Household mentoring is an innovative tool that provides the skills and knowledge that enable poor families to improve their well-being and incomes. And, as an IFAD-supported programme in Uganda has shown, it also promotes greater equality and shared decision-making among household members.

El agua es indispensable para todas las actividades humanas y sobre todo para la agricultura. Pero también es un recurso cada vez más escaso en el mundo y su desperdicio y contaminación son enormes. En esta edición de LEISA presentamos artículos basados en experiencias innovadoras de uso del agua realizadas...

In the context of food, environmental and global energy crisis, Mexico is one of the countries with the highest rate of food poverty; in the state of Puebla over 60% of the population has difficulty access to nutritious food. In this scenario the Agroecology is shown as an alternative capable...

The transition from Socialism to Capitalism occurred in many countries worldwide, but nowhere was it so sharp as in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union. Many researchers studied this process since the fall of the Berlin Wall in the autumn of 1989. Twenty-five years later, an international workshop was...

The work aims to develop sustainable systems of food production by promoting agroecological practices. This experience was developed in rural communities of the People's Council Zaragoza, municipality of San José de las Lajas, Mayabeque. Action-participation, based on philosophy of popular education and university extension - the investigation was used as...

"La erosión de suelos es un problema que afecta a la productividad de los agroecosistemas. Los suelos de los trópicos de América Latina son contaminados y sufren la depredación de su biodiversidad debido a la deforestación y otras acciones generadas por actividades extractivas. Esta edición de LEISA se enfoca en...

Greenpeace’s Food and Farming Vision describes what Ecological Farming means, and how it can be summarised in seven overarching, interdependent principles – based on a growing body of scientific evidence on agroecology. Ecological Farming combines modern science and innovation with respect for nature and biodiversity. It ensures healthy farming and healthy food....

A Regional Meeting for Africa on Agroecology for food and nutrition security in Sub-Saharan Africa brought together for two days in Dakar over 300 participants, representing social movements and producers, the private sector, the academia and agronomic research institutes, as well as indigenous peoples and grassroots communities from across Sub-Saharan...

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...