This five-year project (2012-2017) aims to strengthen biocultural innovation for food security in the face of climate change, in China, India, Kenya and Peru. Much of the world's agrobiodiversity has been lost in the last century due to the spread of modern agriculture. Only about 30 crops now provide 95% of...

Lack of cooperative spirit is a common challenge in rural areas. The same applies to Lower Silesia, Poland, where different cultures and identities co-exist like the German, the Czech, etc. However, the distinct culture and traditions of the area and the range of local niche products, provide significant opportunities for...

El profesor Rey Benayas ejerce en el Departamento de Ciencias de la Vida de la Universidad de Alcalá y tiene registrada la marca Campos de vida para etiquetar productos como el aceite producido en pequeñas fincas de Ciudad Real y Toledo, agrupadas en esa Fundación. Todo gira en torno a...

This article highlights the main outcomes of the 34th FAO Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbeans. Hunger eradication, climate change adaptation, and strengthening family farming are the three priorities set for FAO by governments of this region.

Climate change has increasingly been recognised as the main challenge facing humanity in the coming decades. The starting point of this study is the consideration of future climate change scenarios and the uncertainties they bring. First, global projections available in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report...

This video features Angela Hilmi discussing about giving peasants access to financing by investing in their farm without resulting to indebtedness. Angela also talks about empowering peasants by giving them the freedom to choose the methods that they would want to employ which results to autonomy and not depedency. This...

FONTAGRO anuncia la Convocatoria 2016 “Innovaciones para el mejoramiento de la agricultura familiar a través de encadenamientos productivos que faciliten el acceso al mercado". La Convocatoria apoyará plataformas de innovación constituidas por agentes públicos y privados que comparten visión, misión y objetivos, y que específicamente fomenten prácticas que aumenten la sostenibilidad...

This edition of the UN in Zimbabwe newsletter is dedicated to shed light on the partnerships, progress and challenges in the collective humanitarian response in Zimbabwe.

Climate change is a worldwide phenomenon that does not respect national boundaries nor affects one specific region. Hurricanes, tornadoes, typhoons, drought and floods are just a few of its many disastrous forms. Most world countries, especially in the arid and semi-arid regions, have been seriously devastated by the consequences of...

El manejo de malezas es un tema complejo, y para los productores que han incursionado en la agricultura de conservación (AC), esto no es una excepción. Sin embargo, el disminuir la labranza del suelo puede apoyar a la reducción de los bancos de semillas esto aunado al desarrollo de una...

In the period to 2020, the CAP is going to invest more than EUR 8 billion1 in Portugal's farming sector and rural areas. Key political priorities have been fined at European level such as: jobs and growth, sustainability, modernisation, innovation and quality. At the same time, Portugal has flexibility to...

L'objectif de cette étude est de calculer l'efficacité technique et l'utilisation de l'eau dans le système irrigué Jijel-Tahir, à l'est de l'Algérie, en utilisant la méthode de l'analyse de l'enveloppe des données (DEA). La DEA a également été utilisée pour simuler l'effet de différents niveaux de quotas d'eau sur l'amélioration...

A platform of farmers, retailers and service providers,civil society organisations, NGOs, government officials, and researchers improves livelihoods in Rwanda. Through interaction and collaboration, these groups experiment with various technological and institutional innovations, thereby tackling local agricultural challenges. This experience illustrates the importance of institutionalising a space where knowledge can be...

In the Sahel, extreme poverty, fastgrowing populations, climate change, recurrent food and nutrition crises, armed conflicts and insecurity are building up to a perfect storm threatening the lives of communities already living on the brink of crisis. The region is one of the world’s climate change hotspots. Increasingly unpredictable weather patterns,...

The fact sheet explains how organic agriculture can sustain biodiversity.

The FAO Forestry Department and partners are organizing a daylong event to refocus our attention on the primary role that smallholder farmers and their organizations can play in the sustainable management of the world’s forests, particularly within the context of climate change. With the right enabling conditions local communities have...

This report presents the results of the EIP-AGRI Focus Group (FG) on “Water & Agriculture: adaptive strategies at farm level”. Water is an essential resource for crop and livestock production. Climate change is generating variations in temperature and rainfall, forcing farmers to rethink how to produce their crops, breed their...

Zimbabwe is one of a number of countries in southern Africa that has declared a drought disaster this year due to the impact of a strong El Nino weather event which meant reduced rainfall for much of southern Africa late last year and during the early months of this year - the same period...

Since the 1970s and 1980s, community-based forestry has grown in popularity, based on the concept that local communities, when granted sufficient property rights over local forest commons, can organize autonomously and develop local institutions to regulate the use of natural resources and manage them sustainably. Over time, various forms of...

Rice is the Philippines’ most important food crop and a staple food in most of the country. It is produced by two million farmers in four million hectares of land. It is one of the early adaptor countries of the Green Revolution. Impact studies of the Green Revolution revealed that...