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The Resources section holds archived publications and multimedia materials related to family farming general issues.

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Book
Capitalismo: Tierra y poder en América Latina (1982-2012) Volumen I

Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay
El presente balance sobre la situación del agro en 17 países latinoamericanos busca continuar el magno esfuerzo realizado hace tres décadas por Pablo González Casanova con su historia de los movimientos campesinos y, al mismo tiempo, intenta reflejar sobre los países de nuestro continente los efectos del proceso de mundialización...
Argentina - Brazil - Chile - Paraguay - Uruguay
2014 - Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana

Journal article
Panorama of agroecology courses in Brazil

The agroecology courses have grown the last years, and its introduction in educational institutions began especially from the 2000s. Since then, several courses are created annually. However, there are few and spread studies that perform a systematic quantitative analysis of courses in agroecology in Brazil. This study aimed to identify...
Brazil
2014 - Rev. Bras. de Agroecologia

Manual
Tecnologias para a agricultura familiar

A agricultura familiar necessita de tecnologias apropriadas para melhorar os processos produtivos, aumentar os níveis de produtividade e se tornar mais competitiva. Predominantemente, os agricultores ainda têm pouco acesso às técnicas necessárias à produção sustentável. No entanto, existem várias tecnologias disponíveis para adoção imediata e incorporação em diferentes arranjos produtivos. Várias...
Brazil
2014 - Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa)

Article
我们能否兼顾农业生产与森林保护?

Viçosa市坐落于巴西米纳斯吉拉斯洲带 达马塔地区,由群山和贫瘠的土地围绕。这 里更适合家庭耕作而不适于机械化生产。
Brazil
2014 - LEISA China

Book
Youth and agriculture

Key challenges and concrete solutions
This publication provides real life examples on how to re-engage youth in agriculture. It shows how tailor-made educational programmes can provide rural youth with the skills and insights needed to engage in farming and adopt environmentally friendly production methods. Many of the initiatives and approaches reported in this study originate...
Bahamas - Bangladesh - Brazil - Burkina Faso - Cambodia - Canada - China - Colombia - Ethiopia - France - Ghana - Grenada - Kenya - Madagascar - Mexico - Pakistan - Philippines - Republic of Moldova - Rwanda - Togo - Uganda - United States of America - Zambia
2014

Book
Estudio comparativo regional de asistencia técnica y extensión rural con perspectiva de género

Programa Regional de Género de la Reunión Especializada de la Agricultura Familiar - REAF
El presente estudio comparativo regional de asistencia técnica y extensión rural con perspectiva de género, convocado por el Programa Regional de Fortalecimiento Institucional de Políticas de Igualdad de Género en la Agricultura Familiar del MERCOSUR, se realizó entre los meses de octubre, noviembre y diciembre de 2013 y principios de...
Argentina - Brazil - Uruguay
2014 - Ministerio del Desarrollo Agrario (MDA), Brasil

Guidelines
Plano Nacional de Juventude e Meio Ambiente

O Plano Nacional de Juventude e Meio Ambiente (PNJMA) foi instituído pela Portaria Interministerial nº 390¹, de 18 de novembro de 2015. O Plano tem como objetivo a promoção e integração das políticas públicas ambientais que efetivem os direitos da juventude à sustentabilidade e ao meio ambiente, garantidos no Estatuto...
Brazil
2014 - Ministério do Meio Ambiente (MMA)

Book
Memories and practices related to the riparian forests among family farmers of Caraá / Rio Grande do Sul

The  comprehension  of  relationships  established  in  rural  areas,  highlighting  those  involving family farmers and riparian forests, it becomes increasingly necessary, considering the plight of the  Watershed  of  Brazil  and  the  role  of  riparian  forests  in  this  context,  as  well  as  the farmers  in  different  relationship  with  the  land.  The  theoretical ...
Brazil
2014 - Universidade Federal Do Rio Grande Do Sul

Video
Soil, Struggle and Justice: Agroecology in the Brazilian Landless Movement

This film examines a cooperative of the Brazilian Landless Movement (MST) in the South of Brazil, which struggled for access to land and then transitioned to ecological agriculture, or agroecology. This MST cooperative is demonstrating the possibility of an alternative model of flourishing rural life, which provides thriving livelihoods for...
Brazil
2014 - SSJAgroecology

Journal
Revista de agroecología Leisa, junio 2014: agricultura campesina, respuestas para mejorar

En este número de LEISA se presentan experiencias que muestran cómo la agricultura campesina puede romper las limitaciones que impiden salir del círculo de pobreza y marginalidad. La sostenibilidad de la producción de alimentos y de la vitalidad de los agroecosistemas exige el enfoque integrador de la agroecología que involucra...
Argentina - Brazil - Cuba - Honduras - Mexico - Peru
2014 - Asociación Ecología, Tecnología y Cultura en los Andes

Book
Pollinator safety in agriculture

This publication provides guidance on the natural history of wild bees and their potential exposure to pesticides, as part of the GEF supported Project “Conservation and Management of Pollinators for Sustainable Agriculture, through an Ecosystem Approach” implemented in seven countries – Brazil, Ghana, India, Kenya, Nepal, Pakistan and South Africa....
Brazil - Ghana - India - Kenya - Nepal - Pakistan - South Africa
2014 - FAO

Journal
Revista de agroecología Leisa, marzo 2014: biodiversidad y agricultura campesina

Actualmente causa gran preocupación la rápida disminución de la agrobiodiversidad y la falta de medidas para protegerla. Las políticas agrarias promueven, por lo general, la agricultura comercial basada en el monocultivo de grandes extensiones de tierra. Por otro lado, la rápida expansión de los organismos genéticamente modificados (OGM) y la...
Argentina - Bolivia (Plurinational State of) - Brazil - Colombia - Ecuador - Mexico - Peru
2014 - Asociación Ecología, Tecnología y Cultura en los Andes

Report
Políticas públicas y agriculturas familiares en América Latina y el Caribe

La obra que nos complace presentar reúne un conjunto de estudios de caso y un análisis transversal de las políticas públicas para la agricultura familiar en once países latinoamericanos. Aborda la situación de las agriculturas de base familiar en cada uno de ellos y la evolución de las políticas enfocadas...
Argentina - Brazil - Chile - Colombia - Costa Rica - Cuba - Ecuador - Mexico - Nicaragua - Peru - Uruguay
2014

Website
Family Farming website

The website about family farmers and their farms, begun in 2014 to show the diversity of family farmers ‘Feeding the World, Caring for the Earth‘ by a collection of first hand experiences (snapshots) as an educational resource for anywhere in the world. The concept of this comes from the  International...
Afghanistan - Albania - Algeria - American Samoa - Andorra - Angola - Anguilla - Antarctica - Antigua and Barbuda - Argentina - Armenia - Aruba - Australia - Austria - Azerbaijan - Bahamas - Bahrain - Bangladesh - Barbados - Belarus - Belgium - Belize - Benin - Bermuda - Bhutan - Bolivia (Plurinational State of) - Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Botswana - Bouvet Island - Brazil - British Virgin Islands - Brunei Darussalam - Bulgaria - Burkina Faso - Burundi - Cabo Verde - Cambodia - Cameroon - Canada - Cayman Islands - Central African Republic - Chad - Channel Islands - Chile - China - China, Hong Kong SAR - China, Macao SAR - Christmas Island - Cocos (Keeling) Islands - Colombia - Comoros - Congo - Cook Islands - Costa Rica - Croatia - Cuba - Curaçao - Cyprus - Czechia - Côte d'Ivoire - Democratic People's Republic of Korea - Democratic Republic of the Congo - Denmark - Djibouti - Dominica - Dominican Republic - Ecuador - Egypt - El Salvador - Equatorial Guinea - Eritrea - Estonia - Ethiopia - Faroe Islands - Fiji - Finland - France - French Guiana - French Polynesia - French Southern Territories - Gabon - Gambia - Georgia - Germany - Ghana - Gibraltar - Greece - Greenland - Grenada - Guadeloupe - Guam - Guatemala - Guernsey - Guinea - Guinea-Bissau - Guyana - Haiti - Heard Island and McDonald Islands - Holy See
2014 - Family farms.enviroed4all

Book
Growing greener cities in Latin America and the Caribbean

An FAO report on urban and peri-urban agriculture in the region
This new FAO report – in English and Spanish – looks at progress made in“growing greener cities” in Latin America and the Caribbean – cities in which urban and peri-urban agriculture (UPA) is recognized by public policy, included in urban developmentstrategies and land-use planning, supported by agricultural research and extension,...
Antigua and Barbuda - Argentina - Bolivia (Plurinational State of) - Brazil - Chile - Cuba - Dominican Republic - Ecuador - El Salvador - Guatemala - Guyana - Haiti - Honduras - Jamaica - Mexico - Panama - Paraguay - Peru - Saint Kitts and Nevis - Saint Lucia - Suriname - Trinidad and Tobago
2014

Book
Mulheres rurais e autonomia

Formação e articulação para efetivar políticas públicas nos Territórios da Cidadania
O Estado Brasileiro assumiu o compromisso de reduzir as desigualdades de gênero no nosso país reconhecendo as particularidades do meio rural. Para isto, desde 2003 vem implementando um conjunto de políticas e programas que buscam garantir direitos à cidadania e ao desenvolvimento econômico, bem como, promover a autonomia das mulheres...
Brazil
2014 - Ministério do Desenvolvimento Agrário (MDA), Brasil

Journal
Les dossiers d'Agropolis International: Family Farming

The topics covered in this Dossier concern 21 research units based in Languedoc-Roussillon Region, involving over 1 000 researchers whose activities are fully or partially focused on addressing—in collaboration with many partners—major family farming challenges in France and worldwide.The scientists have developed four multidisciplinary approaches to deal with family farming...
Brazil - Cameroon - Egypt - Kenya - Madagascar - Morocco - Niger - Peru - Thailand
2014

Journal article
El surgimiento de políticas públicas para la agricultura familiar en América Latina

Trayectorias, tendencias y perspectivas
Este artículo analiza la trayectoria de las políticas públicas relacionadas con la agricultura familiar en América Latina. A partir de un estudio aplicado en once países, se caracterizan y comparan tres aspectos claves de estas políticas: su contexto, origen y los factores o vectores de su difusión regional; la diversidad de...
Argentina - Brazil - Chile - Colombia - Costa Rica - Cuba - Ecuador - Mexico - Nicaragua - Peru - Uruguay
2014 - Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuaria

Journal article
Effect of Socio-Economic Variables on Fish Production of Small Farmers in Tocantins State, Brazil

Fish farming is a strategic activity for both the economy and food security of the Tocantins state. Nowadays, there are about eighty small fish farmers in the region of Divinópolis in Tocantins state. The technological level of fish farmers is low and it was found that only 30% of farmers...
Brazil
2014 - Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (EMBRAPA)

Journal article
The Contribution of Multiple Use Forest Management to Small Farmers’ Annual Incomes in the Eastern Amazon

Small-scale farmers in the Brazilian Amazon collectively hold tenure over more than 12 million ha of permanent forest reserves, as required by the Forest Code. The trade-off between forest conservation and other land uses entails opportunity costs for them and for the country, which have not been sufficiently studied. We...
Brazil
2014
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