Business experience, personal interest in developing sustainable agriculture and the non-reimbursable support obtained through Measure 123 helped one of the most renowned experts in the wine-growing field in Hungary establish an ecological wine-growing unit south of the Danube. The techniques used in the farm respect the true character of grapes...

In North Africa, causes of soil degradation are divided between overgrazing (68 percent), over-cultivation (21 percent), deforestation (10.5 percent) and overexploitation of natural vegetation for about 0.5 percent (Thomas and Middelton, 1994). In the newly created country of the region, South Sudan, there are very limited studies on land degradation....

At the Centre for Environment Concerns, an NGO based in Hyderabad, India, the challenge was clear: develop an inclusive irrigation technology suitable for low rainfall areas. Alongside farmers and female farm labourers, they developed a system that provides assured moisture directly to the plant root zone. Initial trials show two...

Este documento presenta los resultados de un estudio, realizado en la segunda mitad del año 2014, que procuró caracterizar –en términos objetivos y subjetivos– la situación socio-demográfica, el acceso al mercado de trabajo, a la educación y a las nuevas Tecnologías de la Información y la Comunicación (TIC) de las...

El presente estudio fue realizado en la subcuenca de Santa Teresa, provincia de La Convención en Cusco (Perú), con el objetivo de caracterizar los sistemas de cultivo con yuca y evaluar la sustentabilidad de los mismos. El estudio consistió en la construcción contextualizada de indicadores de sustentabilidad, la aplicación de...

Established in the year 2011 by five founding members, the Agro Castranova Agricultural Cooperative has had a laudable development. In just four years, it has expanded to four counties (Dolj, Argeș, Gorj and Olt) and has managed to gather 3,000 members, both natural and legal persons. 900 of them are...

Kazakhstan has a new law on organic agriculture, in line with the country’s recently acquired membership in the World Trade Organization. The law, signed by Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev in late November, outlines the institutional and regulatory framework for organic food production. Organic production is a development priority for Kazakhstan –...

In Lesotho, FAO is distributing a series of illustrated guides, in English and Sesotho, to encourage and facilitate the construction of homestead gardens. The gardens are easily built using locally available material and are specially designed to improve soil fertility and capture moisture. With minimum maintenance, they can provide vegetables...

La semana está organizada por la Secretaría de Desarrollo Territorial del MDA, el gobierno del Estado de Bahía de la mano de la Oficina de Desarrollo Rural y CAR, el gobierno del Estado de Ceará / con su Departamento de Desarrollo Agrario y el Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la...

This 2014–2015 Global Food Policy Report is the fourth in an annual series that provides a comprehensive overview of major food policy developments and events. In this report, distinguished researchers, policymakers, and practitioners review what happened in food policy in 2014 at the global, regional, and national levels, and—supported by...

Sorin and Cristian Surcel brothers laid the bases of a quail farm three years ago, in the very Capital city. In time, the activity evolved and has become a family business. Now, the two brothers want to access European funds and find methods to develop their business. Quail eggs are to...

DK aims to double its organic agricultural land by 2020, which involves a shift of 18 000 ha/year, far from being reached. Organic agriculture improved during recent decades, but this knowledge has not always been passed on to agricultural schools and consultancies. The risk is that new generations taking over...

This report is the result of the Focus Group (FG) on Organic Farming, Optimising Arable Yields which was launched under the European Innovation Partnership (EIP-AGRI) 'Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability'. The Focus Group brought together 20 experts with different backgrounds and experiences (scientists, farmers, advisers…) to make recommendations on transferable innovative...

Conservation agriculture (CA) is an increasingly adopted production system to meet the goals of sustainable crop production intensification in feeding a growing world population whilst conserving natural resources. Mechanization (especially power units, seeders, rippers and sprayers) is a key input for CA and smallholder farmers often have difficulties in making...

Many of the pesticides used in desert locust control pose a risk to the environment and to human health, even if they are used judiciously. To minimize the impact of pesticides use on human health and the environment, member countries of the FAO Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in...

In 2012, the Estonian farm Jaanalinnu had four ostrich. The desire to expand the business and passion for raising these birds has caused the two young farmers to access grants to build a new barn and an incubator for chicken. The overall objective was to increase the number of ostriches...

El Centro de Información de Actividades Porcina (CIAP) organización administrada por nueve universidades y el INTA que promueve el uso de las TIC y el trabajo colaborativo para difundir información que aporte al desarrollo sustentable del sistema agroalimentario porcino en Argentina y países de la región desde el año 2009...

In Natore, Western Bangladesh, women running their family farms are growing high value crops that are improving rural incomes and strengthening national food security.

A short video about the Organic Farmers,Protectors of Soils, Guardians of Biodiversity & Defenders of the Earth. 

El presente boletín evidencia el aporte de las mujeres rurales a la agricultura familiar en Colombia en aspectos relacionados con la producción de alimentos y el suministro de éstos en el hogar. El documento aborda los siguientes temas: el género como categoría de análisis bidimensional; la definición de agricultura familiar; la...