Access to information by rural farming communities is one of the major constraints to agricultural development in Uganda because of inadequate extension service delivery. The use of information communications technologies (ICTs) can potentially address this blockage. Although the application of ICTs in rural development is not new, its application in...

The TheruBeedi Seed Bank and Producer Group facilitate informal benefit sharing mechanisms that can be very effective in protecting biodiversity and encouraging farmers to contribute to the genetic pool. The approaches include offering family farmers incentives to cultivate traditional or rare varieties, providing assistance in the marketing of their products,...

Ainda que no meio rural o trabalho seja feito majoritariamente por homens, a Empresa de Assistência Técnica e Extensão Rural de Rondônia (Emater/RO) investiu em um projeto de Ater só para mulheres. Uma ação que revolucionou a vida de agricultoras dos municípios de Ouro Preto do Oeste, Teixeirópolis, Nova União,...

This publication is a collection of articles written by economists, sociologists, and gender specialists and practitioners from twelve post-Soviet countries in Eastern Europe, South Caucasus and Central Asia. It is unique in its effort to review and analyze the issues that are at the intersection of gender equality, social protection...

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...

What is successful access and benefit sharing’ for smallholder family farmers? This contribution argues it is not about legal contracts or mechanisms that regulate the international transfer of plant genetic resources. It is about farmers’ access to seed diversity and the ability to share in the benefits of the continuing...

Ethiopia’s economy is rapidly transforming. However, the extent to which this is affecting off-farm income and labor markets in rural areas is not well understood. Based on a large-scale household survey in high potential agricultural areas, we find that total off-farm income (defined as wage and enterprise income) makes up...

To commemorate the International Year of Family Farming, the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF), Chennai and the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nation (FAO) Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok, organised an Asia-Pacific Regional Consultation at Chennai in August 2014. Several background papers were prepared for...

Este número de Mundo Rural incluye artículos sobre: alcances de la nueva institucionalidad indígena, vigencia y futuro de las organizaciones campesinas, INDAP abre primera tienda Mundo Rural, 2016 año internacional de las legumbres, entre otros artículos de interés.  

Addressing gender equality is a fundamental part of FAO’s mandate. Social and economic inequalities between women and men undermine food security and restrict economic growth and advances in agriculture. The problems of hunger, malnutrition and rural poverty cannot be solved unless and until women and men are treated equally and...

This special issue of Farming Matters magazine has explored the ways in which access and benefit sharing of plant genetic resources can work for family farmers. On one hand it presents cases that demonstrate the limited extent to which family farmers have been able to benefit from the ‘formal’ ABS...

Despite many agricultural and socio-economic studies conducted in other parts of Indonesia, there is a scientific gap among researches focused on small scale farmers in North Sumatra. The article presented is based on the Sustainable livelihoods framework established in the 1990’s by the Department for International Development (DFID) with special...

The Global Food Policy Report is IFPRI’s flagship publication. This year’s annual report examines major food policy issues, global and regional developments, and commitments made in 2015, and presents data on key food policy indicators. The report also proposes key policy options for 2016 and beyond to achieve the Sustainable...

A farmers' community in India learned, through the FAO Community Animal Health Workers training programme, how to rear poultry and face the poultry diseases problems.

Con motivo de las actividades y debates promovidos por el Gobierno Federal en el Mes de la Mujer, el MDA llevó a cabo un mini documental. El video muestra el resultado de las políticas públicas para las mujeres rurales. En el interior del Río Grande del Norte, por ejemplo, los...

El Proyecto de Recuperación Productiva Post-Emergencia, llevado adelante en las provincias de la Patagonia, trabajó con el fin de fomentar la producción asociativa y comunitaria con el objetivo de mitigar la situación de los pobladores y pobladoras rurales afectadas por las cenizas del volcán Puyehue-Cordón Caulle. En la provincia de Chubut...

En toda la región del Cono Sur se ha vivido un intenso proceso de revitalización de la “Agricultura Familiar” (AF). En Argentina desde 2003, pero más fuertemente desde el año 2008, se ejecutan políticas para el sector. En este trabajo analizaremos la aparición pública de la AF en la esfera estatal como parte...

Data from October 2016. Most recent data: Further Eurostat information, Main tables and Database. Family farms dominate the structure of EU agriculture in terms of their numbers, their contribution to agricultural employment and, to a lesser degree, the area of land that they cultivate. There were 10.8 million farms in the...

Women have always had an important role in Eritrean society. During the struggle for independence they helped transform Eritrean society, and today rural women contribute substantially to the agriculture sector and provide income for their households. Like women around the world and especially those in developing countries, the women in...

En este conocemos a Stella Maris Rébora, docente entrerriana comprometida con la construcción de una sociedad más justa e igualitaria, que luchó por el acceso a la educación de la población rural más postergada. Llegó a formar parte del Movimiento Rural (donde fue nombrada responsable nacional de los maestros rurales)...