Video of an Integrated Diversified Organic Farming System (IDOFS). MariaS Farm is a learning center for diversified and organic farming systems.

É papel do Estado propor e executar medidas para gerir os recursos naturais, bens comuns e fundamentais para a qualidade de vida. A Constituição Federal de 1988 estabelece que “todos têm direito ao meio ambiente ecologicamente equilibrado, bem de uso comum do povo e essencial à sadia qualidade de vida, impondo-se...

Video realizado por la Fundación para el Desarrollo en Justicia y Paz (FUNDAPAZ). Busca presentar las claves de la agricultura familiar en las provincias Salta, Santa Fé y Santiago del Estero.

Ireland is a single payment region on paper. However, the convergence process will not be completed by 2019 (the Department commitment is that no-one will have a payment rate below 60% of the 2019 national average by that time) and payment rates over the national average will only be reduced...

La question des jeunes ruraux est peu étudiée et souvent peu prise en compte dans les politiques publiques en Méditerranée, malgré le rôle actif de cette catégorie sociale au sein des exploitations agricoles et des territoires ruraux. Nous interrogeons ce paradoxe dans le numéro thématique des Cahiers Agricultures consacré aux jeunes ruraux...

Lima, 04 de noviembre de 2015. Hoy se publicó en el Diario Oficial El Peruano la Ley de Promoción y Desarrollo de la Agricultura Familiar, que tiene por objeto establecer las responsabilidades del Estado en la promoción y desarrollo de la agricultura familiar, a partir del reconocimiento de la agricultura...

We explore the determinants of wheat output per hectare in the 2011-2013 Meher crop seasons in Ethiopia’s four major growing regions by using a panel data approach and combining national agricultural field surveys with relevant publically available GIS and remote sensing products. Despite the extremely heterogeneous agro-climatic conditions and fragmented...

Through this transnational cooperation project, the young people of the territories of six LAG in Italy, Finland and France found local traditions and legends, bringing added value and innovation of rural and cultural identity by writing stories and editing video montages (storytelling). Recognizing the importance of the countryside, the youths...

A educação ambiental desenvolvida pelo Programa de Educação Ambiental e Agricultura Familiar (PEAAF) tem como principal referência a Lei nº 9.795/99 que instituiu a Política Nacional de Educação Ambiental (PNEA).   A PNEA reforça a necessidade de capacitação dos trabalhadores para atividades de gestão ambiental, visando à melhoria e ao controle...

En 2011, un programme de coopération technique intitulé « Appui à la viabilisation des Villages Ruraux Intégrés dans le cadre du rapatriement et de la réinsertion du Burundi- composante sécurité alimentaire agricole » a été mis en œuvre par l’Organisation des Nations Unies pour l’Alimentation et l’Agriculture(FAO) avec l’appui financier...

Nitlapan es un vocablo de la lengua indígena nahuatl que significa “tiempo de sembrar”. Los fundadores y fundadoras de Nitlapan quisieron evocar que la misión del instituto es semejante a la del campesino que sale al campo a sembrar su semilla, con la esperanza de que esta última dará fruto en...

CONVEAGRO, es un Foro de diálogo y análisis en el que comparten expectativas y metas comunes, gremios agrarios, organizaciones de la sociedad civil, de académicos e interesados en el tema agrario. Es el principal referente nacional de los productores agrarios y es, en el mundo, un caso sui generis de...

4 September 2015, Yaoundé - Cameroon and FAO today signed two agreements: one creating a $20 million, five-year Partnership Programme aimed at promoting agricultural development in the Central African nation, the other establishing an expanded Partnership and Liaison office here in the capital.

El pasado viernes 9 de octubre se llevó a cabo el Conversatorio “Modelos de Desarrollo y Cambio Climático: percepciones desde los Productores del Altiplano, Amazonía y Valles”, evento  organizado por el Centro de Investigación y Promoción del Campesinado (CIPCA) y el Centro de Estudios Superiores Universitarios (CESU) con el objetivo...

TECA is a platform where you can find practical information – agricultural technologies and practices – to help small producers in the field. In addition, you can interact with people with similar interests and discuss sustainable solutions for your work in our online forums – or Exchange Groups.

This paper aims to shed light on the ideas and interests supporting the institutionalization of family agriculture in Argentina. It became a socio-political and productive category in support of a renewed national strategy of Argentina. We analyze the processes of that legitimation in the political, social and economic domains and...

Equitable Inventory Credit in Niger and Burkina Faso explains, step by step, what equitable inventory credit - or warrantage - is and how to adopt the good practices exemplified by the use of this rural finance method in Niger and Burkina Faso. The video summarizes the innovations and practices related...

As the European Capital of Culture 2018, Leeuwarden-Fryslân is developing a Celebrating Diversity programme to reverse the trend of decreasing bird, bee and fish populations. We envisage inter-community links to exchange experiences on new governance arrangements for rural areas and to create a legacy.

Dans le Sahel, les politiques de protection sociale en lien avec la sécurité alimentaire ont un rôle fondamental quant au bien-être de la population. Étudier ces politiques ainsi que leurs mesures profite aux organisations qui œuvrent pour la sécurité alimentaire de la région et peut contribuer à la conception de...

Many farmers, especially in Indonesia, defend genetic resources by breeding and cultivating local seeds as a step toward farmers’ sovereignty on seeds. This is contrary to Indonesian government’s position. From the very beginning, the government have established many instruments that regulate plants breeding, including Law no. 12 Year 1992 on...