The existence of many farms in Germany is dependent on the level of economic pressure and competition brought by larger scale holdings. More and more small farmers are being driven into ruin and the environment is paying a hefty price

The main purposes of the HSBC Water Program are to provide and protect water sources, to inform and educate communities; to enable people to prosper and to drive economic development across the world. The full HSBC Water Program objectives can be found through the link https://www.thewaterhub.org/about Under this program come Food for the Future...

Um dos maiores programas para fomentar o acesso às sementes crioulas do mundo está sendo implementado pela Secretaria Especial de Agricultura Familiar e Desenvolvimento Agrário (Sead) na região Nordeste do Brasil. Um Termo de Execução Descentralizada foi assinado pela Sead com a rede de Articulação Semiárida Brasileira (Asa). O convênio...

This product has been produced as part of the identification of key issues on gender and rural development that has served in the preparation of the Regional Gender Strategy approved by the REU ADG. It is a brief overview of key issues affecting the status of rural women in the...

La nueva publicación de la serie Cuadernos de Difusión del Centro de Estudios Internacionales de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (CEIUC) se enfoca en una temática de creciente importancia en la actualidad y que ha ido concitando interés en la discusión de distintos foros internacionales: el derecho a la...

A nivel mundial, la pesca de captura y la acuicultura proporcionan empleo directo a unas 200 millones de personas, la mayoría de las cuales trabaja en el sector artesanal a pequeña escala, lo que representa el 70 % de la producción pesquera. Las mujeres representan alrededor del 50 % de las personas...

El presente documento es en una guía operativa que recoge la experiencia vivida durante el proceso de desarrollo de la Escuela nacional de agroecología (ENA) impulsadas por Heifer Ecuador, con el fin de poder dotar de insumos operativos y metodológicos a futuras iniciativas de formación sistemática en torno al eje...

Despite continuous positive economic growth at an average of 5% per year, Africa needs accelerated economic development if it is to cope with the increasing demands for food, water and energy challenged by a rapidly growing population, rapid urbanisation and climate change. The pressure on African countries to boost productivity...

An analysis of the various constraints highlights issues of isolation, value chain weaknesses and low stakeholder capacity. In addition, low infrastructure development, with structurally high costs affect the competitiveness of all sectors of the economy. This situation prompted the Bank to finance the Infrastructure Rehabilitation for Food Security Support Project...

The report show that strengths and chances derive from modern meat processing and marketing, high performance infrastructure and logistics. On agricultural level the strong and dense organizational structure is highly influential. The good capacity-building system provides high productivity. Also increasing number of fattening units thus, increasing pork production.  

Una alternativa para la elaboración de velas con las características que posee la cera de abeja es utilizándola cómo cera estampada. Esta cera puede ser la misma que se utiliza para los marcos o bien puede ser teñida con algún colorante para proporcionar mayor cantidad de alternativas de mezclar colores....

The main objective is that the videos give consumers an insight into how the milk they drink is produced. It shows what life and work on farms in the region is really like, increasing the connection between producer and consumer. Christine Licher from the association speaking to The Local said...

FAO has been implementing Regional Initiatives as a mechanism to help deliver its work at country and regional levels since 2013. The Regional Initiatives emphasize impact through well focused activities that address the most important challenges in food and nutrition security at country and regional levels. Together with its country,...

Smallholder farmers, those producing on less than 5 acres, remain the backbone of agricultural production: smallholder farming is the livelihood of more than 50 per cent of the population in most developing countries. With this rising demand, agribusinesses, both local and multinational, are growing and increasingly seeking to source production...

Cow’s milk accounts for almost 3 % of global greenhouse gas emissions, but skimming the waste from dairy production in Europe could make the business much more sustainable. Each year, around 140 million tonnes of raw milk is produced across Europe which requires an average energy input of 18 400 GWh....

Stakeholders have committed to a robust plan of institutionalizing conservation agriculture in Kenya.  This will be achieved through interventions on commercialization, promotion of large scale adoption at national level and making agriculture attractive to the youth, especially as a form of employment. The two day First National Conservation Agriculture Conference...

Este artículo da cuenta de la experiencia del proyecto “Adaptación al Cambio Climático en El Puestito”, financiado por el Programa de Desarrollo Rural Incluyente (PRODERI). Su objetivo es financiar inversiones de carácter comunitario para la adaptación al cambio climático, con un enfoque sistémico, para disminuir los riesgos y daños ocasionados por las...

The CIHEAM intends, by launching this Mediterranean initiative for PhD students and young researchers, to set the bases of a permanent forum for communication, dialogue and publication for different partners in the field of research and rural development in the Mediterranean countries.

The article shares some of the most compelling insights from a four days Learning Exchange gathering in Uganda, facilitated by the AgroEcology Fund and the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa. The meeting brought together grassroot organizers, advocates and donors to discuss, learn and come up with new successful strategies for...

Asia’s position in the global food market tilts heavily towards demand due to its huge population and limited agricultural resources. With only one-fifth of the world’s agricultural land, the region hosts more than half of the global population. Asia has achieved significant production improvements over the last 50 years but...