Foundation trustees and staff recently visited Heifer families in Guatemala whose livelihoods have been affected by climate change. Drought and disease are severely hurting their coffee crops, and it can take them years to recover.  

This video has been produced on the occasion of the Private Sector Forum on Food Security in the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean Region that was held in Barcelona on 5 and 6 May 2015. While family farming and small businesses have always been vital to food security and economic development,...

The work aims to develop sustainable systems of food production by promoting agroecological practices. This experience was developed in rural communities of the People's Council Zaragoza, municipality of San José de las Lajas, Mayabeque. Action-participation, based on philosophy of popular education and university extension - the investigation was used as...

The Kerala State provides a different picture of the success of women in farming. Collective power of women groups, integration of local self governments and proactive credit schemes have enabled landless women to emerge as commercial organic farmers in Kerala. Women are now visible as major farmers in the State,...

As a child, he would spend his holidays with his grandparents in Tomești, Harghita county, and with the ones in Stânceni, Mureș county, whose yards he would fill with animals he would “collect” from the village. He went to high school far away from his parents, in Gheorghieni, because that’s where...

Provee de información básica necesaria para la capacitación en riego parcelario a las organizaciones de usuarios de agua con fines agrarios, especialmente acerca de los conceptos básicos para realizar el riego a nivel parcelario, lo cual se resume en tres aspectos fundamentales: la preparación del terreno, construcción de composturas y...

This brief summarizes the results of a novel analysis that examines the determinants of adoption of agricultural practices to improve food security and their productivity implications in Tanzania. Conducted by the FAO Economics and Policy Innovations for Climate-Smart Agriculture Programme (EPIC), the approach integrates historical Climate data with a rich...

Desde el mes de noviembre de 2015, un grupo de pescadores artesanales del Departamento de La Guajira, han tenido la oportunidad de reunirse con otros pescadores de Nuquí y Bahía Solano en el Chocó con quienes han venido compartiendo experiencias y conocimientos relacionados con ordenamiento marino-costero, pesca sostenible y responsable,...

El Comité de Impulso Nacional de la Agricultura Familiar en Colombia fue parte de la campaña del Año Internacional de la Agricultura (AIAF) 2014 y ahora como parte de la Campaña por la Década de la Agricultura Familiar AIAF10 difunden una serie de vídeos cortos explicando algunos detalles sobre las...

Open Farm Sunday is an annual event involving almost 400 farms that organise activities for over 200000 visitors. Since it began in 2006, over 1350 farmers have opened up their farms, welcoming more than 1.25 million visitors and creating a high-profile national event that attracts major sponsors. Farmers are provided...

El objetivo del trabajo es analizar las políticas para la soberanía alimentaria en Misiones y su relación con las demandas de organizaciones de la agricultura familiar, teniendo en cuenta distintas visiones sobre el tema que tienen los actores involucrados y las acciones que se proponen desde algunas dependencias del Estado...

"La erosión de suelos es un problema que afecta a la productividad de los agroecosistemas. Los suelos de los trópicos de América Latina son contaminados y sufren la depredación de su biodiversidad debido a la deforestación y otras acciones generadas por actividades extractivas. Esta edición de LEISA se enfoca en...

Before year’s end, the countries in what is known as the Central American Dry Corridor, as well as the Dry Arch area of Panama, will be able to access an online platform and a knowledge network being created to assist them in deciding how best to develop their rural territories...

Una alianza trinacional integrada por la sociedad civil organizada, el sector privado, el sistema de ciencia y tecnología, los gobiernos locales y la inversión climática nacional e internacional para contribuir en la capacidad adaptativa de los grupos sociales más vulnerables del Gran Chaco Americano y a una mayor resiliencia de...

En el marco del Año Internacional de los Suelos, la Red Mexicana por la Agricultura Familiar y Campesina hace un llamado a las autoridades, legisladores y tomadores de decisiones para impulsar políticas públicas y acciones para mejorar el estado de los suelos en México. Considerando que los suelos son fundamentales para...

Las Jefas y Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno de América Latina y el Caribe, reunidos en Quito con motivo de la IV Cumbre de la Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños (CELAC), aprobaron una declaración especial sobre Seguridad Alimentaria en una reunión que contó con la presencia del Director...

Neglected crops like cowpea, finger millet and yam are important in mitigating climate change in Malawi. This is the message and the main topic of this video. Mr Mwendo Phiri. Team leader, for the Treaty’s Benefit-sharing Fund project PR 219 in Malawi, explains that this is a two-year project that...

Greenpeace’s Food and Farming Vision describes what Ecological Farming means, and how it can be summarised in seven overarching, interdependent principles – based on a growing body of scientific evidence on agroecology. Ecological Farming combines modern science and innovation with respect for nature and biodiversity. It ensures healthy farming and healthy food....

A Regional Meeting for Africa on Agroecology for food and nutrition security in Sub-Saharan Africa brought together for two days in Dakar over 300 participants, representing social movements and producers, the private sector, the academia and agronomic research institutes, as well as indigenous peoples and grassroots communities from across Sub-Saharan...

In southern Africa, the predicted 2°C rise in temperature will destabilize farming systems. Coping mechanisms, livelihood strategies and the cost of adaptation options for smallholder farmers are not sufficiently understood in the region because the majority of research is focused on ecological assessment and identifying the vulnerability of households. In...