During the coming decades, global change will impact food and water security in significant but highly uncertain ways. There are strong indications that developing countries will bear the brunt of the consequences, particularly from climate change. In Sub-Saharan Africa, agriculture—the mainstay of rural livelihoods—is particularly vulnerable to the adverse impacts...

El objetivo de este estudio fue analizar la contribución de la avicultura campesina en la disponibilidad alimentaría de las familias indígenas del municipio de Santo Domingo Tepuxtepec Mixe, Oaxaca, México. Se utilizó el estudio de caso, se consideraron variables relacionadas con la tecnología de producción tradicional, rendimiento productivo, objetivos de...

The National Network of Educational Farms is coordinated by the Agricultural Advisory Headquarters. Voivodeship Agricultural Advisory Centres have also been very much involved in the provision of training, advisory services and in spreading the idea of teaching farms in the regions. On 28-29 November 2013 there was organised the 1st...

Este libro muestra cómo diferentes actores del sistema cubano de innovación formal e informal responden al desafío que presenta la crisis del sistema alimentario mundial. Desde una visión concertada, presenta los resultados del proyecto ""Desarrollo de sistemas descentralizados y participativos de garantías ambientales en Cuba"". El texto propone un acercamiento al...

Over the last five decades the global dairy sector has seen substantive changes with major intensification, scaling-up and efficiency of production driven by demand from a growing human population and disposal incomes. This growth was achievable through the developments in animal breeding, nutrition, feed efficiency, animal health, housing and automation...

The continuity of farming in mountain areas in Europe is at severe risk and its future faces manifold uncertainties. Mountain farms are immersed in a long-term process of reorganization. Farm diversification plays a prominent role in this process of adjustment and reallocation. However, little work has been done explicitly on...

La Subsecretaría de Agricultura Familiar hace conocer, a través de este documento, información reciente y de utilidad para aquellos interesados en la temática agraria y rural de nuestro país y quienes intervienen en la formulación y ejecución de políticas públicas. Se aborda en este trabajo la problemática del ingreso y...

This document provides a global overview of beach seine fisheries and identifies key issues relevant for the responsible use of beach seines and the sustainable livelihoods of beach seine fishers. It also gives guidelines for fisheries managers and other stakeholders on how best to address the issues of management processes...

Ce film court présente d'une façon didactique et concrète les contraintes et difficultés des exploitations agricoles familiales au Sénégal (accès à la terre, aux intrants, à l'eau et au crédit), en insistant sur les différents types d'exploitations et sur les revendications des organisations paysannes. Les cartes et données chiffrées permettent...

The course provides an overview of Social Safety Net programmes and systems and how they are used and customized according to different contexts. It also introduces the key processes for designing and implementing Social Safety Net programmes. 

Timor-Leste baseline survey for the Regional Fisheries Livelihoods Programme, against the five RFLP national level outputs namely co-management, safety at sea and vulnerability reduction, post-harvest and marketing, livelihoods enhancement and diversification and micro-finance services

In 2005, The International Federation of Organic Agricultural Movements (IFOAM) developed four new ethical principles of organic agriculture to guide its future development: the principles of health, ecology, care, and fairness. The key distinctive concept of animal welfare in organic agriculture combines naturalness and human care, and can be linked...

El CECTEC es una organización civil, sin fines de lucro, que orienta su acción formativa a productores campesinos, a sus familias y comunidades. Las líneas de trabajo del CECTEC intentan responder a problemas concretos que afectan a la unidad familiar campesina y, en particular, a la juventud.

Este es un recurso práctico para líderes, facilitadores y profesionales que quieren mejorar y enriquecer sus procesos de aprendizaje. Está dirigida a individuos y organizaciones y a la práctica del cambio social en el terreno. No es sólo otro libro sobre cambio social y aprendizaje organizacional. Es diferente porque no ha...

In the Maghreb countries, because of structural drought, recent livestock production policies have relied heavily on irrigation. This aimed to secure animal protein supply by using water to grow fodder. Such choices have led many smallholder farms to rear cattle in typical dual purpose (both milk and meat) systems. In...

The International Network for Family Poultry Development (INFPD) is a network of researchers, policy makers, educationists, students and development workers. It was established with the assistance of FAO to promote and facilitate the development of the small scale poultry sector in developing countries. With the support from the International Fund...

Los sistemas de producción con vacunos de doble propósito, representan una invalorable alternativa en el trópico para la obtención de leche y carne, infiriendo que esta actividad a su vez genere bienestar en las comunidades rurales. Dentro de sus ventajas, aparece una importante utilización de la mano de obra familiar,...

Deux systëmes de production caprine, líun extensif, basè sur líutilisation des parcours forestiers (p) et líautre intensif, en stabulation permanente (s) ont ètè èvaluès pour leurs performances de production et la qualitè de leurs produits. un suivi mensuel des performances de production a ètè rèalisè auprës de 4 èlevages. des...

Agriculture can be an important engine of growth and poverty reduction. But the sector is underperforming in many countries in part because women, who are often a crucial resource in agriculture and the rural economy, face constraints that reduce their productivity. In this paper we draw on the available empirical...

The present edition highlights the significance of the forestry sector to the overall economy and its importance overall in the region’s land use, demonstrating its potential to make a difference in improving (or worsening) an economy’s green credentials. It is an important message about forestry and greenness.