USAID/Sweden FARMA II project is the third generation of USAID and Government of Sweden projects focused on the agricultural sector in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Previous projects assisted Bosnia and Herzegovina to increase sales and exports for certain crops and food products within the agricultural sector.

Boletín que da cuenta de los avances del programa SANA y temas de relevancia para dicha inicitiva. La República Bolivariana de Venezuela y la FAO desde enero de 2015, han puesto en marcha el Programa Regional de Cooperación Triangular Venezuela—FAO para América Latina y el Caribe, SANA dentro del marco de...

The Livelihoods Fund for Family Farming (L3F) proposes a new approach to supply chains in order to address all of these issues simultaneously. We invest in large-scale projects enabling farmers to produce greater yields of higher quality through sustainable agricultural practices. We strengthen the connection between groups of family farmers...

Les populations de Guélakh-Peulh sont exposées aux variabilités climatiques comme la plupart des milieux ruraux du Sahel et du Sénégal en particulier. Ce travail analyse l’évolution des paramètres climatologiques et identifie les stratégies d’adaptation de l’élevage des bovins aux variabilités climatiques dans le village de Guélakh-Peulh. L’étude du climat est...

Fishermen and the local municipality worked together to improve selling conditions for fresh fish in Olt county with a local fish market for 170 fishermen.

Los cítricos son cultivos permanentes y en general tienen alta adaptabilidad a diversas condiciones climáticas, la geografía colombiana presenta condiciones favorables para el cultivo. Para el año 2010 en Colombia habían 62.409 hectáreas (ha) plantadas con cítricos, de las cuales 51.665 están en monocultivo y 10.743 en cultivos asociados, la...

As an international organization for public-private cooperation, the World Economic Forum works to address major global challenges through multi-stakeholder dialogue and partnership. The Grow Africa partnership serves as an outstanding example of this approach. Cofounded by the Forum in partnership with the African Union (AU) and New Economic Partnership for...

One of the key questions in food policy debates in the last decades has been the role of cash cropping for achieving food security in low income countries. We revisit this question in the context of smallholder coffee production in Ethiopia. Using unique data collected by the authors on about...

Women cocoa farmers are central to the sustainability of the cocoa supply chain and cocoa growing communities. Although too often unrecognized, women’s labor makes significant contributions to the amount of cocoa produced, which is under increasing demand. Empowering women cocoa farmers not only has a positive impact on the lives...

家庭农场是2016年农村经济新亮点，那么2016年国家对家庭农场扶持政策有哪些呢?据资料显示，各省对家庭农场的扶持力度都很大，如四川省就出台了8项扶持政策，涉及登记服务、示范创建、土地流转、财政扶持、金融支持、用水用电用地、社会化服务和人才培养等方面，对四川家庭农场主或有意涉足者来说，无疑是多重利好。

In this short film, local people and field scientists from the Barotse Floodplain, Zambia explore the potential for local nutrition groups to empower communities to take actions toward improving the nutrition of their families through diversifying diets in an effort to address high levels of malnutrition and declining stocks of...

FONTAGRO organizó un concurso con el fin de identificar casos exitosos de adaptación al cambio climático en la agricultura familiar, y difundir las lecciones aprendidas. El concurso fue realizado en alianza con el proyecto llamado “Mecanismos y Redes de Transferencia de Tecnología Relacionada con el Cambio Climático en América Latina y el Caribe” financiado por el Fondo...

Swidden farmers are rapidly transitioning to other types of land use. This study was conducted in 2 villages (T village and P village) in southern Chin State, Myanmar. The number of swidden-cultivating households decreased by 50% in T village over 2003–2013, and varied over 2004–2013 in P village; 21% and...

El presente documento se preparó con el fin de proveer información básica sobre el desempeño de la cadena productiva, sus vínculos con la orientación de la ciencia, la tecnología y la innovación y las demandas del sector sobre conocimiento técnico, para superar problemas productivos, mejorar la competitividad, la sostenibilidad, aprovechar...

Para el cultivo de batata se han reportado como plagas a los crisomélidos que se alimentan del follaje disminuyendo la capacidad fotosintética de la planta y por tanto la acumulación de sustancias de reserva en raíces del tubérculo. En Colombia, el cultivo de batata se está impulsando como una alternativa...

Launched in 2011 by the European Union (EU) with the support of the International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Studies in Agronomy – Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Montpellier (CIHEAM – IAMM), the European Neighbourhood Programme for Agriculture and Rural Development South (ENPARD – South) wishes to reinforce the partnership between the...

Au Sahel, les aléas climatiques combinés aux actions de l’homme (déforestation, feux de brousse, etc.) ont contribué à la dégradation des terres avec comme conséquence la baisse des rendements agricoles.

Climate change is a growing threat to the agriculture sectors: crops, livestock, forestry, fisheries. The negative effects on agricultural production and livelihoods of farmers, foresters and fisher folk are already being felt in many places. They will only get worse overtime.

Conservation Agriculture has the potential to enhance soil fertility and reduce erosion across 260,000 hectares (ha) of fragile and degraded cereal land in Tunisia, according to a joint study by the country’s National Institute of Agronomic Research (INRAT) and ICARDA. 

The event is co-organised by EUCan. The aim of the Forum Synergies project is to increase the capacity and ability of individuals, NGOs, local and EU governments to deliver forestry management that is economically, socially and environmentally sustainable. The first workshop in the UK will set the scene by examining...