"Ningún área del trabajo campesino es ajena al tema de la organización; incluso una familia campesina aislada emplea estrategias de organización a su interior que le permiten abordar sus distintas tareas de manera más eficiente. Este número de LEISA aborda la problemática de la organización campesina desde diferentes aspectos, como...

In most of the countries of the South, where there are family farming units, livestock activity is part of the production system. The peasant farmer has always managed his resources in an integrated manner, of which his animals are a vital part, and their breeding and management are expressions of...

Soil fertility has been conventionally defined as the capacity of the soil to supply sufficient nutrients to the crop, ensuring its growth and development. Today we know that soil is more than just a nutrient supplying substrate of nutrients; the soil is a living system where organic matter (OM) and...

This report outlines France's commitment to the Agroecology project, an initiative to change production models in order to achieve higher combined economic, social and environmental production. This new, ambitious public policy approach will involve all partners in the French farming sector.

The report analyses the international legal and policy matrix to assess the level of existing support for Globally Important Ingenious Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) and to ascertain the gaps in that support.

The Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System (GIAHS) initiative was launched by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations in 2002 with the aim of establishing the basis for the global recognition, dynamic conservation and adaptive management of outstanding traditional agricultural systems and their associated landscapes, biodiversity, knowledge...