This publication draws from reports and notes from a series of events in the International Year of Family Farming: Regional Dialogues on Family Farming were organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization in collaboration with the World Rural Forum, the International Cooperative Alliance and the World Farmers Organization to increase the understanding of the family farming context in each region,and...

The Ethiopian government’s Agricultural Development Led Industrialization strategy emphasises the instrumental role that rural youth could play in transforming the agricultural sector. However, there exists a significant body of literature documenting the unfavourable attitudes many young people hold towards a future in agriculture. Despite their negative attitudes, the fact remains...

In this study the focus is on the role and involvement of women on farms in the Netherlands. Many women perform work on the farm and over 40% have a paid work elsewhere. More than two-thirds of women are involved in strategic decision-making at the farm. Many women find the...

¿Cómo se gestó la política? Principalmente a partir de la acción del movimiento de mujeres que insistió en la necesidad de tomar en consideración el problema de la violencia contra las mujeres no como un tema privado, sino como uno del cual el Estado debía responsabilizarse. ¿Qué antecedentes se consideraron en la...

This website caries all relevant informatio and documents in regards to the Rural development network of the Republic of Croatia.

En el presente documento se expone, por una parte, el enfoque analítico desde el que se elaboró la matriz y, por otra parte, las políticas analizadas de siete países de la región: las políticas para enfrentar la violencia contra las mujeres del Brasil y del Uruguay, la política de garantía...

El cambio climático es una de las peores amenazas que enfrenta la humanidad, y afecta de manera directa las actividades de miles de mujeres rurales, indígenas y campesinas en América Latina, relacionadas a la producción de alimentos y la gestión de recursos naturales, actividades esenciales para el desarrollo de la...

在印度奥里萨邦部落地区，林农轮作被 称为Pudu chaso，这样的农作方法对于维持农 作物的多样性是十分重要，并且产生各种栽 培方式。作物轮作，间作，和其他可持续农 业实践是Pudu农民传承传统知识的一部分， 这有助于创造他们所居住的景观。 然而，这一切都在受到不断的威胁。商 业伐木摧毁了部落的大片森林，在那里曾经 是部落的妇女用来采集食物和燃料的地方， 现在几乎完全消失。该地区还将继续遭受各 种破坏，人们通过修建道路、铁路和建水坝 来吸引企业的投资；但同时，部落土地和人 民生活也受到了破坏。在科拉普特区域，超 过一半的人（约一百万）已经由于新水库建 设而流离失所，超过一万公顷的森林土地被 破坏。

O Estado Brasileiro assumiu o compromisso de reduzir as desigualdades de gênero no nosso país reconhecendo as particularidades do meio rural. Para isto, desde 2003 vem implementando um conjunto de políticas e programas que buscam garantir direitos à cidadania e ao desenvolvimento econômico, bem como, promover a autonomia das mulheres...

Comme décidé lors de la table-ronde sur la Déclaration de Maputo, tenue du 20 au 24 septembre 2014 à Kinshasa, la CONAPAC a mis en branle son plaidoyer en vue de l’augmentation de la part du budget national réservée à l’agriculture à au moins 10 %. Un cahier de plaidoyer...

Family farming is inextricably linked to national and global food security. Both in developing and developed countries, family farming is the predominant form of agriculture in the food production sector. Family farmers carefully manage their lands to sustain remarkably high levels of productivity despite having less access to productive resources such as agricultural inputs and support...

Le numéro 2 de la revue Alternatives Rurales est une revue qui a pour objectif d’offrir un espace de communication, réflexion et débat sur le développement rural et agricole au Maroc, mais aussi dans d’autres pays de la région.Cette revue s’adresse aux acteurs du développement agricole et rural, aux acteurs...

Two women farmers in Côte d'Ivoire (West Africa), Agnes Dago and Sekongo Sarke Coulibaly, show their daily activities and expose the challenges and obstacles they face in their life as women and farmers.    

This video documents a joint initiative led by FAO and IFAD to enhance regional capacity building and knowledge management on gender, agriculture and rural livelihoods.

The purpose of this manual is to provide practical guidance and examples of how to apply Adaptive Collaborative Management (ACM) methods in communities and how to teach those methods to others. ACM is a collective problem-solving and management approach. With ACM everybody can participate, contribute their knowledge and learn together...

Rural household economies dependent on rainfed agriculture are increasingly turning to irrigation technology solutions to reduce the effects of weather variability and guard against inconsistent and low crop output. Organizations are increasingly using market-based approaches to disseminate technologies to smallholder farmers, and, although women are among their targeted group, little...

A l'ouverture de la 28ème Conférence régionale de la FAO pour l'Afrique s'ouvre à Tunis (Mars 2014), l'Organisation invite les ministres africains de l'agriculture à l'action afin d'accélérer les investissements et les transformations en faveur des petits exploitants agricoles, notamment les jeunes et les femmes et fait un "état des lieux" de...

The United Nationals declared 2014 as the International Year of Family Farming to highlight the importance of family farms and smallholders farmers (International Year of Family Farming - IYFF). Throughout the world family farms constitute the majority of all farms, which underlines their importance for food security. FAO promotes the...

For too many people and communities around the world, the dominant agricultural model is causing economic hardship, the destruction of biological diversity, and the exploitation of earth’s ecological commons. It is a model based on the commodification of life. We can no longer continue the status quo that enables multinational...

This PROPAC presentation outlines the future of family farming among changing infrastructures in the agricultural sector and the need for promotion of smallholders in the chain of production, processing and creating markets.