Mr. Reymondo Caraan (RECOFTC) gave an overview on how to get more rights awarded to forest communities, where we are now in terms of implementing community forestry, what RECOFTC is doing, and stressed that governments should be made aware that people have rights.  RECOFTC has main office in Bangkok, and...

Efforts to enhance smallholder farmers’ involvement in agricultural markets under the World Food Programme (WFP) Purchase for Progress (P4P) programme have led to a variety of nutrition-sensitive activities. In many rural communities where P4P and partners work, these context- and country-specific efforts have begun to increase farming families’ access to nutritious...

En la tarde del 1 de octubre el 2015, el Consejo de Derechos Humanos de las Naciones Unidas aprobó con mayoría la resolución que mandata al Grupo de Trabajo Intergubernamental de Composición Abierta que debe negociar, finalizar y entregar el borrador de una Declaración de las Naciones Unidas sobre los...

This report provides an in-depth analysis of the effects of selected food and agricultural policies in Malawi over the period 2005-2013 and carefully examines: the effects of policies and market performance on price incentives for producers, consumers and other agents in six key agricultural value chains; the level and composition...

A raíz de la investigación enmarcada en la celebración del Año Internacional de la Agricultura Familiar 2014, se adelantaron estudios de caso vinculando tanto instituciones académicas (Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia, UNIMINUTO, Instituto Mayor Campesino –IMCA-, Corporación Universitaria Santa Rosa de Cabal – UNISARC-, Universidad de Caldas –U de C-) como organizaciones...

Important social and agrarian changes are taking place on the agricultural plain of the Saïss in Morocco. Rural young men and women are key players in this process. In this article, we use the experiences, aspirations and dreams of rural young people in the Saïss to describe and discuss current...

The advantages of cooperatives, groups and organisations of producers.

All EU citizens benefit from Rural Development Programme (RDP) actions and the 2014-2020 programming period involves new emphasis on improved implementation opportunities that can boost the range and reach of RDP benefits. The following overview article identifies some of the main issues that can help improve the effectiveness of RDP...

Nos últimos 12 anos, o Brasil passou por profundas transformações. O governo federal construiu e vem executando políticas públicas para a promoção da cidadania e de uma vida digna para milhões de brasileiros e brasileiras. Essas mudanças chegaram ao meio rural. No Ministério do Desenvolvimento Agrário (MDA), de 2003 a 2014,...

The video presents the first achievements of the project “Youth at Work: Reducing rural poverty”, launched by FAO and the Malian Ministry of Agriculture in August 2014. The project is funded by the Africa Solidarity Trust Fund (ASTF) and aims at generating attractive and decent job opportunities for rural youth...

La Política de Género, es un instrumento que proporciona estrategias para avanzar en la transversalización de la equidad de género dentro de CLAC, así mismo es una herramienta útil para estimular a que las organizaciones asociadas a hagan uso de ésta en los procesos de empoderamiento de sus membresías y el...

Los datos de la Enemdu revelan que el 61,9% de estas personas está vinculada a la agricultura, ganadería y pesca en Ecuador. Su trabajo es importante porque transmite saberes ancestrales. Zoila Machuca, productora del cantón Chaguarpamba, ubicado en  Loja, se dedica al cultivo de maní, producto que lo procesa para posteriormente...

El Ministerio de la Mujer informó que realizará la entrega de fondos rotatorios a mujeres de los departamentos de Paraguarí, Misiones y Alto Paraguay. La acción se concretará en el marco de la iniciativa “Promoción de la Inserción Laboral de las Mujeres”. Cabe señalar que el programa “Promoción de la Inserción...

Communication for development, community media and information and communication technologies (ICTs) can help family farmers to acquire and exchange knowledge and information, strengthen rural institutions and give voice to their concerns, but only if they reflect and respond to the needs, objectives and conditions of farmers and their communities. Participants...

Repotage dans le village de Vousnango, à 70 km au Nord de Ouagadougou, où les femmes apprennent à fabriquer des foyers améliorés avec des matériaux locaux qui consomment 60% de bois en moins. Une révolution pour leur vie quotidienne qui ralentit la déforestation du Sahel. L’ONG Tiipaalga et le Fonds...

Boletín institucional mensual, que cuenta con una serie de artículos, tales como: Innovación para la agricultura familiar campesina Crianza del agua en los Biocorredores para el Buen Vivir Articulando acciones para fortalecer el Biocorredor Cayambe Coca AMWAE entre los ganadores del premio Latinoamérica Verde Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS)

A report of the thirty-fourth World Food Day celebration held at the FAO regional office in Bangkok in commemoration of the Organization’s founding in 1945. This year’s theme focused on family farming: Feeding the world, caring for the earth. Highlights of the day include a keynote speech on the theme...

This paper investigates linkages between women’s empowerment in agriculture and the nutritional status of women and children using 2012 baseline data from the Feed the Future population-based survey in northern Ghana. Using a new survey-based index, the women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index, we conduct individual-level analyses of nutrition-related indicators including...

Rural advisory services (RAS) can play an important role in addressing gender inequalities. However, RAS programmes have often fallen short of expectations to design and implement relevant services to help rural women and men achieve food security and generate more income. This paper is based on an examination of a...

Urban Agriculture has an incredible ability to address various burning issues in the urban community such as poverty, malnutrition, unhygienic food stuff and food insecurity which have arisen due to the continuous increase in global urban population. Women can play a key role in urban agriculture due to their role...