This brochure highlights some of IFPRI’s work in the region carried out in partnership with West and Central African governments, organizations, and institutions over the course of the past two decades and describes new initiatives that are expected to positively influence food security policies that benefit the poorest.

Material realizado en el marco del proyecto Acción ciudadana contra el hambre y por el derecho a la alimentación, en su Campaña Jakaru Porã Haguã. Esta iniciativa es impulsada por las organizaciones Oxfam, Decidamos. Campaña por la Expresión Ciudadana y el Centro de Documentación y Estudios (cDE), con el apoyo...

Entrevista com Rogerio Heringer, que produz tabaco e novas culturas. O fumo está ficando caro para produzir - o projeto da merenda escoalr está me dando mais lucro e menos trabalho. Estou produzindo agora porco, galinha, fruta, hortaliça, bata doce... para merenda escolar. O programa do governo garante a compra. Participo de um...

La presente publicación ha sido coordinada por el equipo técnico del SIPAE y contó con importantes aportes y reflexiones no solamente del equipo núcleo del proyecto, sino también de dos investigadores franceses asociados y especialistas en el tema de ganadería y desarrollo lechero: Claire Aubron de Montpellier SupAgro, y Francois...

El Manual de Compras Locales de la Agricultura Familiar para la Alimentación Escolar (en adelante Manual de Compras), establece el esquema institucional y define los procesos operacionales que rigen la ejecución del Proyecto Implementación de un Modelo de Compras Públicas a la Agricultura Familiar Campesina para los Programas de Alimentación...

Dairy farmer from Kilkenny, Bill O'Keeffe, who writes for the Irish Farmers Journal is interviewed on farm by Bryan Hynes.

Almost 73 million young people in the world are unemployed. This is especially a major challenge in the Arab world. For Hassan Abdul Rahman, the solution was to move to the desert and learn to farm.

Video que describe la situación de la agricultura familiar en Argentina, en el marco del Encuentro del MERCOSUR Ampliado: Máquinas y Herramientas para la Agricultura Familiar.

Pastoralism has a high historical and cultural background in Corsica as in many other Mediterranean countries. But for many actors, it is mainly seen as an idealistic image to sell local products with few clear references to real technical and global pastoral systems. Defining a renewed pastoralism in relation to...

The Kuaijishan Ancient Chinese Torreya Community is located in the north of Zhejiang Province, N29°25′-29°47′and E120°17′ -120°38′. It includes 59 villages in 12 townships in Zhuji City, Shengzhou City and Shaoxing County. The total area is 402Km2 . There are around 1.05×105  ancient Chinese Torreya trees. Among them, 7.2×104 are...

El Plan Nacional Indígena Originario de Comunicación que se desarrolla desde 1996/97 en Bolivia por impulso de las Confederaciones Nacionales Indígenas Originarias Campesinas, ha dado lugar en un proceso progresivo a la estucturación de un Sistema Plurinacional de Comunicación Indígena Originario Campesino Intercultural. En mas de 12 años se ha...

La Plataforma de Tecnología, Información y Comunicación Agropecuaria y Rural-PLATICAR-es un ecosistema de conocimiento desarrollado participativamente por productores, extensionistas e investigadores costarricenses, con un enfoque agromático de las TIC, basado en procesos de comunicación para el desarrollo y gestión de conocimiento; ha logrado que los tiempos de adopción de las...

The Fast Track Land Reform Programme (FTLRP) implemented during the 2000s in Zimbabwe represents the only instance of radical redistributive land reforms since the end of the Cold War. It reversed the racially-skewed agrarian structure and discriminatory land tenures inherited from colonial rule, whereby over 6,000 large-scale white farmers and...

This study explores chain participation differences among three different groups of potato producers in Indonesia. The three groups include (i) participants in Farmer Field School (FFS) programs; (ii) farmers working with a large food processors, Indofood; and (iii) a random sample of potato producers. FFS programs provide growers with an...

The farm is situated in Żurawica village, 7 km away from Przemyśl town in the south east of Poland. Marian Szeliga has been running his farm since 1979. He has three children: one doughter and two sons. His farm is the one of the most modern in the voivodeship. Marian...

Although it is increasingly recognised that Zimbabwe’s Fast Track Land Reform Programme (FTLRP), initiated in 2000, was redistributive (Moyo et al 2009; Scoones et al 2010), few studies have examined the qualitative character of this outcome and its prospects for progressive social and political transformation in a largely agrarian society....

L’absence de matériels de pêche (filets, pirogues, etc.) installe de nombreux acteurs de la filière à Madagascar dans une pauvreté chronique. Mais grâce au « micro projet coup de pouce » initié par le Projet FIDA Appui au Développement du Menabe et du Melaky (AD2M) et qui a mis à la...

The five countries of Central Asia – Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan – became independent states in 1991-1992 with the dissolution of the Soviet Union (see Map 1). Immediately after assuming independence, the Central Asian countries embarked, together with the rest of the former Soviet Republics (the Commonwealth of...

The FAO Governance of Tenure Technical Guides are part of FAO’s initiative to help develop capacities to improve tenure governance and thereby assist countries in applying the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security. The FAO Governance...

While seed security is key to food security, concrete means for building resilient seed systems remain unexplored in research and practice. A new toolkit, the Seed System Security Assessment (SSSA), examines what actually happens to seed systems during crises and highlights specific features that foster or undermine resilience. Drawing evidence...