The FAO Regional office for the Near East (RNE) in collaboration with the Advisor and team of the Regional Initiative “Small scale agriculture for inclusive development (SSA)” organize a Regional Meeting to be held in Cairo on 14th and 15th December 2015.Building on the lessons learnt from the first two...

Este número de Mundo Rural incluye artículos sobre: ExpoMundoRural: 17 años de historia de la principal feria campesina, El Catálogo vivo de la agricultura chilena, Comentarios al libro editado por INDAP “Décimas a nuestra Tierra: ExpoMundoRural Un Canto Campesino”, La sabiduría indígena al servicio de la salud, Vino “Lomas Campesinas”: Rescatando antiguas tradiciones del Itata, en Chépica...

El cambio climático, y sus atenuantes –principalmente la posibilidad de un acuerdo global para reducir las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero (GEI)- es un tópico principal en la prensa en estos momentos, dada la realización en París de la 21ª Conferencia de las Partes (COP 21) de la Convención...

Le projet AGRIFAM-Niger concerne principalement la culture de niébé compte tenu de son importance socio-économique au Niger en général et dans la Région de Maradi en particulier. L’atelier a pour objectif de restituer aux différentes plateformes les résultats des enquêtes ménages menées sur les sites et de réaliser une session...

Building on the momentum generated by the attention devoted to smallholders in 2014, the forthcoming UNCTAD Commodities and Development Report 2015 carries the issue forward and argues that smallholders are key actors in the quest for a more inclusive and socially and environmentally sustainable agricultural development model. The report states...

La agricultura familiar, comunitaria, campesina, indígena, de pequeños productores es y ha sido objeto de análisis sociológicos y económicos, aunque lo que más se discute es su aporte a la seguridad alimentaria. La FAO (Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura, por sus siglas en inglés) destaca...

ASTANA – As Kazakhstan pushes to develop its agricultural sector with increased funding for farming even in times of belt-tightening, organic farming and permaculture experts are hoping the concepts maintain a foothold in the country. Though overlooked in recent decades, the practices are part of the country’s not-too-distant past, and today,...

Parlamentarios, sectores campesinos y agricultores resaltan la importancia de incorporar en el proyecto de Ley de Tierras Rurales y Territorios Ancestrales el reconocimiento de la agricultura familiar campesina, que permitirá dar atención prioritaria a los sectores vinculados con la soberanía alimentaria, el impulso a pequeños y medianos productores de la...

With the new international target of 2030 for eliminating human hunger on Earth, three organizations in Hungary have come together to promote effective solutions to malnutrition and food insecurity. Once again this year, the Hungarian Foodbank Associationhas partnered with the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to produce today’s food truck...

The beneficiary of this project used the financial support for purchasing mobile equipment for producing fruit juice which was going to be directly used in the orchards of producers, allowing the fruit processing without needing to transport them to processors. This way, additional expenses were avoided. The climate in the...

  Recently, we have seen unequivocal changes in policies that are transforming African agriculture to facilitate a ‘Green Revolution’. These policies articulate and promote a form of agriculture that focuses on monocropping, expensive external inputs such as agrochemicals and synthetic fertilizers, hybrid/GM seeds and large-scale land acquisition. These changes in policies...

The paper analyses the development of organic agriculture in the NorthEast Development Region of Romania, particularly during the current economic crisis. The organic agriculture sector represents a relatively new area of interest for farmers in Romania, as the first signs of organisation and utilisation of land and livestock according to...

While scholars agree on the importance of land rental markets for structural transformation in rural areas, evidence on the extent and nature of their operation, including potential obstacles to their improved functioning, remains limited. This study uses household-level data from six countries to start filling this gap and derive substantive...

Women comprise 50 percent of the agricultural labor force in Sub-Saharan Africa, but manage plots that are reportedly on average 20 to 30 percent less productive. As a source of income inequality and aggregate productivity loss, the country-specific magnitude and drivers of this gender gap are of great interest. Using...

FAO is launching a new project with a grant of 600,000 Euros from the Italian Government to respond to the food and nutrition needs of rural families in Kassala and Red Sea States . The project will include a comprehensive package of activities to facilitate the adoption of sustainable climate-smart technologies and...

Most of the island of Sao Tomé is without any electricity. People battle to build and grow their businesses when they are literally kept in the dark. Now solar energy is promising them a brighter future.

Los censos agropecuarios son una fuente de información para el análisis de procesos de cambio que nos permitan pensar alternativas de desarrollo para la sociedad rural. Con este convencimiento, el Seminario Permanente de Investigación Agraria (SEPIA) y el Grupo de Análisis para el Desarrollo (grade), con el financiamiento del Fondo...

The meaning and politics of agroecology from social movement perspectives is being explored in this article based on research. movement is growing. While agroecology has been practiced for millennia in diverse places around the world, today we are witnessing the mobilisation of transnational social movements to build, defend and strengthen...

Los Centros Demostrativos de Capacitación se constituyen en espacios de formación participativa, que se basan metodológicamente en la construcción colectiva del conocimiento a partir de la implementación de sistemas agroalimentarios integrados (hortalizas, aromáticas, cultivos de pancoger, frutales, especies menores y elaboración de biopreparados) en un área determinada, donde se realizan...

Bacău Vegetable Growing Research and Development Unit was established in 1974 in the context of carrying out the programme of self-supply and development of a modern and efficient vegetable growing in the area of Moldavia, where production and research traditions related to the vegetable crop were relatively reduced. The Vegetable...