Este número de Mundo Rural incluye artículos sobre: INDAP y la Nueva Plataforma de Servicios Desde Atacama a Chiloé: la embajada campesina en la Expo Milán 2015 En medio de los riesgos, una cultura del aseguramiento Desarrollo colaborativo, plural y organizado: todos remando para el mismo lado Almacenar el agua para no perderla en el...

Global population is expected to rise from 7.3 billion today to 9.7 billion in 2050, according to UN projections, meaning food production will have to double to meet nutritional needs. In an effort to rise to this challenge, the new CAP for the period 2014-2020 is focused on innovation as...

FAO is working with the Government of Lesotho, non-governmental organizations and other United Nations agencies on a resilience strategy to help adapt the country's farming system to changing climate conditions such as erratic rain patterns and higher temperatures. The initiative includes promoting homestead gardening and adopting innovative techniques such as...

Local development in EU coastal and fisheries areas is entering a new and exciting period. The implementation of the reformed Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) present new challenges and new opportunities for coastal and fisheries communities. Greater coordination between the European Structural and...

Bouwas Mawara and his wife Nyengeterai, small scale farmers in the semi-arid Zvishavane district of Zimbabwe, are renowned for their innovation in water harvesting for crop and animal production, and for setting up local structures and systems to spread innovations amongst fellow farmers. Today at least 160 farming families in...

Today’s farms and ranches produce abundant food, fiber, and fuel, yet many also contribute to air and water pollution, climate change, biodiversity loss, public health problems, and other societal challenges. Agroecology promises solutions, but this science of managing lands to boost the health of farms, ranches, and surrounding environments is...

Established in 2001, FAO’s Integrated Production and Pest Management (IPPM) programme is a multi-donor initiative that aims to improve farming skills, and raise smallholder farmers’ awareness of alternatives to toxic chemicals using the farmer field school (FFS) approach. Initially focusing on West Africa, the programme has implemented activities in nine...

The new CAP includes a “crisis reserve”, which can be drawn on in case of need. Worth roughly a noncumulative €400 million a year, the reserve is financed by the cut of Direct Payments exceeding the €2,000 per year threshold. For this very reason though, the institutions are unwilling to...

El compromiso establecido entre la FAO y la Agencia Brasileña de Cooperación (ABC/MRE) para desarrollar de forma sostenible económica, social y ambientalmente el sector algodonero de los países asociados está siendo impulsado a través del Proyecto Regional “Fortalecimiento del Sector algodonero pro medio de la Cooperación Sur-Sur”, que articula conocimientos...

The current food system is responsible for at least a third of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. In fact, when it comes to GHG emissions, the agricultural sector is second only to the energy sector. This video talks about the causes of this and how shifting to Organic Agriculture can...

Dans le cadre du renforcement de la résilience des populations victimes de la crise Centrafricaine, un certain nombre de projets avaient été mis en œuvre par la FAO à travers les partenaires techniques dans le Sud du Tchad précisément dans les régions du Moyen Chari et du Mandoul. Le Tchad fait...

Las acelgas son un cultivo muy productivo que puede cultivarse durante todo el año, ya que son resistentes a un gran rango de temperaturas. Entre sus múltiples propiedades, las acelgas son una excelente fuente de minerales y vitaminas A, C y K, por lo que es un cultivo muy valioso...

Les travaux sur l’Agriculture familiale sont nombreux. Un certain nombre d’entre eux se sont intéressés aux pays méditerranéens. Dès 1984 en effet le Réseau Agricultures Familiales Comparées (Rafac) était créé à Montpellier, à l’Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen, du Centre International des Hautes Etudes Méditerranéennes1.Les publications du Rafac sur l’agriculture familiale furent...

Business experience, personal interest in developing sustainable agriculture and the non-reimbursable support obtained through Measure 123 helped one of the most renowned experts in the wine-growing field in Hungary establish an ecological wine-growing unit south of the Danube. The techniques used in the farm respect the true character of grapes...

In North Africa, causes of soil degradation are divided between overgrazing (68 percent), over-cultivation (21 percent), deforestation (10.5 percent) and overexploitation of natural vegetation for about 0.5 percent (Thomas and Middelton, 1994). In the newly created country of the region, South Sudan, there are very limited studies on land degradation....

At the Centre for Environment Concerns, an NGO based in Hyderabad, India, the challenge was clear: develop an inclusive irrigation technology suitable for low rainfall areas. Alongside farmers and female farm labourers, they developed a system that provides assured moisture directly to the plant root zone. Initial trials show two...

Este documento presenta los resultados de un estudio, realizado en la segunda mitad del año 2014, que procuró caracterizar –en términos objetivos y subjetivos– la situación socio-demográfica, el acceso al mercado de trabajo, a la educación y a las nuevas Tecnologías de la Información y la Comunicación (TIC) de las...

El presente estudio fue realizado en la subcuenca de Santa Teresa, provincia de La Convención en Cusco (Perú), con el objetivo de caracterizar los sistemas de cultivo con yuca y evaluar la sustentabilidad de los mismos. El estudio consistió en la construcción contextualizada de indicadores de sustentabilidad, la aplicación de...

Established in the year 2011 by five founding members, the Agro Castranova Agricultural Cooperative has had a laudable development. In just four years, it has expanded to four counties (Dolj, Argeș, Gorj and Olt) and has managed to gather 3,000 members, both natural and legal persons. 900 of them are...

Kazakhstan has a new law on organic agriculture, in line with the country’s recently acquired membership in the World Trade Organization. The law, signed by Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev in late November, outlines the institutional and regulatory framework for organic food production. Organic production is a development priority for Kazakhstan –...