In 2007, African Heads of State and Government endorsed the Great Green Wall for the Sahara and the Sahel Initiative with the objective of tackling the detrimental social, economic and environmental impacts of land degradation and desertification in the region. The initiative aims to support the efforts of local communities in the...

Climate change is already happening, and its effects, especially on rural communities in India, are particularly adverse. There is a need to highlight key issues and understand the practical challenges that must be addressed, if India is to build the capacities of its rural communities to robustly adapt to climate...

La agroecología en la región viene siendo construida en la práctica desde hace décadas por los movimientos sociales de agricultores y agricultoras, campesinos/as, comunidades tradicionales, pueblos indígenas y originarios, pescadores y pescadoras artesanales, pastoras y pastores, colectores e colectoras. Tiene una fuerte base científica y recibe cada vez más apoyo...

La escasez de agua, sumada a otros factores hacen que sea muy difícil practicar agricultura eficiente en esta región colombiana. Un novedoso enfoque de agricultura orgánica puede ser la respuesta para mejorar los medios de vida de las comunidades locales La explotación indiscriminada de los recursos naturales (pastoreo intensivo, tala de...

Terra Madre Giovani - We Feed the Planet will be held in Milan from October 3 to 6, 2015. The event will give a starring role to the young people working in food production, with thousands of farmers, food artisans, fishers, nomads, Indigenous Peoples, cooks, students and activists from all...

Formal organic agriculture (OA) in Kenya dates back to the early 1980s when the first pioneer organic training institutions were established. Major pioneers being driven by the belief that OA system is the best in solving the rural and smallholder problems of food insecurity & soil degradation. The organic sub-sector...

Eight years ago, at the age of 17, Alexandru Tăședan started on the difficult road of performance in the field of animal husbandry. Today, he manages one of the model farms of Arad County, where he owns approximately 150 heads of cattle from Holstein Friesian, Romanian Spotted and Brown breeds....

La Confederación Nacional de Agrupaciones de Comerciantes de Centros de Abasto (CONACCA) y el instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA)  firmaron  un convenio de cooperación para facilitar la comercialización en los centros de abasto de México. El presidente del Comité Ejecutivo de la CONACCA, Arturo Salvador Fernández, la Representante...

This brochure presents eight case studies showcasing the role of European farming families as resilient, rural entrepreneurs in the context of the UN International year of Family Farming (IYFF) (2014). It is clear within the IYFF that family farming as a global political objective refers to a sub-set of family-owned...

This course will help you gain a clear understanding of why it is important to take into account gender and social issues when dealing with land tenure, and what actions must be adopted so that women and men from different social groups can equally participate in and benefit from land...

Various studies have shown fluctuations in the yields of organic farms. Yields vary a lot more than in conventional farming depending on regions, systems, management practices, particular crop types and growing conditions.

La “Cooperativa de Produtores de Café Especial de Boa Esperança” es una cooperativa de pequeños productores de comercio justo de Brasil. Su Gerente, André Luiz Reis, además, es el actual presidente de BRFAIR, “Associação das Organizações de Produtores Fairtrade do Brasil”, la coordinadora de pequeños productores de comercio justo socia...

La Ruche Qui Dit Oui was set up in 2010 in France to provide a web platform for farmers, producers and consumers who want to buy and sell agricultural produce. La Ruche Qui Dit Oui means “The beehive that says yes” which is what the system (or beehive) aims to...

After last spring’s record rainfall in Southeast Europe, Serbia watched historic floods submerge towns and overrun the countryside. Rural villages and farms took the brunt of the impact, as high water and landslides drowned livestock, destroyed crop seed and animal feed supplies, and washed away newly sown fields along with...

Is quality one aspect of sustainability or is quality an all-encompassing term? This dossier provides a contemporary, holistic concept for the assessment of food quality and highlights the differences between organic and conventional food based on selected aspects of sustainability and various examples. The expectations regarding organic food are high: organic...

The International Year of Family Farming, launched under the auspices of the United Nations in 2014, has underscored the important role played by small agricultural holdings in « feeding the World and Europe ». 2014 was also the year when the new CAP  was implemented, coinciding with a newly elected...

Connu sous le nom de Mata Masu Dubara au Niger, le modèle AVEC (association villageoise d’épargne et de crédit) a été repris et développé au Bénin. Les associations villageoises ont pour mission de servir les plus pauvres dont les femmes rurales, ceux dont les revenus sont irréguliers et moins fiables...

La capital paraguaya vuelve la vista hacia el campo con un proyecto de huertas urbanas en terrenos vacíos de la ciudad, una iniciativa que, según sus organizadores, quiere valorar el trabajo agrícola y recuperar los espacios públicos. La llamada "huerta piloto" de este plan, ubicada en Lambaré, en el Gran Asunción,...

One of the impacts of climate change is an increase in the incidence, severity and unpredictability of natural disasters. This e-learning course explains how livelihoods and tenure rights are affected by natural disasters, and illustrates how responsible governance of tenure of land, fisheries and forests can support a disaster management...

This gender policy builds on WFP’s many successes in the field, where its gender transformative approach to food assistance programmes and policies helps bridge the gender gap in food security and nutrition. As the product of broad consultations with WFP stakeholders, the policy reflects the collective voice of WFP.