Agroecologia da América Latina e Caribe, ocorrido em junho de 2015, em Brasília-DF, contou com a participação de gestores públicos, de acadêmicos e de representantes de organizações e movimentos sociais de 21 países da região.3 Os conteúdos-chave debatidos no seminário são apresentados na sequência por meio da reprodução de intervenções...

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...

Ukraine, like many other countries, is involved in globalization processes which promote the growth of a vertically integrated agribusiness, fundamentally changing the agri-food structure and markets. Vertical business entities emerged in the early 2000s as highly competitive form of economic organization with a significant economic power through economies of scale...

Este artículo informa que este viernes los miembros delegados de los países participantes en la II Reunión Ministerial sobre Agricultura Familiar de la Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños, realizaron una visita a la Finca Integral Agroecológica Familia Rodríguez González, en San Luis de Grecia para conocer su funcionamiento. En su...

Article annonçant la mise en place par l’Association Diaspora Congo Brazzaville d'un programme de développement des exploitations familiales agropastorales.

Esta noticia informa que el Instituto de Provisión de Alimentos (Proalimentos), entidad adscrita al Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería, Acuacultura y Pesca (MAGAP), firmó un segundo contrato por 33.300,54 dólares con ochenta y cinco pequeños productores de naranja de los cantones Puyango y Chaguarpamba, de la provincia de Loja. En total, la...

Fruit production is one of the most important and fastest growing agricultural subsectors in Albania. Production of fresh fruit has grown by 38% since 2007 reaching 394 960 tonnes in 2013. The orchard sector is also considered an important and priority sector by the Albanian government.

Esta noticia informa que 322 familias agricultoras de las provincias de Cotopaxi y Bolívar se benefician con la compra de orito y naranja por un monto de 84.230 dólares. El Instituto de Provisión de Alimentos, Proalimentos, suscribió el contrato para la adquisición de 6.539 gavetas de orito y 240.408 unidades de...

Below are some of the most salient outcomes of the regional Symposium, which itself was a follow up to the International Symposium on Agroecology for Food Security and Nutrition in Rome, held in September 2014. Leading up to this regional Symposium, the Malian National Coordination of Smallholder Organisations (CNOP) and...

The purpose of this paper is to characterize nine coffee agroecosystems from the Colombian Andes with an agroecological approach. Attributes and indicators evaluated are grouped under three dimensions: economic, social and technical-productive. Indicators are sensitive to agroecosystem conditions and can be easily understood by farmers. Low productivity of coffee plantations...

Esta noticia da cuenta que el Instituto de Provisión de Alimentos, Proalimentos, firmó un contrato de compra de fresas con 53 familias agricultoras por un monto de 16.681 dólares. La fruta formará parte de la dieta escolar de 4.533 niños y niñas de Azuay. Los alumnos de 21 unidades educativas consumirán porciones de 75 gramos...

The project aimed to re-activate cross-border trade of local agricultural products, through joint marketing and the integration of traditional marketplaces on which local farmers from the border area in past times sold their own agricultural products. EU accession led to the withdrawal of former barriers, which once separated Italy from...

LEISA revista de agroecología, desde sus inicios, se ha centrado en presentar experiencias concretas de agricultura familiar a pequeña escala de varias regiones del mundo y, principalmente, aquellas provenientes de los países latinoamericanos.

Este video informa que el Instituto de Provisión de alimentos (Proalimentos), entidad adscrita al Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería, Acuacultura y Pesca (MAGAP) del Ecuador, firmó el contrato de compra de 64.785 gavetas de mandarina por 479.409 dólares con pequeños productores de Manabí para la alimentación escolar. La fruta será incluida...

Esta noticia informa que durante el segundo aniversario de creación del Instituto de Provisión de Alimentos, Proalimentos, se realizó la firma de contrato con ciento once pequeños productores de orito y naranja por un monto de 264.743 dólares. El orito será consumido por 41.184 niñas y niños de educación general básica de...

El boletín n°14 de este boletín, correspondiente a mayo de 2015, incluye información sobre: Quinua Agroecología Parque sustentable con energías renovables Guía para tomar una muestra de suelo para análisis Ley de agricultura familiar en San Juan

Agriculture plays an important economic, social and cultural role in Bulgaria. Bulgaria is also a country with a very high percentage (over 34 %) of its territory falling in Natura 2000 areas. Therefore, the implementation of CAP rules and supporting mechanisms plays a crucial role for conservation of these areas....

El compost a diferencia de los fertilizantes químicos, agrega materia orgánica y no lixivian sus minerales si las plantas no los utilizan de inmediato. Recicla los desperdicios del huerto, las hojas y los desechos de la cocina, transformándolos en alimento para el suelo. Mejora la estructura del suelo, haciéndolo más...

Renewed attention has recently been given to the importance (and the position) of small-scale family farms through the International Year of Family Farms (IYFF). However, public policies are deficient, investments are lacking, and many of the 500 million smallholder farmers receive little to no support. Standard typologies that distinguish “commercial...

Lecture: "Sustainable Farming through Agroecology" by Stephen Gliessman with Mark Bittman