Este fue el principal resultado del intercambio de experiencias con la Red Especializada de Agricultura Familiar (REAF) del Mercado Común Suramericano (MERCOSUR), durante la semana del 05 al 09 de septiembre de 2017, en Montevideo, Uruguay, el cual contó con el apoyo de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para...

Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in the Sahel whose economy is highly dominated by agriculture and livestock husbandry, with more than 70% of the population living in rural areas. The prevailing farming system is smallholder agriculture based on cereal production, especially sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) and pearl millet...

Today peasants, indigenous peoples, farm workers, landless peasants, fisherfolk, consumers, women and young people worldwide are faced with difficult challenges. Increasingly, in the four corners of the planet, people are feeling the effect of the growing imposition of financial and market paradigms on every facet of their lives. Subjugation to...

The Too Big To Ignore (TBTI) Digest contains all of the project's recent activities and outputs.   

A crise hídrica é um grave problema que vem se espalhando pelo Brasil. No início deste ano foi a vez da capital do país reforçar medidas de racionamento da água para tentar reverter a escassez. Nesta semana, o Governo do Distrito Federal (GDF) declarou situação de emergência para os próximos...

The Korean Women’s Peasant Association (KWPA) is a leader in South Korea’s food sovereignty movement. Founded in 1989, it is an association that encompasses hundreds of local women farmers’ groups. Intergenerational exchange of knowledge and experiences among women is at the heart of their work. Through this exchange, a new...

This edition of the EAFRD Projects Brochure explores how Rural Development Programme (RDP) funding – co-financed by the EAFRD – has been used not only to support individual rural businesses, but also to create the kind of enabling environment that allows businesses to prosper in rural areas. Supporting rural business usually...

Les Rencontres Internationales des Acteurs de l’Agro-sylvo-pastoralisme Méditerranéen se dérouleront du mardi 17 octobre au vendredi 20 octobre 2017 entre Montpellier et Florac. Les Rencontres internationales sont un moment important de discussions et d’échanges entre acteurs sur la question pastorale à l’échelle française et méditerranéenne, à partir de deux expériences structurantes. Elles font converger en une seule manifestation le séminaire...

El día 4 de abril de 2017 se llevó a cabo el segundo encuentro de la Mesa Técnica de Agricultura Familiar y Economía Campesina que se adelanta en el marco de un convenio entre el Ministerio de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural y  la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la...

This report explores whether farm assets determine the participation of smallholder dairy farmers in sales to MCCs and how their duration as MCC suppliers affects their accumulation of farm capital and technology. A survival analysis approach used constructed panel data for dairy farmers over a 12-year period. Participation in MCC...

This is a compilation of case studies written by AFA members who implemented FFF projects in 2015-2016. The cases reflect the struggles, the actions and the lessons learned by AFA members in organizing and building the capacities of their members in forested landscapes, at village, commune or district/town levels, in...

A Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRS) e a Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN) abriram chamadas públicas para a aquisição de alimentos da agricultura familiar. As compras serão feitas por meio da modalidade Compra Institucional do Programa de Aquisição de Alimentos (PAA), coordenado pelo Ministério do Desenvolvimento...

This study investigated correlation and regression analyses designed to asses the respective relationships between the Household Food Insecurity Access Scale/ Prevalence (HFIAS/ HFIAP) as a measure of food access, the Household Dietary Diversity Score, the Months of Adequate Household Food Provisioning (MAHFP) as a measure of food stability and (i)...

Managing forests is a complex task, and with forests covering 44 percent of its territory, Kosovo* has a lot to care for. The job is worth doing right, since forests can be a source of fuel, food and income for rural people. Yet, as a new FAO report highlights, not...

The ‘Generational Renewal through Rural Development’ Workshop, jointly organised by the European Council of Young Farmers (CEJA) and the ENRD Contact Point focused on identifying how various Rural Development Programme measures could support generational renewal. Specifically, the workshop facilitated debate on the challenges of generational renewal faced by young farmers...

En Afrique centrale, pour de nombreuses familles rurales, la chasse constitue une source de nourriture souvent primordiale et la vente des excédents de gibier, une source complémentaire de revenus monétaires. Cependant, avec l’accroissement démographique soutenu, la demande en viandes par les pôles de consommation (villages, villes secondaires, métropoles) augmente progressivement,...

There is ongoing debate among stakeholders about the future development of agricultural and food systems to meet the global challenges of food supply, biological and cultural diversity, climate change, and social justice. Among other options, agroecology and organic agriculture are discussed. Both have similar goals and use a systems approach;...

Before I lose the male audience, obviously this is an exaggeration. The point is that a woman often assumes numerous roles. She is expected to be the housekeeper, cook, breadwinner, the home’s bookkeeper, wife, and above all, mother.  It has now been acknowledged – unfortunately, only quite recently – that...

Farmers talking about their learning at the 5 day Farmer to farmer interactive training program. The training was supported by FAO.

Although Ukraine is one of the world’s leading grain exporters, it has traditionally exported more bulk agricultural commodities than higher-value processed goods such as flour. The Third Grain Processors Forum: Market & Technologies took place in Odessa, Ukraine this week (28 and 29 September). The Forum was organized by the Union...