Currently, family farming has taken visibility both in academic works and in the design of public policies. Even though are recognized own characteristics which differentiate it from the business production, they are presented according to the type of production and the territory where they are inserted, particularities that allow defining...

“KM 0” is a branding initiative to promote local sourcing. It brings together stakeholders from the entire chain of actors involved in the production, processing, sales, marketing and consumption of fisheries products from the Minho Lima area. This project aims to promote local sourcing through the branding of local products and...

Initially, Farming Systems Research took the farm as a starting point for an analysis of a broad range of issues linked to agricultural production. Soon afterwards, it was recognised that to understand farming, the scale of analysis needed to be broadened, to capture the interactions between farms and their natural,...

Consolidar una política en Alimentación Escolar (AE) clara que logre unificar y orientar en una sola dirección, las directrices a ser aplicadas a nivel nacional, de manera que cada departamento o entidad la pueda ejecutar en forma independiente pero sujeto a la política; Definir e identificar, de manera clara, los...

Aohan Bannery is located in the southeast of Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China. It is the interface between China’s ancient farming culture and grassland culture. From 2001 to 2003, carbonized particles of foxtail and broomcorn millet were discovered by archaeologists in the “First Village of China”, Xinglongwa in...

En la 10ª edición de "El estado de los bosques del mundo" se desarrolla una verdad fundamental: los bosques, la actividad forestal y los productos forestales contribuyen de forma decisiva al desarrollo sostenible. El estado de los bosques del mundo se publica cada dos años. El estado de los bosques del mundo...

Cooperation between the water sector and forest sector at national and at regional level is a prerequisite for tackling the challenges of integrated water resources management and sustainable rural development. The current lack of cooperation between the forest sector and the water sector in the South Eastern European Region is hampering...

Este material hace parte de la sistematización del Proyecto FAO “Fortalecimiento de organizaciones indígenas altoandinas y rescate de sus productos tradicionales” (2007-2011), financiado por el Programa de Cooperación de Nueva Zelandia, con el ánimo de fortalecer las capacidades nacionales para rescatar, sistematizar, difundir, adaptar y replicar algunos de los procesos...

The report stresses progress in linking research innovations to results in farmers' fields in a number of areas. These research-for-development initiatives are testing technology and policy packages with farmers in their production situations. For example, in sub-Saharan Africa ICARDA leads the wheat component of the regional initiative on Support to...

The report analyses the international legal and policy matrix to assess the level of existing support for GIAHS and to ascertain the gaps in that support.

Esta primera edición contiene todos los códigos de prácticas relativos a la prevención y reducción de contaminantes (por ejemplo micotoxinas, metales pesados, químicos, etc.) en alimentos y/o piensos adoptados por la Comisión del Codex Alimentarius hasta el 2011.

Communication faite au Colloque international genre et agricultures familiale et paysanne, regards Nord-Sud (Toulouse-France , mai 2012), concernant le Projet de Renforcement des capacités des femmes rurales pour éradiquer les Inégalités de Genre et améliorer la gestion des ressources dans l’agriculture familiale et paysanne au Cameroun – Cas des femmes rurales...

FAO is supporting a micro-financing scheme known as "warrantage" that is empowering smallholder farmers to make more money out of their crops and helping relieve food insecurity. (Ref.F0012/en)

This publication is one of FAO's attempts at providing support for viable community involvement in forest and wildlife management in Africa. It proposes key institutional, policy and legislative measures that need to be put in place for the sustainable engagement of local communities in forest management and development. Furthermore, the...

Welcome to Dimitra Newsletter 22. This issue places the spotlight on the Dimitra community listeners’ clubs, with a special dossier made up of several articles that focus on the impact of projects under way, the development of this approach and the launch of new initiatives.

Las mejoras en materia de ingresos, que efectivamente ocurrieron en la región, y que causaron una disminución en los índices de pobreza rural hasta la crisis del año 2008, no provienen ni del mercado laboral ni del mercado de productos, sino que, como lo señalan la CEPAL y la OIT,...

Hani Rice Terraces are located in the Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, which is in the southeast part of Yunnan Province. People of various races, with Hani being the main minority group, has built this spectacular agriculture and nature wonders. The magnificent Hani Terrace System is a masterpiece of...

Entrevista a cooperativa Unión Rural de Flores de Uruguay. En este diálogo se describen los etapas de digitalizacion desarrollados en la última década y los logros por estandares que benefician a sus cooperados, a la producción, comercialización, negociación y gestión de su empresa cooperativa. En esta entrevista se detalla cómo...

La relevancia que tiene la agricultura familiar como pilar fundamental dentro de la estructura y sostenibilidad socio económica y productiva de los países de América Latina, debe considerarse a la luz de los resultados y conclusiones que se puedan obtener del estudio. Particularmente en el entendido que la producción basada...

Esta serie de estudios de caracterización sociodemográfica de las juventudes rurales tiene como objetivo aportar con información actualizada sobre este sector de la población tanto a nivel nacional como municipal o distrital, a modo de servir como insumo para el Programa, operaciones del FIDA, así como otros organismos involucrados en...