The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources Development of the Republic of Kiribati, will hold an inception and upgrading strategy workshop on 4-5 July in Tarawa. Although the project started in 2020, this official national launch event was hampered...

Le CFSI, la Fondation de France et le Roppa, qui portent ensemble le programme de Promotion de l'agriculture familiale en Afrique de l'Ouest (Pafao), présentent un travail collectif intitulé Solutions ouest-africaines pour des systèmes alimentaires durables. La troisième et dernière partie présente des filières agroécologique qui se développent en Afrique de l'Ouest.  L’agroécologie ne consiste pas uniquement...

Productive global agriculture is under a convergence of pressures, and particularly climate change and population growth. The impact is especially stark in East Africa where crop production is mostly rain-fed and population growth rates are among the highest in the world. Our objective for this study was to understand how...

B. oleracea plants are usually self-incompatible and they need to cross with other genotypes for generating progenies. The self-incompatible genotypes require specific management for controlled pollination achieved by spatial isolation in the field or by the use of pollination chambers isolated by net for avoiding pollen contamination by pronubes. Self-incompatibility...

How can we reach farmers with ecologically-based Integrated Pest Management (IPM) while creating a supportive context for adoption by farmers and relevant stakeholders? We assessed a new method – Adaptive Learning Networks – from reflections of varied stakeholders, farmer diaries and survey data procured in 2016 and 2019. This method...

Indigenous communities continue to face marginalization and exclusion from vital resources and opportunities, leading to alarming rates of poverty and malnutrition, particularly among women and young people. In some part of the world, they often live in conditions of high vulnerability, high food insecurity and lack of access to human...

To successfully transition to more sustainable diets, it is necessary to understand consumers' demands and expectations. The present exploratory research shows a cross-cultural study (Spain, Slovakia, Denmark) in which different aspects were included in an online survey: (i) food choice motivations, (ii) the importance that consumers give to different attributes of...

Organic agriculture uses organic seeds or untreated conventional seeds when no alternative exists. In both ways, seeds can carry diseases and are better treated using a method which • is acceptable for organic farming, • has a good success rate at disinfecting the seeds and • does not significantly reduce...

The outbreak of COVID-19 in early 2020 was a challenge for any practitioner intent on engaging in authentic dialogue for people-centered, place-based transformative praxis with the most marginalized in society–be they in Europe or the Majority World. The pandemic called on us to explore new and creative methodological approaches, to...

  Regional seed policy harmonisation processes on seed and plant variety protection (PVP) legislation have been underway for the past 15 years on the African continent. These have taken place under the auspices of various regional economic communities (RECs), including the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC), Common Market for East and...

The relationship between farm size and productivity has been a topic of interest in agricultural research for decades due to the significance of agriculture in rural economies and its potential to reduce poverty and promote inclusive growth. The relationship between farm size and productivity is influenced by factors such as...

Farmers in Busia County have partnered with Kilimo Hai, an agriculture organization, to adopt agro-ecological farming practices using organic fertilizers made from animal waste and rabbit urine as pesticides. This transition has been motivated by the high cost of conventional farming inputs and the need for sustainable ecosystem management and...

Good health is vital to the roles that agricultural workers play in sustaining our food supplies, caring for our environment, and safeguarding the social fabric of rural communities. EU policies, including the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), can be coordinated to help improve the overall well-being of our agricultural work force,...

North Macedonia has joined the European Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture Advisory Commission (EIFAAC) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) as it 37th member. Ljupcho Nikolovski, the Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Water Economy of the Republic of North Macedonia, informed QU Dongyu, FAO Director-General, about...

Para conseguir innovaciones sostenibles, es necesario diseñar de forma inclusiva prácticas y técnicas agrícolas y adaptarlas a los conocimientos y prácticas que poseen los agricultores, con el fin de satisfacer las necesidades de las generaciones presentes y futuras.  Te compartimos el #6Pilar del #PlanAcciónMundial para mayor información te invitamos a revisar...

Based on stakeholder mapping results and building on existing partnerships and experiences, a diversity of local and national food system actors (FSAs) (1,346 individuals involved so far, 42% female, 58% male) have played a critical role in supporting the emergence of the Agroecological Living Landscapes (ALLs). Engagement principles, visioning, and codesign...

Organised by Forum Synergies, in partnership with Cultivate & ARC2020. Forum Synergies helped giving the European touch to the Irish gathering FEDDING OURSELVES 2023, with the webinar "Connecting with Europe - Rural Europe Takes Action" held on Saturday 25th. Two european initiatives from the book "Rural Europe Takes Action -...

Over the last three decades, many research works have been conducted to define and measure the complex and composite concept of empowerment. However, an individual empowerment tool is still needed, to be applied for any disadvantaged group, women, youths (male or female), poor, etc., or any economic sector, and which...

El Plan de acción mundial, diseñado en torno a siete pilares de trabajo que se refuerzan mutuamente, recomienda una serie de medidas interconectadas que abarcan desde la escala local hasta la mundial. Este video describe el pilar 6 del Plan de acción mundial.

Si bien la agricultura familiar es la base de la seguridad alimentaria, los agricultores familiares son los más afectados por la pobreza y la vulnerabilidad, y se enfrentan a los mayores niveles de riesgos económicos, financieros, sociales y medioambientales. Te compartimos el #5Pilar del #PlanAcciónMundial, para mayor información, te invitamos a...