Access to agricultural land has become a major issue throughout Europe - we are witnessing loss of land, land degradation, land concentration, land price increases and speculation. Yet the growing demand for local, fair and organic food cannot be met without the land and the committed farmers. Community Supported Agriculture has...

La FAO organiza el coloquio internacional: Gobernar la tierra en igualdad, en el marco de la iniciativa regional “Acceso de mujeres a tierra: autonomía económica, igualdad de derechos y seguridad alimentaria” junto a ONUMUJERES, buscando intensificar el diálogo con los gobiernos, organizaciones de sociedad civil, sector privado y academia, que...

Este livro retrata um pouco da história, dos percalços e das conquistas que marcaram o processo de construção da Política Nacional de Agroecologia e Produção Orgânica no Brasil (Pnapo) – uma política que nasceu das demandas e iniciativas da sociedade civil organizada e foi sendo construída aos poucos, de forma...

In a study of women and their roles in rural areas adopted by the European Parliament’s Agriculture Committee and Women’s Committee (28 February), EU lawmakers called for an enhanced role for women in the EU farming sector. Faced with a number of severe challenges ranging from growing urbanisation to an ageing...

There is global recognition that forests are not only about trees but also about the people who live in and around them. Empirical evidence on the role of forests in food security, poverty reduction through income and employment generation, and addressing the challenges of climate change is increasingly being generated...

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...

The rationale of the study of NWFPs is to improve the livelihoods of local rural communities living within forests. The aim of the study concerns the promotion of small and medium enterprises exploiting the state’s forest products in order to contribute towards creating employment in disadvantaged forest governorates. The selection...

A cartilha técnica sobre agroecologia apresenta o que é o sistema, traz informações e conceitos da atividade e ensina o passo a passo das práticas, além de orientar o agricultor sobre como ter acesso a essa política pública. O agricultor vai aprender a como produzir biofertilizante natural e adubos orgânicos,...

This report triangulates qualitative and quantitative primary and secondary data to analyze Lebanon’s main NWFPs value chains: pine nuts – Pinus pinea -, honey, Syrian oregano and sage – Origanum syriacum and Salvia fruticosa -, and laurel - Laurus nobilis. For each value chain, the report proposes recommendations for the...

O galo vai cantar hoje no mínimo três vezes para acordar você, Maria! Você que é trabalhadora rural e que não pode deixar de participar do concurso "Vozes, Imagens e Histórias e Experiências das Mulheres Rurais". O prazo final de inscrição é hoje (15). Para quem não sabe, o concurso é...

Una discusión conceptual será desarrollada, la cual se basará en la evidencia y recomendaciones de intervención de los servicios de ATER en los países. A partir de esta discusión, se realizarán recomendaciones, que permitan transitar hacia una mirada más integral y holística de los servicios rurales, donde los sistemas de...

La calidad de nuestra alimentación y nuestra soberanía alimentaria dependen de las decisiones que tomamos todos los días. En la CONABIO colaboramos con muchas instituciones para conocer la diversidad de plantas domesticadas, sus parientes silvestres, los procesos que les han dado origen a través de la selección continua que hacen los...

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...

The objective of the assessment is to analyse the agricultural and rural sector of Zimbabwe from a gender perspective at the macro (policy), meso (institutional) and micro (community and household) levels in order to identify gender inequalities in access to critical productive resources, assets, services and opportunities. In particular, the...

The FAO Director-General argued that the world's rural areas will be the key battleground in the push to achieve the 2030 sustainable development agenda, since it is there that poverty and hunger are most concentrated.At the same time, most of the increases in agricultural yields required to feed a world...

This guide is based on information from the Food Plants International (FPI) database developed by Tasmanian agricultural scientist Bruce French.  The source material and guidance for the preparation of the book has been made possible through the support of Food Plants International, the Rotary Clubs of District 9830, particularly the...

Bimestriel d'informations du monde rural et de l'environnement en République Démocratique du Congo

Ao conceder o Selo de Identificação da Participação da Agricultura Familiar (SIPAF) de número 1.800, a Secretaria Especial de Agricultura Familiar e do Desenvolvimento Agrário (SEAD) fez, nesta semana, o balanço dos últimos números do programa. A boa notícia é que já são mais de 145 mil agricultores familiares beneficiados...