Aquí se presenta un breve análisis de cuatro Programas agroambientales de la Secretaría de Agricultura, Ganadería, Desarrollo Rural, Pesca y Alimentación (SAGARPA) con la finalidad de valorar su potencial como políticas públicas agroambientales o sustentables del país. Estos casos pueden servir de referente para otros lugares de Latinoamérica. Dada su gran...

This paper aims to contribute to the ongoing discussion on family farm. This type of production has been the subject of analysis and has a great importance in rural development-oriented policies in Argentina. In recent times there has been a change in its treatment, at least in propositional terms that...

Las imágenes pertenecen al 1er curso de formación de agentes de desarrollo rural realizado entre los meses de Abril y Mayo de 2013 con jóvenes de la región centro del país. El Curso de Formación de Agentes de Desarrollo Rural está dirigido a jóvenes de organizaciones de la Agricultura Familiar...

Over the past two decades, there has been a high promotion of microfinance institutions (MFI) in Tanzania. In 1990s there was only 825 MFI which increased to 1,875 in 2005. Currently, the country is estimated to have more than 5000 MFI. The promise of MFI lies in the belief that microfinance...

La récente crise des prix des matières premières agricoles a été utilisée par certains investisseurs publics ou privés pour justifier la course aux terres en Afrique sub-saharienne. Elle a simultanément relancé le débat sur les modèles de développement agricole et remis en avant l’opposition entre  small-scale et  large-scale farming. Après...

Smallholders are small-scale farmers, pastoralists, forest keepers, fishers who manage areas varying from less than one hectare to 10 hectares. Smallholders are characterized by family-focused motives such as favouring the stability of the farm household system, using mainly family labour for production and using part of the produce for family...

La presente guía se llevó a cabo con el propósito de proporcionar un instrumento que oriente sobre las medidas que pueden adoptarse para gestionar el riesgo agropecuario en el departamento del Beni. En la presente guía, se describen prácticas agropecuarias que permiten reducir los riesgos, además que de cierta manera,...

The study seeks to establish why some smallholder horticultural famers in Chihota communal areas market their produce in communal markets which are known to generate less revenue for any given quality and quantity of produce than urban formal markets. It uses primary data collected from 119 farming households randomly selected...

El año 2013 fue declarado Año Internacional de la Quinua (AIQ). Fue propuesto por Bolivia con el apoyo de Argentina, Azerbaiyán, Ecuador, Georgia, Honduras, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Perú y Uruguay y el respaldo de la FAO. Fue adoptado por la Conferencia de la FAO en junio de 2011 y aprobado por...

This synthesis report summarises the results of a dialogue on food security and water security. between policy makers, researchers, national leaders responsible for water and agriculture policy and members of the international development community at the International Conference on Policies for Water and Food Security in Dry Areas, held in...

This dissertation has as a theme the insertion of family farmers products in the state schools of Rio Grande  do  Sul.  In  the  year  2009  was  created  a  law  n°  11.947  which  would  have  a fundamental change in the Brazilian National School Feeding Program (PNAE –  Programa Nacional de  Alimentação ...

We analize recent discussions on institutionality of rural model in Argentina, targeting in the collective construction of "agribusiness strategic plan 2010-2016". Our participation in that plan allows reflections on the role of family farming in building a national model of rural development. Family farmers represent a productive sector in standing...

The First Regional Symposium on Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Mediterranean and Black Sea was organized from 27 to 30 November 2013 by the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) in partnership with the International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM) – Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari (MAIB),...

The Regional Conference on food security and income generation through reduction of losses and waste in fisheries was held from 15 to 17 December 2013 at the Wissal Hotel, Nouakchott, Islamic Republic of Mauritania. It was jointly convened by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the...

El objetivo que tiene la presente guía es lograr que los productores rurales tengan éxito económico es su eficiencia técnico-productiva, gerencial y comercial. La guía da una descripción del contenido de cada módulo, de los participantes y de los resultados que se espera lograr.

The problem of climate change in Africa has the potential of undermining sustainable development efforts if steps are not taken to respond to its adverse consequences. This study reviews existing and available literature on farmers’ perceptions and adaptations to climate change in sub-Sahara Africa. It is evident that the majority...

La reflexión sobre la situación de las mujeres rurales y concretamente sobre el papel institucional que AVSF debe jugar con respecto a esta temática, comienza a producirse como consecuencia de dos situaciones. Por un lado, por las dificultades para abordar las necesidades específicas de las mujeres rurales en un contexto...

Thre are a quantity of family expoitations that still stay and resist to disappear, unfolding a variety and new productive, social and cultural strategies. Preciselly the aim of this paper is to introduce the experiences of two family exploitations in very different contexts: one is located in Banda department, Santiago...

This article compares the main findings of Brazilian agricultural census data of 1996 with the same of 2006 by applying the methodology known as ‘FAO/INCRA’ (Food Agriculture Organization/Instituto Nacional de Colonização e Reforma Agrária) which allows the characterization of family farms in relation to the total universe of farms. In...

Rapid population growth, urbanization and rising incomes will present an unprecedented opportunity for growth of commercial agriculture and agribusiness in coming years. The value of food consumed in urban areas is set to expand by four times to 2030, but given evidence of a continuing decline in competitiveness much of...