Direct purchase of agricultural products from farmers in order to improve freshness and quality is being increasingly demanded by the international fruit trade. And so the Spanish internet portal naranjasyfrutas.com was set up in order to deal with this demand. Naranjasyfrutas.com is an online platform where fruit producers can sell...

For many years, La Vía Campesina and GRAIN have been telling the world about how the agroindustrial food system causes half of all greenhouse gas emissions. But the world's governments are refusing to face these problems head on, and the Paris Summit in December is approaching without any effective commitment...

One of the key requirements towards achieving agriculture-led development in Africa as stated in the CAADP and Malabo Declaration, is to invest in transforming Africa’s Agricultural Education System. This integrated policy framework was developed to address the need of transforming and embracing various forms of agricultural education and training methods....

A collaborative project between farmers in northwest Tanzania’s Karagwe District, the development organization Community Habitat Environmental Management and Matunda Mema, an organic produce exporter, demonstrates that small-scale East African farmers can benefit from the growing demand for organic products.

As climate change threatens India’s food security, adaptation in the agriculture sector is becoming increasingly important. However, for too long, adaptation has been characterized by individual efforts and by small, time-bound pilot projects. Although these projects often have a strong grassroots focus, their capacity to benefit larger populations and to...

There is one type of agriculture that is more demanding and labour some than others, but essential from a social point of view, and that is mountain farming. The EU has ranked them among the most “disadvantaged areas” for agriculture. However, in mountainous regions, “disadvantaged” is not synonymous with marginal....

En las dependencias del Ministerio de Agricultura, el Subsecretario Claudio Ternicier encabezó la conformación del Consejo de la Sociedad Civil. Este estamento tiene un carácter consultivo, que busca posibilitar el ejercicio ciudadano de participación en los programas y las distintas políticas públicas promovidas por el Ministerio, permitiendo conocer, deliberar y...

El propósito general de este proyecto IICA es promover el desarrollo sostenible de la agricultura familiar (AF) y el aumento de su contribución a la seguridad alimentaria (SA) y nutricional y a la economía rural.

This report is the result of the EIP-AGRI Focus Group (FG) on Soil organic matter (SOM) content in Mediterranean regions, which was launched under the European Innovation Partnership Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability (EIP-AGRI). The Focus Group brought together 19 experts with different backgrounds and experiences to make recommendations on transferable...

Tone Skogen, Secretaria de Estado del Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores de Noruega y José Graziano da Silva, Director General de la FAO, firmaron hoy un acuerdoque busca aumentar la contribución de la pesca de pequeña escala a la seguridad alimentaria y a los medios de vida sostenibles. La firma del acuerdo...

Regional Office for Africa quarterly newsletter covering the months of October to December, 2015

Starting from the early 1990s, a multitude of national and regional initiatives have emerged in the Great Mekong Sub-Region for supporting ecological intensification of agriculture or agroecology. The French Agency for Development (AFD) has been a very active supporter of these initiatives, especially in relation to the promotion of Conservation...

A pesar de su contribución a la seguridad alimentaria del planeta, el trabajo de la mujer rural es subestimado y poco remunerado. En la mayoría de los países, las mujeres no son dueñas de la tierra que trabajan, y cuando lo hacen tienden a ser más pequeñas y enfrentan dificultades...

O presente documento dá continuidade aos objetivos do projeto de identificar e analisar as iniciativas, projetos e outras formas de cooperação Sul-Sul brasileira no campo da soberania e da segurança alimentar e nutricional (SSAN) e do direito humano à alimentação adequada (DHA), desta feita, abordando aquelas voltadas para os países...

Small-scale, resource-poor farmers organize fair trade grower cooperatives to market certified organic cocoa exports from post-war Sierra Leone.

In drought-ridden Samburu county, support programmes are helping women to provide for their families and build communities’ resilience to climate change

This paper analyzes how a set of widely promoted agricultural practices, including reduced tillage, crop rotations, legume intercropping as well as the use of modern inputs, affect crop yields and their resilience (i.e. probability of disastrously low yields) in Zambia using panel data from the Rural Incomes and Livelihoods Surveys...

In this video, Henk Hobbelink of GRAIN contrasts the approaches to seed conservation that have emerged since the so-called ‘green revolution’. He advocates for on-farm, farmer-led conservation which secures the control of seed in the hands of small farmers.

Boletín Informativo Mensual de la representación de FAO en Argentina de Marzo 2015, que da cuenta de los proyectos y desafíos en ese país, como un recuento de sus principales noticias.

Desde pitones de ajo, tallos de ajo, que son procesados, y sirven para acompañar diversos platos gourmet hasta queso con ceniza son parte de las creaciones de los productores del sur.