The Brazilian Special Secretariat for Family Farming and Agrarian Development (Sead) and the Brazilian Embassy in Berlin are proud to present at this year’s edition of BioFach six family farming cooperatives and their very best organic products, amongst which you will find rice, coffee, powder guarana, propolis, honey, Brazil nuts,...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in cooperation with the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), today launched the regional project “Implementing the 2030 Agenda for water efficiency/productivity and water sustainability in NENA countries” during a regional event taking place in Cairo, Egypt. The project will also...

Le riz est un produit essentiel pour la sécurité alimentaire de l’Afrique de l’Ouest. La crise alimentaire de 2008 y a déclenché des politiques publiques d’appuis aux filières riz. La préoccupation des gouvernements est d’assurer la stabilité politique en veillant à la sécurité alimentaire des populations urbaines de plus en...

Climate change represents a challenge for rural people in West and Central Africa, causing water shortages and droughts in some areas and floods in others. It impacts both the demand and availability of water for agriculture, affecting the proportion of people suffering from insecure access to water. Smallholder farmers are...

Every three years, the organic sector comes together at the Organic World Congress (OWC), the world’s largest and most significant organic gathering, to discuss and deliberate issues of the day. The OWC is an unique opportunity to share experiences, innovations and knowledge about organics and also take part in the...

Nos arredores da grande São Paulo, na área rural do distrito de Parelheiros, uma mulher começou a trabalhar de forma tímida com o manuseio da terra. Vinte anos se passaram e ela é hoje a responsável pela existência de uma agrofloresta, que fica há cerca de noventa quilômetros do centro...

Healthy food and nutrition is a very immediate and personal part of our lives, and it is our agricultural sector that lays the foundation for this. Our agricultural, horticultural, viticultural and forestry sectors are also instrumental in shaping our homeland and landscapes. Food, agriculture and homeland: since time immemorial, these...

This short video explains the basis of Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS).

Small-holder farmers also contribute with school meals, delivering fresh and locally produced foods that improve the academic performance and school permanence of children, while at the same time, strengthen the local economy. The World Food Programme (WFP) in Ecuador is working with the Ministry of Education to complement the National Government’s...

En el marco de la Reunión Extraordinaria de Ministros del Consejo Agropecuario Centroamericano-CAC, que se llevó a cabo en San José, Costa Rica, el 28 y 29 de junio de 2017, se adoptaron las Directrices para el Reconocimiento e Identificación de la Agricultura Familiar en el ámbito de la Comisión...

Niger is a landlocked Sahelian country, two-thirds of which is in the Sahara Desert. Although only one-eighth of the land considered arable, the overwhelming majority of Niger’s households is involved in rain-fed agriculture largely for subsistence. Given erratic rainfall and low soil fertility, most smallholders fail to produce enough food...

Los pequeños agricultores también contribuyen con las comidas escolares, incluyendo así alimentos frescos y localmente producidos que mejoran el rendimiento académico de niños y niñas y su permanencia en los centros educativos, al mismo tiempo que fortalecen la economía local. El Programa Mundial de Alimentos en Ecuador (PMA) trabaja, de manera...

“Food and nutrition insecurity certainly has a socio-spatial dimension that is highly influenced by the degree of urbanity along the urban-rural continuum and is related to urban, periurban and rural agriculture” reports Dr. Takemore Chagomaka  in a  new study  entitled “Food and Nutrition Insecurity Mapping (FNIRM) in Urban and Periurban...

The International Centre for High-level Studies on Communication in Latin America (CIESPAL) and the UN Organization for Food and Agriculture (FAO) invite you to this special session on experience sharing and learning opportunities in the field of rural Communication for Development (ComDev). Ond@Rural: ComDev initiative in Latin America Onda Rural is meant...

Sylvia Kuria, an organic farmer from Kenya, shares the story of her organic farm."I’ve got so many reports where they say, you know, your kale, your spinach, your carrots are so sweet. I tell them it’s because they are just growing in the natural way that they were supposed to...

Las pérdidas y desperdicios de alimentos (PDA) se originan en el campo hasta su transformación y consumo, generando un impacto negativo en los recursos naturales (agua y suelo) y pérdida de nutrientes (energía y proteína). Las PDA pueden emplearse en la alimentación animal mediante su transformación y enriquecimiento, favoreciendo la...

Ministers of Agriculture and Food from South Eastern Europe (SEE), Heads of Delegations and representatives of the national bodies in charge of animal health, gathered on 25th of January 2017 in Podgorica at the extraordinary ad-hoc meeting organized under the joint auspices of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development...

Tres aspectos actuaron en el proceso de construcción de una economía de mercado: la instalación de los imperativos del mercado, los actores sociales con espíritu emprendedor que respondieran a tales imperativos y la construcción de espacios capitalistas que otorgaron un contexto favorable para el desarrollo de una sociedad de mercado. En contraposición se puede...

For centuries, rural people in Azerbaijan have produced honey. The country's mountainous regions allow for the production of high-quality, natural, mountain flora honey that has a high market value. Native Caucasian bees -- naturally resilient to the environment and to parasites -- make it possible to achieve good productivity rates. Today...

Against a backdrop of growing inequalities between farmers worldwide and the exclusion of smallholders, the NGO Agronomes et Vétérinaires Sans Frontières (AVSF) works with farmers' organizations in the South to help them develop their capacities to participate directly in conventional markets and work together under better conditions. AVSF also helps them position themselves...