Africa, in general, is vulnerable to climate change, mostly due to its dependence on agriculture. Mozambique is a prime example. Agriculture is an important sector of the country’s economy, and, as indicated by the 2007 FAO country factsheet, around 80 percent of the population (about 19.4 million people in 2007)...

The Aso Grasslands are located in Aso region of Kumamoto Prefecture, which situates in the middle of the Kyushu Island in Japan. Aso region spreads around active volcanic craters and huge caldera. The Aso volcano has one of the world’s largest caldera stretching 18 km from east to west and...

L'actualité quotidienne nous rappelle en permanence que la situation économique, sociale et politique en Egypte et dans les pays du Maghreb demeure très fragile. L'avenir est lourd d'incertitudes. Les évènements du « printemps arabe » et leurs suites, qui se déroulent actuellement, ont de multiples dimensions et soulèvent de nombreuses...

The issue of rural education and/or farm, though still lacking of research, has been increasing in the discussions  and  studies  on  Brazilian  family  farming over  the  recent  decades.  This  is  due to  the recognition of the contribution of education to rural development. If, on the one hand, the State has...

“Chagusaba”(“semi-natural grasslands”) represents an exemplary system of traditional agricultural techniques, where grasslands are maintained around tea fields to supply mulch that improves the quality of tea cultivation. Chagusaba is a rare example of codependence between agricultural production and biodiversity, each of which enhances the other’s value (See Photo 1). For...

Au Sénégal, les activités économiques en milieu rural et particulièrement dans le Bassin arachidier sont dominées par la production agricole, principale source de revenus des populations. Avant l’arrivée du Projet d’Appui aux Filières agricoles (PAFA), les exploitations familiales évoluaient  dans un environnement socio-économique difficile : dégradation des terres, faible diversification...

In the mountainous and arid regions of northwest Syria, water and land resources are under pressure from natural and human-induced forms of land degradation. This has resulted in lower incomes for families dependent on olive farming. This study explores the impact of natural resource management, supported by a micro-credit system,...

La experiencia se realiza en la huerta de Esteban Antonio Zárate (promotor del Proyecto Integrado Pro-Huerta), ubicada en zona urbana de la localidad de Los Cisnes. Destino de la producción: consumo propio y venta en chacra y a domicilio. Con apoyo de la Cooperativa local (Colevisep) adquirió un rotocultivador y produce lombricompuesto aprovechando...

The second of three books in IFPRI's climate change in Africa series, East African Agriculture and Climate Change: A Comprehensive Analysis examines the food security threats facing 10 of the countries that make up east and central Africa - Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Kenya, Madagascar, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda...

Family farming is the basis for modern food provision in Africa, today and tomorrow. Its multifunctionality and sustainable productive potential is supported by extensive research evidence. Family farming and small-scale food production generates food and well-being for the majority of the population and the wealth of the region, and conserves...

Este estudio tiene como objetivo identificar, relevar y sistematizar problemas vinculados al acceso, tenencia (garantía de la tenencia actual y regularización dominial) y distribución de la tierra, así como los conflictos que ellos generan. La finalidad perseguida es ofrecer información necesaria a técnicos y decisores políticos para establecer líneas de...

This work deals with the situation of women’s life and work in family farming in the North of Minas Gerais semiarid, focusing on the work social division and gender in the Jaíba Project. In this context the Step I was chosen inthis project in the area A: NS1 and NS2...

Este artículo examina las múltiples direcciones en la evolución de la agroecología, desde su temprano énfasis en los procesos ecológicos de los sistemas agrícolas, hasta su desarrollo como planteamiento multidimensional amplio, y orientado hacia los sistemas agroalimentarios. La publicación de esta edición especial es muy oportuna, pues la agroecología se...

This  study  thesis  proposes  a  discussion  on  the  connections  between  the  professional qualification  courses,  gestated  by  government  programs  PLANFOR and  PNQ,  and  the formation  of  professional  identity  of  the  farmers  in  the  region  Januária  -  MG.  These programs, gestated in the early 1990s, in a context of profound changes in...

The dairy sector in Afghanistan is thriving. Thousands of small farmers are benefiting from an FAO project funded by Italy that is improving the collection, processing and marketing of their milk. Women control almost 90 % of the profits. Milk producers are organized into cooperatives. Demand for milk products is...

Soluciones Prácticas y REMURPE a través de la implementación del Proyecto PAQOCHA presenta este documento “Instrumentos de Gestión para el Desarrollo Económico Local en la Promoción Alpaquera”; que parte de la necesidad estratégica de las autoridades y funcionarios de los gobiernos regionales y de las municipalidades provinciales y distritales, quienes...

In Dodoma, Tanzania, a group of poor smallholder farmers is planting grapes and setting up a vineyard in a bid to pull themselves out of poverty. It's a project they hope will ensure they and their families have an income for the next 30 years. To get started, they needed...

In Northern Italy, the autonomous province of South Tyrol has the biggest single area producing apple trees in Europe. The 19 000 ha of apple production area in South Tyrol supplies up to 50% of the national Italian apple market, 15% of the European and 2% of the global apple...

The report specifically analyses the NIS in Peru and Colombia in the coffee and dairy sectors due to their economic importance for both countries and the large percentage of small producers in these sectors. In order to analyse the NIS, we have utilised an innovations systems approach to form the...

The importance of innovation in agriculture and rural development has been recognised by the European Union over successive reforms of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), but there is widespread agreement that agricultural knowledge and innovation systems need to be   reinvigorated. The innovation priority in rural development programmes (RDPs) for 2014-2020...