In this edition of Rural Connections, a lot of attention to what happened at the Cork 2.0 Conference, 5-6 September 2016. Through ‘A focus on… Cork 2.0’ (pp. 13-30) it is  provided an overview of the event, highlight the main messages coming out of the four workshops (on growth, environment,...

Esta Guía está diseñada para apoyar procesos de activación en dos niveles, identificados aquí como “Rutas”: Ruta 1 – Activación de Sistema Agroalimentario Localizado (SIAL) Ruta 2 – Activación Territorial (AT-SIAL) El usuario puede decidir, según el contexto y objetivos de su trabajo, el material que se ajusta mejor a sus requerimientos. Para...

Access to information by rural farming communities is one of the major constraints to agricultural development in Uganda because of inadequate extension service delivery. The use of information communications technologies (ICTs) can potentially address this blockage. Although the application of ICTs in rural development is not new, its application in...

The collapse of the socialist block in 1989 generated a deficit of energy, supplies and chemicals, and forced significant changes in the ways in which food was produced and distributed in Cuba. Due to these deficits, in the 90´s Cuba moved from being the largest consumer of agrochemicals in Latin...

Association of private farming of the Czech Republic organized an International Conference on family farms and Common Agricultural Policy of EU. The event was held in Brno on 4 - 6th of April 2016. 10 European countries attended the conference. Herewith volume 9. Presentation of Switzerland

  During Tea & Honey Tour guests travel through the wonderful lush countryside, past different provinces and tiny  communes, up into The Great Caucasus Mountain regions and past lowlands and historic towns in search of as much aroma of tea & honey as possible! Guests taste various types of honey at local farms...

México es una región estratégica para el desarrollo de variedades mejoradas de trigo, ya que debido a su ubicación geográfica y condiciones climatológicas, nuestro país puede desarrollar una nueva variedad más rápido que en otras partes del mundo al contar con dos ciclos de cultivo por año: el de primavera-verano...

In 2015, drought exacerbated by El Niño ravaged Ethiopia’s highlands and lowlands, resulting in crop failure and wide-scale animal losses. To counter the devastating impact on the vulnerable smallholder farmers that make up the bulk of Ethiopia’s workforce, FAO initiated a number of livestock and crop-based interventions in order to...

Este curso se enmarca dentro del Objetivo Estratégico 4 de la FAO: "Propiciar sistemas agrícolas y alimentarios más inclusivos y eficientes". El curso busca contribuir al mejoramiento de la seguridad alimentaria urbana a partir de la implementación de herramientas que promuevan el fortalecimiento de sistemas alimentarios locales, facilitando el acercamiento entre...

Integrantes del Comité Técnico de Trabajo (Comité Nacional) de Filipinas, junto con decenas de aliados y colaboradores asistieron a la conferencia de KLM-PE (Knowledge and Learning Market-Policy Engagement) bajo el título AIAF+1, celebrado en Noviembre de 2015 en Quezon City, Filipinas.

The TheruBeedi Seed Bank and Producer Group facilitate informal benefit sharing mechanisms that can be very effective in protecting biodiversity and encouraging farmers to contribute to the genetic pool. The approaches include offering family farmers incentives to cultivate traditional or rare varieties, providing assistance in the marketing of their products,...

The objective of these guidelines is to support countries in the integration of biodiversity into all relevant policies, programmes and national and regional plans of action addressing malnutrition in all its forms, and specifically to promote knowledge, conservation, development and use of varieties, cultivars and breeds of plants and animals...

Association of private farming of the Czech Republic organized an International Conference on family farms and Common Agricultural Policy of EU. The event was held in Brno on 4 - 6th of April 2016. 10 European countries attended the conference. Herewith volume 10. Presentation of the United Kingdom

Se dieron cita en el Territorio de Aprendizaje de Belén de Umbría – Risaralda, mandatarios y líderes comunitarios de los 9 departamentos de Arauca, Cauca, Caquetá, Cesar, Córdoba, Guajira, Magdalena, Norte de Santander y Catatumbo, para intercambiar experiencias en asociatividad, emprendimiento y formación de gerentes de microempresas rurales, con el...

For farmers in Central Asia, growing and marketing organic produce could be a rational – even promising – strategy. In some cases, they may even have an advantage over their peers in other countries.

The brief aims at summarizing the efforts of FAO to maximize the impacts of social protection interventions in the Sahel and West Africa by strengthening the linkages with resilience, food security, nutrition and economic growth; ensuring the effective reach of most vulnerable households and making national social protection programmes risk-informed...

With funding from the Global Agriculture and Food Security Programme (GAFSP), the Water Mobilization Project to Enhance Food Security in Maradi, Tahoua and Zinder Regions (PMERSA-MTZ) is being implemented in Niger and benefits from a UA 40,443,000 financing: 9.34 million from the African Development Fund (ADF), UA 21.02 million from...

Este curso se enmarca dentro del Objetivo Estratégico 2 de la FAO: "Hacer que la agricultura, la actividad forestal y la pesca sean más productivas y sostenibles" El curso ha sido diseñado en respuesta a las recomendaciones que los propios países de la Región hicieran tras conocer los resultados del estudio...

The International Conference on Pulses or Health, Nutrition and Sustainable Agriculture in Drylands is being held on the occasion of the 2016 Intrnational Year of Pulses to provide a platform to various stakeholders, including scientists, policy-makers, extension workers, traders and entrepreneurs, to discuss the various contributions of pulses to food and nutritional...

From Senegal to Togo, from Guinea-Bissau to Mauritania, from Tunisia to Ghana, communities living from maritime fisheries show the same attachment to the sea and face the same challenges. Between September 2014 and November 2015, the West African Network of Journalists for Responsible Fisheries (REJOPRAO), in collaboration with the CAOPA,...