The idea behind the approach of AgriSpin project is that all partners have their own experiences, ideas and approaches which are worth sharing with others. Nobody pretends to know best. A golden standard or silver bullet for stimulating innovations does not exist. Every partner is working in a context that...

Farmer Field Schools serve as a platform for mutual learning among farmers and resource persons. Interactions, discussions and hands on training provides an opportunity to revive and sustain traditional knowledge while making improvements through modern science.

A parte del papel de las abejas sin aguijón en la polinización de los cultivos, podría haber un beneficio adicional a partir de los valiosos productos producidos por la colmena: miel, polen y propóleos. Esta tecnología estudia el procedimiento para la recolección de miel, polen y propóleos de abejas sin...

On 6 December 2016 the second edition of Organic Innovation Days took place at the Representation of Emilia Romagna Region in Brussels. The event generated a great interest among the researchers, European regions, farmer organisations, companies and policy makers. The day started with a policy panel where Simona Caselli, Minister of...

After several years of preparation for implementation of the European Innovation Partnership for agricultural productivity and sustainability (EIP-AGRI), the very first Operational Groups (OGs) are now established and they are running projects with funding from national and regional rural development programmes (RDPs). As the first practical experiences of the OGs...

Este video forma parte de un módulo de comunicación y capacitación sobre tierras comunales desarrollado en Guatemala para fomentar la participación activa e informada de las comunidades rurales en procesos decisionales relacionados con la tenencia de sus tierras. Este tercer bloque temático destaca la importancia de una buena gobernanza local como...

O casal Luís e Eliane Hollas Laux se beneficiou da Chamada Pública do Programa Nacional de Diversificação em Áreas Cultivadas com Tabaco do Governo Federal do Brasil. Redução da produção de tabaco e substituição pela fruticultura.

Calculator helping you determine: manure amount produced, nutrient content and required storage. The online manure calculator tool helps determine the amount of manure produced on farms, estimated the nutrient content and determines the required size of the storage sites. Over 100 production methods of animal husbandry, husbandry methods can be selected...

Este año, la prestigiosa Universidad de Columbia Británica (UBC) cumplirá su primer centenario y, para un año tan conmemorativo, ha nombrado al dr. Sanjaya Rajaram con el título Honoris Causa por su contribución al mundo al desarrollar variedades de trigo más resistentes y colaborar así en la seguridad mundial de...

On 6 December 2016 the second edition of Organic Innovation Days took place at the Representation of Emilia Romagna Region in Brussels. The event generated a great interest among the researchers, European regions, farmer organisations, companies and policy makers. The day started with a policy panel where Simona Caselli, Minister of...

Este video forma parte de un módulo de comunicación y capacitación sobre tierras comunales desarrollado en Guatemala para fomentar la participación activa e informada de las comunidades rurales en procesos decisionales relacionados con la tenencia de sus tierras. Este cuarto bloque temático presenta los principales beneficios y lecciones aprendidas en base...

USA/ Statistically, the family farm makes up ninety-eight percent of all American farms, while farmers in general comprise 2% of the work force in the United States. 40% of the crop market is accounted for by 2.5% of nation's total farms, while family farmers produce approximately twenty-seven percent of the...

Este artigo teve como objetivo principal buscar evidências teóricas de que os Sistemas Agroalimentares Localizados (SIALs) podem ser um importante instrumento de viabilização socioeconômica da agricultura familiar e de desenvolvimento rural. As ferramentas teórico-metodológicas utilizadas são os conceitos e proposições referentes à formação de Sistemas Agroalimentares Localizados (SIALs) e a...

Integrated soil fertility management is based on maximising the use of organic fertilizers and minimizing the loss of nutrients.

Agroforestry—the use of trees in farming—benefits both farmers and the environment. According to a recent report by Biodiversity International, the Center for International Forestry Research, the World Agroforestry Centre, and Charles Sturt University, forests contribute to the livelihoods of more than 1.6 billion people. Yet, 30 percent of the world’s forests...

El Consejo Agropecuario Centroamericano (CAC), compuesto por los Ministros de Agricultura del Sistema de la Integración Centroamericana - SICA (Belice, Costa Rica, Honduras, República Dominicana, Panamá, Nicaragua, Guatemala, El Salvador), ha aprobado el establecimiento de un Mecanismo Regional de Diálogo permanente para la Agricultura Familiar en la región. Este Mecanismo,...

Describe la historia de Norman Borlaug y como inicio CIMMYT.

Participatory research approaches are widely being used for promoting the uptake of agricultural integrated innovations. The methods encourage greater knowledge sharing among farmers and give them more confidence in the technology being promoted which in turn brings about wide adoption of the technology in question. Therefore, understanding efficiency and effectiveness...

This Report argues that the possibilities for ensuring women’s economic autonomy are distributed inequitably among the various territories within countries, affecting not only the quality of life of women who live in lagging territories, but also the development processes in the region’s countries.

The agricultural and food production sector plays a key role in fighting poverty and food insecurity in Moldova, but is facing critical challenges to modernize and integrate into the international market. Not only is agricultural land the country’s main natural resource, the agricultural sector still accounts for 30 percent of...