New research released at the World Forestry Congress finds small-scale farmers and producers of forest products can help rural economies grow, as well as help defend against global problems such as deforestation and climate change. Smallholder agriculture and agroforestry practices tend to keep more carbon sequestered, provide better habitat for wildlife,...

Women from small and marginal farming families doing SRI have been making the news in India for their adoption of a new approach that challenges the age-old beliefs and practices of rice farming. However, rarely one comes across mention of the impact of SRI on their wellbeing and their bodies.  ...

The Caribbean Farmers Network has signed on June 20, 2015, a cost-sharing contract for a project titled, "Sustainable, profitable value chains, and market linkages in the Caribbean" with the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Co-operation (CTA). CaFAN and CTA have been long standing partners since the inception of CaFAN in...

Las organizaciones de la Agricultura Campesina, Indígena y de la Agricultura Familiar, junto a representantes del Estado Argentino, han dado un paso importante en la Defensa de los Derechos territoriales Campesinos, Indigenas y de la Agricultura Familiar. En el día 16 de Septiembre se celebró un convenio entre la Secretaria de Derechos...

Luego de varios proyectos de electrificación rural en la zona de Cajamarca por parte de la cooperación oficial japonesa (JICA) desde fines de la década de los años 90, se encontró que el consumo de electricidad era mucho menor al inicialmente previsto. Esto significaba que la electrificación no estaba cumpliendo con su objetivo...

中国LEISA的问题是对营养和饥饿的难题. 在世界上有十多亿没有食品的人, 也有光景两十多亿的胖人. 怎么调剂一个这样的情况? 谁应该行动起来?他们应该采取什么样的办法? 中国LEISA找这些问题的回答和解决办法.

In Cesar, 30.7% of children under 5 years of age suffer from deficiencies of vitamin A, along with 13.4% for iron and 57.0% for zinc. Therefore, it is important to guarantee food security in the population through improvements in the nutritional quality of the offered food products. One alternative is...

Large hydraulic projects that aim to capture and control water flows are increasingly entering territories of local Andean communities. This is a story of pastoralists in the region of Huancavelica, Peru, who stepped up in defence of their local wetlands, pastures and water sources. After more than a decade of...

La Plataforma entrega la última información disponible sobre los avances en la erradicación del hambre y la pobreza, el estado nutricional de la población y los principales indicadores socioeconómicos que caracterizan las distintas realidades que presenta la región. En ella, los usuarios podrán encontrar los marcos normativos e institucionales, y las...

La infografía muestra con datos, como el cambio climático impacta en la ganadería altoadina del Perú. Además propone metodologías de mitigación. 

En el marco del proyecto “Fortalecimiento de políticas agroambientales en países de América Latina y el Caribe a través de diálogo e intercambio de experiencias nacionales” del Programa de Cooperación Internacional Brasil/FAO, asociado al Ministerio del Medio Ambiente y la Agencia Brasilera de Cooperación del Gobierno del Brasil, tuvo lugar...

A tendência de padronização de produtos agropecuários decorrente da globalização tem estimulado uma contratendência de valorização de produtos típicos de um território onde uma qualidade específica, resultante de um processo de construção social e de inovação, constitui um mecanismo de persistência de uma atividade econômica e uma vantagem competitiva em...

Currently, short food supply chains represent a viable alternative to the conventional globalized supply chains, thus gradually becoming a more and more proeminent actor in the global logistics sector. The previously mentioned short food supply chains are in general extremely varied both in terms of nature and practices, benefiting producers as well as...

Based on the opportunity offered to Romania by the European Union by the funding Axis 4 - LEADER within the National Rural Development Programme 2007-2013 at the initiative of eight administrative units since the beginning of 2011, it was established in the County of Arad the Miniș-Măderat Vineyard Local Action...

South-eastern Transylvania is one of Europe’s most important natural and cultural landscapes, supporting many rare habitats and fauna and flora species including some of the most significant areas of wildflower-rich grasslands in Europe. This high nature value farmed landscape is the result of good husbandry over hundreds of years, and...

Traditional fisheries involving fishing households (as opposed to commercial companies), using relatively small amount of capital and energy, relatively small fishing vessels (if any), making short fishing trips, close to shore, mainly for local consumption. In practice, definition varies between countries, e.g. from gleaning or a one-man canoe in poor...

Este video muestra un informe sobre cómo se desarrolla la agroecología familiar orgánica en diferentes partes del Ecuador.

En Perú, una alianza entre estudiantes universitarios y comunidades indígenas amazónicas replantea el comercio justo desde la perspectiva de un negocio inclusivo en un nuevo modelo empresarial social. El objetivo de este nuevo modelo empresarial social es crear alternativas de producción sostenible que mejoren las condiciones de vida de las...

We study the dynamics of the supply response of smallholder grain producers to changes in crop prices and costs of production in Ethiopia. We develop an intertemporal acreage demand allocation model of a representative household under a rational expectations hypothesis. An estimable acreage demand equation is derived and estimated for...

23 years ago, Ioan Neagoș established a milk processing company called Carmo-Lact Prod SRL. Currently, in addition to the factory in which all the products are manufactured under “Monor” brand, he also has a cow farm which provides the raw material for the factory, and a vegetal  arm. He wants...