Poverty is multidimensional and requires differentiated responses. In addition to increasing their income, rural families seek to improve their means of life and have more participation and representation in the life of their communities and countries. Technology is not enough. Rural extension must contribute to provide opportunities to the most vulnerable...

The purpose of the FAO Diversification booklets is to raise awareness and provide decision support information about opportunities at farm and local community level to increase the incomes of small-scale farmers. Each booklet focuses on a farm or non-farm enterprise that can be integrated into small farms to increase incomes...

Le secteur de l’élevage ovin en Tunisie a connu une forte croissance en améliorant sa contribution à la couverture de la demande de viande rouge. Cette croissance a été obtenue grâce à un ensemble de politiques visant notamment l’encouragement de l’élevage ovin en tant que facteur de développement de la...

This booklet is intended to create awareness and promote street and snack food as a diversification enterprise for small-scale farmers. It looks at the advantages, benefits and income earning potential of such an enterprise as well as considering the positive spill over effects it can have on communities and others...

La presente guía es un esfuerzo de Soluciones Prácticas por brindar a los promotores rurales (kamayoq tecnológicos) un insumo práctico y metodológico que sirva de ayuda en el trabajo en comunidades campesinas. En este documento encontraremos información precisa sobre cómo elaborar campañas sociales de Información, Educación y Comunicación (IEC); desarrollando...

This project supports the valorization of local species through an inclusive community initiative bringing together catering students, fishermen and local enterprises around a small but promising project to raise awareness and promote local and sustainable sourcing. Around 130 fishermen operate on the local Lake Vänern, the largest freshwater lake in...

This report presents a study of the economic situation of semi-subsistence farm households (SFHs) in new Member States and of their prospects for development under the stimulus of various EU agricultural policy measures. The project was carried out by the Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (JRC-IPTS), and focuses on agricultural...

Livestock fodder needs in nearly all developing countries now exceed the sustainable yield of rangelands and other forage resources. In Africa, overgrazing has reduced range productivity virtually everywhere. It is important to provide animals with adequate nutrition to ensure the high productive and reproductive performance. Meanwhile, it is necessary to...

 Legumes are the main source of protein for more than one billion people in South Asia. ICARDA and its partners have developed new legume varieties with high yields, enhanced nutritional value, as well as other traits such as drought tolerance and disease resistance.

Documentary "Rural families today" National Rural Network Family farm in Terracina (LT) - Lazio

La Oficina de Estudios y Políticas Agrarias (ODEPA) y el Programa Orígenes de la Corporación Nacional de Desarrollo Indígena (CONADI), han sumado sus esfuerzos institucionales en la elaboración de la publicación “Agricultura Indígena Chilena: información social y productiva de la agricultura según etnia”, con el objeto de acrecentar el conocimiento...

Documentary "Rural families today" National Rural Network Family farm in Collesano (PA) - Sicilia

Honeybees that nest in the open produce far less honey than those confined in enclosures. There are good reasons for this. Colonies in the open are exposed to predators and therefore have to employ numerous workers as guards to fight intruders. They have to consume large quantities of honey, which...

Documentary "Rural families today" National Rural Network Family farm in Grone (BG) - Lombardia

Este número de la Revista de Agroecología LEISA, contiene los siguientes artículos: Juventud rural: una apuesta cafetera por la innovación y la competitividad Futuros agricultores: recuperando la agricultura para la juventud del Pacífico Grupos de ayuda mutua juvenil en la región fresera del subtrópico mexicano: una estrategia para la subsistencia de las familias...

This newsletter also contains a special Dossier on Radio & ICTs in Rural Areas that puts together a variety of experiences in this field, from an electronic forum on Gender, ICTs and Rural Livelihoods, over participatory community radio to empower rural women and men, to the use of different methodologies...

Este número de la Revista de Agroecología LEISA, contiene los siguientes artículos: Sistemas regionales de alimentos y agricultura Alimentos de ‘ningún lugar’ o alimentos ‘del lugar’ Sistemas agroalimentarios: humanizar es posible Huellas de SOCLA en América Latina El sistema alimentario regional del amaranto Experiencias agroecológicas locales en el municipio La Palma Experiencias que llegaron para quedarse La leche:...

In this UN Decade on Biodiversity (2011-2020), it is timely to celebrate the exceptional biodiversity of the hay meadows of Transylvania and the living rural communities that created and manage them. But we should also consider why – after surviving for a thousand years during a turbulent history of invasions,...

The Western Balkan countries are all in a process of accession to the European Union. Croatia, Macedonia and Montenegro have the status of candidate countries. Albania, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo under UNSCR 1244/99 are potential candidate countries, with the prospect of joining the EU when they meet the...

Italy is a country well known for the quality and diversity of its cuisine. Traditional foods and family recipes form an integral part of national culture. Preservation of these food values is important to many Italians (as it is for other Europeans as well) and in recent years the concept...