L'agriculture familiale est aujourd'hui sous le feu des projecteurs. Tandis que les Nations unies ont proclamé 2014 « Année internationale de l'agriculture familiale », les plaidoyers visant à démontrer l'importance, en termes de développement, de cette forme d'exercice de l'activité agricole à travers le monde, trouvent à se faire entendre....

information about the prospects of the cooperative sector as a means to improve the living conditions of the inhabitants in the rural environment, to ensure the increase in the producers’ revenues, to consolidate the economic role of the producers’ occupational entities, to improve and develop the activity in the agricultural...

ICT Update est un magazine bimestriel édité par le CTA et disponible sur Internet (http://ictupdate.cta.int), en version papier et sous forme d'une newsletter diffusée par e-mail. Ce numéro est consacré au renforcement de la résilience de l'agriculture familiale.

La iniciativa SIPAM (Sistemas Ingeniosos Patrimonio Agrícola Mundial) de la FAO ha recorrido una larga trayectoria en Chiloé, sin embargo hoy se encuentra en una encrucijada frente a la cual se juegan el alcance, las proyecciones y los aportes que esta experiencia puede hacer al desarrollo del Archipiélago, del país y de...

Esta guía corresponde a la serie de recursos de investigación del Programa Evidences and Lessons from Latin America - ELLA desarrollado por Soluciones Prácticas con el apoyo de UKAid. En este documento se discute sobre la situación que representa que en América Latina, al igual que en África y Asia,...

在本期中，我们将探讨当前努力解决饥 饿和营养不良问题的全球和地区背景。我们 将会重新审视家庭农户和消费者如何将主动 权把握在手，复兴饮食文化，再现并恢复混 合农业系统的活力，以及利用政治空间寻求 以权力为基础的各种食物和营养问题解决方 法。我们发现在读者提供给我们的这些故事 中，颠覆了单一栽培的趋势，而朝着多功 能、适应气候的农业生态系统发展。受到营 养和经济趋势的推动，家庭农户正在种植多 样化的作物而非单一的谷物，并寻求能向农 村和城镇社区家庭餐桌提供更多种类食物的 本地市场。一个明显的例子就是在肯尼亚的 经历（第12页 找到种玉米以外的法子）。随 着产量和农场生物多样性增加，应对气候变 化和价格波动的弹性也有所增强，就业和收 入方式也更加多样性。

Based on an overview of Russian agriculture the position of family farming is illustrated. The scope of small-scale-agriculture is broader than food production. It has opportunities also on employment, rural livelihoods, ethic, social and cultural diversity and ecological values. Illustrated by a number of examples it becomes clear that small-scale...

Este documento se suscribió en la ciudad de Machala, Provincia del Oro, República del Ecuador, a los veinte días del mes de noviembre, en el marco del Encuentro Andino de Pequeños Productores de Comercio Justo.

In Malawi, where most of the population relies on agriculture and is considered “small farmers”, better characterizing the diversity of agricultural holdings and the drivers of their transformation is key to inform policy makers and design programs better fitted to the diverse needs and capacities. The World Agriculture Watch (WAW)...

L’objectif du document est de fournir des éléments d'illustration pour la méthodologie de l’initiative internationale Observatoire des Agricultures du Monde (WAW en anglais World Agriculture Watch) à partir d’une étude de cas développée dans le cadre de l'ATP du CIRAD « Viabilité des systèmes productifs agricoles et alimentaires en appui...

Governments and international agencies frequently boast that small farmers control the largest share of the world's agricultural land. Inaugurating 2014 as the International Year of Family Farming, José Graziano da Silva, Director General of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), sang the praises of family farmers but didn't...

On March 28, 2014 the Farmers’ Congress was held with the participation of Georgian farmers to voice out the problems and constraints in the field of agriculture. The Congress also addressed two global campaigns supporting the agricultural development: Oxfam campaign - “Food and Climate Changes 2014-2015” and UN/World Farmers Forum...

Organic farming represents a deliberate attempt to make the best use of local natural resources and is an environmental friendly system of farming. It relies much on ecosystem management which excludes external input, especially the synthetic ones. Ander son, Jolly and Green (2005) stated that organic farming is a production...

In this study was analysed collection and utilization of non-timber forest products in rural areas of central Vietnam. This is an important issue for better understanding of household-forest interactions in rural areas near natural reserves, particularly in developing countries with rapid economic growth. This research aim was to (i) document...

There is an urgent need to reduce alarming rates of undernutrition in Tanzania. This report analyses options for policies and interventions to improve the functioning of markets that deliver nutrient-dense foods. Currently, a set of constraints inhibit businesses from making nutrient-dense foods that reach the poor. These constraints affect businesses...

Family farming is the most common operational farming model in Europe – representing 97 % of the European Union’s (EU) 12 million farms. Thus it is of great importance in the EU. It covers a diverse range of situations, including farms of all sizes. While there are obvious differences across...

Etude de la productivité des exploitations agricoles familiales au Sénégal basée sur les données de l’Agence Nationale de la Statistique et de la Démographie (ANDS) sur les zones de production et sur celles issues des enquêtes du projet de caractérisation et de typologie des exploitations agricoles familiales au Sénégal (EXFAM) menée...

The productivist and reductionist vision of industrial agriculture in the twentieth century prevented the analysis of the other multiple functions of traditional agriculture, such as those corresponding to the ecological and cultural dimensions. In the current rural crisis, which entails food insecurity, environmental uncertainties, deterioration of the social fabric, a...

In the Near East and North Africa, population growth, urbanization, a fragile resource base, climate change and low productivity exacerbate the fight against hunger and malnutrition. But the introduction of ‘Farmer Field Schools’ in the Jordan Valley and across the country has helped family farmers boost their production, income and...

The paper analyses the impact of the two most prominent elements of a traditional societ y in South West Ethiopia: institutionalized traditional beekeeping as main cash income source and high segregation of a society through a caste system, which marginalizes especially a certain huntergatherer group. Beside the high ecological value...