The right to food is a fundamental pillar to the right to life. Yet it is also arguably the most violated human right globally. Today, hundreds of millions of individuals – some 821 million – remain food insecure. They lack consistent physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious...

La Asociación de Mujeres de Juntas Parroquiales y Rurales del Ecuador (AMJUPRE) desde el 2005 viene dando pasos asertivos en la construcción de ciudadanía y conocimiento de mujeres rurales. Con convicción y compromiso aportando incondicionalmente al fortalecimiento de liderazgos y al pleno ejercicio de sus derechos, en la vida cotidiana,...

The agreement came ahead of today’s International Mountain Day – a day celebrated each year on December 11 to highlight the importance of mountains to people’s lives and livelihoods. The two organizations committed to creating stronger synergies between mountain food products and sustainable tourism services. This includes promoting high-quality, indigenous, mountain...

This reflection on the term ‘innovation’ is useful in understanding how the term is passed off as good in itself, and how today, its meaning hides a large part of the capitalist system that seeks to transform food production irreversibly from a communal, social, democratic act that is respectful of...

Future Smart Food: Rediscovering Hidden Treasures of Neglected and Underutilized Species for Zero Hunger in Asia has as its purposes: i) to demonstrate the multidimensional benefits of Neglected and Underutilized species (NUS) and their potential contribution to achieving Zero Hunger; ii) to identify promising NUS that are nutrition-dense, climate-resilient, economically-viable...

Urgenci's Newsletter - The International Network ofCommunity Supported Agriculture. Urgenci's newsletter has been named TEIKEI,«cooperation» in Japanese, as a tribute to the pioneering role of the Japanese organic agriculturemovement in setting up the first Community -supported Agriculture models. It is also a tribute to the victims ofthe March 2011 Earthquake and...

En la nueva Constitución, Ecuador incluyó la soberanía alimentaria entre los derechos del buen vivir; es decir, colocó la cuestión agroalimentaria en un horizonte alternativo al régimen alimentario corporativo, priorizando la garantía del derecho universal a la alimentación. De esta forma, se ha planteado la centralidad de los sistemas alimentarios...

La Política de Agricultura Familiar campesina, indígena y afrodescendiente PAFCIA, es un instrumento estratégico, con visión de futuro para la toma de decisiones y para dar marco a los procesos de dialogo e incidencia política y técnica, así como para desarrollar y consolidar un modelo productivo diversificado, incluyente y territorializado.  La...

Climate change is one of the most important challenges to sustainable development in the Northern mountainous region of Vietnam. IK is also used in cultivation techniques in extreme climatic conditions. With cultivation conditions are mainly sloping land, many traditional techniques have been applied to limit soil erosion due to heavy rainfalls...

A working group was held during the 2017 National Adaptation Forum to build collaborative capacity on issues related to Tribal agriculture and natural resource management in a changing climate. We developed three synthetic themes from these discussions and dialogue to highlight on-going opportunities, but also demonstrate areas for continued engagement...

La Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO), presenta en una nueva publicación un análisis de cómo está el campo mexicano hoy, una fotografía que muestra las características del sector rural en el siglo XXI.La nueva publicación de la FAO retrata los rostros de la nueva ruralidad...

Este es un análisis de coyuntura presentado en el marco de la 3ra Escuela Internacional de Posgrado y Campesina organizada por la Universidad de Costa Rica, La Red de Posgrado de CLACSO y el Grupo de  Trabajo: Estudios Críticos al Desarrollo.  

When the world food crisis exploded in 2007–2008, international prices of all major food commodities reached their highest level in nearly 30 years, pushing the number of people living in hunger to one billion, and compromising the human right to adequate food and nutrition of many more. The ‘crisis’—which many...

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...

Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) is a specific right that pertains to indigenous peoples and is recognized in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). FPIC allows indigenous peoples to give or withhold consent to any project that may affect them or their territories. Once...

The Voluntary Guidelines on Governance of Tenure state that responsible investments should do no harm, and safeguard against dispossession of legitimate tenure right holders. They also embody international legal provisions requiring the Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) from Indigenous Peoples to any project that may affect them. This course...

Minority Rights Group International (MRG) wholeheartedly applauds an historic judgment from the African Court of Human and Peoples Rights in Arusha today in favour of the Ogiek community of Kenya. Following an eight-year legal battle, the Court found that the Kenyan government violated seven separate articles of the African Charter in a land rights...

This report is a result of research conducted in partnership with Tshintsha Amakhaya, Farmer Support Group, TCOE Zingisa and Surplus People Project. The report investigates the state of farmer-managed seed systems in rural South Africa. Through 3 case studies in Eastern Cape, Northern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal, the report highlights both...

he Global Indigenous Youth Caucus (GIYC) met with FAO from April 5 to 8 in Rome headquarters with sixteen participants across seven world regions to discuss partnerships between FAO with Indigenous peoples worldwide. This is the first time the GIYC members have had the opportunity to meet with FAO representatives....

The Mayangna community faces significant problems with illegal timber extraction and agricultural expansion in its territories. The Forest and Farm Facility is working with the indigenous Mayangna forest-farm producer organization MAYARING to improve its organizational, business and natural resource management capacities. This video demonstrates the impact of Forest and Farm...