The wide diversity of different grains produced by organic farmers, as a result of their long-term crop rotation systems, means a significant number of dedicated silos are needed to meet the enhanced requirements for quality and traceability. These are often unavailable in the existing storage facilitates used by the conventional...

Un Plan de Desarrollo Departamental en pocas palabras, es un documento que sintetiza las aspiraciones de la población de cada Departamento; y debe ser producto de un ejercicio democrático, en el que los distintos sectores de la sociedad participen con opiniones y aportes, apoyando de esta manera el trabajo de...

The Philippines case examines the results of a shift in government policy from a system in which forest resource rights were granted to large-scale industry to one where rights were transferred to community organisations to carry out forest management. In this case, the co-management system is undercut because the standard regulations are...

This brief describes the changing context within which public forestry administrations operate and outlines concrete steps they can take to adapt to this changing context and to strengthen their capacity to fulfil their mandates.

Durante el II Foro de Innovación Agraria (INNOVAGRO), organizado por el Ministerio de Agricultura de Chile, a través de la Fundación para la Innovación Agraria (FIA), Cecilia Leiva, presidenta de la Corporación PROCASUR destacó la importancia para los países el establecer modelos de extensión agraria y rural, que superen el...

11 September 2015, Dakar/Accra - In Senegal, an operational model linking local food production to school feeding programmes is showing the power of public food procurement schemes associated to technical support to smallholders’ agricultural production. Building upon technical principles and knowledge of the Brazilian public food acquisition program, the PAA...

Professional documentaries on young farmer’s winners of the third edition of the "New factors of Success," which selection best practices in rural development by young farmers who have benefited from the EAFRD. The documentaries are produced by young professionals selected thanks to the involvement of the best film schools in...

Dairy farmers generally produce either summer or winter milk, depending on their farm’s calving system, with few exceptions, where milk is produced all year round. Due to its higher production costs, especially the price of organic feed, winter milk attracts a higher price premium than summer milk. Although some organic...

The 14th Agricultural Policy Forum (APF) “Promoting Sustainable Rural Development through Agriculture in South Eastern Europe was held in Kopaonik, Serbia in the period of 14th – 17th October 2014. This Forum provided an opportunity to review the accomplishments achieved by the APF process over the past period, while considering...

El Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería y Pesca de la Nación, a través de la Secretaría de Agricultura Familiar realizó el tercer Encuentro Nacional de Ferias Francas y Mercados Solidarios, en el que participaron 3.000 expositores y feriantes organizados. Agricultores y agricultoras provenientes de 22 provincias argentinas y de países vecinos,...

Agriculture still remains a little attractive to most of investors. Modern investment into agrarian sector of Kazakhstan and growth of its investment appeal restrains an acute shortage of financial resources, poorly developed material base, low solvent demand of the population therefore growth of investments is one of major factors of...

Research priorities are often defined by policy makers without involving stakeholders sufficiently, or with ineffective measures put in place to disseminate the final results. Responding to this problem, the Dutch organic sector set up Bioconnect in 2005, with the aim of reorganising the coordination of organic research and knowledge transfer...

L’abondance de la production végétale et animalière enregistrée ces dernières années à Oran marque selon des spécialistes le passage à une agriculture moderne à la faveur du soutien de l’Etat à ce secteur stratégique.

Agriculture the backbone of Indian economy that engages more than 50 percent of the country’s workforce, is losing its preference as the most desired profession. Research shows that more than 40 percent of farmers dislike farming as a profession because of low profits, high risk, and lack of social status,...

A fin de analizar temas de comunidades rurales, mejorar la capacidad de autoconsumo, intercambiar conocimientos sobre medicina tradicional, gastronomía, entre otros fue inaugurado el Foro-Taller Agricultura Familiar, Campesina e Indígena. El Instituto Nacional de Desarrollo Social (Indesol), la Oficina Regional para América Latina y el Caribe de la FAO y...

La plataforma web de la Asociación Nacional de Productores Ecológicos del Perú (ANPE), es un espacio que se renueva con la clara intención de seguir informando sobre las actividades de los productores que día a día luchan para seguir adelante y los proyectos que se emprenden como institución tanto a...

Small family farms account for the bulk of the agriculture sector, since they make up the majority of farms worldwide; an estimated 85 per cent of farms worldwide are less than 2 hectares. In Asia, almost all the farms are small family farms, and in Africa, they are a large...

El presidente de la Federación de Organizaciones Nacionales de la Agricultura Familiar, Miguel Fernández, remarcó que "se abrió un panorama muy alentador" para los pequeños ganaderos con la reapertura de los mercados de EEUU, Canadá y México al ingreso de carne argentina, porque "el aumento de las exportaciones libera espacios...

Nowadays, one cannot talk about an authentic rural tourism within a certain destination without emphasizing the local cultural heritage (cultural landscape, customs and traditions, gastronomy and so on). In the existing context, the local gastronomy is perceived as a marketing instrument efficient in differentiating the rural touristic destinations. A special...

En la tarde del 1 de octubre el 2015, el Consejo de Derechos Humanos de las Naciones Unidas aprobó con mayoría la resolución que mandata al Grupo de Trabajo Intergubernamental de Composición Abierta que debe negociar, finalizar y entregar el borrador de una Declaración de las Naciones Unidas sobre los...