Agriculture operates within complex systems and is multifunctional in its nature. A multifunctional approach to implementing agricultural knowledge, science and technology (AKST) will enhance its impact on hunger and poverty, improving human nutrition and livelihoods in an equitable, environmentally, socially and economically sustainable manner. Multifunctionality recognizes the inescapable interconnectedness of...

The business is owned by a family which has been involved in cereal cultivation since 1996. Their income prior to the implementation of the project came exclusively from crop production and grants. The son of the family, who is an alumnus of the Agronomic Institute of Bucharest, had the idea...

Since the 'Green Revolution', agricultural methods in India have developed by leaps and bounds and the use of chemical fertilizers has been the catalyst in many a success stories. But the unbalanced & uncontrolled use of fertilizers is gradually polluting the soil and destroying the ground water resources.

This publication is a baseline assessment reviewing the current knowledge of land degradation inthe rangelands of Jordan - known as Badia - with a special focus on its causes. It includes a reviewof current legislation and on-going initiatives to combat land degradation, along with an analysis ofthe main constraints limiting...

Description du programme dont le but est d'augmenter et sécuriser les revenus des petites exploitations familiales agricoles dans différentes zones du Togo et du Bénin par la promotion d’Entreprises de Services et Organisations de Producteurs (ESOP) jouant un rôle de services à la production et d’interface pérenne entre des producteurs...

En el documento se abordan en forma matricial, dos tipos de acciones, con sus objetivos, metas e indicadores: 1) un primer grupo que son aquellas tareas que ya han sido incorporadas por las instituciones responsables en los respectivos presupuestos institucionales y en el Plan Sectorial de Desarrollo Agropecuario 2011-2014 y...

La Política Pública Nacional de Equidad de Género, reconoce el aporte que las mujeres hacen a la producción y reproducción de nuestra sociedad. Las mujeres como sujetos sociales contribuyen al desarrollo del país en todos los ámbitos, sin embargo, aún persisten diversas formas de discriminación que aún las afectan y...

This is Part 3 of a study, presented in three reports that detail the results of a poverty assessment and mapping project in North and Southern Sudan. The study’s objective was to produce a rural poverty analysis and poverty maps for North and Southern Sudan, and based on these findings,...

En este Tema Especial del Panorama Laboral 2012 se presentan algunos datos estadísticos sobre el empleo de las mujeres rurales en América Latina, así como evidencia cualitativa generada a partir de una serie de estudios de casos sectoriales llevados a cabo conjuntamente por la Organización de las Naciones para la...

Se determina la influencia de la migración de la zona de convergencia intertropical (ZCIT) y de El Niño oscilación del sur (ENOS) en la producción de café verde en Colombia durante el periodo de 1960 a 2007. Se dan a conocer las relaciones temporales entre la serie de producción de...

In the face of recurrent global food crises, institutions of the corporate food regime propose a new Green Revolution coupled with a continuation of neoliberal economic policies. Because these are causes of the crises to begin with, this approach can worsen rather than end hunger. Building a countermovement depends in...

This research will evaluate carcass quality and processing potential of goat meat produced by smallholder farmers in Malawi. The farmers will keep local Malawi goat and Norwegian goats under three management systems (intensive, extensive and semi-intensive). The carcasses from these goats will be analyzed for gross and chemical composition. They...

A consortium composed of the University of Tuscia, Novamont – Research and innovation centre in agriculture – and three farms (Azienda Agricola Luca Treppaoli, Azienda Agraria Il Poggiolo, Azienda Agraria Pizzi Giorgiomaria) was formed to address the need for innovative solutions to the regional farms' struggle to survive in a...

Marina Dicheva established her farm with 20 dairy sheep and 2 female goats in Alekovo in the region of Silistra in 2002. The farm began to focus solely on goat breeds in 2005 due to excellent conditions and the fact that, while goat breeding is a local tradition, few people...

Leonard-Alin Plesea is a young farmer from the Jirlau Commune, famous across the country for its bountiful vegetable production. Eager to continue his family’s traditions, he attended a vegetable farming course and acquired practical experience at his family’s farm. In 2009 he leased 4 hectares of agricultural land from his...

Video sobre escuelas de campo realizadas en El Salvador. Se muestra a pequeños y medianos productores de camarón beneficiarios del “Plan de agricultura familiar” desarrollado por el Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería con el apoyo del IICA y otros organismos. Se les capacita en conocimiento técnico, comercialización, emprendimiento y normas...

Guía de fácil entendimiento sobre los principales aspectos del Plan de agricultura familiar y específicamente sobre las escuelas de campo. Incluye historias en formato cómic para dinamizar el contenido.

Family farming in some Latin American and Caribbean countries represents more than 80% of all farm activities, more than 60% of food production and overall farmlands, and more than 70% of farm jobs. Not only does family farming provide food for cities, create jobs and generate income for the poor, it also contributes to the balanced development of...

The Food Security Portal, facilitated by IFPRI, aims to provide improved food security for the world's poor and increased resilience of global food systems against food and financial crises. The project brings together international, regional, and country-level data, news, and research aimed at meeting countries' immediate food security needs, as...

Alice Kachere, a smallholder farmer from Malawi, talks about the challenges she faces as well as the training she has benefited from.