Dairy farmers generally produce either summer or winter milk, depending on their farm’s calving system, with few exceptions, where milk is produced all year round. Due to its higher production costs, especially the price of organic feed, winter milk attracts a higher price premium than summer milk. Although some organic...

The 14th Agricultural Policy Forum (APF) “Promoting Sustainable Rural Development through Agriculture in South Eastern Europe was held in Kopaonik, Serbia in the period of 14th – 17th October 2014. This Forum provided an opportunity to review the accomplishments achieved by the APF process over the past period, while considering...

El Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería y Pesca de la Nación, a través de la Secretaría de Agricultura Familiar realizó el tercer Encuentro Nacional de Ferias Francas y Mercados Solidarios, en el que participaron 3.000 expositores y feriantes organizados. Agricultores y agricultoras provenientes de 22 provincias argentinas y de países vecinos,...

Agriculture still remains a little attractive to most of investors. Modern investment into agrarian sector of Kazakhstan and growth of its investment appeal restrains an acute shortage of financial resources, poorly developed material base, low solvent demand of the population therefore growth of investments is one of major factors of...

Research priorities are often defined by policy makers without involving stakeholders sufficiently, or with ineffective measures put in place to disseminate the final results. Responding to this problem, the Dutch organic sector set up Bioconnect in 2005, with the aim of reorganising the coordination of organic research and knowledge transfer...

L’abondance de la production végétale et animalière enregistrée ces dernières années à Oran marque selon des spécialistes le passage à une agriculture moderne à la faveur du soutien de l’Etat à ce secteur stratégique.

Agriculture the backbone of Indian economy that engages more than 50 percent of the country’s workforce, is losing its preference as the most desired profession. Research shows that more than 40 percent of farmers dislike farming as a profession because of low profits, high risk, and lack of social status,...

A fin de analizar temas de comunidades rurales, mejorar la capacidad de autoconsumo, intercambiar conocimientos sobre medicina tradicional, gastronomía, entre otros fue inaugurado el Foro-Taller Agricultura Familiar, Campesina e Indígena. El Instituto Nacional de Desarrollo Social (Indesol), la Oficina Regional para América Latina y el Caribe de la FAO y...

La plataforma web de la Asociación Nacional de Productores Ecológicos del Perú (ANPE), es un espacio que se renueva con la clara intención de seguir informando sobre las actividades de los productores que día a día luchan para seguir adelante y los proyectos que se emprenden como institución tanto a...

Small family farms account for the bulk of the agriculture sector, since they make up the majority of farms worldwide; an estimated 85 per cent of farms worldwide are less than 2 hectares. In Asia, almost all the farms are small family farms, and in Africa, they are a large...

El presidente de la Federación de Organizaciones Nacionales de la Agricultura Familiar, Miguel Fernández, remarcó que "se abrió un panorama muy alentador" para los pequeños ganaderos con la reapertura de los mercados de EEUU, Canadá y México al ingreso de carne argentina, porque "el aumento de las exportaciones libera espacios...

Nowadays, one cannot talk about an authentic rural tourism within a certain destination without emphasizing the local cultural heritage (cultural landscape, customs and traditions, gastronomy and so on). In the existing context, the local gastronomy is perceived as a marketing instrument efficient in differentiating the rural touristic destinations. A special...

En la tarde del 1 de octubre el 2015, el Consejo de Derechos Humanos de las Naciones Unidas aprobó con mayoría la resolución que mandata al Grupo de Trabajo Intergubernamental de Composición Abierta que debe negociar, finalizar y entregar el borrador de una Declaración de las Naciones Unidas sobre los...

The Extension Week 2015 brought together more than 300 representatives of agricultural extension and advisory services practitioners and other agricultural value chain actors across and outside Africa. Over 40 countries across the world were assembled under the theme: “Reinvigorating Extension Services for Market-led Agriculture within the Context of the Malabo...

Converting to an organic farming system or developing one further, can present major challenges for conventional producers who lack basic or advanced information about agro-ecological practices, or who do not understand the value of such practices. This often creates a barrier to potential new converts, or for the up-take of...

This study, carried out by the Asia Pacific Fishery Commission, examines household survey data pertaining to fish and fish product consumption in 30 countries across the region. The information is also compared and contrasted with consumption estimates obtained through Food Balance Sheets. It is hoped that this publication can help...

天津田园派CSA农场，位于天津蓟县，是一家实践社区支持农业（Community Support Agriculture，简称CSA）的生态农场，只有7亩地。发起人高源、小沈夫妻俩在天津市区都有各自的全职工作，他们把大量业余时间投入到农场运作当中，和蓟县礼明庄村的农户静霞合作，在这小小地块上种植生态蔬菜和杂粮，分享给天津城区20多户会员家庭。在小编探访过的众多推崇CSA理念的农场中，田园派是极少见的、真正由城市“草根”消费者发起、并且由消费者和农户共同协作管理的一个特例。本文来自有机会——中国有机生活第一平台.

El Manual de capacitación para una alimentación sustentable nace en el marco del proyecto “Saberes y Sabores: Mejoramiento de la nutrición, la productividad y las ventas de productos campesinos en familias de las provincias de la Sierra Centro del Ecuador” cuyo fin es combatir la malnutrición de los sectores: campesino...

This report provides an in-depth analysis of the effects of selected food and agricultural policies in Malawi over the period 2005-2013 and carefully examines: the effects of policies and market performance on price incentives for producers, consumers and other agents in six key agricultural value chains; the level and composition...

Dentro del marco del apoyo a la actividad ecológica con el consumo de productos orgánicos, la Dirección de Apoyo a la Agricultura Familiar (DAAF), dependiente del Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería (MAG), lleva a cabo el Proyecto de Equipamiento de la Producción Agrícola en el Paraguay, con el estilo de...