La misión de la fundación está orientada a promover el desarrollo rural sostenible mediante la identificación de soluciones competitivas y la gestión de recursos y procesos innovadores. REDDOM se apoya en los principios del mercado para afrontar una amplia diversidad de retos, orientando su trabajo  a partir del diálogo con...

A jumbo El Nino expected in the months ahead is likely to have significant effects on global potato crops – perhaps both positive and negative. Yet CIP researchers are harnessing strategies now to help offset losses and maximize yields in the face of an unknown set of variables. The full name...

Este artículo informa que el algodón es un recurso estratégico para los productores de la agricultura familiar en Sudamérica por la generación de renta, empleo y alternativas de ingreso. Para discutir las bases para una producción sostenible de este rubro y la importancia del suelo como recurso clave en este...

在英国，具有碳汇集意识的农民引领着减少农 业温室气体排放、修复受损土壤等的基本原则和实 践活动。通过恢复土壤生命力并增加碳积聚，他们 不仅仅实现了产量和利润的增长，同时其耕作过程 中从大气中吸收的二氧化碳量要高于其所排放的二 氧化碳量，因此这个过程对于气候变化和农户而言 是共赢的。 从刀耕火种到“刀耕覆盖” 在非洲布基纳法索地区的创新型农民群体正在 扭转利用农作物残茬覆盖土地的建议。相反，他们 利用本土灌木覆盖退化最为严重的土地。而当这些 土地再次恢复使用时，农作物产量逐步上升了。农 学家已经注意到了这一显著成果，并正同农民们合 作提高相关技术。 保持简便的堆肥方式 土壤有机物含量降低，稻米产量下滑。缅甸的 许多农户面临这样的境况，他们每年都不得不吃力 地购买越来越多的化肥。但是，最近他们利用本地 资源实施了一些简单的堆肥方式，从而减少了高达 一半的化肥使用量，并帮助土壤恢复健康。 传统休耕法支持在半干旱沙土开展适应性农业 在玻利维亚安第斯山脉的南部高原地区，拖拉 机的引进以及‘藜麦种植潮’大大减少了传统的休 耕时间。但也有一些社区抵制住了这些压力，仍旧 保持着传统的农业实践。农作物、牧草和休耕之间 的平衡创造了适应力，尤其是在面对气候变化方 面。

The objective of the study was to investigate how smallholder farm communities could sustain economically viable agricultural production in the salt-affected areas of Al-Musayyeb in ‘Central Iraq’. It aims at opening a new dimension to farmers and policy makers on how to increase production in soil-affected areas by determining the...

Within the Swiss – Romanian Cooperation Program, in 2014 the Project „ Sustainable agricultural models for the mountain area in Romania“, financed by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation. The partners involved in implementing this project are the Swiss Center for Mountain Regions (SAB), agency coordinating this project, the...

En el distrito de Santo Domingo de los Olleros, al suroeste de la provincia de Huarochirí, Lima, Perú, se inició en 2011 un programa de manejo del agua destinado a regar grandes extensiones de laderas áridas de los anexos, caseríos y centros poblados que pertenecen a las tres comunidades campesinas...

El INE, con el proyecto de encuestas agropecuarias continuas, tiene como misión desarrollar encuestas por muestreo, para investigar las variables seleccionadas, en el sector agropecuario y mantener actualizada la información de la situación agropecuaria nacional que se utiliza como base para la toma de decisiones en las estrategias de seguridad...

The four Central Asian countries mentioned are heavily agrarian societies and have a low income per capita, except for Turkmenistan due to its large oil and gas revenues. The region is characterised by mountainous terrain and dry areas. The climate is continental, with cold winters and dry, hot summers. There...

El universo de la agricultura familiar comprende varias formas de organización social del trabajo (que corresponden a múltiples identidades culturales), todas estructuradas a partir del control sobre los principales recursos empleados para la reproducción de los medios de vida. Documento disponible solo en portugués.

Since 2012, 31 Chinese experts and technicians have been sent to Uganda to provide technical assistance in crop production, aquaculture, horticulture, livestock and agribusiness. The team has successfully transferred 25 new technologies, and introduced 17 new varieties such as hybrid rice, foxtail millet and maize, as well as four pieces...

What is it that makes the Dimitra community listeners’ clubs so special? This fact sheet answers that question by highlighting the eight key features that are crucial to the functioning of the Dimitra listeners’ clubs, and which make the approach unique.

“Only by putting the poorest in charge of their own lives and destinies, will absolute poverty and deprivation be removed from the face of the earth.” These words came from Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, 2015 winner of the prestigious World Food Prize, which was announced this summer. To celebrate the prize...

She began in 2000 with 12 goats, performing milking by hand "for five years""

The annual published Beef and Sheep reports contain the main findings of the sector, emphasising the comparative analysis of the competitiveness of the production of beef and sheep, among the participating countries. The 2015 report provides an update of global world maps and charts, a continuation of the country page information...

Reducing risk and increasing resilience to natural disasters and climate change requires access to knowledge, information and the active participation of vulnerable population. Planning Communication for Agricultural Disaster Risk Management is a field guide to orient ADRM teams and concerned stakeholders for the design and implementation of communication for development...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has been nominated to implement the IYS 2015, within the framework of the Global Soil Partnership and in collaboration with Governments and the secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification. The IYS 2015 aims to increase awareness and understanding of...

Farmers in Eastern Europe and Central Asia are constantly innovating, adapting their farming techniques to cope with unfavourable weather or environmental conditions. But their efforts are far from systematic, and there is little government support for what they do. A discussion at the 39th session of the European Commission on Agriculture,...

The statment begins: "We are delegates representing diverse organizations and international movements of small-scale food producers and consumers, including peasants, indigenous peoples, communities, hunters and gatherers, family farmers, rural workers, herders and pastoralists, fisherfolk and urban people. Together, the diverse constituencies our organizations represent produce some 70% of the food...

Short Food Supply Chains (SFCs) have potential to improve farm incomes, promote sustainable farming systems and contribute to local economic development. There are many different forms of SFC in Europe, but they share a common characteristic of reduced numbers of intermediaries between the farmer or food producer, and the consumer....