This book offers insights into the governance of contemporary food systems and their ongoing transformation by social movements. As global food systems face multiple threats and challenges there is an opportunity for social movements and civil society to play a more active role in building social justice and ecological sustainability. Drawing...

Internacionalmente, muitos esforços estão sendo envidados para estabelecer uma relação mais equilibrada entre população e ambiente e os componentes de produção de alimentos e energia. Destacam-se os Objetivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável (ODS) estabelecidos sob a coordenação da Organização das Nações Unidas (ONU), visando garantir, até 2030, um planeta mais próspero,...

In the definition of family farmers for the International Year of Family Farmers (IYFF) in 2014 and now for the United Nations Decade of Family Farming 2019–28, pastoralists are mentioned as a group requiring specific attention. Despite this recognition, most statements, papers and information about family farmers refer primarily to...

The Near East and North Africa Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition provides new evidence for monitoring trends in food security and nutrition within the framework of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda. The in-depth analysis of progress made against Sustainable Development Goal 2 Target 2.1 (to end hunger and ensure...

URGENCI, the CSA network and its national members from 12 European countries held an advocacy capacity building session in Brussels (May 14-16). CSA advocates had an unprecedented opportunity to share experience and to refine their key messages  

From the topics: AgriFish Council of 18 June, NRNs'Meeting in Bucharest, Annual fi-compass conference, open calls RDP and many more.

Soil erosion can turn to a serious problem if left to progress beyond control. Fixing severely eroded land and repairing the damage done by displaced soil also costs significant amount of money. The following are methods that have proven to reduce and prevent soil erosion from occurring in the first...

While small-scale and artisanal fisheries are undeniably important globally, there is no global consensus on how to define the sectors, hindering comparative studies and international agreements. We focused on the usage of the words in both the scientific literature and legal documents and show that the confusion stems from a...

This episode is scheduled for the 8th of May 2019, 17.30 (Central European Summer Time). It will address the issue of the financial sustainability of CSA farms. 

El presente documento tiene el propósito de compartir con los actores del sector los resultados, experiencias y lecciones aprendidas del proyecto “Producción sustentable de azafrán de alta calidad en el Valle de Casablanca”. Este tuvo como objetivo introducir y desarrollar el cultivo sustentable de azafrán de alta calidad en Chile,...

Foram criados sete tipos de selos: o SENAF, SENAF mulher, SENAF juventude, SENAF quilombola, SENAF indígena, SENAF sociobiodiversidade e SENAF empresas O Ministério da Agricultura instituiu mudanças no Selo Nacional da Agricultura Familiar (Senaf), por meio da Portaria 161, de 9/8/2019, publicada no Diário Oficial da União (DOU) desta quarta-feira, 14. O...

•The tick genera Ixodes, Haemaphysalis, Dermacentor, Hyalomma, and Rhipicephalus are present in Mongolia. •Ixodes persulcatus and Dermacentor nuttalli are the most medically and veterinary important tick species. •Tick-borne encephalitis virus, Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus, Borrelia, Anaplasma, and Rickettsia bacteria, and Piroplasmorida apicomplexans occur in Mongolia. •Prevalence of human infection with TBPs is lower than in neighboring countries, suggesting that these diseases may frequently be undiagnosed or misdiagnosed....

A experiência de mulheres trabalhadoras do campo mostra que é por meio do cooperativismo ou por associativismo que elas conseguem acessar recursos para produzir, serviços, oportunidades de emprego e de representação em conselhos com voz para decidir. O potencial existente em cooperativas para a autonomia das mulheres rurais é destacado pela...

El trabajo infantil en la agricultura, tanto por su volumen y amplitud, como por sus características específicas como sector, representa una de las prioridades de acción más urgentes, tanto en la región de América Latina y el Caribe como en todo el mundo, para redoblar el ritmo del progreso hacia...

Au Maroc, l’exploitation individuelle des eaux souterraines a permis le développement rapide d’une agriculture irriguée intensive. Dans la plaine de Berrechid, la ressource est limitée et surexploitée. L’agence de bassin tente depuis une dizaine d’années de mettre en place une contractualisation avec différents acteurs pour réguler les prélèvements en eau...

This Regional Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Monitoring and Surveillance Guidelines Volume 1 provides guidance in the development of AMR surveillance plan for food-borne bacteria, underscoring the key elements for harmonized AMR data generation, data collation and reporting of findings, while taking into consideration the standing context of the region. It aims...

A publicação que retrata o estado-da-arte da produção florestal não madeireira do país, incluindo a distribuição territorial dos diversos tipos de produtos: alimentícios, aromáticos, medicinais, corantes, borrachas, ceras, fibras, oleaginosos e tanantes. Incentivar a bioeconomia é uma das metas da atual gestão buscando garantir a ampliação de renda à população de...

This document provides an overview of the purpose, context and content of the Regional Workshop on Climate-Smart Agriculture in the Near East and North Africa, held 8–10 October 2018. The aim of the workshop was to build the capacity of the countries in the region mainly ministries of agriculture and...

O agricultor que planta até exaurir os recursos do solo virou coisa do passado. Por meio da tecnologia aliada ao respeito ao meio ambiente, o produtor consegue desenvolver o próprio solo, com aumento da produtividade. Essa é a agricultura 4.0, que promete revolucionar a economia verde. Segundo o diretor do Departamento...

Reports demonstrating the environmental and social limits of the current food system have never been so numerous. While it is important to carry on exposing these limits, it is equally fundamental to consider  the outlines of a new food system that respects human beings and the environment.