Farmers in Eastern Europe and Central Asia are constantly innovating, adapting their farming techniques to cope with unfavourable weather or environmental conditions. But their efforts are far from systematic, and there is little government support for what they do. A discussion at the 39th session of the European Commission on Agriculture,...

Short Food Supply Chains (SFCs) have potential to improve farm incomes, promote sustainable farming systems and contribute to local economic development. There are many different forms of SFC in Europe, but they share a common characteristic of reduced numbers of intermediaries between the farmer or food producer, and the consumer....

The report summarizes the major food policy issues, developments, and decisions in 2014 and highlights challenges and opportunities for 2015. It calls for a renewed focus on middle-income countries, which are home to the majority of the world’s hungry and malnourished and covers other issues that are integral to achieving...

La Legislatura jujeña aprobó por unanimidad la adhesión a la Ley Nacional 27.118 de Reparación Histórica de la Agricultura Familiar, con el fin de construir una nueva ruralidad en la Argentina.  Con la presencia de asociaciones de pequeños productores, agricultores familiares y funcionarios, se aprobó por unanimidad en la legislatura provincial...

This document was produced as a result of the “International Encounters on Family Farming and Research“ held in Montpellier, June 1-3, 2014. The conference brought together three hundred participants from the different continents representing family farmers, policy makers, the private sector, as well as teachers and researchers. Research agendas relating...

A presente iniciativa buscou reunir uma gama de temas gerais que fossem importantes para toda e qualquer área temática da cooperação internacional, sem se esquecer de dedicar uma parte á agricultura, tema central da ação do IICA. A Parte II, com foco na cooperação voltada á agricultura e ao desenvolvimento...

La experiencia vivida en la localidad Villa los Llanos-Estación Juárez Celman tiene por objetivo conocer la realidad de la agricultura familiar integrando conceptos productivos agroecológicos y sociales a través del metodología que implica la observación y el diagnostico. Observación que fue realizada de una forma no estructurada, llevada a cabo a...

By prioritising human and non-human life over economic profit, and cooperation over competition, citizens of the city of Cordoba have been able to transform their food system into a thriving network of local food producers and consumers. Women have been at the forefront of this movement.

Many environmental factors constrain the production of major food crops in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. At the same time, these food production systems themselves have a range of negative impacts on the environment. In this paper we review the published literature and assess the depth of recent research (since...

El artículo informa que el Instituto de Provisión de Alimentos (Proalimentos), entidad adscrita al Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería, Acuacultura y Pesca del Ecuador, ha implementado un nuevo modelo de rueda de negocios  para fortalecer la inclusión de micro, pequeños y medianos productores. El propósito es brindar a los agricultores un mercado...

For several years, insuring harvests against the climate hazards that regularly destroy farmers’ crops in developing countries has for several years been a major tool in the fight against poverty, mainly in Africa and Asia, where between 400 and 500 million farmers survive on very low incomes. This system, which...

Frente al reto de contar con políticas e instituciones acordes para enfrentar las tendencias, desafíos y oportunidades del futuro, es oportuno establecer un mecanismo de diálogo entre los países miembros del IICA para conocer, analizar e identificar lecciones que puedan ser aplicadas a las distintas condiciones de cada uno de...

El Niño is a periodic climate phenomenon defined by anomalously warm sea surface temperatures in the eastern and central tropical Pacific Ocean which affect local weather worldwide and generally leads to increased drought risk at global level. In 2015, since July a strong El Niño is being observed with increasing...

Lo cierto es que el conocimiento tradicional indígena es reconocido y conservado de manera desigual y heterogénea. En algunos países, especialmente donde estos pueblos son mayoritarios, ha sido incluido en sus principales instrumentos jurídicos. Y es ahí donde podrían ser incorporados en los proyectos de conservación ambiental que se desarrollen. Es...

Land as a common is an exploration of Terre de liens, an original organisation of the contemporary rural world. Through testimonies of various people involved in Terre de liens - farmers, board members, volunteers, staff members-, we discover an innovation in-the-making. Throughout the film, the farmers deliver their own vision...

De 3,8 millones de hectáreas agrícolas existentes en el país al menos 152.000 que representa el 4% cuentan con la certificación de que es ecológica porque no se usa químicos o semillas transgénicas, reconoció el director general de Seguridad Alimentaria, Lucio Tito. La certificación fue realizada por el Consejo Nacional de...