The beneficiary of this project used the financial support for purchasing mobile equipment for producing fruit juice which was going to be directly used in the orchards of producers, allowing the fruit processing without needing to transport them to processors. This way, additional expenses were avoided. The climate in the...

  Recently, we have seen unequivocal changes in policies that are transforming African agriculture to facilitate a ‘Green Revolution’. These policies articulate and promote a form of agriculture that focuses on monocropping, expensive external inputs such as agrochemicals and synthetic fertilizers, hybrid/GM seeds and large-scale land acquisition. These changes in policies...

The paper analyses the development of organic agriculture in the NorthEast Development Region of Romania, particularly during the current economic crisis. The organic agriculture sector represents a relatively new area of interest for farmers in Romania, as the first signs of organisation and utilisation of land and livestock according to...

While scholars agree on the importance of land rental markets for structural transformation in rural areas, evidence on the extent and nature of their operation, including potential obstacles to their improved functioning, remains limited. This study uses household-level data from six countries to start filling this gap and derive substantive...

Women comprise 50 percent of the agricultural labor force in Sub-Saharan Africa, but manage plots that are reportedly on average 20 to 30 percent less productive. As a source of income inequality and aggregate productivity loss, the country-specific magnitude and drivers of this gender gap are of great interest. Using...

FAO is launching a new project with a grant of 600,000 Euros from the Italian Government to respond to the food and nutrition needs of rural families in Kassala and Red Sea States . The project will include a comprehensive package of activities to facilitate the adoption of sustainable climate-smart technologies and...

Most of the island of Sao Tomé is without any electricity. People battle to build and grow their businesses when they are literally kept in the dark. Now solar energy is promising them a brighter future.

Los censos agropecuarios son una fuente de información para el análisis de procesos de cambio que nos permitan pensar alternativas de desarrollo para la sociedad rural. Con este convencimiento, el Seminario Permanente de Investigación Agraria (SEPIA) y el Grupo de Análisis para el Desarrollo (grade), con el financiamiento del Fondo...

Los Centros Demostrativos de Capacitación se constituyen en espacios de formación participativa, que se basan metodológicamente en la construcción colectiva del conocimiento a partir de la implementación de sistemas agroalimentarios integrados (hortalizas, aromáticas, cultivos de pancoger, frutales, especies menores y elaboración de biopreparados) en un área determinada, donde se realizan...

Bacău Vegetable Growing Research and Development Unit was established in 1974 in the context of carrying out the programme of self-supply and development of a modern and efficient vegetable growing in the area of Moldavia, where production and research traditions related to the vegetable crop were relatively reduced. The Vegetable...

Registra audiovisualmente las experiencias e intercambios que han tenido los integrantes del Grupo de Trabajo CLACSO Desarrollo Rural "disputas territoriales, campesinos y descolonialidad" con las realidades campesinas colombianas y la situación de despojo territorial y desplazamiento rural de la que han sido objeto. La escuela, es un espacio de reflexión...

Un reciente informe de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO) subraya la gran importancia del uso y aprovechamiento de los recursos genéticos para reducir los impactos negativos del cambio climático. El informe lleva a reflexionar acerca de si en el Perú las políticas...

Le Ghana importe aujourd’hui plus d’un milliard de dollars de produits alimentaires, qui sont particulièrement sujets à des hausses de prix. Pour y remédier, on peut notamment investir dans des entrepreneurs locaux comme Janet Gyimah-Kessie. Elle possède une grande usine de transformation du manioc qui non seulement augmente la production...

The “International Encounters: Family Farming & Research” event was held from 1 to 3 June in Montpellier (France) with the aim of sharing information and analyses on the state and dynamics of family farming worldwide, as well as assessing their contribution to major challenges in the future, so as to...

The market of organic products in Kazakhstan is estimated at 95 billion tenge (more than US $500 million), Zhibek Azhibayeva, secretary of the Trade Committee of the Atameken National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan, told a media briefing on March 12. She also said that Kazakhstan is introducing an organic...

Cet article reprend des travaux de prospective réalisés sur l’Afrique de l’Ouest. Il souligne la tendance à l’augmentation de la taille et à la concentration des exploitations agricoles. Selon les auteurs, cette évolution nécessitera pour l’agriculture familiale une transition vers une vocation plus commerciale.

Mobile phones are increasingly being used to provide smallholder farmers with agricultural and related information. There is currently great interest in their scope to communicate climate and weather information. Farmers consistently identify demand for weather information and whilst ICTs may be one way of delivering this at scale there are...

El pasado 23 de junio se aprobó la Estrategia Nacional de Agricultura Familiar (ENAF). ¿Por qué la agricultura familiar (AF) necesita una estrategia nacional? Las razones son muchas, y de peso: a) reúne a la inmensa mayoría de unidades agropecuarias (UA) del país; b) es el principal productor de alimentos;...

La agroecología como enfoque productivo, que armoniza con la naturaleza y sus recursos, cobra protagonismo en el país y el exterior. Al respecto, el Diario ABC Color ya ha realizado varias jornadas que apuntan a la producción agroecológica-orgánica, buscando despertar el interés y generando espacios de diálogo y debate entre...

At this conference, the preliminary results of the Pilot Project "Exchange programme for young farmers", proposed by the European Parliament and supported by the European Commission, were presented. For this study, some 2,205 young farmers (max 40 years old) had been interviewed.