Small family farms are in general extensively managed in Estonia and are in general structured in a way which facilitates outdoor systems (e.g. pastures convenient to the animal housing). Having said that, there are no specific conditions in the Pillar 1 payment rules which would exclude intensive or indoor farming...

Gains in political commitment around Family Farming were one of the most notable results of International Year of Family Farming IYFF-2014. Not just because of reaping results in the form of numerous laws, programmes and other specific public policy improvements, but also because of the spirit of collaboration and understanding...

La Alianza por la Soberanía Alimentaria de los Pueblos de América Latina y el Caribe, en conjunto con la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO), organizan el “Seminario de capacitación sobre monitoreo popular a la implementación de directrices de la tenencia de la tierra,...

Policy networks are usually seen as a ‘new mode of governance’ that allows more flexibility and more informal involvement of a wider set of stakeholders in policy design and implementation compared to more formal consultation processes. In this article, we examine the specific characteristics of the rural policy networks (National...

A partir de un panel provincial que abarca el periodo comprendido entre los censos agropecuarios de 1994 y el 2012, el estudio explora la relación existente entre los cambios en la estructura agraria y las diná- micas de pobreza rural en el Perú. Los cambios en la estructura agraria incluyen...

The call on Sustainable Food Security dedicates €431 million to ensure sufficient, safe and nutritious food for all, while safeguarding natural resources. Tackling the challenge of how to feed 9 billion people sustainably by 2050, this call puts approaches that aim at using nature and resources better at the heart...

Este compendio de documentos ha sido organizado y editado para ayudar a mantener la memoria, en una sociedad que suele tener una frágil recordación histórica que conlleva a creer que todo gobierno de turno debe comenzar de cero. Esta publicación está dirigida a líderes agrarios, líderes comunales, promotores de organizaciones...

The data revolution must address three major challenges in order to contribute to sustainable development: increasing the quantity and quality of data; making the data usable; and ensuring their use by decision-makers. This infographic shows how the data revolution can be mobilized, with an example from the livestock sector. In collaboration...

The Green Report delivers information on current conditions in agriculture and the food industry in Slovakia and around the world, changes over the past year in development, production and the market, the economic and financial situation facing enterprise, rural development, regional development and the standing of agriculture and the food...

Con la Participación de cinco delegados del Comité Nacional de Agricultura Familiar Campesina y Comunitaria del Ecuador junto a algunas organizaciones miembro de los Comités Departamentales del Cauca y Nariño del CIN-AF se llevó a cabo el Primer Encuentro Binacional de los Comités de Agricultura Familiar de Colombia y Ecuador...

More than half a billion people live in the European Union. Every one of these EU citizens can benefit from rural development policy outcomes that produce better quality food, as well as a vibrant and healthy countryside where people can live, work and visit. Member States’ Rural Development Programmes (RDPs)...

This article investigates gender inequality in agricultural productivity, highlights its key determinants, and approximates the potential production, consumption, and poverty gains from reducing or closing the gender productivity gap. The analysis is performed on the basis of representative household survey datasets recently collected in Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda. In these...

Durante 2014, han sido muchos los esfuerzos para difundir socialmente la importancia de la Agricultura Familiar. En América Latina, la pequeña agricultura y el campesinado habían ido perdiendo espacio en las agendas políticas nacionales e internacionales. Sin embargo, recientes debates en torno a la pobreza rural y la malnutrición han...

La presidenta brasileña, Dilma Rousseff, anunció hoy que su Gobierno ofrecerá créditos por 28.900 millones de reales (unos 9.633 millones de dólares) a la agricultura familiar, responsable por cerca del 70 % de los alimentos que produce el país. Al presentar el plan de apoyo a la agricultura familiar, Rousseff destacó...

Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which: identify highly nutritious local food plants, explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way, detail the nutritional value of the plants and describe why human bodies require those nutrients. The resources created by FPS allows people to better...

Agroecology in the region has been carried out in practice for decades; by social movements of small-holder farmers, rural groups, traditional communities, indigenous peoples, artisanal fisher folk, herders, and gatherers. It has a strong scientific base and is increasingly receiving support from governments through new public policies. The practices and...

Con la finalidad de determinar la sustentabilidad de la caficultura orgánica en La Convención-Cusco se evaluó de forma comparativa la sostenibilidad de la producción de café arábico a nivel social, ambiental y económico del sistema orgánico y convencional, mediante indicadores estratégicos. La zona de estudio se encuentra en la ceja...

The €128 million Rural Renaissance call is about opportunities for sustainable rural growth, looked at through integrated approaches, cutting across sectors and taking a territorial perspective. It has the ambition to modernise policies and governance, and foster new business developments. The projects should boost innovation, advising and demonstration approaches in...

More and more people are moving towards urban areas for various reasons. This has also increased the demand for food while putting pressure on scarce resources. Urban life styles and food preferences also influence the type of food grown and the way it is grown to meet the growing urban...

A través de esta mesa se reglamentarán los artículos del decreto y sus modificaciones. Entre ellas se destaca que podrán participar como proveedores del almuerzo escolar productores de alimentos, individuales o asociados en cooperativas, además de recibir asistencia técnica del MAG. La mesa técnica está conformada por la Secretaría Técnica de...