Esta publicación presenta un conjunto de materiales e ideas para contribuir al desafío de avanzar en la implementación de las Directrices Voluntarias sobre la Gobernanza Responsable de la Tenencia de la Tierra, la Pesca y los Bosques en el contexto de la seguridad alimentaria nacional, en adelante DVGT. El diseño...

Given the links among soils, land use, climate change and food security, land degradation today is receiving increased attention. FAO member countries have made it a central topic for the forthcoming session of the European Commission on Agriculture (22-23 September, Budapest, Hungary). Soil degradation is defined by FAO as a change...

¿Cuál es el contexto en el que el Gobierno ha aprobado la Estrategia Nacional de Agricultura Familiar (ENAF)? Lo ha hecho, en primer lugar, en medio de pocas expectativas de las organizaciones agrarias en torno a las posibilidades de impulso a la agricultura familiar; en segundo lugar, en medio de...

The report analyses the determinants of demand on energy, water, and food in the Arab region, thgat  include socio-economic contexts, level of development, population growth, rate of urbanization, scarcity of water resources, the harsh climate conditions, and pricing policies. However, the region is truly heterogeneous in terms of socioeconomic contexts,...

The land and climate in northern Mozambique make it an agricultural goldmine and farmers should be making a lot of money selling their surplus produce. So why are most of them just scraping by? The key is to start thinking of farming as a business.

In 2007, African Heads of State and Government endorsed the Great Green Wall for the Sahara and the Sahel Initiative with the objective of tackling the detrimental social, economic and environmental impacts of land degradation and desertification in the region. The initiative aims to support the efforts of local communities in the...

Climate change is already happening, and its effects, especially on rural communities in India, are particularly adverse. There is a need to highlight key issues and understand the practical challenges that must be addressed, if India is to build the capacities of its rural communities to robustly adapt to climate...

La agroecología en la región viene siendo construida en la práctica desde hace décadas por los movimientos sociales de agricultores y agricultoras, campesinos/as, comunidades tradicionales, pueblos indígenas y originarios, pescadores y pescadoras artesanales, pastoras y pastores, colectores e colectoras. Tiene una fuerte base científica y recibe cada vez más apoyo...

La escasez de agua, sumada a otros factores hacen que sea muy difícil practicar agricultura eficiente en esta región colombiana. Un novedoso enfoque de agricultura orgánica puede ser la respuesta para mejorar los medios de vida de las comunidades locales La explotación indiscriminada de los recursos naturales (pastoreo intensivo, tala de...

Terra Madre Giovani - We Feed the Planet will be held in Milan from October 3 to 6, 2015. The event will give a starring role to the young people working in food production, with thousands of farmers, food artisans, fishers, nomads, Indigenous Peoples, cooks, students and activists from all...

Formal organic agriculture (OA) in Kenya dates back to the early 1980s when the first pioneer organic training institutions were established. Major pioneers being driven by the belief that OA system is the best in solving the rural and smallholder problems of food insecurity & soil degradation. The organic sub-sector...

Eight years ago, at the age of 17, Alexandru Tăședan started on the difficult road of performance in the field of animal husbandry. Today, he manages one of the model farms of Arad County, where he owns approximately 150 heads of cattle from Holstein Friesian, Romanian Spotted and Brown breeds....

La Confederación Nacional de Agrupaciones de Comerciantes de Centros de Abasto (CONACCA) y el instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA)  firmaron  un convenio de cooperación para facilitar la comercialización en los centros de abasto de México. El presidente del Comité Ejecutivo de la CONACCA, Arturo Salvador Fernández, la Representante...

This brochure presents eight case studies showcasing the role of European farming families as resilient, rural entrepreneurs in the context of the UN International year of Family Farming (IYFF) (2014). It is clear within the IYFF that family farming as a global political objective refers to a sub-set of family-owned...

This course will help you gain a clear understanding of why it is important to take into account gender and social issues when dealing with land tenure, and what actions must be adopted so that women and men from different social groups can equally participate in and benefit from land...

Various studies have shown fluctuations in the yields of organic farms. Yields vary a lot more than in conventional farming depending on regions, systems, management practices, particular crop types and growing conditions.

La “Cooperativa de Produtores de Café Especial de Boa Esperança” es una cooperativa de pequeños productores de comercio justo de Brasil. Su Gerente, André Luiz Reis, además, es el actual presidente de BRFAIR, “Associação das Organizações de Produtores Fairtrade do Brasil”, la coordinadora de pequeños productores de comercio justo socia...

La Ruche Qui Dit Oui was set up in 2010 in France to provide a web platform for farmers, producers and consumers who want to buy and sell agricultural produce. La Ruche Qui Dit Oui means “The beehive that says yes” which is what the system (or beehive) aims to...

After last spring’s record rainfall in Southeast Europe, Serbia watched historic floods submerge towns and overrun the countryside. Rural villages and farms took the brunt of the impact, as high water and landslides drowned livestock, destroyed crop seed and animal feed supplies, and washed away newly sown fields along with...

Is quality one aspect of sustainability or is quality an all-encompassing term? This dossier provides a contemporary, holistic concept for the assessment of food quality and highlights the differences between organic and conventional food based on selected aspects of sustainability and various examples. The expectations regarding organic food are high: organic...