People who rely on natural resources for their livelihoods are more vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and are often limited in their capacity to adapt to the changes. Vulnerability to climate change is exacerbated when individuals’ asset base is limited or insecure. Because control over assets is highly...

Organised into a collective, 30-odd women farmers in a remote tribal hamlet in West Bengal have not only gained necessary skills on agriculture, but have also learned leadership qualities. Gradually, these women are discovering themselves as decision makers not only in their respective families, but also in their villages.

The Vidra commune is located in the southern extremity of Ilfov county, at the border with Giurgiu county and to the south of Bucharest municipality, on the banks of river Sabar. It consists of the villages Vidra, Creţeşti, and Sinteşti. The Sabar river is a tributary of Argeş river, forming...

Sitio web que describe qué es la CELAC, sus pilares e información relevante asociada al Plan para la Seguridad Alimentaria, Nutrición y Erradicación del Hambre 2025.

AVSF is an officially recognized non-profit association that works for international solidarity and that has been engaged in supporting smallholder farming since 1977. AVSF reaches out to smallholder communities threatened by exclusion and poverty, offering them professional skills in agriculture, livestock farming, and animal health. In this way, AVSF supports these...

AgroSeguro es un sistema permanente de seguridad productiva, subvencionado por el Estado, para beneficios de pequeños y medianos productores agrícolas, ganaderos, acuícolas, forestales, pescadores artesanales y otros agentes productivos vinculados al agro ecuatoriano.  

Nutrition can be a driver of change or a barrier to progress. According to the Global Nutrition Report (GNR), which has been presented in Kampala on the eve of the sixth Africa Day for Food and Nutrition Security Conference, there is a need for a strong political commitment, investment and...

This One-Pager describes key findings of a four-year research project, From Protection to Production (PtoP), which analysed the impact of social cash transfer programmes in sub-Saharan Africa. The qualitative studies specifically explored impacts on household economic decision-making, the local economy and social networks. They also examined how the design and...

On 5 and 6 November 2015 over 300 representatives from governments, civil society, research and the private sector have participated in the Regional Meeting on Agroecology in sub-Saharan Africa hosted by the Government of Senegal and co-organized by the Government of Senegal and FAO in Dakar with the opening ceremony...

 El Fondo Internacional para el Desarrollo Agrícola (FIDA) confirmó hoy 29 de junio de 2015, su compromiso con la promoción de políticas a favor de la agricultura familiar en América Latina y el Caribe con el lanzamiento de la quinta fase del programa FIDA-MERCOSUR. Esta nueva fase, que se extenderá hasta...

This first edition of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)’s Regional Overview of Food Insecurity in Africa was prepared by the FAO Regional Office for Africa (RAF) in close collaboration with the FAO Statistics Division (ESS) and the FAO Agricultural Development Economics Division (ESA). This document...

This is the story of a farmer, Ioan Florea, of the Săcele commune, Constanţa county, who incorporated, in 1998, the FLORA Family Association. It was the initiative of the Florea family members, who decided to switch to a new form of agriculture, the private one, believing that professionalism and responsibility...

Cet ouvrage a pour objectif d’expliquer la nature et la force des liens entre la famille et l’exploitation agricole. L’ouvrage est construit autour d’une vingtaine d’études de cas menées dans divers pays de l’Asie, de l’Afrique, de l’Amérique latine et de l’Europe. Les auteurs précisent « ce qui fait famille »,...

Informe que da cuenta de las actividades más destacadas del período 2014-2015, tales como proyectos, concursos y alianzas generadas.

Durante la inauguración del Foro Hacia Democratizar la Productividad Rural Sostenible, el titular de la Secretaría de Agricultura, Ganadería, Desarrollo Rural, Pesca y Alimentación (SAGARPA) hizo énfasis en diferenciar la agricultura familiar y la participación y contacto de los jóvenes en una actividad como patrimonio y herencia de sus padres,...

Esta noticia da cuenta del momento en que el Comité Nacional de Agricultura Familiar de Honduras (CNAF-Honduras) entregaron oficialmente al Ministro de Agricultura y Ganadería (SAG), Jacobo Paz, el concepto de agricultura familiar para el país con el propósito que sea aceptado y oficializado por el Gobierno a fin de...

Metodología del Instituto de Investigación Agropecuaria de Panamá (IDIAP) para la Innovación Tecnológica de los Sistemas de Producción de la Agricultura Familiar.

América Latina es la subregión que mayores avances ha hecho, logrando tanto la meta del Objetivo de Desarrollo del Milenio, al disminuir su prevalencia de subalimentación de 14.4% en 1990/92 a 5.1%% en 2012/14, como también la meta más ambiciosa de la Cumbre Mundial de la Alimentación (CMA) de 1996,...

Este artículo da cuenta que, en el marco de la II Reunión Ministerial de Agricultura Familiar de la Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños, CELAC, que se realiza este jueves y viernes, en San José, el Ministro de Agricultura y Ganadería, Luis Felipe Arauz Cavallini hizo un llamado ante los delegados...

On September 18, 2015 a workshop on the Family Farming Development Prospects in Georgia was held by the Biological Farming Association Elkana with participation of representatives from the organizations working on agricultural issues. The workshop was organized within the framework of the programme financed by Brot fur die Welt. According to the...