Experiencias en el diseño de una agricultura sustentable. Con el Profesor Miguel Altieri, PhD (Universidad de California, Berkeley) www.agroeco.org

O Programa Nacional de Documentos da Mulher Trabalhadora Rural (PNDTR) tem o objetivo de assegurar às mulheres da agricultura familiar, acampadas, assentadas da reforma agrária, atingidas por barragens, quilombolas, pescadoras artesanais, extrativistas e indígenas o acesso aos documentos civis, previdenciários e trabalhistas, de forma gratuita e nas proximidades de moradia,...

Gender equality is a key to eliminating poverty and hunger, as it has been demonstrated by the FAO throughout its research worldwide. As part of the FAO efforts on generating evidence and knowledge, and in compliance with the FAO Policy on Gender Equality, the purpose of the Country Gender Assessment...

The Technical Guide on Pastoralism builds on a number of initiatives and studies from recent years that have shone a light on pastoral governance and land tenure: on the inherent challenges pastoralists face, the shortcomings of governments in securing pastoral tenure, and the emerging examples of success and progress from...

The purpose of this report is to provide insights into local transition pathways in the European food and nutrition security (FNS) landscape and will feed into the WP6 synthesis focused on the heterogeneity of FNS transition pathways. This report sets out to explore FNS pathways in UK with a focus...

A presentation regarding market tools in sheep sector, in European Union.

Syrian farmers in the country’s western coastal governorate of Tartous, formerly among the world’s top producers of tomatoes, have started their first tomato harvest of the year with support from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the UN World Food Programme (WFP).Before the conflict in...

La Universidad Nacional Agraria (UNA) en su rol de promotora del desarrollo sostenible en el área agropecuaria y forestal en el país, pone a disposición de la sociedad nicaragüense la primera edición de la guía técnica “Preparación y uso de bio-plaguicidas para el manejo de plagas y enfermedades agrícolas en...

Cada vez es más reconocido el importante papel de la agricultura familiar para la provisión de alimentos sanos, la generación de empleos, la sostenibilidad ambiental y social de la producción, la conservación de la agro-biodiversidad, la soberanía alimentaria de los pueblos y la resiliencia frente a los procesos de cambio...

o último encontro do ano, realizado nesta quarta-feira (23) em Brasília, a Comissão Nacional de Agroecologia e Produção Orgânica (CNAPO) se comprometeu a atuar de forma a garantir mais avanços para a agroecologia e produção orgânica em 2017. Também fez um balanço dos objetivos e desafios para a continuidade da...

The second transnational project meeting for the Farm-Success Project took place in Jaén, Spain on the 21-22nd April 2016. Representatives from each of the Project’s eight partners attended the transnational meeting; the second meeting of many transnational meetings held throughout the duration of the Project. This second meeting, provided a...

En el actual debate sobre la agricultura familiar confluyen miradas contrapuestas respecto de quiénes son los sujetos que la integran, el tipo de apoyo que se les debe dar y el rol que este sector debería cumplir en el desarrollo regional. El presente artículo pretende contribuir a este debate, analizando...

This report has been prepared by DG Agriculture and Rural Development with the support of Eurostat, as well as FIBL Research Institute of Organic Agriculture, Agrarmarkt Informations-Gesellschaft mbH for data on Germany and the Ministerium für ein Lebenswertes Österreich for data on Austria. The organic sector in the EU has been...

The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) awarded the Royal Order of Sahametrei to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Cambodia for outstanding services to the King and the people of Cambodia. The award, signed by Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen, is given in recognition...

This study took place in Ghana (Accra and Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abirem Municipal District) 20- 30 April 2015. The study was led by Luke Harman of the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) along with local partners Dr Kofi Marfo and Mrs Joyce Haleegoah. The Ghana country study set out to focus particularly on the...

El presente capítulo da a conocer información básica de la cadena de caucho, sus vínculos con la orientación de la ciencia, la tecnología y la innovación y las demandas del sector sobre conocimiento técnico, para superar problemas productivos, mejorar la competitividad, sostenibilidad, aprovechar oportunidades de mercado, potenciar capacidades y focalizar...

El presente documento se preparó con el fin de proveer información básica sobre el desempeño de la cadena productiva, sus vínculos con la orientación de la ciencia, la tecnología y la innovación y las demandas del sector sobre conocimiento técnico, para superar problemas productivos, mejorar la competitividad, la sostenibilidad, aprovechar...

En la siguiente tecnología se describen los pasos para confeccionar velas en un molde (de silicón u otro) en base de cera de abejas. Esta tecnología proporciona una nueva forma de ingreso de recursos donde se utiliza la cera de abejas que recicla el apicultor. Esta manera de confeccionar velas...

This video is a documentary featuring a European farmer who converted his farming system from conventional farming to organic farming to show the pros and cons of the process from a personal perspective. The farmer describes the different stages which the older system underwent and mentions which channels of distribution...

In May 2016, a total of 1702 records were available in the SOTA ISSF layer. Among them, 61% are found to be peer-reviewed papers, 20% reports, 10% books or books chapters, and 3% conference proceedings. Information on SSF are also disseminated through newsletters, PhD theses, documentaries, monographs, handbooks, or teaching...