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The Milan Urban Food Policy Pact Monitoring Framework
Today, approximately 55 percent of the world’s population lives in urban areas, a proportion that is expected to increase to 68 percent by 2050. Most urban growth will be in Africa and Southeast Asia and with 70 percent all food produced already destined for consumption in cities2 processes of urbanization...
2019 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Blog article
CESAL apoya al Estado Dominicano y la FAO a cumplir con el derecho a la alimentación en los territorios más vulnerables de Dominicana
CESAL con la Presindencia de la Repùblica Dominicana, el Consorcio Nacional de Soberanìa y Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricional (CONASSAN) y la Organización de las Naciones Unidas y la Almentaciòn (FAO) en la creaciòn de Redes Municipales de Soberanìa, Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricional (SSAN), en la región suroeste el paìs, para...
Dominican Republic
2019 - CESAL
Blog article
FAO Concludes its Regional Conference on Improving Water Productivity in Agriculture Showcasing Innovation
With innovative ideas from young Tunisians, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) concluded in Tunisia the Regional Conference on Improving Water Productivity in Agriculture in the Near East and North Africa.
Rich in scientific discussion and specialized concurrent training sessions, the conference benefited from the expertise of...
2019 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Report
Country gender assessment of agriculture and the rural sector in Nepal
The Country Gender Assessment (CGA or Assessment) for agriculture and rural development in Nepal was undertaken in 2017 primarily to inform the gender-sensitive country-level planning and programming of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and to contribute to the implementation of FAO’s Policy on Gender Equality...
Nepal
2019 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Practices
Creating a new market environment
Kampong Chhnang, Cambodia – The residents of Boeng Leach Village, Sethey Commune, Samaki Meanchey District, Kampong Chhnang mostly grow rice and crops, and raise animals for a living. Their farming tends to rely on traditional methods. There is only limited use of modern techniques and therefore the yields are minimal....
Cambodia
2019 - Asian Farmers' Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA)
Report
The family farm barometer 2019
Confronted with major difficulties but also with solutions for the future, family farms, far from being actors at the end of the road whose death we would be foretold, are an inherent part of truly sustainable development.
The ambition of this annual barometer is to take a step back and take...
2019 - SOS Faim, Iles de Paix, Autreterre, World rural forum
Article
Coops fills market gap for lemongrass
Kampong Cham, Cambodia – One hundred fifty kilometers from Phnom Penh is the village of Sambo Village Sambo Village in Sopheas Commune, Steung Trong District, Cambodia. Most of the villagers grow paddy and cassava for a living. Additionally, they also grow a few bushes of lemongrass for family consumption.
Seeing the...
Cambodia
2019 - Asian Farmers' Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA)
Project
#17Reasons2Coop - Agri-cooperatives contribution to the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals
The campaign #17Reasons2Coop aims at promoting agri-food and forest cooperatives as a critical tool to design tomorrow’s agriculture. Since the beginning of their existence and at each stage of their growth, by responding to farmers’ needs, agri-cooperatives have been pursuing the objective of social, economic and environmental sustainability. Sustainability is...
Belgium
2019 - COPA COGECA - EU farmers and agri-cooperatives
Video
Agroecology is Life!
The video "Agroecologia é Vida" is an accomplishment of the Centro Sabiá organization and provides information about the importance of agroecology and the advantages of producing and consuming agroecological food. The video uses the technique of the graphical report, and brings results from the "Agroecology Study in the Semi-arid of...
Brazil
2019 - Centro Sabia
Article
Without Feminism, There is No Agroecology
Our planet is on the brink of environmental collapse, and hunger is on the rise. According to the 2018 State of Food Security and Nutrition (SOFI) report, the number of people affected by malnourishment and chronic deprivation is climbing for the third consecutive year: 821 million persons suffered from undernourishment...
2019 - CSM Women's Constituency and Working Group
Blog article
Delivering, inspiring and improving – thoughts on the future of organic farming
LinkedIn Op-ed on the future of organic farming in the EU
Denmark
2019 - Copa Cogeca
Blog article
Rural communities in North Macedonia to receive boost through new FAO project
The development of rural areas and livelihoods in an integrated way will be the focus of a new FAO project beginning this week in North Macedonia.
The project was launched in an event in Skopje today, organized by FAO and the Macedonian Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Economy (MAFWE) and...
North Macedonia
2019 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Video
The MedNet Show: A Short Movie about the Learning Journey in Turkey is Available
The members of the Mediterranean network of Local and Solidarity -based Partnerships for Agroecology (MedNet) came up with a Vision during its 2nd meeting, held in Thessaloniki in November 2018. This was the result of an intensive maturation process. Several “Common Training Framework Editing Workshops” were conducted, in different locations. The first workshop,...
Türkiye
2019 - Mediterranean network of Local and Solidarity -based Partnerships for Agroecology (MedNet)
Blog article
Comparing Organic, Agroecological and Regenerative Farming part 2 – Agroecology
In this new three part series we present an analysis by Dr. Andrea Beste on the similarities, differences and synergies between the organic, agroecological and regenerative farming movements. Part two here outlines the history and current status of agroecology. A German version of the entire series is also available below....
2019 - ARC2000
Article
New generation takes on fish farming
Kampong Thom, Cambodia – Born from a farming family in Panha Chy Village, Tbaung Krampeu Commune, Santuk District, Kampong Thom, But Sovann graduated with a bachelor’s degree in agriculture from Prek Leap School in Phnom Penh. Wearing a smile as he looks at the dug fish ponds, he says, “We...
Cambodia
2019 - Asian Farmers' Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA)
Report
Farmers’ views on EU agri-environmental policies
Behavioural sciences are increasingly informing policy-making, including agricultural policies. Their unique contribution to policy lies in the first-hand evidence they provide regarding how people think and behave. For the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) to be a success, it is necessary to understand farmers' decision-making and viewpoints beyond...
European Union
2019 - European Commission
Blog article
MAPA e FAO vão assinar acordo de cooperação para estimular cadeia produtiva de chás, óleos e plantas medicinais e aromáticas
A informação foi dada pelo secretário Fernando Schwanke durante o 1º Encontro de Bioeconomia e Sociobiodiverisdade na Amazônia
O Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento firmará acordo de cooperação com a Organização das Nações Unidas para Alimentação e Agricultura (FAO) para estimular a cadeia produtiva de chás, óleos e plantas medicinais e aromáticas. A informação foi dada nesta terça-feira (12) pelo secretário de Agricultura Familiar e Cooperativismo do...
Brazil
2019 - Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento (MAPA)
Working paper
Contract Farming and Peasant Livelihoods: The case of Sugar Outgrower Schemes in Manhiça District, Mozambique
The paper shows that “accumulation from below” at local level is being driven by off-farm incomes and participation in Maragra Estate, thus accelerating social differentiation. As highlighted by earlier studies in agrarian political economy, the intrusion of capital has also established distinct classes, namely; the “poor”, “middle” and “rich” based...
Mozambique
2019 - Sam Moyo African Institute for Agrarian Studies
Article
Coop boosts organic rice production
Kampong Chhnang, Cambodia – Kraing Leav Commune, Rolea Pa’ear District, Kampong Chhnang has an unfortunate farmer history under the French Colonial in 1925 during the uprising against Resident Badez due to the oppression of farmers for their inability to pay tax on paddy fields. To this day, residents of Kraing...
Cambodia
2019 - Asian Farmers' Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA)
Report
More farmers better food. Why and how to put small-scale sustainable producers at the core of the new CAP
Why and how to put small-scale sustainable producers at the core of the new CAP
Sustainable small farmers should be put at the core of EU agricultural policy, according to a new paper released today by the Nyeleni Europe and Central Asia Platform for Food Sovereignty. The strongly documented publication comes ahead of a key vote in the European Parliament’s Agriculture Committee in early April,...
European Union
2019 - Nyeleni Europe and Central Asia Platform for Food Sovereignty
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