The European Committee of the Regions (CoR) has published a Brochure entitled “The need for a White Paper on Rurality: from a local and regional perspective, For a European rural Agenda after 2020”. In this brochure, representatives of the CoR, members of the European Parliament and 3 organisations from the Civil...

El objetivo general del presente estudio es conocer las inequidades, brechas y barreras de género que experimentan las mujeres migrantes que viven en Chile en las regiones Metropolitana, de Tarapacá y Antofagasta en el ejercicio de la autonomía física y económica. El estudio concluye, entre otras cosas, que  son escasas las...

Across Africa, governments grapple with the challenge of designing appropriate policies that foster development and strike a balance between current and future development goals. In the natural resources sectors the challenge is further exacerbated by sustainable development concerns. Ensuring that the economic value derived delivers inter-generational value is an important...

As seções que compõem este artigo estão estruturadas da seguinte maneira: a primeira busca apresentar os dados mais recentes sobre a segurança alimentar no mundo. Na segunda seção, serão abordadas as principais mudanças, em curso, nos três domínios destacados anteriormente, e como elas afetam o futuro da segurança alimentar. E...

"Se mantiene la generación de empleo en el campo y cada vez son más los pequeños productores los inversionistas quienes brindan trabajo en su propia parcela, por lo que la economía familiar campesina continúa siendo la principal fuente de ingresos en el campo" (Ministro de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural, Aurelio Iragorri...

Recently, the Farm-Success project partners have been gathering case studies from their countries as examples of best practices related to succession processes in European family farms.

FAO is one of the leading organizations for its expertise in natural resources management, including food systems. Given the inextricable relationship which exists between nature and indigenous peoples’ livelihoods, FAO plays an important role in protecting the environment and those who depend on it for survival. Many FAO projects relate...

Le bayoud, maladie vasculaire causée par Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. albedinis, est la menace principale pour le palmier dattier au Maroc. L'effet de la solarisation et de fumigation par le metam sodium, seules ou combinées, sur les champignons telluriques en général et les Fusarium spp. en particulier, a été étudié en milieu réel. Entre 0 et...

Everyday Experts explains how knowledge built up through first-hand experience can help solve the crisis in the food system. It brings together fifty-seven activists, farmers, practitioners, researchers and community organisers from around the world in 28 original chapters to take a critical look at attempts to improve the dialogue between...

Este documento se desarrolla en el marco del proyecto “Jóvenes Rurales, Territorios y oportunidades: Una estrategia de diálogo de políticas” de RIMISP, Centro Latinoamericano de Desarrollo Rural. El proyecto tiene la finalidad de contribuir a mejorar la calidad de las estrategias, políticas e inversiones dirigidas hacia la juventud rural y...

En este documento se analizan los principales cambios ocurridos en la agricultura y el medio rural durante el período 2016-2017 y se abordan las principales perspectivas y tendencias regionales, enmarcadas en un contexto caracterizado por una recuperación económica mundial lenta y desigual en 2016, pero con indicios de repunte económico...

O IV Congresso Internacional de Gestão Territorial para o Desenvolvimento Rural, realizado de 17 a 20 de outubro no México, marcou mais um passo na consolidação de uma agenda de trabalho internacional conjunta entre as Redes que atuam nessa área. Organizado e promovido pelas Redes de Pesquisa e Gestão Territorial...

Burkina Faso will host the closing ceremony of the International Year of Pulses from 10 to 11 February 2017. Throughout 2016, the objective was to highlight the exceptional nutritional benefits of pulses to human diets, through numerous events, publications and other activities. The closing ceremony was announced on 21 October 2016 in Rome, jointly...

A new web portal for the promotion of EU agricultural products is now available via the CHAFEA web site. The portal is mean to help organizations find funding, partners, and information on how to enter new export markets.  Importantly, the portal also contains an eligibility checker where organizations can check whether...

Agro-pastoral communities are working together in Central Senegal to tackle climate change challenges. Applying successful FAO approaches, in particular the Dimitra Clubs and the Farmer Field Schools, durable solutions are sought, demonstrated, evaluated and replicated. This video is a brief look into the initial achievements of the FAO-LDCF project Mainstreaming...

El informe identifica los avances en el abordaje institucional de la violencia contra las mujeres en la región y será una contribución sobre los aprendizajes de la implementación de las políticas y planes nacionales de gran utilidad para múltiples países que están en procesos de formulación, implementación y evaluación de sus...

Betty Ndugga used to be a clothing trader in Uganda's capital of Kampala, after her husband died, she returned to her village and joined a local farmer field school, supported by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation, where she was trained in coffee production. After that, she decided to establish...

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Africa, including the Maghreb region, was the last continent to be part of La Via Campesina. Since 2004 the number of African peasant movements joining La Via Campesina has been increasing. African movements consider their membership to the peasant movement as a strategic process of amplifying their struggles and reinforce...

Enhancing the productivity of agriculture is vital for Sub-Saharan Africa's economic future and is one of the most important tools to end extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity in the region. How governments elect to spend public resources has significant development impact in this regard. Choosing to catalyze a shift...