On July 22nd, KariaNet network in collaboration with FAO Regional Initiative on Small-Scale Family Farming and the Communication for Development team launched an online survey and discussion on ICT applications and rural communication for family farming, involving specialists and practitioners from the Near East and North Africa (NENA) region. The online discussion is hosted on KariaNet's Google...

La identificación y reconocimiento de las plagas son uno de los principios fundamentales del Manejo Integrado de Plagas (MIP), el cual se basa en la idea de que la primera y más importante línea de defensa frente a plagas y enfermedades en la agricultura es un agroecosistema sano en el...

The Farmer to Farmer Agroecology Movement (MACAC) is a grassroots movement inside of the Cuban National Association of Small Farmers (ANAP), which is a member of the international peasant movement, La Via Campesina. MACAC is a mass-based movement in which the campesino (peasant farmer) members of ANAP have been transforming their productive...

Addressing gender equality is a fundamental part of FAO’s mandate. Social and economic inequalities between women and men undermine food security and restrict economic growth and advances in agriculture. The problems of hunger, malnutrition and rural poverty cannot be solved unless and until women and men are treated equally and...

This special issue of Farming Matters magazine has explored the ways in which access and benefit sharing of plant genetic resources can work for family farmers. On one hand it presents cases that demonstrate the limited extent to which family farmers have been able to benefit from the ‘formal’ ABS...

En esta edición, la revista aborda las siguientes temáticas: Diversificación de parcelas y dietas en el marco de lal intensificación sustentable Mexico, líder en investigación en trigo CIMMYT y Sagarpa rinden homenaje a Norman Borlaug

A new study by German environmental NGO NABU (BirdLife Germany) shows how current funding could be used more economically and ecologically. Sixty billion euros. That’s roughly how much of the EU’s annual budget is allocated to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Almost 40% of the bloc’s coffers are spent on it....

Las Kuatras Marias farm is located in San Narcisso village, near Victoria City in Oriental Mindoro, Philippines, where rice monoculture is the main source of income for family farmers in the area. Applying an extensive knowledge of indigenous and organic practices, the farm is strategically structured in distinct components that...

Dans une déclaration à la MAP, El Haïti a indiqué que le Maroc examinait avec la FAO la possibilité de préparer «les outils techniques et scientifiques» qui permettraient d'apporter une série de propositions visant la mise en œuvre de l'Accord de Paris pour limiter le réchauffement planétaire entre 1,5 et...

Despite many agricultural and socio-economic studies conducted in other parts of Indonesia, there is a scientific gap among researches focused on small scale farmers in North Sumatra. The article presented is based on the Sustainable livelihoods framework established in the 1990’s by the Department for International Development (DFID) with special...

In recent years, both politics and the literature have shown considerable interest in organic farming with a view to sustaining healthy and environmentally-friendly consumption. Currently, organic consumption has increased almost everywhere and has extended even in countries that were initially producers and suppliers for western countries. Tunisia is one of...

In the period to 2020, the new CAP will invest around EUR 1.8 billion in Slovenia’s farming sector and rural areas, with additional co-financing from the Slovenian authorities. Key political priorities have been defined at European level such as: jobs and growth, sustainability, modernisation, innovation and quality. At the same...

he Low Impact Fishers of the Kesälahti Fish Base Cooperative (Finland), took part in the Festival of Northern Fishing Traditions organized by the Snowchange Cooperative, a network supporting local and Indigenous cultures around the world.

The E-agriculture strategy guide is an attempt to provide countries with a framework to develop their national e-agriculture strategies. E-agriculture strategies will help to rationalize both financial and human resources, and address ICT opportunities for the agricultural sector in a more holistic and efficient manner. This will help improve the...

El Ministerio de Agricultura y el Patronato Nacional de Ganaderos anunciaron la celebración de la Feria Agropecuaria Nacional 2015, evento que tiene como objetivo principal la promoción de la conservación de las aguas y la producción sostenible de los alimentos. La actividad, que este año está dedicada al empresario Dr. Julio...

Released exclusively in Bangkok, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) will launch its 2016 Asia-Pacific regional report on food insecurity entitled “Investing in a Zero Hunger Generation.” This substantive report, the first of its kind since the introduction of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), examines the present state of...

A 7ª Reunião Anual da Rede Latino Americana para Serviços de Extensão Rural (RELASER), realizada no período de 25 a 27 de novembro, em Puerto Vallarta no México, contou com a participação de mais de 150 extensionistas da América Latina e Caribe. O evento aconteceu em conjunto com a Reunião...

The Global Food Policy Report is IFPRI’s flagship publication. This year’s annual report examines major food policy issues, global and regional developments, and commitments made in 2015, and presents data on key food policy indicators. The report also proposes key policy options for 2016 and beyond to achieve the Sustainable...

El objetivo de la reunión es: establecer una agenda prioritaria y las bases para un plan de acción regional para el proceso de implementación del Marco de Sendai para la Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres en las Américas que cuenta con el mayor respaldo político de representantes nacionales. identificar logros, retos y...

Despite strong per capita income growth, the structure of sub-Saharan Africa’s economies has not changed markedly in recent decades. In spite of a rapidly growing labour force and urbanizing populations, employment growth in rural areas in general and in non-farm sectors in particular has been slow, and poverty levels in...