Se habla mucho sobre la responsabilidad compartida entre los países ricos, pobres, grandes y pequeños, entre el mundo rural y el urbano, entre mujeres y hombres. Pero las desigualdades aún forman parte de la vida de más de 600 millones de personas latinoamericanas y caribeñas, entre ellas las mujeres y...

Baba Residence (baba – grandmother in Bulgarian) is an initiative bringing together urban youth and elderly people in low-density and remote villages in Bulgaria. Participants spend one month living and learning in a mountain village, with the purpose to create a meeting point between the entrepreneurial spirit of young people...

No será posible acabar con la pobreza si una parte considerable de la población rural tiene un acceso limitado y desigual a los servicios financieros. De acuerdo con la FAO, es precisamente en las zonas rurales donde existe una mayor exclusión financiera y la reducción de la pobreza ocurre a...

At ICENECDEV partnering is at the core of our strategy: They partner to end extreme poverty and promote the protection of the Environment. And in today’s development landscape partnership is important to drive the global development Agendas—partnering with the business community is more important than ever before to achieve the...

“Women” and “fishing” are two words that would not have been used together in the same sentence a few years ago in Rwanda. It has been a long-held belief in Rwanda that fishing is not for women – it is a man’s occupation. Women have mostly embraced this thinking as well, but...

En Belice, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panamá y República Dominicana, países que forman parte del Sistema de la Integración Centroamericana (SICA), son limitadas las oportunidades de las mujeres rurales para generar ingresos propios. Aunque en esta región las áreas rurales abastecen de alimentos y otras materias primas a...

Zambia's vibrant youth are crucial to developing a prosperous agricultural sector. This means shaking off outdated perceptions and providing young people with the right incentives. 

Video que da cuenta de cuatro mujeres de Milpa Alta, en la Ciudad de México: Irene, Judith, María e Irma, decidieron dar valor agregado a su producción de carne de pavo, realizando jamón y chorizo, pero solo lograban vender hasta 100 pavos al mes entre sus vecinos y la comunidad....

The agriculture sector is one of the major income generating sectors in Sierra Leone and more than 70 percent of the population is engaged in subsistence farming. The outbreak of the Ebola virus disease caused a major disruption to farming activities, closing periodic markets, creating price volatility and worsening food...

O Acompanhamento do Mercado de Trabalho do Agronegócio realizado pelo Centro de Estudos Avançados em Economia Aplicada (CEPEA) aborda aspectos da conjuntura e da estrutura do mercado de trabalho do setor. O agronegócio, nesses estudos, é entendido como a soma de quatro segmentos: insumos para a agropecuária, produção agropecuária primária,...

Improving Household Food and Nutrition Security in Egypt by Targeting Women and Youth is a project in which nutrition awareness is integrated with food production and income generating activities. It is designed to improve the food and nutrition security of the vulnerable by improving the skills of women and the...

O artigo assim se justifica pela importância de se discutir e refletir sobre as especificidades da condição de mulher pertencentes à comunidades rurais; pela relevância e particularidades do conceito de Feminismo Comunitário para o movimento feminista; e pela tentativa de reflexão e comparação das lutas de mulheres de comunidades rurais...

Abertura: Jefferson Coriteac – Secretário Especial de Agricultura Familiar e do Desenvolvimento Agrário do Brasil Raquel Santori – Subsecretária de Reordenamento Agrário do Brasil Manuel Otero – Diretor Geral do Instituto Interamericano de Cooperação para a Agricultura - IICA Palestra Magna: Governança Fundiária e o Papel das Políticas Públicas para Agricultura Familiar. Palestrante: Prof....

Dans le cadre de son programme pluriannuel « TransfromAfrica – Vers une transformation écologique et sociale en Afrique », la fondation Heinrich Böll Afrique du Nord Rabat lance quatre court-métrages dressant le portrait de femmes agricultrices impliquées dans le développement de projets agro-écologiques au Maroc, en Tunisie, au Sénégal  et au Nigéria....

En las últimas semanas se ha hablado mucho acerca del futuro. El año 2030 ha sido señalado por las Naciones Unidas como el decisivo, cuando los efectos del cambio climático se vuelvan catastróficos e irreversibles, si es que nuestros sistemas de producción y consumo se mantienen tal como hoy. Ese mismo...

Trata da inclusão e organização produtiva das mulheres rurais; a relação com a conservação dos recursos genéticos e acesso às políticas públicas, a formação de rede de mulheres, a comunicação das contribuições, e as iniciativas corporativas, além dos desafios futuros para alcançar a igualdade e empoderar mulheres e meninas.

Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which: identify highly nutritious local food plants, explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way, detail the nutritional value of the plants and describe why human bodies require those nutrients. The resources created by FPS allows people to better...

Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which: identify highly nutritious local food plants, explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way, detail the nutritional value of the plants and describe why human bodies require those nutrients. The resources created by FPS allows people to better...

Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which: identify highly nutritious local food plants, explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way, detail the nutritional value of the plants and describe why human bodies require those nutrients. The resources created by FPS allows people to better...

All over the world, women contribute enormously to rural development through their work in agriculture. As a result of male outmigration from rural areas and the growth of commercial farming, women’s roles in agriculture are expanding in many countries (FAO, 2017), with significant consequences for food systems and rural societies...