La segunda etapa del proceso de consulta prelegislativa sobre el proyecto de Ley de Tierras Rurales y Territorios Ancestrales se realizó en la provincia de Cotopaxi. Los asemblistas Miguel Carvajal, presidente de la Coimsión de Soberanía Alimentaria, que lleva adelante esta socialización, y otros integrantes como Ramiro Vela, Rosa Elvira...

This paper investigates the relationship between adoption of modern rice varieties and rice varietal diversity on household farms in Bangladesh. As shown in previous studies, adoption of modern varieties depends on agroecological- and input-related factors, including the availability and use of irrigation facilities, such as tubewells. Having irrigation affects the...

中国农业的未来不在于大规模机械化的农场，而是在于资本-劳动双密集化的小规模畜-禽-鱼饲养和菜-果种植家庭农场。中国的食品消费正从原来的8：1：1型，即八成粮食、一成肉食、一成蔬菜向4：3：3型转化。它促进了农业结构的相应转型。小规模家庭农场其实比大农场更适合中国的新时代农业，包括绿色农业，因为它需要的是频繁的、多种小量的手工劳动，不允许简单的规模经济效益，更多依赖的是范围经济效益。同时，它也更适合于中国高人口压力的实际。 但小农场仍然需要从生产到加工到销售的纵向一体化，虽然并不附带耕作上的横向一体化。合作组织正是在如此的背景下，为了把小农场与规模加工和销售整合起来而自发性地兴起的。但是近年来中国政府一直在积极扶持资本主义型的龙头企业，把它们认作纵向一体化的第一选择。今天，中国农业正面临一个十字路口，其将来的纵向一体化将以什么样的组织模式为主尚是个未知数。

The Montenegrin landscape is only partly used for intensive agriculture due to its natural conditions and the specific development of agriculture in the past. Intensive farming is practiced only in vicinity of the capital Podgorica and close to urban area of Niksic (second largest city in the country). In almost all...

Last year’s floods in Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina serve as an example of how natural disasters can devastate the agricultural sector and farming-based livelihoods of millions of people.   In order to learn from the past and prepare for the future, a training workshop on disaster risk reduction and management was...

El Ministerio de Agricultura y Riego (Minagri) declaró hoy que junio de cada año será el “Mes de la Agricultura”, como reconocimiento a los pequeños y medianos productores por su contribución a la seguridad alimentaria como al desarrollo sostenible del país. A través de una resolución ministerial, que lleva la firma...

La presidenta de la República de Brasil, Dilma Rousseff, anunció el lanzamiento del Plan Cosecha de Agricultura Familiar 2015-2016 que prevé la inversión de 28.900 millones de reales (9.436 millones de dólares) en ayuda a la agricultura. familiar para la próxima temporada "Con este plan garantizamos los recursos necesarios para atender...

Cafeicultura foi a principal fonte de receita da balança comercial brasileira no início do século passado, segundo dados da Organização das Nações Unidas para Agricultura e Alimentação (2013). Em meados do século 20 o Brasil era responsável por aproximadamente 50% da produção mundial de café. A produção mundial de café...

This document is a compendium of FAO Africa results in 2014. The results focus on FAO Africa Regional Initiatives which were implemented in alignment with the Organization’s Corporate Strategic Objectives and Country Programming Frameworks, namely eradicating hunger and malnutrition, promoting sustainable and productive agriculture, reducing rural poverty, enabling inclusive and...

In Albania all types of HNV farmlands are present, but there is very limited knowledge of the topic and the relevant inventories are not wholly dependable. The most common is Type 1 (semi-natural pastures and meadows). There are about 400,000 ha of natural pastures in Albania that account for 14.3%...

Con el apoyo de la FAO, el estado peruano diseñó y aprobó una Estrategia Nacional de Seguridad Alimentaria 2013-2021, elaboró un proyecto de Ley que reconoce el Derecho a la Alimentación y el deber del Estado de protegerlo, y se concretó la creación del Frente Parlamentario contra el Hambre de...

The market was established in 2013 through collaboration between the Environment and Sustainable Development Unit of the American University of Beirut and The Food Heritage Foundation; and is supported by Waterfront City Cares.On average, 15 producers and farmers from across Lebanon regularly participate in Souk aal Souk, offering to the...

Documentaries on the Best Practices in Rural Development carried out by young farmers that have been granted support under EU Rural development policies.

Cultivainnovación busca visibilizar la investigación, las ideas e innovaciones creativas que aporten al ahorro de energía, tiempo y recursos, a mejorar la producción, conservar la fertilidad de los suelos, recuperar y conservar semillas tradicionales, al manejo ecológico de plagas. Este concurso está dirigido a promover iniciativas en las regiones de la Sierra y...

El Centro de Formación para la Agricultura Familiar nace de un común acuerdo entre la Subsecretaría de Desarrollo Rural y Agricultura Familiar de la Nación (SSDRyAF), la Universidad Nacional de Santiago del Estero (UNSE),  la ONG Asociación Santiagueña de Extensionistas Rurales (ASDER) y la Federación de la Agricultura Familiar de Santiago...

More than 55 percent of adults in Europe and Central Asia are overweight or obese. Millions are anaemic, or suffer from iodine, zinc and Vitamin A deficiencies. In children, malnourishment persists at alarming rates in many countries, leading to stunted growth and other problems. An FAO paper published in advance of...

No steps for the identification and mapping of HNV farming have so far been taken in B&H. Nevertheless Type 1 HNV farmland would be expected to predominate. The county is characterised by very different soil and climate conditions, thus there are many different types of grassland. According to the literature...

Representatives from South America, Central America, and the Caribbean; from the public, private and academic sectors as well as integration organizations, will participate in the Regional Seminar on Agroecology in Latin America and the Caribbean, to be held in Brasilia, Brazil.   The seminar is based on a regional as well...

Fundación Heifer Ecuador es una Organización No Gubernamental ecuatoriana de desarrollo rural, sin fines de lucro, vinculada a Heifer International. En Ecuador, Heifer Internacional tiene una presencia desde 1954 y desde 1993 está presente como Fundación Heifer Ecuador. La organización fue reconocida legalmente en Ecuador, desde el 08 de julio de...

Family farming employs over 40% of the global working population and produces 80% of the global food supply. But what exaclty is family farming and under which conditions can family farmers meet the challenges of tomorrow? Forty young agronomists explored these questions throughout this 52 minute long documentary where they...