La agricultura familiar, comunitaria, campesina, indígena, de pequeños productores es y ha sido objeto de análisis sociológicos y económicos, aunque lo que más se discute es su aporte a la seguridad alimentaria. La FAO (Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura, por sus siglas en inglés) destaca...

ASTANA – As Kazakhstan pushes to develop its agricultural sector with increased funding for farming even in times of belt-tightening, organic farming and permaculture experts are hoping the concepts maintain a foothold in the country. Though overlooked in recent decades, the practices are part of the country’s not-too-distant past, and today,...

Parlamentarios, sectores campesinos y agricultores resaltan la importancia de incorporar en el proyecto de Ley de Tierras Rurales y Territorios Ancestrales el reconocimiento de la agricultura familiar campesina, que permitirá dar atención prioritaria a los sectores vinculados con la soberanía alimentaria, el impulso a pequeños y medianos productores de la...

With the new international target of 2030 for eliminating human hunger on Earth, three organizations in Hungary have come together to promote effective solutions to malnutrition and food insecurity. Once again this year, the Hungarian Foodbank Associationhas partnered with the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to produce today’s food truck...

The beneficiary of this project used the financial support for purchasing mobile equipment for producing fruit juice which was going to be directly used in the orchards of producers, allowing the fruit processing without needing to transport them to processors. This way, additional expenses were avoided. The climate in the...

  Recently, we have seen unequivocal changes in policies that are transforming African agriculture to facilitate a ‘Green Revolution’. These policies articulate and promote a form of agriculture that focuses on monocropping, expensive external inputs such as agrochemicals and synthetic fertilizers, hybrid/GM seeds and large-scale land acquisition. These changes in policies...

The paper analyses the development of organic agriculture in the NorthEast Development Region of Romania, particularly during the current economic crisis. The organic agriculture sector represents a relatively new area of interest for farmers in Romania, as the first signs of organisation and utilisation of land and livestock according to...

While scholars agree on the importance of land rental markets for structural transformation in rural areas, evidence on the extent and nature of their operation, including potential obstacles to their improved functioning, remains limited. This study uses household-level data from six countries to start filling this gap and derive substantive...

Women comprise 50 percent of the agricultural labor force in Sub-Saharan Africa, but manage plots that are reportedly on average 20 to 30 percent less productive. As a source of income inequality and aggregate productivity loss, the country-specific magnitude and drivers of this gender gap are of great interest. Using...

FAO is launching a new project with a grant of 600,000 Euros from the Italian Government to respond to the food and nutrition needs of rural families in Kassala and Red Sea States . The project will include a comprehensive package of activities to facilitate the adoption of sustainable climate-smart technologies and...

Most of the island of Sao Tomé is without any electricity. People battle to build and grow their businesses when they are literally kept in the dark. Now solar energy is promising them a brighter future.

Los censos agropecuarios son una fuente de información para el análisis de procesos de cambio que nos permitan pensar alternativas de desarrollo para la sociedad rural. Con este convencimiento, el Seminario Permanente de Investigación Agraria (SEPIA) y el Grupo de Análisis para el Desarrollo (grade), con el financiamiento del Fondo...

The meaning and politics of agroecology from social movement perspectives is being explored in this article based on research. movement is growing. While agroecology has been practiced for millennia in diverse places around the world, today we are witnessing the mobilisation of transnational social movements to build, defend and strengthen...

Los Centros Demostrativos de Capacitación se constituyen en espacios de formación participativa, que se basan metodológicamente en la construcción colectiva del conocimiento a partir de la implementación de sistemas agroalimentarios integrados (hortalizas, aromáticas, cultivos de pancoger, frutales, especies menores y elaboración de biopreparados) en un área determinada, donde se realizan...

Bacău Vegetable Growing Research and Development Unit was established in 1974 in the context of carrying out the programme of self-supply and development of a modern and efficient vegetable growing in the area of Moldavia, where production and research traditions related to the vegetable crop were relatively reduced. The Vegetable...

Registra audiovisualmente las experiencias e intercambios que han tenido los integrantes del Grupo de Trabajo CLACSO Desarrollo Rural "disputas territoriales, campesinos y descolonialidad" con las realidades campesinas colombianas y la situación de despojo territorial y desplazamiento rural de la que han sido objeto. La escuela, es un espacio de reflexión...

Un reciente informe de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO) subraya la gran importancia del uso y aprovechamiento de los recursos genéticos para reducir los impactos negativos del cambio climático. El informe lleva a reflexionar acerca de si en el Perú las políticas...

Le Ghana importe aujourd’hui plus d’un milliard de dollars de produits alimentaires, qui sont particulièrement sujets à des hausses de prix. Pour y remédier, on peut notamment investir dans des entrepreneurs locaux comme Janet Gyimah-Kessie. Elle possède une grande usine de transformation du manioc qui non seulement augmente la production...

The “International Encounters: Family Farming & Research” event was held from 1 to 3 June in Montpellier (France) with the aim of sharing information and analyses on the state and dynamics of family farming worldwide, as well as assessing their contribution to major challenges in the future, so as to...

The market of organic products in Kazakhstan is estimated at 95 billion tenge (more than US $500 million), Zhibek Azhibayeva, secretary of the Trade Committee of the Atameken National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan, told a media briefing on March 12. She also said that Kazakhstan is introducing an organic...