This synthesis report summarises the results of a dialogue on food security and water security. between policy makers, researchers, national leaders responsible for water and agriculture policy and members of the international development community at the International Conference on Policies for Water and Food Security in Dry Areas, held in...

This dissertation has as a theme the insertion of family farmers products in the state schools of Rio Grande  do  Sul.  In  the  year  2009  was  created  a  law  n°  11.947  which  would  have  a fundamental change in the Brazilian National School Feeding Program (PNAE –  Programa Nacional de  Alimentação ...

We analize recent discussions on institutionality of rural model in Argentina, targeting in the collective construction of "agribusiness strategic plan 2010-2016". Our participation in that plan allows reflections on the role of family farming in building a national model of rural development. Family farmers represent a productive sector in standing...

The First Regional Symposium on Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Mediterranean and Black Sea was organized from 27 to 30 November 2013 by the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) in partnership with the International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM) – Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari (MAIB),...

The Regional Conference on food security and income generation through reduction of losses and waste in fisheries was held from 15 to 17 December 2013 at the Wissal Hotel, Nouakchott, Islamic Republic of Mauritania. It was jointly convened by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the...

El objetivo que tiene la presente guía es lograr que los productores rurales tengan éxito económico es su eficiencia técnico-productiva, gerencial y comercial. La guía da una descripción del contenido de cada módulo, de los participantes y de los resultados que se espera lograr.

The problem of climate change in Africa has the potential of undermining sustainable development efforts if steps are not taken to respond to its adverse consequences. This study reviews existing and available literature on farmers’ perceptions and adaptations to climate change in sub-Sahara Africa. It is evident that the majority...

La reflexión sobre la situación de las mujeres rurales y concretamente sobre el papel institucional que AVSF debe jugar con respecto a esta temática, comienza a producirse como consecuencia de dos situaciones. Por un lado, por las dificultades para abordar las necesidades específicas de las mujeres rurales en un contexto...

Thre are a quantity of family expoitations that still stay and resist to disappear, unfolding a variety and new productive, social and cultural strategies. Preciselly the aim of this paper is to introduce the experiences of two family exploitations in very different contexts: one is located in Banda department, Santiago...

This article compares the main findings of Brazilian agricultural census data of 1996 with the same of 2006 by applying the methodology known as ‘FAO/INCRA’ (Food Agriculture Organization/Instituto Nacional de Colonização e Reforma Agrária) which allows the characterization of family farms in relation to the total universe of farms. In...

Rapid population growth, urbanization and rising incomes will present an unprecedented opportunity for growth of commercial agriculture and agribusiness in coming years. The value of food consumed in urban areas is set to expand by four times to 2030, but given evidence of a continuing decline in competitiveness much of...

The Cost of Hunger in Africa (COHA) Study is a project led by the African Union Commission (AUC) and the New Partnership of Africa’s Development (NEPAD) Planning and Coordinating Agency and supported by the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the UN World Food Programme (WFP). COHA is a...

This paper sheds light on how to harvest the "youth dividend" in Sub-Saharan Africa by creating jobs in agriculture. The agriculture that attracts the youth will have to be profitable, competitive, and dynamic. These are the same characteristics needed for agriculture to deliver growth, to improve food security, and to...

In October 2011, the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) requested the High Level Panel of Experts (HLPE) to prepare "a comparative study of constraints to smallholder investment in agriculture in different contexts with policy options for addressing these constraints, taking into consideration the work done on this topic by...

The concept of family farming is the recipient of much high-level political capital right now...  The United Nations has declared 2014 the International Year of Family Farming, the primary aim of which is to promote, develop and strengthen all types of familyoriented agriculture - from horticulture and livestock to fisheries and forestry - as a socially...

This paper seeks to analyze an endogenous development scheme implemented by farming families, involving innovations in the organic production of watermelons; this was a novel local initiative reflecting the creative drive of the farmers themselves, against a background marked by considerable political and institutional uncertainty. The scheme was evaluated in...

Les fermiers de la province de Kirundo pratiquaient l’agriculture familiale orientée vers le marché. Aujourd’hui, cette agriculture est tournée vers l’autoconsommation. Pour bien comprendre les contraintes rencontrées par les fermiers, 355 exploitants agricoles ont été choisis aléatoirement dans toutes les communes de cette province. Les résultats issus de cette enquête...

In northern Ghana, where the climatic conditions do not allow for an all-year-around rain-fed agriculture, irrigation is a necessary complement to enhance livelihoods security and poverty reduction. The knowledge gap regarding the contribution of existing irrigation facilities to poverty reduction occasioned the case study of the Tono irrigation scheme located...

Este  documento  recoge  los  aspectos  más  relevantes  de  la  experiencia  de transformaciones productivas, de gestión y de capacidades asociativas de cara a la comercialización  por  parte  de pequeños  productores  del  altiplano  guatemalteco  y sus organizaciones, y  evalúa aquellos aspectos de sus entornos que han facilitado y que han limitado el...

Documento que revaloriza el conocimiento ancestral para predecir lluvías, heladas, sequías entre otros, asimismo, pone en valor el uso de indicadores naturales que se han perdido con el tiempo. La recopilación de los saberes ancestrales y la base de ese conocimiento perdido, facilitaría la adopción de innovaciones técnicas e institucionales en comunidades...