Agricultores quilombolas estão utilizando a internet para comercializar a produção, gerar renda, incentivar o protagonismo dos trabalhadores rurais nos meios digitais e dar visibilidade às tradições de 15 comunidades remanescentes de quilombolas do Norte e do Noroeste do estado do Rio de Janeiro. Através do site da Rede Produtiva Quilombola eles fecharam contratos...

13 February 2017, Dubai/Rome - Failure to act now to make our food systems more resilient to climate change will "seriously compromise" food production in many regions and could doom to failure international efforts to end hunger and extreme poverty by 2030, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva warned today. "Agriculture...

Smallholder farmers in Gambia are increasingly facing climate related induced disasters and vulnerabilities affecting their lives and livelihoods. During 2010-2012, farmers faced flash floods, periods of drought, disease infestation, saline intrusion, deforestation and massive erosion of their farmlands resulting in crop failure and reduced food security. ActionAid has introduced agroecological...

Successful IFAD-related experiences in these countries that have been emphasised by the IFAD Mercosur CLAEH Programme apply the following instruments: 1. Capital Funds for Organisations (CFOs) using revolving funds to finance operating capital for organisations’ productive projects (Argentina). 2. Savings Deposit Certificates (SDCs) serving as collateral for operating capital credit given by...

Over the last few years, Dr. K.M. Sreekumar has been trying to expose the myth and realities in organic farming. Dr. Rasheed Sulaiman V. recently interviewed Dr. K.M. Sreekumar to know his perspectives on this topic and to get his advice on what position extension workers should take while interacting...

L’élevage constitue une composante indissociable des systèmes agraires oasiens. Par ses revenus complémentaires, les restitutions de matière organique aux sols et la fourniture d’une force de travail, il contribue à la sécurité alimentaire et à la résilience de ces systèmes. Toutefois, ces milieux arides ont subi récemment des changements profonds,...

O setor agropecuário é o único da economia brasileira que vem suportando a crise e continua a crescer. É o setor que tem apresentado bons resultados em todo país. Em Roraima, a agropecuária é responsável por mais da metade da economia e está presente todos os dias em nossas vidas,...

The Omnibus Regulation for agriculture has been adopted on the 13th December 2017, as a separate act from the rest of the proposed Omnibus regulation. It brings several changes in the implementation of the current CAP for the first and second pillars, aiming to simplify the implementation of the policy. New...

This publication was initiated by the FAO Sub-regional Office for Eastern Africa to identify, analyse and document existing watershed management practices in the Eastern Africa sub-region that contribute to climate change adaptation and mitigation. There is opportunity to use this information to inform agriculture and watershed management-related policies, programmes and...

This training manual was developed as a guide in facilitating the training course on Constructive Engagement and Policy Advocacy under the project entitled: “Building capacity of VNFU leaders and staff on policy advocacy” funded by AsiaDHRRA, a member of Agricord. The training manual is intended to guide and assist trainers...

O documento que você tem em mãos é uma compilação de histórias de trabalhadoras rurais que, contra todas as adversidades, conquistaram algo muito maior do que o respeito: seus direitos. Guiadas pelos 17 Objetivos para o Desenvolvimento Sustentável, as matérias foram publicadas entre os dias 1º e 17 de outubro de...

The EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) was developed in the early sixties to translate in policy terms the objectives defined in the Treaty of Rome (1957), and subsequently taken over in the Treaty on the European Union. Like all other EU policies or programmes, the CAP is also subject to...

This article analyses the development of a system for producing and distributing hybrid oil palm seedlings to small-scale famers. The existing seed system had become so corrupted that the seedlings actually planted were largely of unimproved kinds. The article describes institutional experiments carried out by two Innovation Platforms (IPs) in...

This project is designed to enable smallholder farmers to increase their incomes and profitability, and diversify their livelihoods. The project aims to strengthen smallholder institutions, improve agricultural production and marketing, and build capacities for employment and enterprise development. It has four components: Community and livelihood development Agricultural development and diversification Rural financial services Project...

Secure tenure of land, fisheries and forests is widely acknowledged as being directly related to agricultural productivity, sustainable management of natural resources, and food security. This is the premise of a new project for Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan that FAO is kicking off with a workshop here today. The project will assist...

The Too Big to Ignore (TBTI) Digest contains all of the project's recent activities and outputs. 

A longa estiagem deixa os tradicionais traços de terra arrasada, plantação cinza, como se tivesse sido queimada, e animais magros, mas a situação da população é diferente de anos atrás, quando a seca expulsava os habitantes do sertão. Na seca de 1979 a 1983, por exemplo, 3,5 milhões de pessoas...

Training participants will learn about milk performance recording, best practices in breeding and artificial insemination as used in other countries. They will also be briefed on new milk control requirements being introduced by Moldovan authorities. The workshop’s second day will include practical training in the new techniques.

The First Interim Meeting of the Regional Expert Advisory Working Group (REAWG) on LEADER on the “Assessment of the application of LEADER approach in the Western Balkan countries” was held in the period 05 – 07 June 2017 in Andrevlje, Serbia. The aim of the meeting was to discuss the...

This issue of Farming Matters addresses the intersection of agroecology, food sovereignty and the climate crisis. Climate change is a political problem that highlights the need for systemic change to the way food is produced, processed and distributed. From agroecological practices that build resilience, to social movements that resist land grabbing,...