En este trabajo se aborda la agricultura familiar a través de tres cuestiones. En primer lugar, se brinda una definición de la agricultura familiar tendiente a despejar cierta proliferación de dimensiones incluidas en las definiciones vigentes. En la segunda parte, son consideradas algunas razones por la cuales habría que contribuir...

This study is based on fieldwork conducted in Ward 5 Guruve District of Mashonaland Central, Zimbabwe. Conservation farming (CF) has been widely embraced as an antidote to the perennial food insecurity situation, bedeviling drought prone regions in Zimbabwe, such as Guruve district and in Africa at large. Despite widespread promotion...

These report analyses trends regarding farms specialized in olive oil production over the period 2000-2010. It analyses structures, costs of production, margins and income indicators. The objective is to identify the characteristics of farms in economic difficulty and those in a better situation. The main source for this report is...

New information and knowledge are critical inputs for the practice of agriculture the world over. This is especially true for resource-poor farmers living in rural areas in Asia. Yet most of these farmers are not only resource poor but also information poor. Mobile technology holds great promise in delivering information...

Agriculture and rural life seem to have found the right appeal for Europe's young people between 17 and 20 years of age, especially among those living in rural areas and who have had work experience in a farm. This is the key result of the survey carried out by the...

Contract farming can be defined as an agricultural production system carried out according to an agreement between a buyer and farmers, which establishes conditions for the production and marketing of a farm product or products. Typically, the farmer commits to providing agreed quantities of a specific agricultural product. This should...

En el marco del proyecto de investigación “Evaluación fenotípica, química y agronómica de especies nativas y foráneas promisorias por calidad de aceites esenciales y con uso potencial en el sector agrícola” fueron seleccionadas las especies: Lippia alba, Lippia origanoides, Tagetes caracasana y Tagetes zypaquirensis por ser promisorias en calidad de...

This study quantifies how population density affects input use and output per hectare of staple crops. In doing so, we empirically test Ester Boserup’s (1965) hypothesis that increasing population density leads to agricultural intensification, measured through increased demand for modern inputs, such as commercial fertilizer and increased production per hectare....

Este libro presenta un conjunto de quince estudios territoriales realizados por investigadores y centros de investigación en nueve países de América Latina: México, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Colombia, Ecuador, Perú, Brasil, Bolivia y Chile. En todos los trabajos, se intenta responder una pregunta: ¿qué factores explican los casos, poco frecuentes en...

The Lithuanian Goat Breeders Association, headed by the farmer Andžela Dalia Ėmužytė, has already prepared more than one project under the action area “National Rural Network” of the 2007–2013 Lithuanian Rural Development Programme measure “Technical Assistance”. Goat milk cheeses, produced at the farm of the farmer A.D. Ėmužytė, have become...

El propósito de estas Directrices voluntarias es servir como referencia y proporcionar orientación para mejorar la gobernanza de la tenencia de la tierra, la pesca y los bosques con el objetivo primordial de lograr la seguridad alimentaria para todos y apoyar la realización progresiva del derecho a una alimentación adecuada...

This Special Issue on Diversified Farming Systems is motivated by a desire to understand how agriculture designed according to whole systems, agroecological principles can contribute to creating a more sustainable, socially just, and secure global food system. We first define Diversified Farming Systems (DFS) as farming practices and landscapes that...

Sitio web que contiene toda la información sobre el Programa FIDA-MERCOSUR “Diálogo sobre políticas públicas en el ámbito de la agricultura familiar y la seguridad alimentaria en el Cono Sur de América Latina”. En 1997, en el seminario “Combate a la pobreza con reglas de mercado en el contexto del Mercosur”...

Este documento, fruto de una colaboración entre el Programa Mundial de Alimentos (PMA) y el Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería, Acuacultura y Pesca (MAGAP), pretende explicar cómo producir hortalizas en pequeñas áreas de terreno (rural o urbano) como alternativa para mejorar la nutrición de las familias vulnerables, aplicando técnicas respetuosas del...

El presente documento concentra la información de toda la biodiversidad documentada hasta la fecha en el Madidi, en términos de investigación científica, con la finalidad de identificar vacíos de información, pero también de orientar las futuras investigaciones científicas que coadyuven a la gestión integral del Parque Nacional Madidi. Del conjunto de...

As the Government of Brazil hosts Rio+20, attention also falls on the country’s role as a broker for such forms of South-South exchange, particularly on models which can deliver triple wins for the economy, society and the environment. A number of successes in reducing inequality, enhancing both social and productive...

The aim of this case study is to identify the lessons learnt from the various partnerships with CSOs that could be used by farmer organizations (FOs) and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in influencing resource allocation and therefore the research agenda of ASARECA and indeed that of other African subregional agricultural research...

These guidelines have been prepared to help decision makers, who may not work routinely on pastoralist issues, to make better decisions over policies and investments that impact on pastoralists and their environments. They are somewhat technical by design, but are intended to simplify complex or disputed issues into more operational...

A study was conducted to assess the potential of establishing small-scale dairy processing schemes that would bring development and economic growth, alleviate poverty and enhance the standards of life of the Namibian livestock rearing population. Lessons were deducted from the Zimbabwe Smallholder Dairy Development Program (DDP). Secondary data was collected...

This study examined the impact of improved rice varieties adoption on rice productivity and farming households’ welfare in Nigeria using a cross sectional data of 481 rice farmers drawn from three states to represent the major rice producing ecologies (Irrigated, upland and lowland) in Nigeria. Access to seed was found...