Discussion paper on scaling up agro-ecological approaches: In recent years, especially since the agriculture prices spike in 2008 that sparked ‘food riots’ across Africa, Asia and Latin America, a growing consensus has emerged on the need for proceeding to major changes in agricultural and food systems in order to ensure...

Th is paper is a first step in a process to create enabling environments for forest producer organizations (FPOs) worldwide. It focuses on what governments should and should not do to enable FPOs to form, thrive and create benefi ts for their members and the resources they manage. Further work...

The United Nations declared 2014 the International Year of Family Farming (IYFF) to recognize the importance of family farming in reducing poverty and improving global food security. The IYFF aims to promote new development policies, particularly at the national but also regional levels, that will help smallholder and family farmers eradicate hunger,...

Este documento es una versión sencilla y amigable del plan para implementar la política nacional de desarrollo rural integral (PNDRI), que es utilizado para socializarlo y promover, a nivel territorial, el involucramiento de la población en su ejecución.  En la página web http://pndri.scep.gob.gt/es/material-de-apoyo están disponibles las versiones de este documento en los...

This publication summarizes the conversation that took place at the “Family Forestry is Family Farming” event co-organized by the Forest and Farm Facility (FFF) and the International Family Forestry Alliance (IFFA)on Thursday 26th June 2014, World Forest Week FAO, Rome. In the celebration of the International Year of Family Farming...

Traditional fishworkers have long been forced to adapt to the forces of nature, and they are now confronted with the  new threats of climate change, global warming, sea-level rise and ocean acidification. What will be the potential impacts of climate change on the already vulnerable and marginalized small-scale fishing communities...

This infographic explains why Family farming is inextricably linked to national and global food security. Both in developing and developed countries, family farming is the predominant form of agriculture in the food production sector.  Family farming includes all family-based agricultural activities, and it is linked to several areas of rural development. 

The International Year of Family Farming (IYFF) has uncovered well-grounded resolve to place family farmers as protagonists in addressing a number of challenges we face, from eradicating hunger and poverty to conserving natural resources. Nothing comes closer to the sustainable food production paradigm than family farming. The diverse set of...

En Santiago de Chile, durante la “Reunión sobre Mujeres en el Año de la Agricultura Familiar 2014”, en el marco de la Declaración Final de Santo Domingo sobre Política para las Mujeres Rurales, Autonomía Económica, Igualdad de Derechos y Lucha contra el Hambre del evento paralelo en la XII Conferencia...

The United Nations declared 2014 the International Year of Family Farming. Although many forms of production were once family-based, agriculture is now one of the few that are still dominated by families. Because family farms are so prevalent, making them more productive could help combat poverty and hunger in many...

Pour remplir sa mission de consolider la structuration du mouvement paysan pour qu’il soit un véritable interlocuteur auprès des autres acteurs sociaux, économiques et politiques, à tous les niveaux de la société congolaise, la CONAPAC vient de lancer son site web dont l’adresse officielle est www.conapacrdc.org. Ce site web de...

Trente-cinq participants dont 7 femmes ont pris part active à l’atelier préparatoire sur le FACT tenu du 26 au 29 mai 2014 à Kindu, ; province du Maniema. Cet atelier qui a connu une implication du Gouvernement provincial du Maniema à travers son Ministère de l’Agriculture et du Développement rurala...

Entre los días 24 al 25 de marzo del 2014 en la Cuidad de Montevideo, 15 Comités nacionales y 1 regional del Caribe junto a las doce organizaciones de la COPROFAM en el marco del Diálogo regional de planificación y movilización del año internacional de la agricultura familiar e indígena...

Este documento presenta un reflexión y análisis comparativo entre las mujeres del medio rural español y las mujeres latinoamericanas, en relación a sus necesidades en términos de derechos, la descripción de su rol como mano de obra en la agricultura familiar, su participación e igualdad de oportunidades en el sistema,...

Durante los días 10 y 11 de noviembre de 2014, en el marco de las actividades del AIAF-2014, coincidiendo con la Conferencia de Mujeres Rurales y la I Reunión Ministerial sobre Agricultura Familiar de la CELAC, los representantes de los 16 Comités Nacionales de Bolivia, Brasil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica,...

El número 5 de Revista Eutopía, correspondiente a agosto de 2014, contiene: El género y la etnicidad como barreras para el desarrollo: Mujeres indígenas, acceso a recursos en Ecuador en perspectiva latinoamericana Los factores exógenos y los procesos territoriales en la transformación del panorama ocupacional en Yucatán Mujeres y autogobierno en un territorio...

Approximately 2,000 participants received training under the project for Harmonized Support for Agriculture Development (HSAD). The project is a research for development initiative that aims to improve the competitiveness of selected Iraqi agricultural/ agribusiness value chains and raise incomes. Trainings reflected the main objects of the HSAD project: improving extension,...

Interviewed onsite at The Economist Feeding the World Summit 2014, Rose Akaki tells Farming First the key challenges faced by female farmers in Uganda and offers her recommendations for improving agriculture in her country.

As part of our larger strategy to adapt smallholders in drylands to climate change, ICARDA’s science has sharpened its focus on producing more with less in irrigated and agropastoral systems, and sustainably intensifying cereal-based rain-fed production systems through research platforms in Egypt, Ethiopia and Morocco.

Asia and the Pacific is a very socially, culturally and economically diverse region. Trade liberalization and foreign investments have contributed to rapid economic, human capital and agricultural growth, and decreased price distortions. However, the benefits have been unevenly shared among and within countries and between men and women. Export-oriented policies...