This issue of Farming Matters explores innovative ways to demonstrate that agroecology provides critical solutions to the challenges of our time. Agroecology is gaining recognition for its potential to address climate change, biodiversity loss and malnutrition, and many successful examples exist. However, to garner the necessary support in policy and practice,...

This paper challenges current thinking on the connection between rural transformation and food security & nutrition. It advocates that improving rural and structural transformation has a positive cyclical effect upon communities by improving food availability, access, supplies and utilization which in turn improves the health and education of communities. Using...

La recuperación de cultivos nativos para elaboración de artesanías es uno de los ejes de trabajo de Mesoamérica Sin Hambre – capítulo Guatemala.En este video se puede observar el apoyo del programa, así como el proceso de manufactura realizado con fibras de maguey por mujeres del área chortí, en Corredor...

What sort of climate information do farmers need? And how can we provide them with forecasts that will be truly useful? This is a complex question, involving a range of fields and requiring various types of data in order to make forecasts on the time and spatial scales on which...

Curso en línea disponible desde 30-06-2017 hasta el 31-122017. La Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y Agricultura (FAO) y el gobierno de Brasil, a través de la Agencia Brasileña de Cooperación (ABC/MRE) en el ámbito del Programa de Cooperación Internacional Brasil- FAO, lanzan el primer curso de autoaprendizaje...

Madagascar occupe actuellement le 5ème rang mondial des pays les plus exposés aux risques dus au changement climatique et le 1er pays exposé en Afrique. Durant 30 ans depuis 1980, des aléas naturels notamment des sécheresses, tremblements de terre, épidémies, inondations, cyclones et températures extrêmes, ont causé des dommages économiques...

El Departamento de Agricultura, Ganadería, Pesca y Alimentación (DARP) de la Generalidad de Cataluña efectuó el pasado 5 de agosto, los pagos correspondientes a la campaña 2015 de la ayuda a la ganadería ecológica para un total de 455 expedientes y un importe de € 2.974.529,48. Se atender todas las solicitudes de...

The original concept of Monitor Farms is that they are farmer-led initiatives to improve the performance and profitability of a farm, typical of the local area, over three year period. To date the model has been used at over 40 Monitor Farms across Scotland. The agritourism Monitor Farms are run...

The report, launched at a press conference at the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Water Administration, gives a comprehensive overview of the difficulties faced by rural women in Albania. The analysis is supported by data, and followed up by a set of recommended actions for improving the situation. For...

Forestry is one of the most dangerous of all occupations; it is sometimes called a “3D” job – dirty, difficult and dangerous. Occupational health and safety in forestry can be greatly improved, however, through adequate worker training and supervision and the use of safety equipment, among other things. This article...

Video institucional, describe a la red y su funcionamiento en Uruguay. 

Encontro Sul-americano de Jovens Rurais: Caminhos para o Desenvolvimento, realizado pela Reunião Especializada para a Agricultura Familiar do Mercosul (Reaf) no início de novembro de 2016, com apoio do Instituto de Desenvolvimento Agropecuário (INDAP-Chile), Organização das Nações Unidas para Agricultura e Alimentação (FAO) e Instituto Interamericano de Cooperação para a...

Este estudo tem como objetivo caracterizar e analisar como a sustentabilidade em pequenas propriedades rurais é evidenciada em teses, dissertações e periódicos nacionais em língua portuguesa, no período de 2005 a 2015. A metodologia é bibliográfica, e a coleta de dados foi organizada em duas etapas: (1) pesquisas no banco...

Конгресс пройдет с 9-11 ноября 2016 в Нью-Дели, Индия. Крупнейший  в мире съезд по органике проходит каждые три года и собирает большую аудиторию участников, занимающихся развитием органического земледелия. Работа 19го Конгресса будет проходить в четырех тематических секциях: Основная, Фермерская, Наука и Маркетинг.

The farmer field school (FFS) approach was developed by FAO and partners nearly 25 years ago in Southeast Asia as an alternative to the prevailing top-down extension method of the Green Revolution, which failed to work in situations where more complex and counter-intuitive problems existed, such as pesticide-induced pest outbreaks. ...

In Italy, an innovative partnership between organic farmers, local governments, catering and hospitality industries have led to the creation of Bio-districts – territorial networks that promote short supply chains, preserve local traditions and resources, and support rural development. We talked to Salvatore Baslie, one of the initiators of the Bio-district...

El concepto de desarrollo sustentable ha ganado espacio en la consideración de la comunidad en general y en los sectores productivos en particular. Este concepto se encuentra vinculado tanto a los procesos de producción en sí mismos, como a sus consecuencias ambientales y sociales. A pesar de que el monocultivo...

Eco Ruralis association, together with national and international partners, organized the event “The Right to Food Sovereignty – Public Peasants Consultation”, on 24th of April, in Bucharest, Romania. Through this event, a national process was launched, with the purpose of creating a national peasant strategy for the future of agriculture...

2015 COMPETITION FOR SUCCESSFUL CASES. FONTAGRO, organized a competition aimed at identifying successful cases of family agriculture adaptation to climate change and disseminating lessons learned, in partnership with the “Mechanisms and Networks for Technology Transfer Related to Climate Change in Latin America and the Caribbean” project, funded by the Global...

L’intensification de la culture du maïs, majoritairement destinée à l’autoconsommation rurale et à l’approvisionnement des villes, est une opportunité pour améliorer la sécurité alimentaire des régions septentrionales du Cameroun et limiter la pression foncière. Pour étudier sa faisabilité, trois niveaux d’intensification ont été testés en 2013 dans 32 champs de maïs...