The Gîrboiu wine cellar is a family business created in 2005. The vineyards are set in the Cotești village, located in an area with a climate extremely favorable for growing grapevine and a soil rich in mineral, unique in the south-east of Romania. This area has a vast tradition in winemaking,...

La Confederación Sindical Única de Trabajadores Campesinos de Bolivia (CSUTCB), fue constituida legalmente el 26 de junio de 1979, mediante Resolución suprema nº 200352 de fecha (1-8-85). Es la máxima organización natural que representa al conjunto de las naciones y pueblos indígena originario campesinos del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia  con...

Qué es lo que se debe tener en cuenta en la producción porcina de pequeña escala?. Para responder a esa pregunta se llevó a cabo hoy en el marco de FERICERDO 2015 una charla sobre La Cadena Porcina de la Agricultura Familiar. Lo que se analizó es qué estrategias son las...

Les Bulletins de synthèse Souveraineté alimentaire sont une initiative conjointe d’Inter-réseaux Développement rural et de SOS Faim Belgique. Ils visent à produire une synthèse sur un thème lié à la souveraineté alimentaire, à partir d’une sélection de références jugées particulièrement intéressantes. Ils paraissent tous les trimestres et sont diffusés par...

Del 19 al 23 de octubre, los Ministros de Agricultura de las Américas se reunirán en la Riviera Maya, México, para debatir sobre las alternativas que tiene la región para impulsar su productividad agrícola y el desarrollo de sus territorios rurales. Con el tema “Productividad agrícola sustentable e inclusión rural”, el...

Grain de sel est la revue semestrielle d’Inter-réseaux Développement rural. Chaque numéro est consacré à une thématique précise et vise à faire participer aux débats et réflexions autour de ce thème une diversité d’acteurs et de points de vue.

The area where the beneficiary of this project activates is in a vegetable area with tradition in Braila County, but which is insufficiently exploited due to the population aging process. Considering the growth of the consumption of vegetables and fruit, especially of the local and natural ones, Aurelia Dunose decided...

The complexity of organic farming requires farmers to have a very high level of knowledge and skills. But exchange on organic farming techniques remains limited. OK-Net Arable promotes exchange of knowledge among farmers, farm advisers and scientists with the aim to increase productivity and quality in organic arable cropping all...

After they took over the royal vineyards in Segarcea, Cornelia and Mihai Anghel now produce some of the best known wines in the country, which have been rewarded at great international competitions of the industry. They are convinced that wine means art, science, emotion, passion, work and divine goodwill. Mihai...

Aida Pesquera de Oxfam habla de la campaña #apoYOmujerRural que busca que por fin se respeten los acuerdos con las mujeres rurales.

En Venezuela desde el inicio del gobierno del ex presidente Hugo Chávez hasta el actual mandato del presidente Nicolás Maduro, el compromiso político con la agricultura familiar ha sido evidente. Para comenzar, destaca que la Constitución de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela condena el latifundio y dispone que el Estado debe...

Today, the crisis situation in the European dairy sector clearly highlights the failures of our current EU policies for supporting viable farm enterprises and balanced rural development. As a result the programme will include a panel discussion looking at whether EU agri-food policies are capable of supporting sustainable farming and...

In this blog article, AsiaDHRRA is pleased to share its latest video highlighting some of the results of farmers organizations’ (FOs’) projects that are being supported through the Post-Yolanda Fund Facility for Local Initiatives (Year 1). The supported FO-managed projects have assisted them in coping during the early days after...

El INTA y la coordinación de Agricultura Familiar del Senasa dictaron el 3º curso de formadores en ganadería familiar para capacitar a técnicos veterinarios en aspectos sanitarios de la producción pecuaria familiar.

Cáceres (MT) – A pesquisa Promovendo Agroecologia em Rede, que a Articulação Nacional de Agroecologia (ANA) está realizando no país, envolvendo sete regiões brasileiras, com o apoio da Fundação Banco do Brasil e do BNDES na realidade traça um retrato da agricultura familiar no momento histórico. Sem contar as diferenças...

To ensure food security, the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM), the regional body responsible for the responsible use of regional resources, is promoting aquaculture as part of a range of initiatives to build climate-resilient fisheries. A five-year plan has been drafted by the Secretariat and a working group established to...

Selon la FAO, le FIDA et le PAM, 805 millions de personnes dans le monde, soit une personne sur neuf, souffrent de la faim. L'humanité dispose des moyens pour mettre un terme à la faim, mais pour y parvenir, il faut impérativement investir dans l'agriculture familiale pour « nourrir le...

In September 2015, family farmer Jyoti Fernandes spoke at a Policy Debate in the European Parliament. The video is embedded below and a full transcript of the talk is available here. Being part of the UK Landworkers’ Alliance and the European Coordination of La Vía Campesina (host of the debate),...

Carbon-conscious farmers in the UK work with nature not against it, concerned about the health of their soils for future generations. They use principles of ‘feeding the soil not the plant’, understanding and encouraging soil biology, and harvesting sunlight to maximum effect. These farmers understand that we must repair damaged...

Moving towards a bio economy is one of the key policy strategies of the EU. Its vision is of a knowledge-based Europe turning to green growth via innovation, which presents opportunities for the agricultural and forest-based sectors. Sustainable production of renewable resources will be needed, with the conversion of these...