Food security is defined as a condition in which “all people, at all times, have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food which meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life … Food insecurity exists when people do not have adequate...

La temática del trabajo de CIPCA es el desarrollo rural: economía campesina indígena, organización y liderazgo; tierra territorio y recursos naturales; derechos de los pueblos indígenas, género, interculturalidad, participación social y política. Asimismo, CIPCA busca combinar la investigación con la acción y el trabajo a nivel local con la incidencia...

This document containts the Proceedings of the Workshop on Conservation Agriculture in Southern Africa, held in Harrison’s Conference Centre, cnr 12th Avenue and Wessels Street, Rivonia, Johannesburg on April 2nd and 3rd, 2007. The overall objective of the workshop was to begin the process of developing an agreed plan of action to...

This brochure that was produced within the framework of a contract for the Common research center of the European Commission presents the main principles underlying the concept of the "low input level farming system". “Low Input Farming Systems (LIFS) seek to optimise the management and use of internal production inputs...

Ce guide a pour but de faire une présentation rapide de la Convention sur le travail dans la pêche qui a été adoptée en juin 2007 à Genève lors de la 96ème Conférence internationale du Travail (CIT) de l’Organisation internationale du Travail (OIT). Il ne prétend pas donner une interprétation...

Con las estadísticas de las últimas décadas señalando un acelerado e incuestionable proceso de alteraciones climáticas globales y con los cada vez más frecuentes desarreglos en las condiciones de vida de las poblaciones del planeta por efecto de desastres naturales o de actividades humanas de diversa escala, el cambio climático...

La gestión pesquera moderna se ha ido centrando en la asignación  de derechos de pesca como único camino hacia la sostenibilidad. Las soluciones a partir de este enfoque giran en torno a múltiples modalidades de derechos de propiedad y de control de los regímenes sociales que rigen la tenencia. Los...

Este dossier compila artículos seleccionados de Yemaya por región- Asia, África, América del Sur, Europa, slas del Pacifico y América del Norte. los artículos en conjunto proporcionan una panormámica amplia  de los problemas claves a los que se enfrentan las mujeres en el sector pesquero de cada región, así como...

In a context of environmental stress due to the drought of 2005, economical crisis in function of the drop income of the occupations, and social crisis signalled by the decrease of population of an area producing of agricultural commodities, and considering the hypothesis that the rural development results of the...

This study aims to present a research on the family farmers’ representation  process at institutional social participation spaces. Data were obtained from City Council for Rural Development of Itapejara d’Oeste and Vitorino and also from Management Group of Southwest Territory of Paraná, which are institutional spaces originated from decentralization process...

 The fact sheet briefly analyses the root causes of poverty in the country.  More than two million rural people have been displaced by the Darfur conflict alone. In addition, erosion, loss of soil fertility and damage to watersheds are affecting resources. Agricultural productivity is decreasing as a result of a...

Stability of the food supply is broadly related to the environmental conditions that allow for sustainable food production and encourage productivity as well as to the economic conditions that allow for sustainable supplies at reasonable prices. This paper focuses on the interactions and interdependencies between farming practices and environmental conditions....

Entre los años 2005 y 2006, el Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura, IICA, a través de su Especialista Regional en Desarrollo Rural Sostenible, abordó la tarea de realizar en cada país del Cono Sur (Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Paraguay y Uruguay), un estudio que resumiera y explicara la realidad...

Smallholders in Ghana, as elsewhere, are widely considered to be the largest as well as the most vulnerable component of the rural sector. Ghana professes national development objectives of reducing rural poverty through the increased productivity and commercialization of smallholder agriculture. As a starting point for more detailed discussion of...

The need to focus on women farmers' productivity, which can be an effective engine for social change, has become increasingly clear in sub-Saharan Africa. Women have a significant role in farming and post-harvest activities in most countries in the region. Nevertheless, a complex set of rights and obligations reflecting social...

This case study presents the status of conservation agriculture in Kenya. It is one in a series of eight case studies about conservation agriculture in Africa, which were developed within the framework of a collaboration between CIRAD (French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development), FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of...

La producción integrada, puede servir en los ambientes agrarios mediterráneos, como una estrategia de punto de partida, para una transición agroecológica. Esta transición tiene que abordar importantes retos: recuperar los suelos agrarios deteriorados; mejorar la calidad de las aguas de riego; utilizar variedades adaptadas a las condiciones atmosféricas mediterráneas, especialmente...

Sustainable Future of the Rural Areas in Croatia is a common Dutch-Croatian project which is from 2007. carried out in collaboration with Millieukontakt International, ODRAZ, SMART, CCI and PINS. HMRR was a partner in project from the beginning of 2008 and is part of the activites of the Netwok in 2008...

El objetivo que persigue esta guía consiste en presentar brevemente el Convenio sobre el trabajo en el sector pesquero de 2007, adoptado en junio del mismo año en Ginebra, Suiza, durante la 96ª reunión de la Conferencia Internacional del Trabajo (CIT) de la Organización Mundial del Trabajo (OIT). No pretende...

Women of fishing communities across the world play vital roles in fisheries, and in sustaining their households, communities, social networks and cultures. While these roles are central to maintaining livelihoods and the very activity of fisheries, they often remain unacknowledged and undervalued. Yemaya, the gender and fisheries newsletter from ICSF...