The Eighth Annual Conference of the Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED) will convene on 16-17 November 2015 in Beirut. AFED’s flagship report on Sustainable Consumption, which discusses how changing consumption patterns can lead to better management of resources and protect the environment, will be presented and debated...

Esta hoja informativa describe la Iniciativa. La FAO creó la Iniciativa Regional de Agricultura Familiar y Desarrollo Rural Territorial para apoyar a los Gobiernos en sus estrategias de reducción de la pobreza rural con una mirada integral a la agricultura familiar, el desarrollo rural y los medios de vida sostenibles....

Natural resources are scarce and their preservation is a prerequisite for ensuring prosperity in the long-term. This basic fact applies even to land – it is a finite resource that cannot be imported or reproduced. The state of land in Europe is mixed. Semi-natural vegetation and wetlands, as well as...

A growing number of climate, food, environment, health and justice advocates are embracing and promoting a world-changing concept: regeneration.  

The death of the family farm has long been mooted, with the number of family-run properties in Australia dropping by three quarters, over the past 70 years.

El presente es un trabajo que plantea un marco teórico y metodológico para el funcionamiento del Instituto de Investigación y Desarrollo Tecnológico para la Pequeña Agricultura Familiar (PAF) en la región pampeana de Argentina. El Capitulo I inicia con un breve diagnóstico sobre el Paradigma Dominante de Investigación y Desarrollo (I+D) tecnológico para el Agro, haciendo mención a los problemas y contradicciones que este Paradigma no ha...

This video brings together farmers and a veterinarian to discuss how pigs are raised responsibly and sustainably in Ontario.

Brazil has achieved impressive results in reducing poverty with “Fomento,” a set of large-scale, government-run social programs targeting smallholder farmers. Rural poverty in Brazil dropped dramatically from 51.4 percent in 2002 to 29.1 percent in 2011; during the same period, family farmers’ incomes also grew by 50 percent. When an...

República Dominicana se incorpora oficialmente al programa Mesoamérica sin Hambre con el propósito de reforzar los marcos institucionales locales y nacionales para alcanzar la realización del derecho a la alimentación de  toda la población y contribuir al diseño y establecimiento de la institucionalidad dirigida a mejorar las condiciones, medios de...

FAO, China and Uganda signed a two year agreement worth almost $2.5 million to support small-scale farmers in Uganda in boosting their production, including through sustainable technologies. The agreement marks the second phase of a partnership initially established in 2012 to make training and technical advice available to the Ugandan...

Le ministre de l’Agriculture, du développement rural et de la pêche, Sid Ahmed Ferroukhi, a indiqué samedi à Alger que son secteur allait mettre en oeuvre dès 2016 une feuille de route pour développer la filière apicole, visant essentiellement l’amélioration de la productivité et l’élaboration des normes de qualité du...

In this video FAO participated in a global gathering of over 2 500 youth change-makers from 120 countries, representing farmers, fishers, indigenous peoples, pastoralists, chefs and food experts. Among them, indigenous and pastoralist representatives shared their vision, ideas and concerns on food security and sustainable food production. 

Pasturing livestock in the conflict areas of eastern Ukraine has become too risky. With unexploded ordnance in the fields, thievery, and even losses due to shooting, farmers these days are keeping their animals close to home. The decision not to pasture comes with a price, though:  the price of fodder...

This publication presents the short term outlook for the arable crops, meat and dairy markets in the EU for 2014-2016. The report is based on analysis of market experts within the Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development of the European Commission. Information and data available until 15 September 2015 have...

We are delegates representing diverse organizations and international movements of small-scale food producers and consumers, including peasants, indigenous peoples and communities (including 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 consumed by humanity. They...

Beyond staple foods, agriculture needs a stronger focus on nutrient-dense foods (vegetables, fruits, legumes and animal source foods), suggesting the diversification of smallholder production, such as integrated farming systems. To understand the availability of agricultural biodiversity, working with partners that included the community members themselves, a farm inventory of cultivated and...

Profundamente enraizados en formas de gestión territorial integrada y en relaciones materiales y simbólicas con la naturaleza, estos pueblos desarrollaron sistemas alimentarios que conjugan prácticas agrícolas, de caza, pesca, recolección y pastoreo, construyendo paradigmas de sostenibilidad entre la producción y el consumo. Este tesoro de conocimientos, prácticas y formas de...

In this article the author attempts to give an idea of the today’s progress in formation of agricultural cooperatives in the five countries of Central Asia. The study has shown that agriculture of the countries under consideration is dominated by small agricultural producers. However, the lack of market infrastructure does...

Food security has become one of the international development agenda’s top priorities, enjoying a particular boost after the 1996 World Food Summit, the setting of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in 2000, and even more so after the 2007-2008 world food-price crisis, signalling the need for a stronger food security...

El postulado metodológico central que guía nuestra investigación sobre los herederos de la Reforma Agraria en el valle de Chancay es considerar este estudio de caso en relación con el papel del actor o grupos de actores dentro de su respectivo proceso histórico como con el contexto político, económico y...