In this 17 minute film on plant and seed propagation, Tholina shares her lifelong knowledge and skills on how to set up an efficient nursery. She tells us about her techniques for seed selection, storage and propagation. And shows us some tricks on taking vegetative cuttings for vegetables, herbs and...

Etude réalisée dans le Nord-Est du Gabon, qui est couvert par une forêt équatoriale dense relativement intacte. C'est une zone peu peuplée avec des villages regroupés le long des principaux axes routiers, dont les habitants vivent d'activités agricoles et forestières traditionnelles, telles que l'agriculture sur abattis-brûlis avec des champs associant entres autres...

El presente Informe Nacional es un recordatorio de la necesidad de un abordaje holístico, integral, multidisciplinario de un tema fundamental de derechos sociales, económicos y culturales, en definitiva de derechos humanos de los pueblos indígenas. Al leerlo, surgen interrogantes, ¿Qué pasó con los pueblos indígenas?, ¿Fueron considerados en la ejecución de...

There is broad agreement about the importance of Family Farming and the need to enhance its production to ensure food sovereignty. In that sense, influential authors have stressed its importance, but expressed some doubts about the ability of family farmer labor valorization, arguing that its low availability of capital represent...

El turismo en espacio rural es una actividad económica en crecimiento en América Latina y el Caribe (ALC) que constituye una de las alternativas propuestas para lograr el desarrollo rural, dadas las numerosas ventajas que tiene para sus pobladores respecto a la diversificación de los ingresos, la generación de nuevos...

The report highlights some of the exciting innovations where nutrition is being woven into the agricultural value chain, illustrating bold and long-standing efforts to diversify and enrich diets.    

Esta publicación es un resultado del Proyecto GCP/RLA/195/BRA "Fortalecimiento de políticas agroambientales en países de América Latina y el Caribe a través de diálogo e intercambio de experiencias nacionales", ejecutado por la Oficina Regional de la FAO para América Latina y el Caribe, en asociación con el Ministerio del Medio...

CLIMATE CHANGE with uncertain weather conditions constitute one of the main challenges for small-holder farmers in the East African region. Vi Agroforestry works with farmers and farmers’ organisations to increase their environmental awareness, helping farmers to adapt to climate change, increasing the use of sustainable energy and prevent and reduce...

Cette vidéo a été réalisée dans le cadre du projet Cirad "Filmez 2014 Année Internationale des Agricultures Familiales". Descriptif du projet : carte blanche a été donnée à des étudiants partant sur leur terrain de stage  pour y faire un reportage et livrer leur vision de l'agriculture familiale avec leurs propres moyens techniques. Ici il s'agit de...

The video outlines three case studies of farmers utilizing agroecological practices in their farming systems. It focuses on complex adaptive rice systems in the Easter part of the island of Java, Indonesia; on a large-scale farm in the Netherlands applying sustainable soil management practices; and on social aspects of agroecology...

This course provides the necessary knowledge to design, develop and implement agricultural projects and programmes that address the challenges of a changing climate. It is useful for professionals working in agricultural development who need to learn how to mainstream effectively climate change considerations in their projects and programmes.

Este documento corresponde al Informe Técnico de la consultoría “Lecciones aprendidas y experiencias acumuladas en condiciones de sostenibilidad, competitividad y mitigación del cambio climático, mediante el uso y acceso de energías renovables en los territorios rurales de la Región Andina: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Perú y Venezuela”, y contiene, en el...

Implementation Guidance for Policymakers and Investors

This publication is a report of the proceedings of the ICSF ‘s Puducherry  Workshop, which focused on the FAO's Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-scale fisheries in the context of food security and poverty eradication (SSG Guidelines). The workshop brought together 71 participants from 20 countries representing civil society organizations,...

The combination of increasingly globalizing agricultural markets, rapidly modernizing local value chains, and urbanizing distribution channels presents African smallholders with considerably more complex challenges than those faced by Asian producers during the Green Revolution era. African smallholders today not only need to produce more efficiently but also need to contend with far more logistically...

The United Nations declared 2014 the International Year of Family Farming (IYFF) to recognize the importance of family farming in reducing poverty and improving global food security. The IYFF aims to promote new development policies, particularly at the national but also regional levels, that will help smallholder and family farmers eradicate hunger,...

El presente documento describe el plan para implementar la política nacional de desarrollo rural es un instrumento de planificación multisectorial encaminado a la consecución de resultados en el corto y mediano plazo, en un territorio geográficamente delimitado (priorización territorial) y definiendo las intervenciones estratégicas sectoriales y esenciales que se ejecutarán. Se...

Farm Life in Romania Countryside.

This report, and the events recorded in it, focus upon seven countries which are at various stages of active or potential candidature to join the European Union. Six of the countries are in the Western Balkans – Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and...

Esta presentación, desarrollada por Ana Lucía Márquez de The Hunger Project México, describe el modelo seguido por The Hunger Project, sus aliados y recomendaciones.