La comercialización de productos es una actividad compleja para el pequeño productor. La búsqueda de mejores alternativas de precios y compradores que hagan más rentable el negocio demanda de nuevas tareas tales como la acumulación de volúmenes de producción importantes, enfrentar la limitada articulación vial de las comunidades rurales, superar...

This book aims to contribute to filling an existing gap in the literature on food value chains in West Africa. It identifies good practices in value chain development and provides policy guidance to agricultural and rural development stakeholders. It is intended to be a sourcebook for decision makers, especially at...

The documentary shows how three smallholder farmers in Tanzania and Kenya escaped poverty, hunger and diminishing yields through learning organic farming practises. This documentary was made for IFOAM by Maweni Farm in collaboration with the national organic agriculture movements in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda.

A programme run by the Government of Malawi is providing cash transfers to more than 26,000 of the country's poorest households. FAO's 'From Protection to Production' project (PtoP), run in collaboration with Unicef with funding from DFID and the EU, is evaluating the impact of these cash transfers on economic...

La equiparación conceptual y epistemológica entre desigualdades de género y pobreza propició la ausencia de un análisis de género sistémico e integral que recorriera la estructura de la propiedad rural en su conjunto. Al hacerlo, impidió que se contara con un potente vector analítico que proveyese información valiosa acerca de...

El documento es parte de una serie de cuadernos populares de divulgación de resultados preliminares de tres investigaciones más amplias que actualmente se están realizando sobre la problemática que actualmente vive el pequeño y mediano campesinado en Guatemala, concretamente la agricultura familiar campesina. La misma problemática se extiende desde la falta...

The government of Mozambique has adopted a generally hands-off approach in engaging with efforts to improve farmer access to fertilizer. Private-sector investment decisions drive the development of these markets, with government primarily having somewhat distant oversight on these developments. Efforts are starting to strengthen the retail sector for agricultural in-puts,...

The aim of this part of the book is to present basic statistical data on the current situation state of organic farming in the Czech Republic (i.e. the number of organic farms and the pattern of the land resources in OF as at 31. 12. 2011 and also the pattern...

Agriculture is the principal economic sector in the Great Lakes region of Africa and represents a major source of income for rural populations in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Rwanda and Uganda. With the objective of unlocking the high potential of agriculture in this region, the project described...

In the high mountain valleys of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, gravity-flow irrigation systems support the production of grains, fodder, vegetables, herbs, and fruits as well as wood for construction purposes. A majority of the irrigation systems in the Alai and Pamir mountain ranges were constructed by communities of water users prior...

Esta ficha presenta las etapas y los primeros resultados de una cooperación implementada por AVSF y su socio, la ONG CESA, en Ecuador en la cuenca alta del río Chambo, en los Andes centrales, provincia Chimborazo. Existen fuertes tensiones relativas al recurso hídrico entre varios actores, como son la ciudad...

Malnutrition in all its forms – undernutrition, micronutrient deciencies, and overweight and obesity – imposes unacceptably high economic and social costs on countries at all income levels. Improving nutrition and reducing these costs requires a multisectoral approach that begins with food and agriculture and includes complementary interventions in public health and education. The traditional role of agriculture...

This paper reviews the central role of institutions for climate-smart agriculture (CSA), focusing on the role of institutions in promoting inclusivity, providing information, enabling local level innovation, encouraging investment, and offering insurance to enable smallholders, women, and poor resource-dependent communities to adopt and benefit from CSA. We discuss the role...

Satisfaction of household requirements and profit maximization has been the main goals of subsistence small-holder farmers in the rural communities of Nigeria. This necessitated the practice of multiple/mixed cropping of arable crops. On the contrary, a part of the National food security agenda of the Federal government is the raising...

Conçu pour améliorer les pratiques agricoles en cultures maraîchères grâce à la Gestion Intégrée de la Production et des Déprédateurs (GIPD), ce guide pratique, élaboré par la FAO, compile des années d'expérience sur le terrain pour offrir des solutions durables et efficaces.Le guide propose une approche participative pour renforcer les...

Este número de Mundos Rurales incluye artículos sobre: A 60 años de la Reforma Agraria en Bolivia: cambio y continuidad. Situación de las mujeres y los jóvenes en el acceso a la tierra en altiplano y valles. El agrarismo y el territorio indígena. Mujeres: tierra, educación y participación política. Reforma agraria y la reconfiguración de...

An IFAD supervision mission visited Egypt to supervise the West Noubaria Rural Development Project (WNRDP). The prime objective of the mission was to conduct an in depth assessment of WNRDP implementation progress; propose relevant changes in view of the project winding down phase, and; provide technical assistance and backstopping. The...

Children in Karamoja, northern Uganda, are learning about farming, healthy eating and how to protect themselves from diseases, thanks to the Junior Farmer Field and Life Schools, set up by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and partners across 6 countries in the region. For young people like former...

Este número de Mundos Rurales incluye artículos sobre: Concentración y extranjerización de la tierra en el sector soyero y la ganadería Una mirada a la “Ley marco de la Madre Tierra y Desarrollo Integral para Vivir Bien” y normas conexas Conflictos de MallkuQuta y Colquiri: la necesidad de un nuevo modelo de gestión...

One way to improve sustainable agriculture is to use existing resources and technologies better by finding synergies between plants, soil, climate and management practices. However, for many agricultural situations there is a lack of understanding about the structure of biological and ecological relationships that drive resource dynamics. Therefore, it remains...