This dossier is intended as a tool. It is the result of discussions within the European Farmer Seeds Network which are still ongoing and still subject to change. Like farmer varieties, this dossier is neither homogeneous nor stable. It provides a diverse array of information whose structure might help the...

Over the centuries, generations of farmers, forest peoples and herders have developed complex, diverse natural resources and locally adapted agricultural and forestry management systems to create and maintain specific, remarkable landscapes and agricultural systems that provide livelihoods, food security, conservation of natural resources and biodiversity. Building on local knowledge and...

In the Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (EECCA) region organic agriculture could play a catalyst role in green economy transformation by re-vitalizing the farm and food sector and creating employment that provides better returns on per unit of  labor input all along the value chain. It could increase income...

The present ability or otherwise of Africa to cope with climate change and improve its agricultural production depends on the environment and natural resources base of the continent, on the impacts of its past and on the nature of its present interactions with the outside world. Africa is a large...

El presente trabajo es un análisis acerca de las particularidades de las políticas dirigidas a la agricultura familiar (AF) en Argentina y Brasil, en perspectiva comparativa y a partir de la década de 1990. En el mismo se subrayan los antecedentes, logros y problemas que comparten y diferencian a ambos...

Quality and organic products are a key part of the Common Agricultural Policy and an important Objective of Rural Development Policy. In fact enhancing food quality throughout Europe partly depends on the EU’s rural development policy. support and opportunities for effective implementation depends on actions in each Member State. However,...

A Small Ruminant Decision Support System (SRDSS) was developed to improve flock productivity under the arid conditions of the North Costal Zone of Egypt. Field data were collected on 165 flocks to characterize prevailing small ruminant production systems and to identify their biological and economic potentialities and constraints. The SRDSS...

"La agroforestería puede ser practicada por agricultores de toda escala, pero ha sido desarrollada y es especialmente adecuada para la agricultura de pequeña escala que no puede adoptar tecnologías muy costosas (http://worldagroforestry. org/latinamerica/content/definiciones). La resiliencia de los sistemas agroforestales los hace, además, singularmente apropiados para enfrentar los efectos del cambio...

Livestock is still the main source of income of rural populations in the West Asian and North African (WANA) countries. However, many factors among which climate change are threatening the production systems. There are considerable gaps in our knowledge of how climate change will affect livestock systems and the livelihoods...

La Guía se divide en tres capítulos principales: uno en el que se presentan los enfoques de cadena y cluster y las definiciones acordadas que se derivan de cada uno de ellos (cadena, circuito, empresa ancla, negocios inclusivos, cluster y SIAL); otro en el que se analizan las principales ventajas...

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The Comprehensive African Agricultural Development Programme (CAADP) aims to revitalize African farming in order to reduce rural poverty and hunger. This is a massively important undertaking for a continent where a third of the population continue to struggle with chronic malnutrition. But is CAADP getting the right strategies, policies and...

L’élevage ovin demeure la principale source de revenu chez la population rurale, notamment au centre et au sud du pays. Le système d’alimentation de ce cheptel connaît depuis ces dernières décennies des mutations importantes imposées par des facteurs climatiques, économiques, sociaux, institutionnels et environnementaux. Jusqu’aux années 70 (phase 1), l’alimentation...

Activities funded by Axis 4 played a crucial role in levering in larger investment from Axis 2 of the EFF and local municipal funds for the development of a €2.7 million fish handling centre in Kuusamo. This is a new concept in Finland; combining the needs of both fishermen and...

A beekeeper with a colonized hive must remember that the success in keeping bees depends on the exercise of his knowledge of colony organization. Three practices of colony management are discussed in greater detail in this entry. The first part gives a step-by-step description of how to divide a very...

Este documento es una guía para la fórmulacion participativa de proyectos en organizaciones comunitarias, validada por comunidades campesinas e indígenas de las provincias de Catamarca, Salta y Jujuy, fue diseñada con la finalidad de que los proyectos surjan desde las propias organizaciones comunitarias como el resultado de procesos participativos para...

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...