The FAO-Finland Programme is supporting Tanzania in its efforts towards developing and implementing national efforts on integrated fire management as a key factor to reduce deforestation and forest degradation. All stakeholders1 see the fire situation in Tanzania as complex, difficult, widespread and of significant concern. The detail of the fire...

The  study  attempts  to  investigate  what  are  the  sources  of  deprivations  that  prevent  the expansion  of  the freedoms of family farmers in  the  semiaridof  northern Minas  Gerais and whether the presence of the Rural Productive Microcredit (Agroamigo) and of the Training and Mobilization  Programs  for  Coexistence  with  Semiarid  Conditions:  One ...

发展循环农业是实现农业清洁生产、农业资源可持续利用的有效手段, 也是解决现代农业发展困境 的必然选择。文章系统地阐述了循环农业的内涵、特征、理论基础与遵循原则, 指出其本质特征是资源节约 和产业链条延伸，是遵循循环经济理念的生产方式、资源节约和高效利用的农业经济增长方式、产业链延伸 的农业空间拓展路径和环境友好的新农村理念。分析了循环农业的发展动力与物质流程框架, 指出循环农业 的产业链循环包括农业生产过程中农产品的顺时针外循环路径和可再生资源的逆时针内循环路径，其发展动 力主要是产业链内固有的价格机制和竞争机制产生的拉动作用和产业链外资金、技术、政策等对产业发展产 生的推动作用。文章总结了国内发展循环农业的实践和相关的模式, 提出了循环农业今后的研究重点包括循 环农业的机理研究, 循环农业发展的制度创新和补偿机制研究以及循环经济闭合循环链条体系的构建。

The  present  study  proposes  the  analysis  upon  the  rationalities  that  guide  the production conducts of modern family farmers who foster different adjustments in the production systems through  their social  sustainability  practices.  The  study  of these conducts was carried out based on their social practices,  always from the axis of the...

Los productores agropecuarios de la región pampeana desarrollan su actividad en el contexto de un modelo productivo cada vez menos demandante de mano de obra familiar. Asimismo, se registra cierta “modernización” de las relaciones intrafamiliares vinculada con la adopción de hábitos más característicos de una “clase media urbana” como, por...

The preparation of this report was initiated because of the increased need for information about the characteristics of rice production and its producers in Ethiopia for the design of effective research and development interventions. The emerging importance of rice in the country is well recognized following the approval of the...

Este Cuadernos de Semillas en su tercer número contiene un detallado trabajo alrededor de las investigaciones en Finca tradicional, Agua y Minería, Uso y Tenencia de la Tierra, Alimentación y Salud, entre otros. Estos documentos son los resultados del primer ciclo de la Escuela Itinerante, conformada por líderes de las...

The agriculture sector continues to be viewed as a vehicle through which economic growth and development can be achieved; particularly for developing economies. This view is incorporated in South Africa’s rural development framework in the National Development Plan, which indicated that this sector will be the main driver in developing...

This report presents the possibilities of ‘FIGS’, a new technique for searching agricultural genebanks, that helps crop breeders and their managers achieve faster and better targeted pinpointing of improved crops for the future. This approach helps genebank managers, crop breeders, development agencies and donors to improve the effectiveness of crop...

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) committed to the mitigation of the effects of climate change by signing the Kyoto Protocol for climate change and other related environmental management protocols. Since 1994, DRC has produced two national climate change communication documents (RDC, Ministère de l’Environnement, Conservation de la Nature, Eaux,...

African governments, international agencies and NGOs are calling for policies which pay more attention to young people and agriculture.  This policy brief draws on research findings by Future Agricultures and asks: What are the expectations and aspirations of young rural men and women? What are the constraints and opportunities facing...

In this book you will find an inspiring array of methods, processes and activities that can mobilize leaders and their communities. The book will assist them in understanding their ecosystems and, whenever and however possible, using their local food to experience the benefits it gives to cultural expression, food security...

Les effets du Conseil à l’Exploitation Familiale sur le revenu et la productivité agricoles des bénéficiaires ont été évalués dans cet article. Les données collectées auprès de cent soixante (160) producteurs choisis aléatoirement à raison de quatre-vingt (80) auditeurs CEF (AC) et quatre-vingt (80) non auditeurs ont été analysées à...

El presente trabajo tiene el modesto propósito de mostrar la situación de los derechos territoriales (de propiedad y posesión colectivos) de los pueblos indígenas sobre sus tierras, considerando el marco jurídico que ha ido evolucionando desde la entrada en vigencia de la Constitución de la República, pasando por la adhesión...

There are around 12 million farms/holdings in the European Union with an average size of 14.2 hectares. The vast majority of these farms are family farms which are operated as family-run businesses in which the farm is passed down from generation to generation (see diagram). One indication of the importance...

This report is the result of the Focus Group (FG) on Organic Farming, Optimising Arable Yields which was launched under the European Innovation Partnership (EIP-AGRI) 'Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability'. The Focus Group brought together 20 experts with different backgrounds and experiences (scientists, farmers, advisers…) to make recommendations on transferable innovative...

El Distrito de Riego del Triángulo del Tolima (DRTT) se constituye en el nuevo marco de potencialidades y retos para la agricultura en el Sur del Tolima. Este proyecto de irrigación en gran escala del Ministerio de Agricultura está siendo construido entre los municipios de Natagaima, Coyaima y Purificación, zona...

This is a real example of a financially viable farm, as well as of fertility building of poor soils using livestock and compost production. The whole family is off one hectare with diverse management and production. Successful outdoor cultivation of crops like watermelons tomatoes, peppers, aubergines etc., in an alpine...

Marian Rak took over his family farm in 1975 and has been running it since then. The farm is situated in Samowtór, 20 km away from Wrocław in the south  west of Poland. Total agricultural area is 102,15 ha. Arable land is 70,66 ha, orchards and fruit-tree nursery – 4,54...

"Cambios de modelo educativo no se circunscriben a la educación superior universitaria sino que, vinculadas a las perspectivas de realización social y económica de los actuales jóvenes y niños de las familias campesinas agricultoras, existen iniciativas de educación rural con larga experiencia de éxito en varios países de la región,...