A World Bank-funded loan project has been developed in the Indian state of Jharkhand to enhance and diversify household incomes for targeted beneficiaries through fish culture

Ensuring food security is one of the main challenges of the 21st century in developing countries. The aim of this study is to analyze how public policies contribute to the strengthening of family farming in order to increase the food security. The study encompasses a literature review of the relations...

Because every facet of agricultural activity depends on the weather, unpredictable weather patterns caused by climate change and other meteorological phenomena have increased the need for precise weather data. With careful planning and research, agrometeorology can help farmers overcome chaotic weather and meet the world’s demand for food and other agricultural...

Si todavía te refieres a "bichos" cuando hablas de insectos, necesitas ver este capítulo del Youtuber de agro.

La mayoría de las estadísticas sobre población rural e indicadores socioeconómicos se basan en las definiciones censales de cada país. En la región, se usan siete tipos de definiciones censales; son dicotómicas y con umbrales distintos. Con una creciente proporción de residentes rurales ocupados en actividades no agrícolas y aumentos en...

Reducing the risk of incursions and improving preparation for the rapid detection and control of African swine fever in the Balkan countries is the main topic of the four-day FAO workshop finishing today in Belgrade. African swine fever is a viral hemorrhagic disease that kills up to 100 percent of infected animals,...

O Colégio F3 da Universidade de Lisboa vai realizar um curso de formação teórico-prática para debater as questões do planeamento alimentar urbano com uma perspetiva de “bacia alimentar” nos dias 3 e 4 de maio no Instituto para a Investigação Interdisciplinar da Universidade de Lisboa. A frequência do curso é gratuita,...

April 17th, marks the International Day of Peasant’s Struggle. Organised by La Via Campesina, it is an annual event to remember the 1996 deaths of 19 members of the Landless Workers Movement (MST) struggling for agrarian reform in Eldorado dos Carajás, Brazil. This was part of a brutal crackdown by the Brazilian...

Stronger, more efficient promotion of agrifood products and new methodologies and indicators in agriculture and rural statistics are among the positive changes expected during the implementation of two new FAO projects in Republic of Moldova. The project agreements were signed in Chisinau today by Raimund Jehle, the FAO Representative in Republic...

The UN Biodiversity Conference in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, showed that sustainable development of fishing communities and participatory conservation of marine biodiversity are compatible 

Desde mediados del siglo XX la expansión del capitalismo, la globalización y las políticas de liberalización de la economía transformaron la sociedad rural en América Latina. Hacia finales del siglo, las políticas de ajuste estructural modificaron fuertemente la estructura social y productiva del sector agrícola. Los procesos de concentración de...

Mihai is an organic beekeeper with about 190 bee families.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) continues to protect the lives and livelihoods of conflict-affected people. Households from 52 settlements along the “contact line” will be provided with day-old chickens and animal feed. The help, valued at USD 1 million, comes as part of United Nations...

En el año 2014 los niveles de CO2 atmosférico alcanzaron 400 ppm y se espera que esta cifra se convierta en el promedio anual en los próximos dos años, lo cual traerá una serie de consecuencias sobre los cultivos. A pesar de ello, no hay información suficiente en el país...

Weather variability is an important source of production risk for rainfed agriculture in developing countries. This paper evaluates the impacts of the adoption of drought-tolerant maize varieties on average maize yield, yield stability, risk exposure and resource use in rainfed smallholder maize farming. The study uses cross-sectional farm household-level data, collected from...

Ieva Stragytė is an organic farmer from Lithuania

Introducción: La bioprospección de metabolitos de interés antropogénico emplea métodos de recolección de microorganismos en ecosistemas extremófilos o endémicos. La microbiota aislada en estos lugares puede o no incluir microorganismos patógenos. Es imprescindible un enfoque interdisciplinario que permita abordar la búsqueda de las especies de interés mientras se preserva la...

With more than 40 percent of the workforce working in agriculture and almost half of the population living in rural areas, Albania’s agriculture is the backbone of the country’s economic development. The sector will play a key role in the integration of Albania into the European Union and in achieving...

The Roundup includes recent publications, films added to our Documentation centre, meetings coming up, websites  which are important to small-scale fisheries, flashback of editorial from old issues of samudra report related to the theme  and Endquote from the world of literature related to fisheries. 

O Decreto -Lei n.º 64/2018, de 7 de agosto, consagrou o Estatuto da Agricultura Familiar, distinguindo as especificidades desta nas suas diversas dimensões, reconhecendo e valorizando a adoção de medidas de apoio específicas, a aplicar preferencialmente ao nível local para atender à diversidade de estruturas e de realidades agrárias, bem...