Agro-ecology: evaluation methods for its effects and conditions for developmentProceedings of the exchange and methodological construction workshop on the 14th and 15th of december 2017   This document presents the work of the exchange workshop organized on December 14 and 15 2017 by the Working Group on Agroecological Transitions (GTAE in french - created by...

Participatory Plant Breeding and Smallholder Farmers video – the third in a series of six videos from ACB’s National Seed Dialogue and Celebration At the National Seed Dialogue and Celebration, hosted by the African Centre for Biodiversity at Constitution Hill in December 2017, this session on Participatory Plant Breeding and...

On the occasion of the conference "Youth employment in agriculture as a solid solution to ending hunger and poverty in Africa" (Kigali, Rwanda, 20−21 August 2018), FAO showcased a digital service portfolio, consisting of 10 innovation projects. This factsheet presents four new apps bring agricultural services closer to farmers, providing...

This work aims to assess, in a comparative way, the sustainability of organic and conventional olive growing systems in the Sfax region (Tunisia). This assessment will be undertaken based on I) a multidimensional perspective considering the three classical dimensions of sustainability – environmental, economic and socio-territorial – and II) on...

Las compras públicas o contratación estatales, son mecanismos de adquisición de productos o servicios para abastecer a las instituciones y programas financiados o ejecutados por el Estado (consumo de organismos públicos, programas sociales, fuerzas armadas, obras públicas, etc.). Pero también se reconocen a las compras públicas como un instrumento de...

Consideraciones y recetas para la elaboración de chacinados artesanales.

El cierre de la planta en la que trabajaba y luego un paso de cuatro años por otra empresa vitivinícola fueron los disparadores tras los cuales Carlos y su familia se decidieron a iniciar un emprendimiento en una finca en Las Paredes, Mendoza. Comenzaron plantando uvas y elaborando vinos de...

This paper analyzes the vertical relationship between growers and processors in the Algerian tomato processing industry. We use extensive data on production contract outcomes for processing tomato growers (including 3,740 coordinated contracts) to examine the performance of grower-processor vertical contracts. The results indicate that the tomato grower-processor vertical relationship undergoes...

Fundación Microfinanzas BBVA, en el marco de la campaña regional #MujeresRurales, #MujeresconDerechos nos presenta #HistoriasqueEmpoderan.  Este video es de Delia, quien talla calabazas de forma artesanal mediante una técnica artística peruana llamada burilado. Con el apoyo de la Fundación Microfinanzas BBVA, Delia ha logrado que sus hijos puedan estudiar y mantener viva...

Last March in New York the sixty-second Commission on the Status of Women (CSW62) took place with a priority focus on ‘Challenges and opportunities in achieving gender equality and the empowerment of rural women and girls’. The Commission recognized in its conclusions «the crucial contributions of rural women to local and...

A programme that helps rural women in Kyrgyzstan gain access to new economic opportunities has received significant financial support from the Swedish government. The USD 5 million contribution from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) will help expand the Joint Programme on Accelerating Progress towards the Economic Empowerment of Rural...

Climate change is projected to have severe implications for smallholder agriculture in Africa, with increased temperatures, increased drought and flooding occurrence, and increased rainfall variability. Given these projections, there is a need to identify effective strategies to help rural communities adapt to climatic risks. Yet, relatively little research has examined...

ICARDA has been expanding conservation agriculture in Ninawa province in northern Iraqi city of Mosul. Conservation agriculture is an approach to managing agro-ecosystems for improved and sustained productivity, while simultaneously preserving and enhancing the environment. Through a combination of reduced tillage, crop rotations, and stubble retention, conservation agriculture allows farmers...

This report presents the lessons learned from a project in four East African countries – Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda – focusing on youth and their agribusinesses. In Burundi and Rwanda, poultry and eggs were sold to retailers but were also provided to schools to alleviate malnutrition. In Kenya and...

Fundación Microfinanzas BBVA, en el marco de la campaña regional #MujeresRurales, #MujeresconDerechos nos presenta #HistoriasqueEmpoderan.  Este video es de María, quien enterraba sus ahorros en el patio de su casa hasta que un día le robaron. Entonces, decidió acudir a Financiera Confianza, la entidad de la Fundación Microfinanzas BBVA, y deposita sus...

This document presents the work of the exchange workshop organized on December 14 and 15 2017 by the Working Group on Agroecological Transitions (GTAE in french - created by the french NGOs AVSF, Agrisud, CARI and Gret) and dedicated to methods to evaluate the performance of agroecology and development conditions. The work of...

El Observatorio de Género “Mujeres y Territorios” busca develar las amplias desigualdades que enfrentan distintos grupos de mujeres de la población Latinoamericana. Estas desigualdades son la expresión de una exclusión social profunda, donde la intersección del género, la etnicidad, la edad y el territorio, profundizan la marginación de algunas mujeres...

La Reunión Especializada de Agricultura Familiar (REAF), por intermedio de sus coordinadores nacionales, solicitó al Programa Fidamercosur CLAEH la cooperación técnica para desarrollar el presente informe. El trabajo consistió en relevar, con el apoyo de las instituciones de gobierno de cinco países (Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Uruguay y Paraguay), la información sobre...

Los continuos cambios que se produjeron desde la década del 80' con el avance de la sojización en la pampa húmeda argentina, han condicionado la permanencia de ciertos sistemas de producción que compiten con este cultivo en especial por el recurso suelo. Este proceso de transformación social provocó importantes consecuencias...

Given the spread of different transboundary animal diseases (TADs) such as African Swine fever (ASF), Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) and Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD), it is pertinent that FAO will provide assistance to countries in a way of practical knowledge on how to deal with animal...