This document analyzes the main changes that have taken place in agriculture and the rural milieu during the 2016-2017 period. It also considers the prospects and main trends in the region, in a context characterized by a slow and uneven global economic recovery in 2016, but with signs of an...

Coffee farmers from various organisations in Southeast Asia gathered in Yogyakarta, Indonesia on 19-21 July 2017 to showcase their produce, share their experiences in farming, and to exchange knowledge to improve the marketing of their products for the ASEAN Learning Series and Policy Engagement on Agricultural Cooperative (ALSPEAC). The coffee farmers...

In this article, we analyze opportunities and constraints for upgrading product quality in the dairy value chain in Ethiopia. Our analysis is based on an integrated understanding of supply chain performance both from producer and from consumer perspectives. We outline as main drivers for quality upgrading: (a) factors that influence...

The present paper is the product of research on cooperatives in Georgia carried out by Elkana from August to October 2016 in the framework of the AGROinform-led IFAD-funded project “Promoting inclusive horticultural value chains in Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan and Moldova” The goal of the research is to provide valuable information...

Faltam dois dias para a abertura da 40° Expointer, a maior feira de animais, máquinas, implementos e produtos agrícolas a céu aberto da América Latina. A Secretaria Especial de Agricultura Familiar do Desenvolvimento Agrário (Sead) levará para o evento sabores e belezas da agricultura familiar, em incentivo à comercialização dos...

Over the course of 2017, the International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems (IPES-Food) will seek to support and stimulate an open reflection on the future of agricultural development in West Africa. While industrial agriculture and ‘Green Revolution’ approaches promise short-term increases in productivity, they are yet to provide...

El período 1946-55, bajo la primera y segunda presidencia de J. D. Perón, fue el momento de mayor institucionalización del cooperativismo agrario pampeano. Estas instituciones transformaron el campo de la comercialización de cereales eliminando al intermediario y ocupando su lugar. Paralelamente, transformaron a los productores asociados y sus familias, conformándose...

Comment court-circuiter le modèle classique de distribution alimentaire ? En implantant des circuits courts, répondent les citoyens et les paysans convaincus de la portée politique que représente l’acte de manger. Échange entre Aimée Serve-Gorce, arboricultrice bio, Marion Tournand-Ponson, d’AlterConso, Thibaut Duez, de l’épicerie lyonnaise De l’autre côté de la rue, Geneviève...

Introductory Speech at 3rd EU Fi-compass Conference on Financial Instruments for Agriculture and Rural Development

Le Baromètre des agricultures familiales traite des enjeux qui touchent les agricultures familiales et auxquelles les agricultures familiales répondent. Il investigue la transition vers des systèmes alimentaires durables, qui permettraient d’assurer la sécurité alimentaire de toutes et tous, aujourd’hui et demain.

Você sabia que a agricultura familiar, além de abastecer a mesa de milhões de brasileiros, também está ajudando a alimentar quem muitas vezes não tem condições financeiras para isso? O Programa de Aquisição de Alimentos (PAA) garante o atendimento de populações em situação de insegurança alimentar e nutricional, e ainda...

The Brazilian Semiarid is no longer that place of extreme poverty, of the bucket of water in the head, of the rural exodus. Combating drought gives way to coexistence with a region and well-being. A new scenario shows itself to be prosperous in the colors of the fruits of the...

Darragh Flynn (27) started the Happy Pear Living Foods Farm 4 years ago in 2009. He now grows wheatgrass and many different types of sprouts, like beans, sunflower, chickpeas, alfafa, leaks, etc. Darragh delivers all over Ireland and shows us that even without land, it is possible to set up...

This fourth edition of Agrinnovation magazine gives you a round-up of EIP-AGRI news, events and stories from the past year. With food production and short supply chains as its main theme, this edition includes inspirational ideas from Greece, Estonia, Poland, the UK and many more. It also covers opportunities under...

The South-South Cooperation Forum held at Park Village Hotel, Kathmandu, Nepal on 14-16 December 2017 was a success with over 70 participants consisting of farmer leaders, representatives of farmers’ and fishers’ organizations, government officials, scholars from South Asian countries as well as international development partners in attendance. South Asian Association for...

Mais de 1 milhão de famílias vivem em 9.332 assentamentos espalhados pelo Brasil. Cerca de 85%, no entanto, ainda não têm o título da terra. O secretário Especial de Agricultura Familiar e do Desenvolvimento Agrário, José Ricardo Roseno, explica que a falta da documentação dificulta o acesso dos agricultores às...

Na agricultura familiar é visível como o amor à terra passa de geração para geração. As crianças são capazes de acompanhar o trabalho rural, uma vez que ele acontece no próprio lar. O cuidado com a terra é transferido de mãe para filhos e transforma vidas no campo. Um desses exemplos...

Community Supported Fisheries have been springing up all over the world. They are every bit as much an answer to industrial fishing as CSA is to agriculture. In North America there are already many thousands of members in an organised network, Local Catch.org. The network has much in common with...

La gestión estatal del desarrollo rural y la agricultura familiar forma parte de la agenda pública de principios del siglo XXI. Los modos de intervenir en dichas problemáticas se traducen en acciones continuas desde la creación de la Reunión Especializada de la Agricultura Familiar (REAF) del Mercosur y los Foros...

Forests have, historically, had a very important role in food security in upland areas of South and Southeast Asia – both as sources of wild food and as sites for grazing, planting food trees and bushes, and various types of shifting agriculture. However, since at least the early 20th century,...