A Participatory Study of the Traditional Knowledge of Fishing Communities in the Gulf of Mannar, India' is the first in a series of case studies undertaken by the ICSF to document the traditional knowledge of fishing communities dependent on marine and coastal resources in protected and conserved areas in different...

A história em quadrinhos e a linguagem informal foram escolhidas pela sub-rede Mudanças Climáticas e Desenvolvimento Regional para apresentar a percepção de agricultores familiares do sertão nordestino sobre as alterações no clima e, também, como isso tem afetado as suas atividades produtivas. Com o objetivo de estabelecer um diálogo de saberes,...

Marine Protected Areas and Small-scale Fisheries in South Africa: Promoting Governance, Participation, Equity and Benefit Sharing' is a monograph about the progress achieved by conservation partners in South Africa on the implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Programme Element.  It explores the strategies and mechanisms used by different...

El  presente  estudio  pretende  hacer  una  evaluación  del  Plan  de  Agricultura  Familiar  y  de  su   presupuesto   asignado.   Intentaremos   mostrar,   la   situación   de   la   agricultura   familiar   campesina,  el  proceso  de  elaboración  y  ejecución  del  presupuesto  en  agricultura.  En  otras  ...

La presentación, desarrollada por Curt Bowen de "Semilla Nueva", Guatemala, describe a esta organización y su metodología de trabajo. 

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...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nations (FAO) in close cooperation with the Regional Rural Development Standing Working Group (SWG) to implement the project "Streamlining of agriculture and rural development of SEE countries for EU accession" to facilitate the establishment of such network and mechanisms. The purpose of the...

This report on the “Sub-regional Dialogue on Labour, Migration and Fisheries Management”, held at, Thailand, from 11 to 13 December 2013, highlights the issue of migrant labour on board fishing vessels and the problems migrant workers face in their daily life.  This report will be useful for students, researchers, activists...

Este número de Vitrina Rural incluye artículos sobre: INDAP 2014, balance anual Las extrellas en ascenso de INDAP La noche de los poetas mapuche Primera agencia de área en Isla de Pascua SIPAM. Patromonio agrícola y biodiversidad Ministros de Agricultura definen estrategias para el 2015 INDAP lideró gira de productores INDAP celebra 52 años de vida Turismo rural: más...

This technology explains and illustrates with a range of Pictures which equipment is needed to use tractors with, and how to use it for direct seeding. In particular, it discusses the row cleaner, cutting discs and the furrow opener. The row cleaner is used to remove excess mulch from the plant...

Le partenariat entre producteurs et amapiens est illustré ici par de nombreux témoignages, qui montrent les valeurs fortes en jeu : solidarité, engagement, compréhension mutuelle, transparence. Les relations établies dépassent le cadre habituel d’achat, elles permettent aux agriculteurs de partager leurs réalités, et aux amapiens de s’engager pour une agriculture nourricière,...

Social farming, delivered on family farms across Northern Ireland and Ireland, has started on a journey to realise its’ potential as a valuable and cost effective option that provides a range of benefits which connect people and ultimately improves lives. The Social Farming Across Borders (SoFAB) Project has raised awareness...

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. 

Este número de Vitrina Rural, incluye artículos sobre: Una nueva ExpoMundoRural Nuevas oportunidades de comercialización generan ferias de INDAP Alianzas productivas que amplian mercados Antofagasta y Salta estrechan vínculos Oportunidades de exportación para la agricultura familiar ExpoMundoRural da paso a conferencia internacional Paulo Freire y los campesinos chilenos Reforma educacional en el área técnico profesional Felipa Condori: tejiendo historias...

The SSF Guidelines hope to promote a human-rights-based approach to fisheries development and management as well as the use of aquatic, coastal, riparian and lakeshore space. The vicissitudes of the process leading to the adoption of the SSF Guidelines, as well as various aspects of small-scale fisheries and fishing communities...

Junior Farmer Field and Life Schools (JFFLS) are a simple methodology for teaching vulnerable children and young people about farming, entrepreneurial skills and how to take care of themselves. These schools follow a “living classroom” approach in which the students or children out of school observe the crops throughout the...

Par essence, l’agriculture, l’aquaculture et la pêche ainsi que certaines activités artisanales et industrielles du secteur alimentaire, sont liées au rythme des saisons et aux éléments naturels, notamment météorologiques, qui conditionnent leurs productions tant en termes de quantité que de temporalité. Toutefois, la saisonnalité recouvre plusieurs dimensions qui, i, au...

The Traoré family in West Africa is prevented from realising its full potential. Reasons are poorly functioning markets, insufficient opportunities for education, training and information, the effects of climate change and poor access to land and water.

This thesis examines the role and demand for water in Macedonia from an economic perspective with an emphasis on agricultural use. The first paper provides an overview of the Macedonian agricultural sector and assesses the productivity growth in the period 1999-2010. In the study period, the sector experienced an average...

En este número se publican artículos que se refieren al valor de la pequeña escala de producción, desde lo ambiental –conservación de los recursos naturales– y lo nutricional, especialmente para el caso de aquellos países que son centros de origen de la agricultura y donde el conocimiento acumulado de siglos...