Más de 2.2 millones de niños y niñas de Guatemala que asisten a 33.000 centros educativos públicos se beneficiarán con la nueva Ley de Alimentación Escolar aprobada recientemente por el Congreso Nacional. “Se trata de un gran paso adelante que institucionaliza y formaliza por primera vez el programa de alimentación escolar y que...

Trade in agriculture must now also play a central role in implementing many of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) agreed by the United Nations in autumn 2015. The SDGs will have a direct and profound effect on trade in agriculture. Agriculture, in turn, will have a key role in...

Teagasc (Ireland) has developed an online benchmarking tool to help Irish farmers identify the areas which need improvement on their farm. Dairy, cattle, sheep, tillage and pig enterprises can use the “eProfit Monitor” to analyse key financial and physical data from their farm and compare this to results from other...

A importância do enfoque de gênero para a gestão de riscos de desastres ambientais e mudanças climáticas esteve em foco nas estratégias discutidas durante uma reunião técnica que aconteceu dias 22 e 23 de fevereiro, no escritório regional da Organização das Nações Unidas para a Alimentação e a Agricultura (FAO)...

Hle Gu, Myanmar – Saw Htoo Baw is a young farmer from Tha Bite Kone village, Hle Gu Township in Myanmar. In 2015, the Agricultural Farmer Federation of Myanmar (AFFM) visited his area and met with him. Saw Htoo Baw expressed his concern about the increasing use of synthetic and chemical...

Noticia sobre el INTA y la UCAR, donde se realata que a través del Proyecto Adaptación y Resiliencia de la Agricultura Familiar del NEA ante el Impacto del Cambio Climático y su Variabilidad, continúan realizando actividades de capacitación tendientes a mejorar el acceso al agua, la producción y por ende,...

Biointensive agriculture is a sustainable organic farming system based on working with the basic elements needed for life – soil, water, air and sun – to achieve maximum yields, while increasing biodiversity and soil fertility.This form of farming is suitable for small-scale farmers because it enables them to harvest great...

Indigenous peoples from different countries (Peru- Latin America, D.R. Congo- Africa and Thailand- Asia) share some of their main issued related to tenure of, respectively, land, forests, and fisheries. They explain, in simple words, the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of land, fisheries and forests in the...

Studies of small-scale fisheries across the globe show how women contribute to the sustainability of the fisheries sector. They also show that where women have greater agency, they contribute to improving value addition and productivity in the sector. In the context, SDG 5 that emphasizes gender equality and empowerment of...

Avanzar en el diálogo político y la dignificación del mundo campesino, y profundizar en la definición de políticas públicas específicas para los pequeños agricultores, fueron las ideas fuerza que marcaron el acto de clausura de la Primera Conferencia Regional de Agricultura Familiar del Mercosur Ampliado que se desarrolló en Olmué,...

This video case study explores the challenges that women involved in fisheries activities face on a day to day basis in Tanzania: What successes have they achieved? how can their participation in fisheries be strategically improved? It also explains the strategies in place at local and national levels to counter...

El Programa de Estudios Regionales y Territoriales (PERT) es un ámbito de investigación académica, docencia, transferencia y divulgación, de la Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA) focalizado en cuestiones vinculadas al desarrollo territorial  (en particular asociadas con lo rural, lo local y las economías regionales). Está conformado por investigadores de diferentes...

With grafting, a young shoot from a preferred mango variety is attached to a seedling. The seedling will develop the root and base of the tree. This is called the rootstock. The young shoot that is grafted onto the rootstock is called the scion. This will develop into the canopy....

The Brazilian Special Secretariat for Family Farming and Agrarian Development (Sead) and the Brazilian Embassy in Berlin are proud to present at this year’s edition of BioFach six family farming cooperatives and their very best organic products, amongst which you will find rice, coffee, powder guarana, propolis, honey, Brazil nuts,...

The rural productive and land management sectors generate significant amounts of organic waste in forms such as wood residues (such as bark, hedge trimmings or leaves), manure, food processing waste and agricultural residues (such as straw). These ‘waste’ products have a significant amount of energetic value. New technologies and greater...

The multiple and complex interconnections between rural and urban spaces, people and enterprises and how these affect poverty and food insecurity are all too often overlooked. Small towns are an important but often neglected element of rural landscapes and food systems. They perform several essential functions, from market nodes for...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in cooperation with the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), today launched the regional project “Implementing the 2030 Agenda for water efficiency/productivity and water sustainability in NENA countries” during a regional event taking place in Cairo, Egypt. The project will also...

The video explores the role and place of women along fisheries value chain: The significance and values their involvement in fisheries brings to the communities and fisheries development. Why are they involved in fisheries? how are they organized for space in decision-making and policy processes? The focus of this study...

Le riz est un produit essentiel pour la sécurité alimentaire de l’Afrique de l’Ouest. La crise alimentaire de 2008 y a déclenché des politiques publiques d’appuis aux filières riz. La préoccupation des gouvernements est d’assurer la stabilité politique en veillant à la sécurité alimentaire des populations urbaines de plus en...

Climate change represents a challenge for rural people in West and Central Africa, causing water shortages and droughts in some areas and floods in others. It impacts both the demand and availability of water for agriculture, affecting the proportion of people suffering from insecure access to water. Smallholder farmers are...