Farmers are facing growing pressure to provide an increasing amount of healthy and nutritious food at low environmental cost. Combining traditional farming methods with modern systems is on-trend as well. Agroecology can contribute greatly to both while also ensuring consideration of the social aspects of sustainable food systems. However, the concept...

The role of irrigation in gearing agriculture development towards a broader economic growth is undeniable. Accordingly, irrigation is growing into key operational strategy for governments and their agencies to increase agricultural productivity, thus combatting food insecurity and boosting overall growth. While agriculture absorbs rural workforce, generates income and increases food...

Este informe es el resumen de un año de estudio y análisis del sector a través de 118 entrevistas y tres talleres participativos a productores y productoras de los 171 proyectos que se han localizado en los diferentes municipios madrileños. Nace con los objetivos de identificar a las personas y proyectos que conforman...

Evento que permite acercar tecnología e innovación a la industria agroalimentaria, vinculando proveedores del conocimiento con productores nacionales, y facilitando un espacio de colaboración para contribuir en la competitividad del sector. En AGRIFOOD SUMMIT podrás conocer lo último en innovación, tecnología, buenas prácticas y tendencias en el sector agroalimentario, con presentaciones...

Kampong Chhnang, Cambodia – What started as a savings of a group of farmers in Kauk Banteay Village, Kauk Banteay Commune, Rolea Pa’ear District, Kampong Chhnang in 1998, the Chey Chum Neah Agricultural Cooperative was established in 2008 with 40 members and total capital of KHR 80,000 (Cambodian riels) or...

This report examines 21 initiatives that are working to achieve sustainable, equitable, and secure food systems.              

The FFS has been one of the most successful approach developed and promoted by FAO over the last 30 years, empowering farmers to become better decision makers in their own farming systems. Initiated by FAO in 1989, and followed by many other organizations and institutions, the FFS programmes represent one...

Para facilitar mudanças efetivas nas atitudes das pessoas em relação aos problemas ambientais e sociais, organizações internacionais, incluindo o WBCSD (entidade global da qual faz parte o Conselho Empresarial Brasileiro para o Desenvolvimento Sustentável – CEBDS) elaboraram uma campanha para personalizar os Objetivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável (ODS). Batizada de “Objetivos para...

A stocktaking event is planned to be held in October 2019 during CFS 46 Plenary Session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) to monitor the use and application of the following CFS policy recommendations: Set 1:Investing in Smallholder Agriculture for Food Security and Nutrition Set 2: Connecting Smallholders to Markets  Set...

Esta presentación expone algunas aseveraciones de expertos en la temática con la intención de disparar nuevas miradas que nos ayuden a desentramar la relación entre la producción de alimentos y la sustentabilidad territorial. También plantea preguntas sobre las cuales no se pretende encontrar respuestas simples y acabadas, sino más bien,...

The Beacons of Hope initiative showcases the groundswell of people transforming our food systems in dynamic and creative ways. They are inspiring examples and evidence that transformation is possible. Alongside the report, the Food Systems Transformation Toolkit provides a guide for discussion and collective action. It also provides recommendations on...

Como ciência e tecnologia podem contribuir para a redução da pobreza e da desigualdade? Esta pergunta é o tema central da próxima Conferência do Comitê da Ciência para Erradicação da Pobreza (Spec, na sigla em inglês), da InterAcademy Partnership (IAP). Organizado pela Academia Brasileira de Ciências (ABC), o evento acontecerá nos dias 27 e 28...

Installing solar panels on foresters’ houses and educating children and youth on sustainability and environmental protection – these are two recent ways in which Kyrgyzstan, together with FAO, has set about upscaling its sustainable forest management. Solar panels are gaining popularity as an affordable and clean source of energy, and now,...

Confrontées à d’importantes difficultés mais également porteuses de solutions d’avenir, les agricultures familiales, loin d’être des acteurs en fin de parcours dont on suivrait la mort annoncée, font partie inhérente d’un développement réellement durable. Prendre du recul et faire le point sur les enjeux qui touchent les agricultures familiales, telle est...

Históricamente, los productos dendroenergéticos (maderas, residuos biomásicos vegetales varios, etc.) han sido una fuente importante de energía para la humanidad, usándose en forma directa como leña, o convertida mediante diferentes procesos a otras formas aprovechables por el hombre (Klass, 1998). La dendroenergía actualmente sigue siendo la fuente de energía renovable...

Ce guide pratique contient des informations sur la création d’une nouvelle plantation d’anacardiers et est un outil didactique destiné aux encadreurs des producteurs d’anacarde. Il a pour but d'informer les exploitants à la production de noix de bonne qualité et la compétitives sur le marché national et international. Tout en...

Romanian National Rural Network No.1/2019 Newsletter, with a lot of news regarding Rural Development in Romania and EU and with a lot of news about Romanian Presidency of the European Council.

O Óleo de Babaçu Menire, produzido por mulheres Xikrin da aldeia Pot-Krô, Terra Indígena Trincheira Bacajá (PA), recebeu menção honrosa na categoria Empreendimentos Rurais do prêmio "Saberes e Sabores 2018", oferecido pela Organização das Nações Unidas para Agricultura e Alimentação (FAO). Menire significa “mulher” na língua Kayapó. A extração do óleo de...

Welimada is a hilly area in the district of Badulla, Uva province, Sri Lanka. Growing upcountry tea and crops is the main livelihood of the 85% of the population in village. The people mainly cultivate potatoes, beans, cabbages, carrots, leeks, and beetroots. [...]

The initiative involves the close collaboration between scientists and fishers, combining fishers local and experiential knowledge with scientific information in the quest for solutions.