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Conference paper
An approach for assessing the ecological intensification of livestock systems

Promoting the development of farming systems towards more sustainable forms, in particular maintaining production without harming the environment, means being able to analyse these systems in their complexity and dynamic, at the same time providing the means to assess their ecological intensification. The approaches to these livestock systems have to...
2019 - HaL Archives Ouvertes

Journal article
Agroindústria Familiar, ODS’s e Desenvolvimento Alternativo: um estudo sobre a Fonte do Sabor do Semiárido Paraibano/Brasil

O objetivo geral foi apresentar a relação entre os Objetivos do Desenvolvimento Sustentável (ODS’s), o Desenvolvimento Alternativo e a Agroindústria familiar rural de polpa de fruta Fonte de Sabor como fruto da união de mulheres agricultoras familiares do Assentamento São João II que localiza-se no espaço rural de Pombal, território...
Brazil
2019

Blog article
Alimentos saudáveis são preparados com produtos da biodiversidade

Produtoras lideram o comércio de produtos da agricultura familiar. Receituário Saúde Saberes e Sabores valoriza produção regional
“A terra é uma mãe, aquela que ampara seu filho”. É assim que a agricultora familiar Maria Luzinete, de 63 anos, descreve sua relação com a natureza. Moradora do povoado Lagoa da Volta, no município de Porto da Folha, em Sergipe, Netinha, como é conhecida na comunidade, vive do preparo...
Brazil
2019 - Secretaria de Agricultura Familiar e Cooperativismo (SAF)

Case study
Digital tools for an organic farm

Suzana Dimitrievska is an organic farmer in North Macedonia. Coming from a line of strong, well-educated women, she has always been comfortable embracing new technology. She is using Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) to increase the efficiency of her family farm.
North Macedonia
2019 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO

Miscellanea
Alimentos artesanais e tradicionais

Cadastro de produtores rurais de alimentos artesanais e/ou tradicionais
A Confederação da Agricultura e Pecuária do Brasil (CNA) e o Serviço Nacional de Aprendizagem Rural (Senar) lançaram o “Programa CNA de Alimentos Artesanais e Tradicionais do Brasil” com o objetivo de estimular a diversificação e agregação de valor aos produtos elaborados pelos pequenos e médios produtores rurais. O programa prevê...
Brazil
2019 - Confederação da Agricultura e Pecuária do Brasil (CNA)

Case study
Secrets of the South

Developing countries share solutions through South-South Cooperation
For many people around the world, cotton is a safety net. As a crop resistant to climatic changes, it can be planted in dry and arid zones and represents a real economic lifeline in rural areas where there are high levels of poverty. However, in the last 20 years, many South...
2019 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO

Journal article
Nigeria / Tenure Rights: Fear of Flight

In Nigeria, waterfront communities, whose livelihoods are predominantly dependent on fishing and related activities, live under constant fear of eviction
Nigeria
2019 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)

Report
Contract farming and public–private partnerships in aquaculture. Lessons learned from East African countries

This report presents the lessons learned from a project in four East African countries – Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda – focusing on youth and their agribusinesses. In Burundi and Rwanda, poultry and eggs were sold to retailers but were also provided to schools to alleviate malnutrition. In Kenya and...
2019 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO

Magazine article
Cooperativismo solidário para o alcance dos Objetivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável

Mundialmente, três milhões de cooperativas contribuem significamente com o crescimento econômico, com geração de empregos estáveis e de qualidade, de acordo com a ACI. São mais de 280 milhões de pessoas em todo o mundo trabalhando em cooperativas, o que representa 10% da população empregada. Além disso, as 300 maiores...
Brazil
2019 - União Nacional das Cooperativas da Agricultura Familiar e Economia Solidária (UNICAFES)

Journal article
Film Festival: The Many Lives of Fishers

With over 40 films from 16 countries, the Pêcheurs du Monde film festival reminds us that despite the severity of various crises facing fishers, there are still signs of hope
2019 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)

Policy brief/paper
Policy brief explaining the organic approach to inputs

The plant and animal health care strategy in organic farming strengthens agro-biodiversity, protects the environment as well as animal and human health. In addition to fully exploiting preventive options, the use of external inputs such as plant protection products, fertilisers or veterinary medicinal products is allowed to prevent inacceptable losses...
2019 - RELACS

Book
Evaluación de Impacto Social de los Centros de Atención Integral de Organizaciones Comunitarias de Servicios de Agua y Saneamiento

Las Organizaciones Comunitarias de Servicios de Agua y Saneamiento (OCSAS) son estructuras sociales creadas por grupos de vecinos, en zonas peri-urbanas y rurales, aunque también urbanas, donde generalmente no llega el servicio de los operadores públicos, privados o mixtos que atienden a las grandes ciudades. Por medio de estatutos de...
Costa Rica
2019 - Fundación Avina

Blog article
Água residual da indústria pesqueira é aproveitada na irrigação agrícola

A agricultura e a indústria são os setores que mais consomem recursos hídricos no planeta. As indústrias de alimentos, que precisam garantir a qualidade sanitária de seus produtos, são vorazes na demanda de água. Em entrepostos de tilápia, por exemplo, para cada quilo de peixe processado, são utilizados 15 litros...
2019 - Agrosoft - agronegócio sustentável

Journal article
The economic potential of agroecology: Empirical evidence from Europe

This article discusses the economic dimensions of agroecological farming systems in Europe. It firstly theoretically elaborates the reasons why, and under what conditions, agroecological farming systems have the potential to produce higher incomes than farms that follow the conventional logic. This theoretical exposition is then followed by a presentation of...
2019

Practices
Honest Food is Food with Nothing to Hide

The campaign aiming to inspire citizens to make better food choices by highlighting the benefits of organic, local, seasonal, and fair food on people and the planet. We will launch Honest Food on World Food Day, 16 October, 2019. If you would like to join the campaign, follow the steps below.
2019 - IFOAM Organics

Article
Elusive profits: understanding economic performance of local traders in the pastoral small ruminant value chain in Northern Kenya

Traders tend to be regarded as exploitative towards producers even without knowledge of their businesses. This study examines marketing costs, net-profits and return to invested capital of small ruminant traders from Marsabit County. Based on 84 transactions made between 2014 and 2016, we found low average profits and a high...
Kenya
2019

Journal article
Agricultores familiares passam a abastecer 100% das escolas públicas do DF

Quase 500 mil alunos serão beneficiados; 7 mil pequenos produtores foram cadastrados no Programa Nacional de Alimentação Escolar.
Todas as escolas públicas do Distrito Federal passaram a receber, a partir desde mês, alimentos cultivados em pequenas propriedades rurais de Brasília. Ao todo, 7 mil chácaras de agricultura familiar foram cadastradas para o Programa Nacional de Alimentação Escolar (PNAE). A entrega dos produtos, direto da horta, é feita toda segunda-feira...
Brazil
2019 - Empresa de Assistência Técnica e Extensão Rural do Distrito Federal (Emater)

Blog article
Ecocitrus apresenta experiência bem-sucedida com insumos orgânicos no Ministério da Agricultura

A Cooperativa dos Citricultores Ecológicos do Vale do Caí (Ecocitrus) é um exemplo porque completa toda a cadeia de produção de citros, preserva o meio ambiente e beneficia toda a sociedade. Além de agregar valor à produção de citros e demonstrar a vibilidade da agricultura familiar, produz biofertilizante gratuíto para os...
Brazil
2019 - Cooperativa dos Citricultores Ecológicos do Vale do Caí (Ecocitrus)

Policy brief/paper
The multi-faced role of soil in the Near East and North Africa

The world’s soils are rapidly deteriorating due to soil erosion, nutrient depletion, loss of soil organic carbon, soil sealing and other threats, but this trend can be reversed provided countries take the lead in promoting sustainable management practices and the use of appropriate technologies. Several scientific reports highlighted in this brief...
2019 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Working paper
A qui profite le retour des pluies ? Le cas des éleveurs du Ferlo

The return of more abundant rainfall in the Sahel region since the early 2000s raises questions about the consequences of this change for breeders in the Ferlo region of Senegal. A detailed analysis of precipitation data shows that with the return of a more humid rainfall regime, the climatic risk...
Senegal
2019 - HaL Archives Ouvertes
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