Under the patronage of the Prime Minister, Mr. Tammam Salam, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Lebanon, launched its "Lebanon - Country Programming Framework 2016 - 2019" at the Grand Serail in Beirut, on Monday, May 16, 2016. The ceremony was attended by the Minister...

La preservación de granos representa, desde tiempos ancestrales, un elemento clave para asegurar la subsistencia de los seres humanos. La búsqueda de saberes a base de prueba y error con elementos de la misma naturaleza como las plantas y los minerales, permitió que los pueblos contaran con técnicas rústicas de...

“Las mejores políticas públicas se hacen dialogando” es la premisa con que Rimisp viene promoviendo desde 2010, la generación de Grupos de Diálogo Rural, primero a nivel nacional, con el apoyo del Fondo Internacional para el Desarrollo Agrícola, y a partir de 2012 a escala regional, en Centroamérica y la...

Se analizará el estado de situación y consolidación de una institucionalidad social en la región desde varias perspectivas complementarias con el fin de identificar avances, desafíos y oportunidades en la construcción de sistemas de protección social universales que apunten al cumplimiento efectivo de los derechos económicos, sociales y culturales.

In his discussion with the pontiff, Graziano da Silva outlined FAO's belief that increasing investments in food security, sustainable rural development and in efforts to adapt agriculture to climate change, will help create the conditions whereby people, especially the youth, will no longer be forced to abandon their lands in...

In the Mediterranean, the diversity of production systems and value chains is seen as an asset for sustainability. More than anywhere else, the Mediterranean zone boasts a wide range of sheep and goat farming situations, products and natural resources. This diversity of production systems has provided many different products, shaped...

This paper critically examines the key legal and policy issues in developing sustainable agroforestry on unproductive land in Viti Levu, Fiji. Much of this land has become unproductive because of the decline in Fiji’s sugar industry, on which the country has long relied. Interest in other land uses has thus...

In Africa, small-scale agriculture – including post-production activities such as handling, processing and marketing – is a major source of income in rural areas. In recent years, women have increased their role in the rural sector significantly, and their contribution to household and commercial agriculture is fundamental. Empowering and investing...

Universalizar a Assistência Técnica e Extensão Rural (Ater), assegurar a continuidade das políticas públicas, garantir o reconhecimento da importância do trabalho rural para a economia brasileira e o para bem-estar da população. Os desafios para a agricultura familiar no Brasil são muitos.  De acordo com o Sistema Informatizado de Assistência Técnica...

Due to the topographical circumstances – 70 % of the territory is categorized as mountain area – Austria’s agriculture is largely based on small scaled family farms. Average farm size is about 22 ha UAA and about 36 ha cultivated area including forest (2014). Corresponding to these figures, Austria clearly...

The paper proves that agrarian relations do not fit for the system of modern market mechanisms because their commercialization adverse to the capital interests and social and economic relations humanization. There are objective circumstances causing a prerogative of the state concerning the development and improvement of agrarian relations. First of...

Con la finalidad de brindar a los técnicos mayores herramientas para contribuir a que los cultivos que se siembran en todas las entidades del país lleguen a buen término, el Servicio Nacional de Sanidad, Inocuidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria (Senasica) convocó a instituciones de investigación a integrar 31 Agendas Técnicas Agrícolas. La...

By making a base mix that can be fed to all animals, you save time and money. Two thirds of the mix is made from grains, like paddy, maize, sorghum and millet. One third of the mix should be rich in protein and fat. Mill the base mix into a...

With only a few weeks before land preparation begins for the next main cropping season, some 23 million people in Southern Africa urgently need support to produce enough food to feed themselves and thus avoid being dependent on humanitarian assistance until mid 2018, FAO said today. A FAO-prepared response plan aims to...

En esta nota se describe la situación regional, de cómo aumenta el porcentaje de mujeres a cargo de explotaciones agropecuarias en América Latina y el Caribe y sus características centrales. En América Latina y el Caribe, entre el 8% y el 30% de las explotaciones están a cargo de una mujer....

As individual farmers lack resources to invest in, or learn about, Conservation Agriculture. This video shows a group in Kenya that has come together to share knowledge and equipment and to assist each other.

A promising start has been made: the two new community seedbanks of Gumbu and Sterkspruit and complementary technical support provided by the government will allow farmers to improve seed conservation technologies, increase access to crop diversity, apply crop improvement practices and explore seed production and marketing opportunities. The Gumbu community...

Agroecology is considered jointly as a science, a practice and a social movement . It encompasses the whole food system from the soil to the organization of human societies. It is value-laden and based on core principles. As a science, it gives priority to action research, holistic and participatory approaches, and transdisciplinarity that...

The Dutch potato breeding model, which involves a partnership between family farmers and commercial breeding companies in a modern, Western context, is unique. While there are other examples of collaborative relationships between farmers and breeders in Europe, the Dutch potato breeding model stands out in terms of its long track...

Este trabajo se interesa por investigar enfoques innovadores para abordar la temática del empoderamiento económico de las mujeres rurales pobres. Para ello, se examinan los elementos conceptuales y de política que surgen del enfoque territorial del desarrollo y del enfoque de género, en una perspectiva de articulación entre ambos que...