The Seminar is part of the ENRD work on ‘Smart and Competitive Rural Areas’ where the main objective is to ‘To maximise the impact that RDPs have on supporting farms and rural firms in accessing emerging markets’. The main focus for the activity has been on cooperation and investments which increase...

This short film is showing a bit from the daily life on a summer mountain goat farm I Western Norway. It shows a modern and mechanized summer mountain farm with mechanized milking. The milk is preceded and on the farm. The chesse is sold from the farm and delivered to...

How 25 women farmers are working to reduce pesticides use and shift to agroecology

El documento tiene como objetivo informar sobre el proceso de cambio estructural en el medio rural en países de América Latina y el Caribe durante la primera década del presente siglo. El documento revisa algunos de los principales cambios estructurales que se han dado en el mundo rural durante las...

V consulta sobre soberanía alimentaria realizada en Panamá los días 19 y 20 de febrero 2016. Organizada por la Alianza por la soberanía Alimentaria para América Latina y El Caribe.

This educational video presents Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS) through practical examples and theory. It is illustrated by 4 PGS initiatives: “Nature et Progres” in France, “Rede Ecovida de Agroecologia” in Brazil, “Bryanston Organic and Natural Market” in South Africa and “Sabeto Organic Producers Association” in Fiji. The video is structured...

These is a web site of the Advisory service, national institution for the education and advising in agriculture, forestry and rural development of Croatia. On this part of the web site, titled "Steps To ..." you can find simple explanations on how to start with some new production or a...

150 participants and volunteers from 25 countries gathered from Sept 16th -18th in Provoz Hlubina (Ostrava, CZ) for the 3rd European meeting on CSA. Participants unanimously adopted the European Declaration on Community Supported Agriculture which they will all take home to their respective countries.

This month's newsletter focuses on Operational Groups (OGs). Hear about some first experiences from people involved in OGs and discover a range of tools and information which are available for you to use on the EIP-AGRI website.

Public funding of agricultural science brings strong social benefits, experts said at last week’s international conference on the impact of research on agriculture in Europe. Participants in the conference, held at FAO headquarters in Rome, called for increased public spending to enable agriculture to respond to today’s challenges.

Increasing plant populations by reducing the planting distance is a key step to achieving a uniform crop stand and a high yield. On the other hand, when plants are too close to each other this can hamper good crop development. The plants will be thin and will be susceptible to...

New information materials (a video and five factsheets) are providing important insight into the Forest and Farm Facility’s (FFF) work at country, regional and global level. The FFF, a partnership comprising FAO, IIED and IUCN hosted by FAO, has developed a model delivery mechanism for multi-stakeholder actors to improve the...

Populations in Africa are increasingly exposed to the negative impact of natural and human-induced disasters such as drought, floods, disease epidemics and conflicts which threaten the agriculture production systems and livelihoods of vulnerable communities. The initiative on “Building Resilience in Africa’s Drylands” was developed to enhance the capacity of these...

In an already precarious context characterized by structural vulnerabilities, the socio-political crisis that started in April 2015 has increasingly affected the population in the country with 1.1 million Burundians in need of immediate humanitarian assistance. Access to basic services was restricted and communities were forced to adopt negative coping mechanisms,...

This website is devoted to the promotion of the Rural Development Programme of the Republic Croatia, financed by the European Union.

Being ‘smart and competitive’ is about developing the strategies and tools for different types of rural areas to be economically competitive, while at the same time preserving their natural resources and social cohesion. This is not only important for rural areas themselves, but also for maximising the contribution that rural...

Por Resolución del Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería (MAG), del mes de junio del año 2016, se crea el Sello de la Agricultura Familiar y se establecen las bases para su utilización.

Considerando las políticas sociales y las intervenciones de desarrollo como procesos continuos, negociados y socialmente construidos que incluyen iniciativas tanto "desde abajo" como "desde arriba", proponemos un enfoque “constructivista”, basado en la orientación de los actores, estudiando las interfases entre las agencias oficiales y los usuarios potenciales o reales de...

Agropolis International associe des institutions de recherche et d’enseignement supérieur de Montpellier et de la région, en partenariat avec les collectivités territoriales, des acteurs du développement économique et de la société civile, et en liaison avec des institutions internationales. Agropolis International est un campus dédié aux sciences « vertes »....

All over Europe, people are coming together to take control of our food systems, from production to distribution to consumption. We are building systems centered on our local communities. We are joining forces to achieve food sovereignty, by claiming our right to define our own food and agricultural systems. The time is ripe to address...