All Nepal Peasants Federation (ANPF) is an umbrella association of entire Nepali peasants fighting against feudalism, imperialism and neo-liberalism. It is fighting for the agrarian reform and peasants rights for last 6 decades since its inception in 1951 AD. In the new context of democratic republic of Nepal with the...

Es la confluencia de más de 900 organizaciones que asocian a unas 180 mil familias de productores en todo el país, reunidos para consensuar y proponer alternativas de desarrollo rural con equidad e inclusión. Organizaciones con historia de lucha en defensa de los intereses nacionales que al fin son escuchados. Un...

Article sur la création d'un cadre d’échanges pour la mise en application des pratiques et systèmes agroécologiques : le ReBPA, Réseau Béninois pour la Promotion de l’Agroécologie, à la suite d'un cycle d’apprentissage, organisé en septembre 2013 par Agrisud, pour la mise en œuvre et la diffusion de systèmes et pratiques agroécologiques à...

Fisheries play an important part in the economic and social life of people in Burundi. One third of the animal protein consumption in the country stems from fisheries, and the sector employs over 100,000 people. Yet, about 10 to 15% of the harvest is lost in the process. Fish drying,...

El cambio climático está ocasionando modificaciones físicas y biológicas en la distribución de las especies marinas. En general, se registra un desplazamiento hacia los polos de las especies de aguas templadas, con los consiguientes cambios en el tamaño y productividad de sus hábitats. Es probable que, con el calentamiento de...

La conservación de frutas y hortalizas, productos perecederos y de alto consumo, constituye una prioridad para el país, debido a las altas pérdidas que se registran en las etapas de cosecha y poscosecha, como consecuencia de la desarticulación entre eslabones, el sector productivo y todas las etapas de comercialización hasta...

Chukhny farm was founded in 2011, with 3 hectares of land. The farmer recently got access to additional 20 hectares of land, and Ecohome consults him in creating a permaculture based design of the area. The main produce is leaf and root vegetables as well as perennial varieties of berries....

El gobierno uruguayo se ha propuesto exigir a los productores un Plan de Uso y Manejo Responsable del Suelo a nivel predial. Siguiendo lo dispuesto en la Ley Nº15.239, a través del Artículo nº 5 del Decreto Nº405/2008, se determina que los planes, avalados por un asesor técnico Ingeniero Agrónomo...

Oliver De Schutter speaks about sustainable food systems at a conference in Wageningen, the Netherlands. “Agroecology is really common sense. It means understanding how nature works, to replicate the natural workings of nature on farms in order to reduce dependency on external inputs. Agroecology preserves the ability for future generations...

On 14 January 2014, DG AGRI and the EIP-AGRI Service Point organised a workshop, which focussed on the practical aspects of the Horizon 2020 calls for multi-actor projects and thematic networks related to agriculture and forestry. The workshop was kicked off by DG AGRI director Jose Sousa Uva who gave...

Este documento es el resultado del Programa Cohesión Territorial para el Desarrollo. El documento está organizado en cinco secciones. En la sección 2 se presentan antecedentes sobre la evolución de la discusión sobre la AF en el país. La sección 3 contiene la metodología incluyendo una discusión de las fuentes de...

IFPRI’s flagship report examines the major food policy issues, developments, and decisions of 2013. It puts into perspective the year’s food policy successes and setbacks, and suggests how to advance policies that will improve the food situation for poor people in developing countries. Contributions by IFPRI researchers and other leading food...

Cupuassu is an Amazonian native fruit from the states of southern and southeastern of Pará and Maranhão in Brazil and is one of the most consumed fruits in that region (Duarte et al., 2010; Vasconcelos et al., 1975). These species are incipiently domesticated populations or very recently domesticated populations, rapid...

On the occasion of the International Year of Family Farming (IYFF), this number drew attention to the important role of family farming and the key challenges and priorities for the future. Find out the differences, and the different programs and activities on family farming all over the world. This and much...

The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) is a non-profit, scientific facility that conducts research on the most pressing challenges of forest and landscapes management around the world. With our global, multidisciplinary approach, we aim to improve human well-being, protect the environment, and increase equity. To do so, we help...

Los territorios rurales atraviesan procesos de envejecimiento y una de las causas principales es la emigración de los jóvenes a los centros urbanos. Las razones para dejar el campo y la agricultura son en parte las barreras que enfrentan al insertarse social y productivamente en sus comunidades y el acceso...

The expansion idea for the business came from the two managers of the company Ocean Orchids, after reaching the area of 1.6 ha cultivated in 2005. The need to obtain a bigger production due to the quantity of bloomed orchids requested for weekly, led to taking the decision of building...

Dans cette vidéo, l'agricultrice Pascale Cornuz et d’autres membres des réseaux écologiques de Faoug-Greng et du Vully montrent la mise en place d'une prairie naturelle par la méthode «fleur de foin». La méthode consiste à étendre le foin mûr d’une parcelle, naturellement riche en espèces, sur la surface préparée et...

During the next 7 years, the new CAP is going to invest almost EUR 28 billion in the UK farming sector and rural areas. Among the key political priorities defined at European level are jobs, sustainability, modernizations, innovation and quality. In parallel, flexibility is given to the UK to adapt...

FAO is working towards increasing the resilience of people and their livelihoods to natural hazards, human-induced disasters and protracted crises that impact agriculture, nutrition, food security and food safety.