Rwanda has targeted the transformation of the agricultural sector with significant public investments in land use consolidation, irrigation, land improvement, soil and water conservation, access to inputs, increasing livestock herds, and capital-building through support to cooperative development. Smallholders farm an average of four to five plots that make up an...

On March 31st 2017, representatives from different institutions met in Solčava, a remote village in the Upper Savinja valley in Slovenia, to publicly present their initiative to form a project consortium whose main aim will be to establish a wood value chain for Mountain wood as a developmental opportunity for...

The EIP-AGRI network is holding a two-day workshop dedicated to Operational Groups dealing with organic farming, in cooperation with the German Federal Office for Agriculture and Food, Innovationsbüro EIP Agrar Schleswig-Holstein, Innovationszentrum Niedersachsen GmbH and IFOAM EU. Around 300 Operational Group projects supported by the Rural Development Programmes have started....

Desde hace 25 años, Blanquita reside en la provincia de Carchi junto a su esposo Héctor. Ellos se dedican a la agricultura, cultivan legumbres, verduras, frutas y otros productos dependiendo de la época de producción. Esta pareja de agricultores, está vinculada al Programa Nacional de Intervención en la Alimentación Escolar...

A new eco-tourism initiative showcasing the Huvalu Forest Conservation Area has just been launched in Niue, with the aim of informing, educating and exciting both visitors and locals on the importance of Niue’s forests in sustaining the island’s ecosystems, culture, and biodiversity conservation.   The forest area covers almost a quarter of...

The Institute for Motivating Self-Employment (IMSE), a farmers’ organization in West Bengal, is carrying out two major campaigns in support of farmers to enable them to keep the land they till and to use sustainable agriculture practices to make small-scale farming viable while protecting the environment. Village-level awareness camps were...

Each year, rural areas lose a promising share of their workforce, as youth leave their homes and migrate to cities or move abroad in search of a better future. By addressing the links between distress migration and rural development, FAO is making a difference in Ethiopia.

Viva Maria hoje começa com aspas: “Trabalhar é uma coisa, ser homenageada é outra. Hoje, estou sentindo que nós mulheres, trabalhadoras rurais estamos sendo celebridade. Agradeço muito!” Essas foram as palavras da embaixadora do Norte, Maria Julia Serrim, uma das trabalhadoras homenageadas durante a cerimônia de lançamento da Campanha # Mulheres rurais,...

The circular economy is based on “sharing, leasing, reuse, repair, refurbishment, and recycling” of products and materials in an ideally closed loop. The goal is to reduce waste by keeping products and materials within the economy. The necessity for a more circular economy will only increase with increasing pressure on...

La presente “Guía para la Generación Participativa de Políticas Públicas Diferenciadas para la Agricultura Familiar” aborda el proceso de formulación de políticas públicas diferenciadas para la agricultura familiar, mediante el uso de herramientas y mecanismos orientados por el ciclo de políticas públicas, a partir de experiencias de construcción participativa y...

El presente informe recopila la experiencia de realización del Foro Taller: “Innovaciones Sociales para la Agricultura Familiar”, realizado entre el 2 y el 4 de agosto de 2017 en la Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira, en las instalaciones del Bloque Interdisciplinario, Jardín Botánico y Facultad de Ciencias Ambientales. Este evento fue...

Nesta quinta-feira (23), a Secretaria Especial de Agricultura Familiar e do Desenvolvimento Agrário (SEAD) lançou a campanha Mulheres Rurais, Mulheres com Direitos 2017. Objetivo é garantir direitos e valorizar o trabalho das mulheres de zonas rurais - entre as ações, estão os mutirões de documentação, que devem beneficiar 100 mil...

Himalayan Permaculture Centre (HPC) is a grass-roots NGO registered at national and district level. It has a focus on remote/poor/resource depleted farming communities in Surkhet & Humla districts of Western Nepal, and especially marginalised populations (women & low-caste), using low-tech appropriate technologies to increase domestic farm productivity through reducing costs...

This course examines the challenges facing agriculture and food production systems and presents a common vision and coordinated approach towards sustainable food and agriculture developed through intensive consultations and discussions among agriculture specialists. It illustrates in detail the five key principles that allow the transition toward a more sustainable and...

El Ecuador, al igual que en el resto de los países de la región y el mundo, se enfrenta ante un enorme desafío de salud resultante de una dieta desequilibrada a causa del consumo deficiente o excesivo de nutrientes, es decir, de malnutrición y su doble carga. Por un lado,...

In the largest ocean in the world, the people of the Pacific face growing threats to their marine resources due to growing populations, overfishing, pollution, and climate change. Over half of the Pacific island population rely on coastal fisheries as the main source of food and income. With the support of...

Aiming to boost short food supply chains in Europe, a newly launched Horizon 2020project – SKIN – will work to create a knowledge and innovation network and foster demand-driven, bottom-up innovation. The project will bring together food producers and consumers into a permanent association of stakeholders, working to improve the efficiency...

O representante da Organização das Nações Unidas para Alimentação e Agricultura (FAO) no Brasil, Alan Bojanic, defendeu hoje (23) maior presença das mulheres nos espaços de poder e nas tomadas de decisões, visando a proteger os seus direitos, que muitas vezes não são reconhecidos. A afirmação foi feita durante o...

For over a decade ActionAid Mozambique (AAMoz) has worked with strategic partner organisations in the south and north-east of the country to promote agroecology initiatives with 80 farmers’ associations consisting of over 8000 farmers. 96% of the members are women and 30% of them young people, cultivating an average of...

The Family Agriculture Yearbook in Spain has become a referenceFor all the professionals who follow the agrarian activity in Spain. The theme that is developed in the 2017 edition, "Agriculture, development and innovation in rural territories. The risks of depopulation: Where there is agriculture, there is life ", has a...