Recent efforts to develop rice cultivars with drought-tolerance (DT) traits have resulted in the release of several varieties that demonstrate significant resilience to drought stresses. This paper addresses the previously unanswered question of whether the private sector might play a future role in developing similar strains through applications of advanced...

Drought-like conditions coupled with chronic water shortages due to restricted access of Palestinians to their water resources has been threatening the livelihoods of thousands of poor farming families in the West Bank, especially those dependent on rain-fed crops and livestock as an indispensable supplementary source for their income and food...

The Global Symposium on Soils and Water (GSOWA23) will be held in a hybrid format from 02 to 05 October 2023. As 95 percent of our food is produced on land, with soil and water playing crucial roles, understanding the interconnectedness of the resources and the need for integrated management is...

El Panorama de la alimentación escolar y posibilidades de compra directa de la agricultura familiar en países de América Latina es un aporte de FAO que contribuye a la comprensión del tema, para fortalecer su abordaje, posibilitando el desarrollo de PAE sostenibles en los países participantes, considerando su realidad con...

Southern African Agriculture and Climate Change: A Comprehensive Analysis examines the food security threats facing eight of the countries that make up southern Africa — Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe — and explores how climate change will increase the efforts needed to achieve sustainable food security...

This brochure highlights some of IFPRI’s work in the region carried out in partnership with West and Central African governments, organizations, and institutions over the course of the past two decades and describes new initiatives that are expected to positively influence food security policies that benefit the poorest.

Material realizado en el marco del proyecto Acción ciudadana contra el hambre y por el derecho a la alimentación, en su Campaña Jakaru Porã Haguã. Esta iniciativa es impulsada por las organizaciones Oxfam, Decidamos. Campaña por la Expresión Ciudadana y el Centro de Documentación y Estudios (cDE), con el apoyo...

Entrevista com Rogerio Heringer, que produz tabaco e novas culturas. O fumo está ficando caro para produzir - o projeto da merenda escoalr está me dando mais lucro e menos trabalho. Estou produzindo agora porco, galinha, fruta, hortaliça, bata doce... para merenda escolar. O programa do governo garante a compra. Participo de um...

La presente publicación ha sido coordinada por el equipo técnico del SIPAE y contó con importantes aportes y reflexiones no solamente del equipo núcleo del proyecto, sino también de dos investigadores franceses asociados y especialistas en el tema de ganadería y desarrollo lechero: Claire Aubron de Montpellier SupAgro, y Francois...

El Manual de Compras Locales de la Agricultura Familiar para la Alimentación Escolar (en adelante Manual de Compras), establece el esquema institucional y define los procesos operacionales que rigen la ejecución del Proyecto Implementación de un Modelo de Compras Públicas a la Agricultura Familiar Campesina para los Programas de Alimentación...

Dairy farmer from Kilkenny, Bill O'Keeffe, who writes for the Irish Farmers Journal is interviewed on farm by Bryan Hynes.

Almost 73 million young people in the world are unemployed. This is especially a major challenge in the Arab world. For Hassan Abdul Rahman, the solution was to move to the desert and learn to farm.

Video que describe la situación de la agricultura familiar en Argentina, en el marco del Encuentro del MERCOSUR Ampliado: Máquinas y Herramientas para la Agricultura Familiar.

Pastoralism has a high historical and cultural background in Corsica as in many other Mediterranean countries. But for many actors, it is mainly seen as an idealistic image to sell local products with few clear references to real technical and global pastoral systems. Defining a renewed pastoralism in relation to...

The Kuaijishan Ancient Chinese Torreya Community is located in the north of Zhejiang Province, N29°25′-29°47′and E120°17′ -120°38′. It includes 59 villages in 12 townships in Zhuji City, Shengzhou City and Shaoxing County. The total area is 402Km2 . There are around 1.05×105  ancient Chinese Torreya trees. Among them, 7.2×104 are...

El Plan Nacional Indígena Originario de Comunicación que se desarrolla desde 1996/97 en Bolivia por impulso de las Confederaciones Nacionales Indígenas Originarias Campesinas, ha dado lugar en un proceso progresivo a la estucturación de un Sistema Plurinacional de Comunicación Indígena Originario Campesino Intercultural. En mas de 12 años se ha...

La Plataforma de Tecnología, Información y Comunicación Agropecuaria y Rural-PLATICAR-es un ecosistema de conocimiento desarrollado participativamente por productores, extensionistas e investigadores costarricenses, con un enfoque agromático de las TIC, basado en procesos de comunicación para el desarrollo y gestión de conocimiento; ha logrado que los tiempos de adopción de las...

The Fast Track Land Reform Programme (FTLRP) implemented during the 2000s in Zimbabwe represents the only instance of radical redistributive land reforms since the end of the Cold War. It reversed the racially-skewed agrarian structure and discriminatory land tenures inherited from colonial rule, whereby over 6,000 large-scale white farmers and...

This study explores chain participation differences among three different groups of potato producers in Indonesia. The three groups include (i) participants in Farmer Field School (FFS) programs; (ii) farmers working with a large food processors, Indofood; and (iii) a random sample of potato producers. FFS programs provide growers with an...

The farm is situated in Żurawica village, 7 km away from Przemyśl town in the south east of Poland. Marian Szeliga has been running his farm since 1979. He has three children: one doughter and two sons. His farm is the one of the most modern in the voivodeship. Marian...