APF CR is a part of the International project FARM_SUCCESS, which deal with succession at family farms.  The main aim of the project is to provide tools and knowledge to young farmers in order to enhance and support succession process in family farms. In mid of September already third meeting...

Sustainable development has long been part of the political agenda of the European Union. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and their related targets, approved in September 2015 by the UN General Assembly, provide a new policy framework worldwide towards ending all forms of poverty, fighting inequalities and tackling climate change,...

From the 10th to the 13th of May 2016, the AgroEcology Fund (AEF) and the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) brought together 70 people representing 30 organizations to share experiences and ideas about amplifying agroecology. True to its name, this Learning Exchange aimed to facilitate learning and cross-pollination...

Productivity growth in the Turkish agricultural sector is supported today by better technologies, crop varieties and animal breeds. Yet improvements have slowed since the late 2000s, and the productivity gap between agriculture and the rest of the economy remains large. To overcome these challenges, Turkey will need to reduce the...

Of the 35 million people in Uganda, more than 78% of the population are below the age of 30 and 18% are youth aged 18-30 years. Yet 11% of youth are unemployed (9% males and 14% females) and 26% youth are underemployed (28% males and 25% females). These youth unemployment...

Inland fisheries are almost all small-scale fisheries (SSF). The problems of inland fisheries are SSF problems and include access rights, tenure, gender, social welfare and empowerment. More than 60 mn people rely on inland fisheries for at least part of their livelihood and about half of them are women. An...

El añublo de la vaina causado por Rhizoctonia solani AG1, es una de las principales limitantes de la producción de arroz a nivel mundial, provocando pérdidas superiores al 50 %. Actualmente, no se cuenta con variedades resistentes, por lo que el principal método de control del patógeno es mediante el...

Vários municípios desconhecem os programas de compras públicas de alimentos produzidos pela agricultura familiar para fins sociais e, além disso, por várias dificuldades não vem cumprindo a lei federal que determina aquisição direta de gêneros alimentícios produzidos pela agricultura familiar para a merenda escolar.   A cartilha “Boas Compras da Agricultura Familiar”...

João Marcus Costa is a cassava farmer from Manjacaze, Mozambique. Like many Mozambican farmers, João's small cassava field used to face constant threats from drought, disease and pests. Even when he did manage to successfully harvest his cassava, he then faced additional challenges trying to get his cassava to market...

More than 50 percent of the world's population currently lives in urban areas and this is expected to rise to 70 percent by 2050, particularly in developing countries. Increasing effects of climate change, including storms, floods and other extreme weather events, pose an added threat to how people in cities, especially...

El propósito del 7° Foro del Frente Parlamentario contra el Hambre de América Latina y el Caribe es convocar a un debate parlamentario regional para definir las principales estrategias y líneas de acción del FPH para el período 2016-2017, promoviendo un diálogo político que posicione el derecho a la alimentación...

Este estudio busca aportar elementos para avanzar en la organización de una red de grandes empresas colaboradoras de INDAP y de la AFC, con un enfoque de nuevo trato y valor compartido. Este trabajo fue realizado por los expertos en RSE Marina Hermosilla y José Briones, contando con el apoyo financiero...

For the indigenous peoples of the Kamchatka Peninsula, the ‘fi sh province’ of the Russian Federation, fi ghting for their rights to access fi shing resources is crucial

El documento presenta el proceso de construcción de los registros de la agricultura fami​liar en el marco de la Reunión especializada de agricultura familias (REAF). Igualmente, presenta una caracterización y análisis del estado de situación de los registros y el universo de la agricultura familiar en los estados pares y...

El 17 de junio se realizó el Seminario Equidad de Género para el Desarrollo Territorial en la Cineteca del Centro Cultural Palacio la Moneda en el que, frente a más de 100 personas, se presentaron dos documentos: el Informe Latinoamericano sobre Pobreza y Desigualdad 2015: Género y Territorio, elaborado por...

Fiber fractions and protein content are important chemical characteristics of forage resources because of their close relationship with factors affecting the performance of dairy cows. Advances in methodologies for evaluating those characteristics and the use of indirect methods such as the near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) promote the chemical characterization of forage...

Tenure security is believed to be critical in spurring agricultural investment and productivity. Yet what improves or impedes tenure security is still poorly understood. Using household- and plot-level data from Ghana, this study analyzes the main factors associated with farmers’ perceived tenure security. Individually, farmers perceive greater tenure security on...

Food Commerce has turned into one of the most controversial economic battlefields in humankind history, whilst the society of today is characterized by a single existential criterion, manifested from top to bottom: efficiency. Due to the distinctive features and functions of agriculture, the economic theory has a subtle approach of the efficiency concept in agriculture, compared...

En la siguiente tecnología se detalla una simple forma mediante la cual se puede dar uso a la cera de abeja de forma diferente a su habitual utilización en los apiarios, también esto permite que el apicultor pueda generar una nueva alternativa económica como fuente de ingresos, y además en...

Established in 1926, International Green Week is taking place for the 81st time in 2016. The IGW is a one-of-a-kind international exhibition for the food, agricultural and horticultural industries. At the same time, the IGW is the point of origin for the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA) with...