The smallholder farmers' dataportrait is a comprehensive, systematic and standardized data set on the profile of smallholder farmers across the world. It generates an image on how small family farmers in developing and emerging countries live their lives. It is about putting in numbers, the constraints they face, and the...

Nós, mulheres agricultoras e extrativistas que pesquisamos e produzimos em nossas roças, palmeirais, açaizais, rios e igarapés, nos juntamos para participar das importantes atividades do IX  Congresso Brasileiro de Agroecologia.  Agradecemos o diálogo com os pesquisadores das Universidades e outras instituições de pesquisa. “Eu já tinha conhecimento que as chuvas estavam se...

In the past 50 years, about a quarter of Japan’s cultivated land has been lost, threatening food production, cultural landscapes and biodiversity. One of Japan’s most valued cultural landscapes includes rice terraces. In order to prevent them from abandonment, an innovative concept known as the Ownership System, was devised almost...

El ministro de Agricultura y Riego, Juan Manuel Benites, manifestó su confianza en que la exportación de productos no tradicionales, especialmente los agrícolas, crezcan hasta en 20% el 2015. “Eso nos está permitiendo tener un ritmo de crecimiento de las exportaciones agrícolas, principalmente de frutas y hortalizas que son nuestros rubros más...

10 March 2015, Rome - An innovative partnership spanning five African countries is providing important lessons on how governments can procure food for public institutions, such as schools, directly from small-scale family farmers. Modelled on Brazil's achievements in fighting hunger and poverty, the Purchase from Africans for Africa programme (PAA...

Esta guía está dirigida a organizaciones sociales, con el fin de fortalecer prácticas de comunicación a lo interno. Lo anterior permitirá trabajar de mejor manera para transformar más ampliamente nuestras realidades. Esta propuesta puede servir también a las personas involucradas en la planificación de objetivos y tareas a realizar en...

Desde hace 25 años, el Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria –INTA– y el Ministerio de Desarrollo Social, a través del Plan Nacional de Seguridad Alimentaria, llevan a cabo el Pro Huerta. Con el foco puesto en mejorar la alimentación de la población que habita las áreas urbanas, periurbanas y rurales,...

In September 2015, not only agri-food exports but also imports to the EU went up compared to the previous month (EUR +388 million; +4.5%). In particular, values of oilseeds other than soybeans, coffee and tea, and cocoa beans were at a higher level in September compared to August 2015. EU...

This document describe strategic plan of the Ministry of afgriculturte of Croatia. The document also covers activities and priorities in regards to the family farms sector.  

El albergue ecológico Chalalán ubicado en la Amazonía boliviana, es uno de los casos más exitosos de eco turismo comunitario e indígena en el mundo, y ha sido nominado por la revista National Geographic, entre los ochenta destinos turísticos principales del planeta. El eco albergue pertenece al pueblo indígena Uchupiamonas,...

Participatory guarantee systems support farmers’ access to markets, and provide an alternative to often prohibitively expensive third-party certification. They also bring together networks of farmers and urban citizens who are redefining food production standards from the bottom up. In the past two years, the number of participatory guarantee systems across...

Un grupo de investigadores del Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Zonas Áridas (CEAZA), en conjunto con el Consejo de Pueblos Atacameños (CPA), desarrollan una iniciativa que busca poner en valor la Quínoa local mediante su caracterización funcional, la introducción de productos de alta calidad y el fortalecimiento de capacidades para...

La Confederación Nacional de Pescadores Artesanales de Chile, Conapach, se constituyó en Valparaíso el 7 de agosto de 1990 por los sindicatos de pescadores artesanales de todo el país, reiniciando una larga historia sindical que se remonta a la creación de los primeros sindicatos de pescadores artesanales hacia 1.920 en...

This publication is about the work of FAO’s Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (RAP) and its decades-long struggle to eradicate hunger throughout the region. For more than 60 years RAP has cooperated with member countries to help them produce enough safe and nutritious food for people living in...

The recent USDA ERS International Food Security Assessment (IFSA, 2015) reports sharp declines (roughly 40 %) in food-insecure people in Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) during the last 20 years. Success was driven by rising per capita grain output in both regions and rapid import growth in...

Este documento de trabajo fue elaborado en el ámbito del Programa de Cooperación Internacional Brasil – FAO, en el marco de la agenda sobre seguridad alimentaria y nutricional y garantía del derecho humano a la alimentación adecuada. Su finalidad es realizar contribuciones a las discusiones que se están llevando a...

El recetario de saberes y sabores de nuestra tierra nace en el marco del proyecto “Saberes y Sabores: mejoramiento de productividad y nutrición de familias campesinas/indígenas de las provincias de la Sierra centro del Ecuador” cuyo fin es enfrentar la malnutrición de los sectores campesinos y urbano marginales. Paradójicamente, quienes producen...

Water Week Latin America, provides a unique platform for the exchange of experiences and practices among the scientific, business, political, and civil communities. It focuses in a new way of thinking and positive action towards water-related challenges and their impact on the environment, health, climate, economy, and overall community.

Since the mid-2000s agricultural and food prices moved to a higher level and in parallel with prices of other commodities – and at times have also been very volatile. These events led to concerns which, in different ways, brought to the forefront a debate about food security. Both developed and...

Historically, scientists learnt from farmers to unravel the interplay between nature and farming. Pablo Tittonell believes that this year, the International Year of Soils, presents an opportunity to foster a true dialogue of wisdoms, bringing farmer knowledge and scientific knowledge closer together again.