Members of an Irish discussion group recently travelled to France to study the way farmers co-operate and pool resources there.

El actual modelo de los agronegocios se caracteriza por la concentración económica, la expansión monoproductivista, el acceso a una mayor cantidad de tierras para capitales foráneos de carácter especulativo. En consecuencia, se produce el desarraigo de miles de pequeños y medianos agricultores, que aún están afianzados a su terreno, con...

No Brasil, assim como no restante do mundo, os bancos de germoplasma, unidades que armazenam recursos genéticos de plantas, não constituem instrumentos de conservação da agrobiodiversidade se não estiverem associados a outras ações de preservação que levem em conta o papel das populações tradicionais e os seus sistemas de cultivo. Os...

A história desse café está ligada à luta diária das mulheres do campo, embora em seu cheiro e gosto predomine a doçura dos grãos selecionados, que o torna diferente e especial. Plantado e colhido no Sul de Minas Gerais, o Café Familiar da Terra – Orgânico Feminino deu voz a...

This edition of the EAFRD Projects Brochure is on the theme of ‘Supporting Rural Business’. The title reflects an interpretation that focuses not only on supporting individual rural businesses, but on helping to create the kind of enabling environment that can allow businesses to be set up, to develop and...

Community supported agriculture (CSA) is a partnership between farmers and the local community, where the responsibilities, risks and rewards of farming are shared. Benefits are enjoyed by all sides: farmers for instance can receive a more stable and secure income and closer connection with their community, and consumer members can...

Com R$ 3 milhões da Finep, projeto do Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia prevê a capacitação de 1.000 piscicultores e produtores rurais de Manaus e do interior do estado. Os pequenos produtores de peixe terão a oportunidade de melhorar a capacidade técnica e dinamizar as criações. Já os plantios...

Forum Synergies’ rural sustainability gatherings are a lively exchange of practical knowledge and experiences between local actors, social organizations and policy makers from across Europe. During this three-day meetings we bring together people from all walks of life to learn on the spot from each other about sustainable practices in...

Visitar um contrato Ater Quilombolas, que também atende mulheres, e conhecer ações de organização produtiva e econômica executadas pela Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA) com agricultoras, são algumas das agendas da visita técnica da Secretaria Especial de Agricultura Familiar e do Desenvolvimento Agrário (Sead) aos estados do Maranhão e do...

Agri-environment measures provide payments to farmers who subscribe, on a voluntary basis, to environmental commitments related to the preservation of the environment and maintaining the countryside. Agri-environment measures are a key element for the integration of environmental concerns into the Common Agricultural Policy. They are designed to encourage farmers to protect...

Coffee farmers from various organisations in Southeast Asia gathered in Yogyakarta, Indonesia on 19-21 July 2017 to showcase their produce, share their experiences in farming, and to exchange knowledge to improve the marketing of their products for the ASEAN Learning Series and Policy Engagement on Agricultural Cooperative (ALSPEAC). The coffee farmers...

Over the course of 2017, the International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems (IPES-Food) will seek to support and stimulate an open reflection on the future of agricultural development in West Africa. While industrial agriculture and ‘Green Revolution’ approaches promise short-term increases in productivity, they are yet to provide...

Comment court-circuiter le modèle classique de distribution alimentaire ? En implantant des circuits courts, répondent les citoyens et les paysans convaincus de la portée politique que représente l’acte de manger. Échange entre Aimée Serve-Gorce, arboricultrice bio, Marion Tournand-Ponson, d’AlterConso, Thibaut Duez, de l’épicerie lyonnaise De l’autre côté de la rue, Geneviève...

A estudante Natália dos Santos, de 22 anos, mora na comunidade Água Branca, município de Manaus. Filha de agricultor familiar, ela tem um sonho: aprender sobre gastronomia. O pai, Nerivaldo dos Santos, de 46 anos, incentiva a filha, principalmente, por entender a importância do conhecimento no setor de alimentos. Natália,...

Rapidly increasing on-farm biodiversity is a matter of urgency in an era of climate change. Farmers often have limited access to genetic resources. Not only do they need greater access to the genetic material in research stations and gene banks, they also need to collaborate with scientists who are willing...

The Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) programme, launched as an initiative of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in 2002, provides international recognition to important traditional agricultural systems (including forestry and fisheries) which conserve agrobiodiversity, indigenous knowledge, culture heritage and agricultural landscapes. Today (as of August 2017), there...

The main cause of food insecurity for many communal households in Zimbabwe is their reliance upon a form of subsistence-based agriculture which is dependent on a limited range of inputs often poorly suited to local conditions. The current agricultural system prioritizes monocropping and grain yield over other factors of food...

This fourth edition of Agrinnovation magazine gives you a round-up of EIP-AGRI news, events and stories from the past year. With food production and short supply chains as its main theme, this edition includes inspirational ideas from Greece, Estonia, Poland, the UK and many more. It also covers opportunities under...

More flexibility to European Union (EU) countries to support young farmers, more ecological focus areas, more support for farmers facing income losses – these were just some of the proposed improvements to EU agri-food policy agreed by EU member states on 16 October 2017. The changes to the four main regulations governing...

The report outlines the results of an EU-wide survey among young farmers carried out by CEJA and DeLaval in all Member States. Based on a questionnaire, the objective was to discover the opinion of young farmers in relation to the sustainability of the agricultural sector, together with the challenges they...