Globalisation, climate change, population growth and urbanisation are all having an impact on the world’s agriculture. Through the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), which accounts for the biggest share of the EU budget, the EU is driving developments in this strategic sector. Latest figures show that farming employs over 20 million...

This animated clip introduces European agriculture to 11-15 years old students. It is part of our teacher's resource pack - a collection of ready-to-use teaching and learning resources which aim to raise awareness among young Europeans of the importance of food and farming in Europe.

Model Sheep Fold is a good example of how traditional farming methods are supported by technical exper-tise to ensure that the traditional way of life in Romanian villages may be maintained. Solar panels supply the shepherds with electricity for light and for charging their cell phones. This enables the shepards...

The Port State Measures Agreement "marks the dawn of a new era in the effort to combat illegal fishing" but rapid action is needed to make sure its implementation is effective, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva said today at an event held to celebrate the world's first international treaty...

El presente documento, encargado por la PPT Dominicana a la FAO, la CEPAL y ALADI para la implementación del Plan SAN-CELAC, cumple justamente el objetivo señalado anteriormente. En particular, una preocupación creciente para América Latina y el Caribe que ha sido identificada corresponde a cómo nuestra región podrá continuar el...

La promotion des « partenariats public-privé » comme stratégie de financement du secteur agricole en Afrique s’amplifie. Elle répond à la volonté d’une transformation de l’agriculture jugée « traditionnelle » en une agriculture à forte mobilisation de capitaux, capable d’accélérer la croissance agricole et de répondre à la demande alimentaire....

Esta investigação tem por objetivo compreender as posibilidades e os limites das organizações coletivas associadas à produção de alimentos a partir das relações de trabalho estabelecidas pelos agricultores familiares da região de Toronjil (rede de agroecología do Uruguai – RAU). A análise das relações estabelecidas pelos Agricultores Familiares (AF) se pautou...

En los últimos 25 años se han producido cambios significativos en la vida rural de América Latina, en sus dimensiones política, económica, social, laboral, demográfica, cultural y ambiental, a partir de lo que se denominó los Programas de Ajuste Estructural y de las decisiones políticas y económicas que tomó cada...

América Latina y el Caribe (ALC) continúa siendo la región pionera en Cooperación Sur-Sur (CSS). El intercambio de conocimientos, especialmente entre instituciones públicas está permitiendo que la vasta experiencia en políticas, programas, buenas prácticas, metodologías y tecnologías, sus aciertos y lecciones aprendidas, se compartan con aquellos países que requieren mejorar...

Esta dissertação analisa as ressignificações havidas na posição e no papel social das mulheres inseridas no contexto da transição de um modelo de produção convencional para a agroecologia. A partir de uma fundamentação teórica que buscou correlacionar os conceitos de gênero e agroecologia, objetivou-se analisar até que ponto a participação...

En América Latina la agricultura familiar y a pequeña escala da empleo a aproximadamente dos de cada tres agricultores y juega un papel fundamental para la mitigación del hambre y la pobreza, para la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional, para la gestión sostenible de los recursos naturales en los territorios. La...

SOS Faim has been publishing Zoom Microfinance for 15 years. The time has come to address a wide range of topics on which it is possible to have both a retrospective and prospective insight, within the context of rural of agricultural financing. This is what we will try to do...

Stretched between three branches of the Carpathian Mountains lies the Transylvanian Plateau, an expanse of valleys, forests and ravines where Ferma Ecologica Topa sits. The farm is run by Dan Cismas and his wife Tincuta, both of whom grew up in the village of Topa in Mures County. Dan Cismas has been farming for 30...

En el marco de la formulación de los planes de acción territorial para la agricultura familiar, el Comité de Impulso Nacional de la Agricultura Familiar CIN-AF y la Unidad de Planificación Rural Agropecuaria –UPRA- con el apoyo de FAO, GIZ, el Área Metropolitana, y la Gobernación de Antioquia lo invitan...

El presente documento presenta los resultados del análisis de información primaria obtenida de entrevistas directas a miembros de comunidades pesqueras seleccionadas de Chile, Colombia y Perú y de información secundaria a partir de documentación pertinente relacionada con la pesca artesanal y su contribución a la seguridad alimentaria y al ingreso...

Una gran parte de los mercados agroalimentarios son de ámbito local o regional; pero, en situaciones de escasez, el mercado internacional es el que mueve el precio en el margen e impacta de manera directa en los mercados nacionales. Cuatro grandes comercializadoras de granos alimenticios: Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Bunge, Cargill...

The  International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA) in collaboration with the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment of the United Arab Emirates, Zayed University, the Islamic Development Bank (IDB), and the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA), with the technical contribution of the Food and Agriculture Organization of...

Meet Eunice, a successful smallholder farmer who lives outside of Mombasa, Kenya.In Kenya, around 80 per cent of people have access to some form of farmable land. Although the soil is rich and fertile for farming, many plots of land stand empty or with failed crops. In the Mombasa region, Haller...

European citizens may choose the food they put into their shopping baskets, but they have not chosen the food systems that serve up that food. There is  currently no EU ‘food policy’. Instead, the food we eat and the food system we enjoy are shaped by a variety of distinct...

The 8th Steering Committee meeting of the China-CABI Joint Laboratory was held successfully in Beijing, China on 4 March 2016. Steering Committee members and other key delegates were delighted with the Joint Laboratory’s achievements and progress in 2015, and agreed its plans for 2016. The Joint Laboratory is now regarded...