Este informe hace parte de los trabajos encargados por el FIDA en seis países de América Latina (México, Guatemala, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador y Brasil) bajo la coordinación de RIMISP, con el objetivo de revisar las definiciones de la agricultura familiar, los indicadores y variables utilizados para cuantificarla, la realización de...

The concept of family farming covers various elements. From a sociological perspective, family farming is associated with family values, such as solidarity, continuity and commitment; in economic terms, family farming is identified with specific entrepreneurial skills, business ownership and management, choice and risk behaviour, resilience and individual achievement.

El Foro Andino Amazónico de Desarrollo Rural es un espacio que busca contribuir a ampliar y profundizar el conocimiento, el intercambio de ideas y experiencias, alimentar el debate público, los posicionamientos y la generación de propuestas para la incidencia sobre temas candentes del desarrollo y la democracia en la región...

This working paper synthesizes and analyzes the characteristics of the indigenous sheep production and breeding strategies and practices of four sheep farming communities located in pastoral (Amibara), sub-alpine sheep-barley (Menz), perennial crop-livestock (Bonga), and cereal-livestock (Horro) production systems. The paper also provides a model framework for characterizing the indigenous sheep...

El presente trabajo aborda un tema de importancia estratégica para el sector rural como es la agricultura familiar. Recientemente han surgido una serie de estudios que obedecen a la importancia asignada a este sector de productores rurales en las políticas públicas de la región. De esta forma, la agricultura familiar...

Prepared by the European Union institutions a new financial and task perspective, the same as economic reform raises hopes, anxieties and even social emotions. Each time it is, especially for its potential beneficiaries, a new playing field for privileges, institutional economic benefits, as well as hopes for strengthening their position...

La situación agraria ha sido el eje sobre el que se ha construido la historia de Guatemala y quizás la principal fuente de conflictos políticos, económicos y sociales. “Esta es una tragedia que lleva más de cinco siglos en este pequeño país y que todavía no llega a su fin”....

Dans la région Est du Burkina Faso, le Projet d’investissement communautaire en fertilité agricole (PICOFA) a entrepris de disséminer la pratique du Warrantage de auprès des groupements de femmes et de jeunes en vue de réduire la vulnérabilité des ménages en période de soudure et faciliter l’accès aux crédits, parfois nécessaires...

En el documento presentamos los principales resultados de nuestras indagaciones sobre la agricultura familiar (AF en adelante) en México. Empezamos exponiendo el debate sobre el papel de la AF en el desarrollo económico del país hasta los años 1970 (en ese entonces el término usado fue el de campesinado) y...

In March 2011, in collaboration with FAO, IFAD, France and CIRAD, the World Agriculture Watch secretariat was established in FAO, as an International Initiative gathering different partners. Following two successful awareness building events (at the Committee on Food Security in October 2011 and at the Farmers’ Forum in February 2012...

The majority of the rural people in Swaziland depend on cash income for survival strategies. Rural agriculture is insufficient to meet all food needs, but agricultural production provides a vital supplement to other food sources as well as employment opportunities during peak agricultural seasons (such as for weeding and harvesting).  ...

Nearly 70 per cent of the population in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) live in rural areas and rely mainly on agriculture for livelihood security. Low agricultural productivity in the region keeps this population under constant pressure, even though investment in agriculture is a proven way to reduce regional poverty. Studies have...

El presente estudio aporta evidencia empírica para responder a un conjunto de preguntas de interés: 1. ¿Cuál es la situación actual de las economías rurales en El Salvador? 2. ¿Dónde existe un potencial poco explotado de asistir a los productores rurales a expandir sus estrategias de vida (livelihoods)? 3. ¿Dónde se pueden invertir...

Many farmers across rural Africa depend on their livestock for survival. Whether animals such as chickens, goats, pigs and cattle are used as a primary source of household food or as income from the sale of animal by-products, they represent an important asset to many families throughout the continent. This reality,...

El presente estudio se realiza en el marco de la Iniciativa “Expanding Livelihood Opportunities for Poor Households” (ELOPHI) de la Fundación Ford; tiene como objetivo comprender mejor las características de las economías rurales y agrícolas de Nicaragua; busca identificar el potencial de los productores rurales respecto a sus estrategias de...

This Guide has been developed to assist in the implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (the VGGT) with regard to fisheries in marine and inland waters. It explains the characteristics of the fisheries...

Cash Transfers: Promoting Sustainable Livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa Cash transfers are regular money payments to poor households. In sub-Saharan Africa, cash transfer programmes target the poorest and most vulnerable people, who are mostly subsistence farmers. Some programmes specifically target families with members who have disabilities or who take care of orphans or older people. Eligible households...

With a view to making the mountain products on the market more clearly identifiable and less misleading for consumers, the EU institutions legislated on a common definition of an optional quality term, 'mountain product', in the labelling of agricultural products. The term 'mountain product' should only be used for products...

Small farmers always represented a characteristic of the Romanian rural milieu, playing a determinant part in maintaining the local vivacity, in developing the regional economy and, most important, in keeping traditions and a unique ethno cultural specificity. The communist era represented a profound destructive experience, when villages vanished as communities...

Sustainability is about ecosystem integrity, social well-being, economic resilience, and good governance. According to the current state of knowledge and development, how does organic agriculture contribute to each of these sustainability dimensions?