While Bangladesh is more advanced in terms of agricultural mechanization, Ethiopia and Kenya can repeat the same success. Indeed, Ethiopia is one step ahead of Bangladesh in that it has developed an agricultural mechanization strategy – something Bangladesh has not done. This strategy is now being used to address the...

On June 2, 2016 the delegates, gathered for the Georgian Farmers’ II Congress held in Tbilisi and discussed problems related to the following three main issues: 1. Market access for smallholder farmers and cooperatives; 2. Smallholder farmers and agricultural cooperatives’ access to investment funds and financial resources; 3. Effects of...

Como fruto del trabajo colaborativo entre el Estado y las instituciones se pone a disposición del sector productivo de la altillanura plana de la Orinoquía colombiana el presente folleto, dando a conocer tres clones de marañon destacados por producción y calidad de exportación de la nuez, como una contribución esencial...

Determinar la duración de la gestación en la raza bovina criolla Costeño con Cuernos y establecer si factores  tales como el sexo del ternero o el orden de partos podrían intervenir en la duración de este periodo. Se realizó un estudio retrospectivo en  un hato de hembras del  Centro de...

Family farming is the predominant form of food production in Asia and the Pacific which is home to 70 percent of the world’s family farmers. Family farmers produce 80 percent of the region’s food, 1 working on 85 percent of the total arable land2 and largely relying on the contribution...

Slovak Minister of Agriculture Gabriela Matečná said that the bioeconomy is a necessity. But Central and Eastern Europe is still lagging behind in its uptake, but the key to the transition may be in the regions.

In recent years, social protection has emerged worldwide as a major new focus in efforts to reduce poverty and vulnerability. Since the early 2000s, conditional and unconditional cash transfer programmes have gained significance as key elements of social safety nets throughout Africa. The UN-supported Social Protection Floor Initiative (SPF-I) has...

The main purpose of this study was to determine the presence, distribution and characterization of whiteflies in thirteen tomato-crop producing municipalities in Cundinamarca (Colombia). Immature stages were collected and taken to the laboratory until adults emerged in order to establish their taxonomic identification. The mitochondrial regions were amplified with specific...

The petition for a Referendum on National Farming in Colombia is intended to collect signatures backing a referendum to amend articles 64, 65, 66 and 100 of the Constitution, thus requiring Colombia to adopt special protection measures for national agri-food production, to guarantee credit, and to protect the work and...

Family farming, understood as a household which combines family, farm and commercial activity, still represents the backbone of the world’s agriculture. On family farms, labour division has generally been based on complementarity between persons of different gender and generations, resulting in specific male and female spheres and tasks. In this...

Blanco Orejinegro BON: Razas Criollas

En las páginas siguientes, se encuentra una descripción del marco metodológico y conceptual con el cual se construyó el Pectia, los resultados más sobresalientes del diagnóstico del sector agropecuario desde la perspectiva de la CTi y el plan estratégico en sí, partiendode su misión, visión, objetivos estratégicos, factores habilitantes y...

En este número queremos explicar con más detalle el sistema experto MAPA. Este SE_MAPA fue concebido como una herramienta para la gestión del conocimiento, a partir de la información que el proyecto ha generado. Son conocidas las críticas sobre la cantidad de proyectos que teniendo un acervo de información considerable...

Using the outcomes of a technical consultation meeting organized by FAO in December 2014 in Dakar, Senegal, with the support of CIRAD, and building on past studies conducted by FAO and other partners, the report presents an analysis of the impact of the EVD outbreak on agricultural market chains. Seven...

Esta publicación es una herramienta valiosa para mejorar el intercambio de las prácticas, sobre todo, en el marco de la cooperación Sur-Sur. Al reunir por primera vez, de una manera didáctica e informativa, las políticas de éxito comprobadas en el campo de la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional, da un nuevo...

In a country like Uganda where 80% of the population relies upon agriculture for its livelihood, putting agriculture at the heart of plans for climate change adaptation is essential, for which there is full political support. 

La présente étude de cas décrit un modèle particulièrement innovant de fourniture de services financiers aux ménages ruraux les plus pauvres dépendant de l’agriculture – le modèle Tamwil El Fellah (TEF), société créée par le Groupe Crédit Agricole du Maroc (GCAM). TEF s’est fondée sur la longue expérience du financement du...

A população de abelhas e outros insetos polinizadores está diminuindo em todo o mundo, o que faz cientistas correrem para calcular o impacto na agricultura e de propor possíveis soluções. Segundo as contas feitas por pesquisadores de Minas Gerais e do México, o Brasil poderá perder de 16,5 a 51 milhões...

Para modernizar, dar mais transparência e simplificar os trâmites burocráticos para a reforma agrária no País, o governo federal encaminhará Medida Provisória com mudanças no programa de titulação de terras. A MP será enviada ao Congresso Nacional e, posteriormente, assinada pelo presidente da República, Michel Temer.  O documento atualiza as leis 8.629/1993, que...

This report provides a global overview of the food insecurity situation due to different crises and natural disasters, to support the programming of the Pro-resilience Action (PRO-ACT) funding mechanism, a component of the Global Public Goods and Challenges (GPGC) thematic programme of the European Union. The analysis covers the period...