This short video is part of a series of interviews. In each interview selected participants of the Land and Water Days share their experience in land and water projects highligting achievements, success but also what could have worked better to the benefit of people carrying similar projects. In this video: Fawzy...

A couple who are first generation farmers knew that strawberries would be a difficult crop, but were undeterred when told it was impossible to grow them in Ballito which is just north of Durban. The couple has proved experts wrong by successfully growing the crop on their 17 hectare farm...

Sin Fronteras es una serie documental que consta de diez capítulos que relatan las historias de productores rurales de Argentina, Brasil, Paraguay y Uruguay. A través de distintas experiencias e historias de vida de diferentes emprendedores, estos documentales proponen acercar el mundo rural al público en general. A lo largo de este capítulo se verán...

Bajo la campaña de la AIAF 2014, se conformaron alrededor de 60 comités nacionales en los 5 continentes. Estos Comités Nacionales se consolidan como un espacio de encuentro conformado por diferentes organizaciones de la Sociedad Civil (organizaciones agrarias campesinas, indígenas, afrodescendientes, de la pesca artesanal, universidades, ONGs, organizaciones basadas en...

November 2015: The AgriCultures Network presents ten inspiring agroecological initiatives throughout Asia and the Pacific. Some have long existed, other have just started. They connect the rural and urban worlds, improve soils, and nourish farmers and citizens with healthy food. They ensure that production can be maintained for the generations...

El Instituto para el Desarrollo Rural de Sudamérica (IPDRS) es una iniciativa de la sociedad civil que nació en el año 2009 para promover enlaces, sinergias y acciones de desarrollo rural de base campesina indígena en la región sudamericana. El IPDRS ejecuta proyectos, realiza consultorías y evaluaciones y gestiona servicios de...

A gathering of 240 people representing rural communities from 40 European countries, meeting at the second European Rural Parliament yesterday, approved an ambitious European Rural Manifesto. It called for full recognition of the right of rural communities to a quality of life and standard of living equal to that of...

In line with the EU2020 strategy for a smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, the overall Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) objectives offer a holistic and integrated approach to policy support during the 2014-2020 programming period. In addition, a common and coherent overall EU policy framework is established for all European Structural and...

Depuis les années 1970, la plaine de Kairouan a connu un important développement de l’agriculture irriguée par les eaux souterraines et donc une augmentation de la pression foncière. Dans ce contexte, les terres de bas-fonds, longtemps marginalisées, ont été progressivement mises en valeur, et de façon différente des autres terres...

The United Nations General Assembly declared 2014 as the International Year of Family Farming, recognizing contributions of family farming to food security, poverty reduction and sustainable development. And in 2015, the international community agreed on a set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In line with this international development agenda, UNCTAD’s...

Sin Fronteras es una serie documental que consta de diez capítulos que relatan las historias de productores rurales de Argentina, Brasil, Paraguay y Uruguay. A través de distintas experiencias e historias de vida de diferentes emprendedores, estos documentales proponen acercar el mundo rural al público en general. Este capítulo consta de entrevistas a productores agropecuarios...

El reconocimiento, fomento y apoyo mundial para la Agricultura Familiar han sido promovidas desde el Foro Rural Mundial hace más de 8 años a través de diferentes estrategias, una de ellas la declaración de un Año Internacional de la Agricultura Familiar. En diciembre del año 2011, la Asamblea General de...

The project is a response to land degradation in the Savannah region and its impact on agricultural production. The area suffers from overexploitation of natural resources, particularly forest products, linked to human activities. The result of these activities is the destruction of vegetation, leaving the soil bare and highly eroded....

Discarding was considered by the European Commission a serious problem in European fisheries and one which must be addressed as a high priority. The aim of the present study is to provide a comprehensive analysis of the discard problem on small-scale fisheries in Europe in order to put forward recommendations...

Considering the importance of the sector of agriculture in arid lands and its impact on the socio-economic development of the country, this event is inscribed within the scientific meetings that treat the various issues of agricultural development, it has the following objectives : (a) Collection and sharing of the recent researches results...

The analysis of survey responses shows that young farmers have different expectations and needs, depending on the region in which they live, the agricultural sector in which they work (intensive, extensive), their level of education, their relation to the farm (owner of the farm or not) etc. This study revealed...

El 15 de octubre de 2015, en la Ciudad de Guayaquil, se desarrolló el “Encuentro Nacional de Mujeres Rurales por el Derecho a la Alimentación”, evento que contó con la participación de representantes de organizaciones campesinas de la Costa, Sierra y Amazonía. Este evento organizado por FIAN Ecuador, contó además...

It is interesting to see how the preference of the EU for a safety net targeting income more than prices has impacted upon EU’s agriculture by focusing on three sectors that were reformed over different periods, but concern production in all Member States.

Like in many other parts of the world, the Netherlands is a country with two realities. On the one hand, for decades policies have been pushing for further industrialisation of agriculture and food. Many farmers find themselves squeezed between the demands of suppliers and supermarkets, and a large number of...

La coordinadora del Grupo de Enlace para la Promoción del Amaranto en México, Hirán Morán Bañuelos, indicó que en este evento se abordarán los retos y oportunidades para  los productores de este cultivo originario de México, así como los nichos de mercado y las innovaciones en el sector.