The current report constitutes an extended version of the literature review which notably built the Chapter 2 of the main WAW report “Typology and Indicators to Characterize Agricultural Holdings for Improved Policy Formulation” (available on the WAW Website). The purpose of the latter is to present an overview of the...

As a major European capital, Brussels may not be the first place one would think of when discussing sustainable food systems. However, it is full of crucial actors of the transition: consumers. In the face of an increasing discrepancy between the supply of sustainable food products and demand (e.g. demand...

El interés de abordar esta temática desde el enfoque de la Investigación Acción Participativa surge a partir del relevamiento de demandas y necesidades de los agricultores familiares, realizado en el año 2006 por los IPAF de las regiones NOA, NEA y Pampeana. A través de dicho relevamiento, se pudo visualizar...

Le présent article s’est intéressé à analyser la dynamique du financement de la production agricole en lien avec le type d’exploitation agricole. Cet essai de typologie est fait à l’aide d’une méhode statistique basé sur l’analyse multi-variée et spécifiquement une analyse en composantes principales (ACP). Cette analyse a été appliquée...

Urbanisation is a global phenomenon that has long affected Finland. People are moving to towns and cities with an ever diminishing number working in agriculture. In Finland in the 1940s, agriculture employed about half the work force, today it employs fewer than 4%. At the same time the number of...

The proposed GIAHS in the Kunisaki Peninsula Usa area is a system where forestry and agricultural production are made possible and are sustain by the connected system of Sawtooth Oak forests and multiple interlinked irrigation ponds.

El presente material es un breve compendio de las leyes y normativas vigentes, que regulan el acceso a la tierra por parte de la población, con particular detalle en el caso de los campesinos y campesinas. En el caso de las comunidades indígenas, se hará una breve mención a la...

The agrarian labour relations generated after the ‘Fast Track’ Land Reform Programme (FTLRP) tend to be neglected in most literature after 2000. This neglect largely resulted from the dismissal of the redistributive nature of the FTLRP and changing patterns of agricultural production by some studies (see Marongwe 2009; Masiiwa and...

The area around Wum in the Northwest Province of Cameroon is notorious as a conflict hotspot. As pressure increases on available land, conflicts occur more frequently between sedentary family farmers and pastoral communities. Farmer-pastoralist alliances are helping to resolve the conflicts by transforming the relationships between these families.

Desde el año 2007 el „Programa Regional de Políticas Sociales para América Latina” (SOPLA – por sus siglas en alemán Soziale Ordnungspolitik in Lateinamerika) de la Fundación Konrad Adenauer, ha venido elaborando en conjunto con 13 institutos económicos de la región, una serie de estudios sobre algunos de los retos...

Este material incluye algunas estimaciones realizadas en relación a la demanda actual de tierras, la cantidad de familias sin tierras o con tierra insuficiente, informaciones del organismo de aplicación de la política de tierras en relación a sus beneficiarios, así como aspectos relevantes de la demanda de tierras a partir...

This present guide is prepared from a compilation of many documents published by FAO in this domain and is a guide to the process of formulating an agricultural mechanization strategy. The aims are:
To raise awareness of the main constraints which hinder the development of agricultural mechanization and especially those...

Jeju island is a volcanic island located in the southernmost part of the Korean Peninsula. The topographic and geological characteristics of the volcanic island made Jeju, the barren island for farming. Jeju abundant with volcanic ash soil, rocks and winds. As farming started in Jeju, people utilized the stones in...

Este material incluye una breve referencia al marco jurídico que orienta la política de reforma agraria y distribución de tierras, una descripción de la política de tierras en los últimos años, el desempeño del organismo de aplicación de dicha política, el Instituto Nacional de Desarrollo Rural y de la Tierra...

Some may view indigenous communities as being conservative and backwards. However, the Kabekwa in Costa Rica show that such communities can be adaptable and innovative. In response to changing circumstances, this community has been adapting its farming practices constantly, benefiting from it in multiple ways.

This book distils lessons learned about integrating gender equality into agricultural development initiatives in Africa, with case studies of efforts at all levels, from households to national government. The authors start from the premise that empowered women and men are better, more successful farmers who can make the most of the...

Steven Kiranga Gichanga is a family farmer in Mugaari, a village in Kenya. He was trained in goat rearing but could not afford a goat to get started. He was also trained in bee keeping but could not afford a bee hive either. After a community reflection forum in 2012,...

Sustainable agriculture, a key aim of the Rio+20 Outcome Document “The Future We Want” (UN 2012a), has a significant role to play in encouraging a move to a greener economy. Paragraph 111 states: “We reaffirm the necessity to promote, enhance and support more sustainable agriculture, including crops, livestock, forestry, fisheries...

The projects reviewed in this paper were funded by the Italian Special Contribution to the Global Trust Fund for Food Security (GTFS). The Italian funded food security programme aimed to enhance food security by following a common strategy to improve the commercialization of agricultural value chains. The main objective was...

En el presente documento se sistematiza la experiencia de aplicación de políticas públicas que han iniciado el proceso de fomento de la agricultura ambiental en Nicaragua.