This report captures three years of accomplishments beginning 2012 to 2014. It highlights AsiaDHRRA work that has evolved the past three years as an agri-agency member of  AgriCord, alongside other  accomplishments as a  regional network of DHRRAs dedicated to building partnerships among rural development stakeholders towards the empowerment of organized...

La Agricultura Familiar no desaparece de la agenda regional al terminar el Año Internacional, al contrario, en el nuevo marco estratégico de la FAO, y a instancias de la Conferencia Regional para América Latina y el Caribe 2014, se aprobaron tres iniciativas regionales, una de las cuales es la Iniciativa...

La tendencia de la producción agrícola demuestra que la agricultura familiar se constituye como el motor productivo de la región: representa más del 80% de la explotación agrícola, provee entre el 27 y 67% de los alimentos, ocupa el 16% de la superficie agropecuaria y genera entre el 57 y...

Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which: identify highly nutritious local food plants, explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way, detail the nutritional value of the plants and describe why human bodies require those nutrients. The resources created by FPS allows people to better...

Seguimos avanzando en el esfuerzo de tener una región libre del hambre. Los últimos datos provistos por la FAO en el Estado de la Inseguridad Alimentaria en el Mundo 2014, indican que la proporción de personas que sufre subalimentación en la región se redujo de 15,3% en 1990/92 a 6,1%...

This note discusses the definitions, challenges and future prospects of family farming in the EU. Some challenges, such as market volatility and climate change, are general for all EU farm structures, but some are specific to family farmers: their smallness, lack of power within the food chain, and intergenerational farm succession. However, family farming...

 Su finalidad apunto a fortalecer la capacidad de gestión social e influencia de organizaciones campesinas, indígenas, sindicales y de pescadores, a través de la formación de sus dirigentes y líderes jóvenes (mujeres y hombres), para contribuir a disminuir la situación de exclusión social que los afecta. a) Contribuir a la formación de...

En este documento, los legisladores de los países miembros del Parlamento Latinoamericano reunidos en Panamá durante los días 25 y 26 de agosto del 2014 adoptan de común acuerdo la Declaración sobre agricultura familiar Parlatino.

Así como los pequeños agricultores de los Andes supieron conservar y mejorar la quinua durante miles de años, los agricultores familiares alrededor del mundo han transmitido de generación en generación conocimientos y habilidades, preservando y mejorando muchas de las prácticas y tecnologías que pueden apoyar la sostenibilidad agrícola. Por eso...

Eau Vive accompagne le développement des activités de maraîchages situées à proximité des mines de Makalondi, au Niger, qui depuis quelques années, fait face à un afflux de population venue exploiter des gisements d’or , donnant lieu à une urbanisation  anarchique et à un accès aux services de base inexistant....

Thanks to improved access to information and a powerful participatory communication approach, villagers in isolated communities across the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Niger are making strides to improve gender equality and empower women. FAO Dimitra community listeners’ clubs are helping rural populations participate in the development of...

In sub-Saharan Africa, almost 239 million people face serious problems related to food security and nutrition. Family farming appears as an effective model that can provide solutions to overcome this challenge. During the African Regional Dialogue on Family Farming (6-7 November 2013, Cape Town, South Africa), participants identified specific actions...

Raised wire-mesh racks, covered with small, silver lake fish drying in the sun, stretch across the Burundi shore of Lake Tanganyika near the small fishing village of Mvugo. While simple in design, these drying racks have made an enormous contribution both to local nutrition and the local economy. Before the...

From a situation of widespread undernutrition, consuming fresh vegetables all year round has now become a reality for many Nepali households thanks to their expanding home gardens. But the stories they tell show that the benefits of home gardens are not limited to improving household nutrition. The gardens also help...

This edition opens with a report of the last session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), which has helped to ensure that gender equality and women’s empowerment feature prominently in the post- 2015 Development Agenda. This will take over from the Millennium Development Goals, whose 2015 deadline...

The product of a two-year collaborative effort among Khon Kaen University, Thailand, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and other partners, this publication sheds light on the need to promote underutilized and indigenous food sources for overcoming malnutrition and hunger in the Asia-Pacific region. I sincerely hope...

The right to food sovereignty is a part of the Plurinational State of Bolivia’s constitution, but what does this actually mean for family farmers? The truth is that many people in rural areas are far from having access to adequate food and nutrition, with 37% of children under five reported...

The International Year of Family Farming 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...

This technical guide has been prepared under the direction of Francesca Romano in collaboration with a team from the Forest Peoples Programme and Samuel Nguiffo of the Centre pour l’Environnement et le Développement (CED) in Cameroon. The guide was written by Marcus Colchester and Sophie Chao, with contributions from participants...

Food fairs are an important tool and space to promote food sovereignty as they take place in local public spaces and within people’s own socio-cultural settings. One excellent example was a food fair in Ghana, organised by the Centre for Indigenous Knowledge and Organisational Development (CIKOD). Women farmers exhibited traditional...