This paper argue that a class-analytic perspective centred on the key concepts of ‘petty commodity production’ and ‘accumulation from below’ is essential for understanding the differentiated character and diverse trajectories of small-scale agriculture within capitalism. The paper explores the policy implications of such a class-analytic approach, and proposes that land...

In response to the challenge launched by the European Network for Rural Development (EN RD), the Portuguese Rural Network held a wide debate on the future of the Rural Development Policy. This debate was organized around the questions posed: • What should be the objectives of the future rural development policy? • How...

Despite the importance of smallholder agriculture in East Africa, the strategic, conceptual and empirical analysis in the context of the crisis, which would guide policymakers and development practitioners in their efforts to revitalise agriculture in the aftermath of the crisis, is sparse. Moreover, recent studies tend to examine specific constraints...

From the findings that emerge from both the general public as well as the main stakeholders of the agricultural sector it is clear that there is a convergence of attitudes on a number of key issues related to the sector, although the findings among the general public must be read...

Esta colección de escritos proporciona una visión general de la estructura juridical para documentar y analizar las experiencias y opiniones de las comunidades locales en Panamá, México, España, Chile y Sudáfrica.

Soil type and the effect of management on the condition of the soil are important determinants of the productive performance of maize cropping, and have profound effects on long-term profits. Land managers need reliable, quick and easy tools to use in order to help them assess the condition of their...

Propone que en lugar de que las 40 mil hectáreas de la cuarta etapa de Chavimochic sean repartidas entre 10 o 20 grandes empresas, éstas sean distribuidas entre, 400 empresas que manejen, cada una, 100 hectáreas, u 800 que manejen, cada una, 50 hectáreas, o en miles de empresas familiares....

Symbiotic relationships and agricultural practices that reduce external inputs dependency and make feasible familiar farming systems production are necessary and demand differentiated soil, plants and inputs management. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (FMAs) are naturally widespread in soils, being agricultural systems components, infecting and colonising roots of most plants, contributing for their...

Pineapple is by far the most important crop within the horticultural sub-sector of the Ghanaian economy. The crop employs over 15,000 individuals out of which 40% are women and generates rural incomes of over 6 million USD. Large and medium commercial farms account for about 70% of production with the...

This publication contains visual indicators of environmental performance under cropping

In the course of becoming a new EU member state, Croatian pig production systems are being modernized in order to ensure product quality and competitiveness according to European standards. This process involves the modernization and intensification of larger pig farms and the termination of small pig farms. Small‐scale farming, especially...

The objectives of this guide are: 1. to explain what origin-linked quality and the GI concept are; 2. to raise awareness regarding the potential of origin-linked products for rural development and conditions for sustainability; 3. to facilitate implementation of GI processes at local level by providing tools and a concrete...

En el año 2004 y como resultado de la elaboración de un nuevo Plan de Mediano Plazo, el Programa Cooperativo para el Desarrollo Tecnológico Agroalimentario y Agroindustrial del Cono Sur (PROCISUR) promueve entre otras, la creación de la Plataforma Tecnológica Regional de Agricultura Familiar (PTR_AF) con el objetivo de generar,...

Dar voz a las poblaciones rurales, en particular a las mujeres, es el principal objetivo de Dimitra, un proyecto participativo de información y comunicación en la FAO. Dimitra también pretende destacar las contribuciones de las poblaciones rurales a sus comunidades para poner de relieve su papel decisivo en el desarrollo. Este proyecto...

A livelihoods study by SNV in 2007 concluded that it was possible to increase the income of banana producers four-fold by increasing productivity and quality per acre grown by the average household. To take up this method, a robust and effective method of transforming the mindset and practices of farmers...

Esta guía busca orientar procesos de formulación de Planes de Desarrollo Rural Sostenible (PDRS). Ha sido elaborada según un documento que se publicó en el 2005, para la Secretaría de Desarrollo Territorial (SDT) del Ministerio de Desarrollo Agrario (MDA) en Brasil, con el objetivo de tener una nueva visión de...

January 2010 saw the launch of the world's first livestock insurance for remote African pastoralists as a result of years of research.

Thousands of small scale farmers in India commit duicide, because they can no longer solve their debt problems. Two decades ago they took up modern farming and with the help of government subsidies they started growing commercial crops. In the beginning harvests were good, but as time went on, the...

La presente publicación refleja las principales reflexiones y experiencias sobre economía social, puestas en común en una serie de encuentros de formación realizados durante 2007 y 2008 en diversos puntos del país, que reunieron a un conjunto de intelectuales, instituciones, técnicos y organizaciones. Poniendo en relación aspectos conceptuales, análisis de...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM) and United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) began a partnership in 2002 to address barriers to organic trade arising from the proliferation of organic standards and technical regulations. From 2002 to...