The new Common Agricultural Policy for the period 2014-2020 is expected to provide nearly 180,000 young farmers with an installation grant, an EU spokesman has told EurActiv.

This research aims to provide the evidence required to help put dryland issues firmly on the development agenda at national, regional, and global levels. Dryland Systems research informs the interventions required by providing international public goods – tools, methods, practices, policies, and technologies – to enhance the economic and social...

El evento ha sido organizado por la Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL), el H. Senado de la República y la Red Mexicana por la Agricultura Familiar y Campesina. Tiene como objetivo crear un espacio de diálogo y construcción colectiva entre actores de la sociedad civil, gobierno, academia, agricultores y campesinos...

In Central Asia, unsustainable land management has turned large areas of productive land into wastelands. “Not possible, no water, too hot…” has for a long time been the standard response from locals when asked why there has been so little effort to reverse natural resource degradation. But in recent years,...

Los objetivos de este curso-taller son: Brindar conceptos básicos para entender, diagnosticar, prevenir, mediar e intervenir en problemas y conflictos sociales, desde la perspectiva de la no-violencia durante su gestión, negociación, transformación y resolución. Compartir metodologías, herramientas y experiencias provenientes de casos similares al peruano, para que sean capaces de lidiar de...

Climate change is undermining the ability of African nations to feed themselves. Women smallholder producers are on the front line of dealing with the impacts, but are not first in line for international climate finance. Wealthy countries have committed to helping countries in Africa to adapt to climate change, but...

Noticia sobre la visita de los delegados de la Reunión Especializada de Agricultura Familiar (REAF) del Mercado Común del Sur (MERCOSUR) al Centro de Acopio de Guaslán, provincia de Chimborazo,  en el contexto del Encuentro Internacional de Compras Públicas para Pequeños Agricultores.  El objetivo del encuentro fue promover el comercio...

Farmers’ organizations are inclusive of the poor and are charged with the purpose of becoming a market outlet for smallholder farmers in Guinea. Improving farmers’ income earning capability and agricultural productivity has been an important strategy of Guinea’s agriculture development policy. However, despite their growing importance, empirical studies on how...

El Ministerio de Agricultura y Riego (Minagri) lanzará, en breve, las políticas definitivas que permitan darle mayor impulso a la agricultura familiar, además de facilitarles apoyo técnico, anunció el representante en el Perú de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO), John Preissing. Refirió que...

On October 02, 2015 Mr. Marinko Čavara, the President of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Ms. Khalida Bouzar, director of the IFAD Division for North Africa, Europe and Near East signed the Rural Business Development Project.

November 2015: On the 5th and 6th of this month, a unique Africa-wide seminar on agroecology took place in Dakar, Senegal. We are proud to present 7 inspiring agroecological initiatives driven by farmers from across Africa. 

Most of our ideas about soils ignore the millions of years before mankind started farming. But what happened during the 99.9% of a soil’s history contains very important lessons. So let us celebrate the International Year of Soils by looking at what that history can tell us – and build...

Entrevista con Remo Vénica e Irmina Kleiner, fundadores de la Granja Agroecológica Naturaleza Viva, Guadalupe Norte, Argentina. Enero 2015. Las opiniones expresadas en este producto informativo son las de su(s) autor(es), y no reflejan necesariamente los puntos de vista o políticas de la FAO.

The story of the organic movement started with the determination of farmers and consumers who wanted a different way to farm and consume than that offered by the “new modern agriculture”. Inspired by visionary thinkers such as Rudolf Steiner, Sir Albert Howard, Masanobu Fukuoka, Lady Eve Balfour, Bhaskar Save and...

Launched in 2006, a conservation farming project has transformed hundreds of farmers’ lives in Zimbabwe’s Nkayi District. Once food-aid beneficiaries, these farmers now produce enough maize to cover family needs, with some producing an excess for sale. Farmers produce their own maize seed each year, which are made available to...

Farmers who benefited from the Integrated Pest Management Project (funded by the Government of Italy), provide their testimonies about how the project managed to improve their lives and livelihoods. The farmers testimonies show how the project introduced and strengthened Good Agricultural practices in target areas, with a particular focus on...

El modelo de agricultura familiar en la Altillanura no solo es viable, sino que es más rentable que la agroindustria a gran escala. Así concluye un estudio elaborado por la Universidad Javeriana con el apoyo de la Universidad de los Llanos y Oxfam Colombia presentado ayer a propósito de la...

El encuentro, que se pretende desarrollar anualmente, busca visibilizar proyectos, propuestas y reflexiones sobre extensión y desarrollo rural. En su primera versión, se hace énfasis en los aportes de la extensión rural a los procesos de desarrollo y paz en los países latinoamericanos. El ejercicio se orientará desde nueve mesas temáticas...

El boletín, correspondiente al primer trimestre del año 2015, presenta las actividades más importantes llevadas a cabo por la Representación de FAO en Ecuador durante los meses de enero, febrero y marzo. En el documento se destaca la celebración del Año Internacional de los Suelos, los esfuerzos conjuntos de FAO...

Dozens of civil society groups reunited at the end of 2014, to initiate discussions on short food chains. The purpose of the first meetings was to start drafting a suitable concept for short food chains policies. Among other topics discussed were the establishment of partnerships, initiatives and specific advantages of...