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Mujeres que gracias a ferias agroecológicas mejoran su tierra y su vida en Paraguay
En estos días se ha celebrado una nueva edición de la Feria Jakaru Porã Haguã (“Para que podamos comer bien”, en guaraní) en la capital de Paraguay, Asunción. Estas ferias, que también tienen lugar en otros lugares del país, como Concepción o San Pedro, son un espacio de intercambio entre productores/as y consumidores/as que optan...
Paraguay
2014 - OXFAM
Video
Agroecology: farmer's perspectives
The video outlines three case studies of farmers utilizing agroecological practices in their farming systems. It focuses on complex adaptive rice systems in the Easter part of the island of Java, Indonesia; on a large-scale farm in the Netherlands applying sustainable soil management practices; and on social aspects of agroecology...
Brazil - Indonesia - Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
2014 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Journal article
Hartmann Farm
Imre Hartmann has been involved with agriculture for all his working life. During the communist era he headed one of the sectors of a co-operative farm. As an independent farmer, he started off rearing Hungarian Grey Steppe Cattle in the 1980s, and pork later in the 1990s. After the Restitution,...
Hungary
2014
Video
“New Success Factors” - The organic cave
Documentaries on the Best Practices in Rural Development carried out by young farmers that have been granted support under EU Rural development policies.
2014 - Rete Rurale Nazionale
Fact sheet
Agroecología y circuitos cortos en Ecuador
Agroecología Ecuador, consolidación de la oferta organizada de productos campesinos agroecológicos y circuitos cortos de comercialización en la sierra del sur
Esta ficha presenta las etapas y los primeros resultados de una cooperación implementada por AVSF en Ecuador en apoyo a gobiernos locales, ONGs y organizaciones campesinas del Austro ecuatoriano. Desde hace quince años, estos actores decidieron por una parte, promover juntos una agricultura más sostenible, basada en prácticas de agroecología y, por...
Ecuador
2014 - Agrónomos y Veterinarios Sin Fronteras (AVSF)
Book
Potentially Important Food Plants of North East India
Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which:
identify highly nutritious local food plants,
explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way,
detail the nutritional value of the plants and
describe why human bodies require those nutrients.
The resources created by FPS allows people to better...
India
2014
Book
La agroecología está presente
Mapeo de productores agroecológicos y del estado de la agroecología en la sierra y costa ecuatoriana
La presente publicación es un esfuerzo de Heifer Ecuador para evidenciar la importancia de la agricultura campesina familiar, y de la agroecología en el Ecuador. En los cinco capítulos que conforman este trabajo, el lector viaja por las distintas encrucijadas que conforman el agro ecuatoriano, desde la perspectiva de los...
Ecuador
2014 - Fundación Heifer Ecuador
Article
Future of Small Farms
Small farms have always been a cornerstone of agriculture in the EU. They play a significant role in supporting rural employment, contributing to territorial development. They are important for production, particularly in the form of local specialist products and provide important social, cultural and environmental services.
The last enlargements in 2004...
2014
Blog article
La mise en mouvement de l'agriculture familiale : quel bilan tirer du 2ème séminaire international SESAME ?
Pourquoi faut-il s’occuper de l’agriculture familiale ? Pourquoi un « changement de paradigme » est-il nécessaire ? Quelles nouvelles visions, politiques et coopérations trans-méditerranéennes et transsahariennes se donner ? Comment s’organiser, accéder aux marchés et créer de la richesse en milieu rural ? Comment assurer l’accès de l’agriculture familiale au financement ? Les questions abordées par...
Morocco
2014
Project
Projet de professionnalisation de la filière poivre et épices à São Tomé e Principe
Les îles de São Tomé et de Principe orientent leur développement sur les cultures vivrières mais aussi en grande partie sur la promotion de filières agricoles d’exportation de produits agricoles de qualité (cacao, café et poivre). Dans ce contexte, l’objectif est de promouvoir, avec 300 planteurs, une production durable de...
Sao Tome and Principe
2014 - Agrisud International
Video
Agroecology: farmer's perspectives
The video outlines three case studies of farmers utilizing agroecological practices in their farming systems. It focuses on complex adaptive rice systems in the Easter part of the island of Java, Indonesia; on a large-scale farm in the Netherlands applying sustainable soil management practices; and on social aspects of agroecology...
Brazil - Indonesia - Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
2014 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Report
Les agricultures familiales à Madagascar
un atout pour le développement durable
Document de valorisation des acquis et principales recommandations d’une semaine d’animation et de débats sur les Agricultures Familiales à Madagascar, où la très grande majorité des exploitations agricoles sont familiales (près de 99% selon le recensement agricole de 2004/2005).
Madagascar
2014 - FOibem-pirenena momba ny FIkarohana ampiharina amin’ny Fampandrosoana ny eny Ambanivohitra - FOFIFA (Centre National de Recherche Appliquée au Développement Rural)
Video
Building Resilience in Rural Communities in Southern Africa
This video shows some of the activities that FAO is implementing in the field to support rural communities in areas that are periodically affected by natural hazards in Southern Africa, mainly droughts, floods and cyclones. While these natural hazards will happen again in the future, and, as a result of...
2014 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Blog article
Community listeners’ clubs empower rural women and men
Working with community radio stations, the listeners’ clubs empower their members to become actors in their own development.
Thanks to improved access to information and a powerful participatory communication approach, villagers in isolated communities across the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Niger are making strides to improve gender equality and empower women. FAO Dimitra community listeners’ clubs are helping rural populations participate in the development of...
Democratic Republic of the Congo - Niger
2014 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Case study
Linking family nutrition in city and country
Ecuador is going through a substantial nutritional transition. This, coupled with the paradox that rural families that produce food are often those most affected by undernutrition, shows the ironies of ‘modern’ food systems. It also highlights the importance of rural-urban linkages around family nutrition which can help to address such...
Ecuador
2014 - ILEIA, Center for Learning on Sustainable Agriculture
Article
Sustainability of organic grassland-based dairy production in Tyrol, Austria
In Austria, grassland accounts for more than 50 percent of agricultural land and is mainly located in mountainous regions. Consequently, 70 percent of all Austrian dairy farms, producing two thirds of all milk, are located in these areas. In the Alpine regions, organic farming has traditionally been very important and...
Austria
2014
Journal article
Tinajeros
Albacete, La Mancha, Spain
This very large family farm and business near Albacete, Spain was brought together to form a Limited Company with the marriage of the parents of the current part-owner and manager. The property on the paternal side of this arrangement has been within the same family for 200 years. Today the...
Spain
2014
Case study
Finding a way out of the maize
Recurring drought and crop failure in many parts of the world have led to food and nutrition insecurity, and a dependence on food aid. But recently, some farmers in Kenya have been developing their own sustainable way to secure enough nutritious food along with extra income so that they can...
Kenya
2014 - ILEIA, Center for Learning on Sustainable Agriculture
Case study
Guinea pigs – small livestock with big potential
The right to food sovereignty is a part of the Plurinational State of Bolivia’s constitution, but what does this actually mean for family farmers? The truth is that many people in rural areas are far from having access to adequate food and nutrition, with 37% of children under five reported...
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
2014 - ILEIA, Center for Learning on Sustainable Agriculture
Case study
Food fairs revive local food and nutrition
Food fairs are an important tool and space to promote food sovereignty as they take place in local public spaces and within people’s own socio-cultural settings. One excellent example was a food fair in Ghana, organised by the Centre for Indigenous Knowledge and Organisational Development (CIKOD). Women farmers exhibited traditional...
Ghana
2014 - ILEIA, Center for Learning on Sustainable Agriculture
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