Fragility has become the reality in several countries of the Middle East and North Africa. Armed conflict and forced displacement are taking an enormous toll on human lives, with the region accounting for about 60 percent of the estimated global total of battle-related casualties since the turn of the millennium....

By supporting family farms there will be enough to feed the world, and fight poverty while respecting planetary boundaries

This website from the Oakland Insitute collects thirty-three case studies on the success of agroecological agriculture in Africa.While agroecology promotes low use of external inputs, it is a very knowledge-intensive system. Transmission of this knowledge, adaptation to local contexts, and appropriation by farmers and government technicians, are essential steps for...

Le Projet CALAO - Capitalisation d’expériences d’acteurs pour le développement de techniques agroécologiques résilientes en Afrique de l’Ouest - a été mis en œuvre au cours de l’année 2017 dans le cadre du Projet d’Appui à la Sécurité Alimentaire en Afrique de l’Ouest (PASANAO), financé par l’AFD et dont la...

Los eventos climáticos extremos representan el 70% de los desastres que ocurren en América Latina y el Caribe, siendo el sector agrícola (incluyendo ganadería, pesca y actividad forestal, además de la agricultura strictu sensu) el que concentra la mayor parte de los daños y pérdidas que estos ocasionan. A medida...

Hearing in the European parliament on the state of play of the landing obligation before its full implementation in January 2019 proves lack lustre.

El presente curso es una iniciativa de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO), la Organización Internacional del Trabajo (OIT) y la Agencia Sueca de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (SIDA), adaptado para Latino América y el Caribe por el Núcleo de Capacitación en...

The ability of the Near East and North Africa (NENA) region to attain significant progress towards the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 2 (SDG 2) will largely hinge on sustainable management of agricultural water and adaptation to a changing climate. Agricultural transformation in the NENA region has followed a specific...

O Slow Food parte da premissa que o alimento é o principal fator de definição da identidade humana, pois o que comemos é sempre um produto cultural. Acreditamos que a informação e a educação são essenciais para que a sociedade entenda o potencial de transformação e o impacto gerado a...

Quels sont les investissements qui répondent aux spécificités des oasis et comment on peut unifier les efforts pour stabiliser la sécurité entre eux ?Dans l’environnement économique oasien c’est le moment de diversifier ses investissements indispensables pour obtenir des bons rendements et améliorer la vie des citoyens. Ce symposium vise à...

The world’s food systems face two immense challenges today. One, to produce enough food to nourish a global population of seven billion people without harming the environment. Two, to make sure food systems deliver nutrition to everyone, particularly the world’s poorest, many of whom suffer from chronic under-nutrition. This Report...

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This programme is designed to improve living conditions for rural people in mountain zones, where climate change has caused erosion and desertification. It has two components: Agricultural value chain development and value addition Sustainable nature resource management, climate change adaptation and diversification. The programme area includes 32 rural communes in the provinces of...

De un momento a otro, pueden perderlo todo: los pequeños productores son un sector fundamental para la agricultura y la alimentación de América Latina y el Caribe, pero viven en constante riesgo de desastres. Una sequía severa, un huracán o una inundación pueden diezmar por completo su producción y afectar severamente...

This Smallholder Country Factsheet developed by the ESA Small Family Farm Team examines the strengths and weaknesses of smallholders in Viet Nam. Viet Nam's remarkable transformation to a low middle-income country within the past decade was strongly driven by an increasing productivity of the agricultural sector. Still, 89 percent of...

La innovación consiste en la implementación de un sistema integrado que contempla la utilización de tecnologías y técnicas agroecológicas para la producción de hortalizas por parte de mujeres campesinas. Este sistema fue implementado a través del proyecto “Producción Hortícola Sostenible PY-212”, ejecutado por Tierra Nueva y financiado por la Fundación...

O conceito de mercado não deve ficar restrito à interação entre demanda e oferta.  Ele vai muito além do processo de compra e venda, compreendendo aspectos de interações sociais, culturais e cognitivas. Normalmente vistos como espaços onde ocorrem trocas, conversações e negociações para uma transação comercial entre as partes envolvidas – como...

This Smallholder Country Factsheet developed by the ESA Small Family Farm Team takes a closer look at the livelihood of smallholders in Indonesia. Agriculture still accounts as the major employer before industry and services, with rice production as an important mainstay of the Indonesian economy. A striking high share of...

This edition of the EAFRD Projects Brochure looks at how resource efficiency is being supported in rural Europe. Resource efficiency means using natural resources in a sustainable way. It also means minimising the impact of human activities on the environment. The concept of resource efficiency is encapsulated in the idea...

This How To Do Note (HTDN) in this toolkit on Supporting Smallholder Seed Systems tackles the complexities of seed systems, setting out a process to support national agricultural policy decision makers, national and international development agencies and IFAD Country Programme Managers (CPMs) in the design and supervision of seed-related projects....