The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations’ (FAO’s) cash and voucher programmes benefit smallholder farmers who are particularly vulnerable to natural hazards, market volatility, conflicts and protracted crises. Cash and vouchers play a critical role in response to crises or shocks when farmers and pastoralists no longer have...

Climate change programming and natural resource management are of crucial importance for increasing the productivity and general well-being of the broader agriculture sector in Lesotho. FAO has been developing a number of complementary projects with a focus on the environment, natural resource management and climate change adaptation. One of these...

In the period to 2020, the CAP is going to invest EUR 8.3 billion from the EU budget in Czech farming sector and rural areas. Key political priorities have been defined at European level such as: jobs and growth, sustainability, modernisation, innovation and quality. At the same stage, the Czech...

The present report summarizes findings of the first PtoP case study on rural women’s economic empowerment and focuses on the public works component of Rwanda’s Vision 2020 Umurenge Programme (VUP) – the Government of Rwanda’s flagship programme for poverty reduction providing countrywide social protection. The research was based on a...

En Tunisie centrale, l’élevage ovin reste très présent, malgré les nombreuses perturbations auxquelles il fait face depuis les années 1970 : aléas climatiques, évolutions socio-économiques et culturelles, développement des cultures. Ces évolutions entraînent une diminution des ressources issues des parcours. Il s’agit de comprendre comment des familles maintiennent une activité d’élevage...

Los encadenamientos productivos (EP) y los circuitos cortos de comercialización (CC), que son el objeto de este estudio, surgen como respuestas de distintos actores a los desafíos para la inserción de los productores familiares en los mercados agropecuarios. Con el objetivo de diseñar una estrategia pertinente y eficaz de fomento de...

Under the patronage of the Prime Minister, Mr. Tammam Salam, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Lebanon, launched its "Lebanon - Country Programming Framework 2016 - 2019" at the Grand Serail in Beirut, on Monday, May 16, 2016. The ceremony was attended by the Minister...

La preservación de granos representa, desde tiempos ancestrales, un elemento clave para asegurar la subsistencia de los seres humanos. La búsqueda de saberes a base de prueba y error con elementos de la misma naturaleza como las plantas y los minerales, permitió que los pueblos contaran con técnicas rústicas de...

“Las mejores políticas públicas se hacen dialogando” es la premisa con que Rimisp viene promoviendo desde 2010, la generación de Grupos de Diálogo Rural, primero a nivel nacional, con el apoyo del Fondo Internacional para el Desarrollo Agrícola, y a partir de 2012 a escala regional, en Centroamérica y la...

Se analizará el estado de situación y consolidación de una institucionalidad social en la región desde varias perspectivas complementarias con el fin de identificar avances, desafíos y oportunidades en la construcción de sistemas de protección social universales que apunten al cumplimiento efectivo de los derechos económicos, sociales y culturales.

In his discussion with the pontiff, Graziano da Silva outlined FAO's belief that increasing investments in food security, sustainable rural development and in efforts to adapt agriculture to climate change, will help create the conditions whereby people, especially the youth, will no longer be forced to abandon their lands in...

In the Mediterranean, the diversity of production systems and value chains is seen as an asset for sustainability. More than anywhere else, the Mediterranean zone boasts a wide range of sheep and goat farming situations, products and natural resources. This diversity of production systems has provided many different products, shaped...

This paper critically examines the key legal and policy issues in developing sustainable agroforestry on unproductive land in Viti Levu, Fiji. Much of this land has become unproductive because of the decline in Fiji’s sugar industry, on which the country has long relied. Interest in other land uses has thus...

In Africa, small-scale agriculture – including post-production activities such as handling, processing and marketing – is a major source of income in rural areas. In recent years, women have increased their role in the rural sector significantly, and their contribution to household and commercial agriculture is fundamental. Empowering and investing...

Universalizar a Assistência Técnica e Extensão Rural (Ater), assegurar a continuidade das políticas públicas, garantir o reconhecimento da importância do trabalho rural para a economia brasileira e o para bem-estar da população. Os desafios para a agricultura familiar no Brasil são muitos.  De acordo com o Sistema Informatizado de Assistência Técnica...

Due to the topographical circumstances – 70 % of the territory is categorized as mountain area – Austria’s agriculture is largely based on small scaled family farms. Average farm size is about 22 ha UAA and about 36 ha cultivated area including forest (2014). Corresponding to these figures, Austria clearly...

The paper proves that agrarian relations do not fit for the system of modern market mechanisms because their commercialization adverse to the capital interests and social and economic relations humanization. There are objective circumstances causing a prerogative of the state concerning the development and improvement of agrarian relations. First of...

Con la finalidad de brindar a los técnicos mayores herramientas para contribuir a que los cultivos que se siembran en todas las entidades del país lleguen a buen término, el Servicio Nacional de Sanidad, Inocuidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria (Senasica) convocó a instituciones de investigación a integrar 31 Agendas Técnicas Agrícolas. La...

By making a base mix that can be fed to all animals, you save time and money. Two thirds of the mix is made from grains, like paddy, maize, sorghum and millet. One third of the mix should be rich in protein and fat. Mill the base mix into a...

With only a few weeks before land preparation begins for the next main cropping season, some 23 million people in Southern Africa urgently need support to produce enough food to feed themselves and thus avoid being dependent on humanitarian assistance until mid 2018, FAO said today. A FAO-prepared response plan aims to...