The current food system is exploiting the ignorance of consumers, while maintaining an old-fashioned image of the farmer. But this is changing, says young columnist Pavlos Georgiadis, as he explains how alternative systems for producing, distributing and appreciating food are advancing.

Efforts were undertaken through the auspices of a collaborative project “Strengthening Universities Capacities for Mitigating Climate Induced Change Water Vulnerability – WATERCAP” to address a key challenge of water scarcity in dryland areas of Uganda. A multisciplinary team engaged since 2009 has through implementation of this project observed the constraints...

Our global food system is at a crossroads. Agriculture must meet the challenges of hunger and malnutrition – against a backdrop of population growth, increased pressure on natural resources including soils and water, the loss of biodiversity, and the uncertainties associated with climate change. while past efforts focused on boosting agricultural output to produce...

In the Deccan region of India, over 60,000 women peasants are feeding their families, their culture and their pride with biodiverse farming practices. Their knowledge and successes have reached across national and institutional borders, and they have received recognition from around the world.

Este libro busca mostrar ocho casos de estas importantes experiencias, llenas de aprendizajes, de dificultades y conquistas, de errores y aciertos, de esperanzas, que en su conjunto alumbran un camino alternativo, incluyente y sustentable, un tape po’í que al ser transitado colectivamente, puede ensancharse y proyectar un modelo de sociedad...

 The International Year of Family Farming (IYFF)was launched as part of a global campaign to reinforce awareness and support for small scale and family farmers around the world. The move to focus on family farmers for the international year was driven by strong advocacy from civil society, mainly the World...

La Conferencia sobre la mujer rural en América Latina y el Caribe en el Año Internacional de la Agricultura Familiar pretende consolidar el enfoque para coordinar y estimular la cooperación internacional, a partir de los seminarios y reuniones celebradas en Brasilia, Brasil (marzo de 2013); San José, Costa Rica (junio...

The future of food security in Africa lies in the hands of African farmers, yet not enough is known about them; data is scarce and their stories are only half told. This report puts smallholder farmers at the center of the dialog about farming and food security in Africa. Too...

Thomazeau, en la parte occidental de Haití, es una pintoresca zona rural rodeada de montañas en la que viven 52.000 personas, aproximadamente. La zona se vio escasamente afectada por el terremoto de hace dos años y, de hecho, fue testigo de un gran influjo de personas que llegaban desde la capital...

Family poultry encompasses the wide variety of small-scale poultry production systems found in rural, urban and peri-urban areas of developing countries. One can distinguish four broad categories of family poultry production systems: small extensive scavenging, extensive scavenging, semi-intensive and small-scale intensive. Empirical and circumstantial evidence from many developing countries shows that poultry development interventions can...

Fishers, like farmers, are not just men. Millions of women around the world work, paid or unpaid, in the fisheries sector. Although women are mainly involved in the tasks that come before and after the fish are hauled out of the water, they may also be there for the catch...

Agriculture affects the environment in many different ways. Both in positive ways, farming systems generating semi-natural habitats with high levels of biodiversity and negative ways, e.g. farming systems that cause pollution, eutrophication and deterioration of habitats. In addition afforestation of agricultural lands can generate opportunities to create additional farm income...

The humanitarian situation in Syria is of grave concern, with domestic, regional and growing international consequences. As the conflict enters its fourth year, insecurity, generalized violence and specific persecution continue to force the people of Syria to seek safety and protection elsewhere, both inside the country and in the neighbouring...

This report is divided into three sections: Section II outlines how priorities and items requiring follow-up emanating from the previous Regional Conference have been addressed, bringing to the attention of the Members major achievements and aspects requiring further consideration. The section will also draw lessons from the implementation of the...

The Story of an American Family Farm. Meet the Heinrich Family and their 9 Children living and working in the Wood Colony Farming Community of California.

Important possibility for small family farmers is protection of their speciffic, indigenous agricultural products so they can obtain better recognition and market position. On this web page potential beneficiaries can find all relevant information about protection and labeling of their products.  

Este documento resume la situación de la agricultura familiar en el mundo, el camino hacia el AIAF 2014, y presenta al Comité de Impulso Nacional Colombiano.

La descampesinización está íntimamente ligada con la destrucción de la vida y la identidad de los pueblos indígenas. La vida campesina está en peligro y, en Guatemala, la mayoría de familias campesinas son indígenas. Con el despojo corporativo de sus territorios ancestrales, está en peligro no sólo el valor del...

Philip and Corinne Merricks took over the ownership and management of Kingshill Farm, which became Elmley National Nature Reserve (NNR) in the 1970s. They both have a passion for nature conservation and have developed a truly unique farming and conservation system over the years. Elmley was designated a National Nature...

This video advertisement combine dazzling rural images with a nostalgic Turkish song and the Twitter hashtag #senbirakipgitmediye. They are part of a major campaign launched in late November by Sekerbank, targeting small-scale farms with special loan products.