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We don't have enough organic farms. Why not?
Organic food sales in the U.S. doubled over the last decade, but organic farming hasn’t kept pace. That may change as farmers partner with brands
2018 - National Geographic
Blog article
Belarus reviews food safety system to meet modern requirements
As one short-term FAO intervention on food safety ends in Belarus, another will soon begin. This is what governmental representatives agreed upon this week in Minsk during five days of talks to conclude the previous project and set priorities for future work. FAO has been working in Belarus to understand the...
Belarus
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Practices
La conservation et la multiplication des cultures en agriculture biologique
Le choix de matériel de multiplication de semences et de plantes biologiques de haute qualité issus de variétés appropriées est un facteur clé de la réussite de la culture biologique. Cela permet d’améliorer le rendement et la qualité des produits, d’assurer la résilience des cultures, d’utiliser judicieusement les ressources non...
2018 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Blog article
FAO promotes horticulture in Kyrgyzstan for increased farm productivity
Kyrgyzstan has all the ingredients needed to be a leader in the production of high quality fruit and vegetables – its unique soil and climate create a perfect environment for horticulture.
That’s why the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Industry and Melioration of the Kyrgyz Republic, with the technical and consultative support...
Kyrgyzstan
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Article
Farmers from the Association of Private Farming of the Czech Republic open thier doors to the public regularly
Farmers feast of the family farmers in the Czech Republic are organized a few times during a year
Open farm days are taking place a few time per year thanks to the members of Association of Private Farming of the Czech Republic. These farmers open their farms to vide public with on-farm activities - like a farm schools , cooking workshops , horse riding etc. which provide closer...
Czechia
2018 - ASSOCIATION OF PRIVATE FARMING OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC
Website
Convocatoria Saberes y Sabores: las #MujeresRurales al rescate de la alimentación tradicional saludable y la protección de la biodiversidad
Saberes y sabores se enmarca en la campaña regional #MujeresRurales, mujeres con derechos, un esfuerzo colectivo para visibilizar logros y desafíos hacia el empoderamiento y la autonomía plena de todas las mujeres en el mundo rural.
Se trata de una convocatoria abierta a la participación tanto de mujeres como de hombres, para...
2018 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Blog article
Methodology helps assess price tag of countering cattle’s lumpy skin disease
It was recently, in 2015, when the infectious lumpy skin disease first entered the Balkan Peninsula and started its rally by infecting cattle in several countries. Measures to control – or possibly eradicate – the disease differed in various countries, and a new FAO study assesses approaches in three of...
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Website
15 días por la autonomía plena de las mujeres rurales
Este sitio web es la herramienta donde encontrará toda la información del activismo realizado en torno a la Campaña Mujeres Rurales, Mujeres con Derecho 2018 durante el mes de octubre.
Con el hashtag #AhoraEsElMomento de trabajar por la autonomía plena de las mujeres rurales, indígenas y afrodescendientes de América Latina y el...
2018 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Conference paper
Results and Priorities for FAO in the Near East and North Africa Region
During 2014–2017, FAO assisted countries in the Near East and North Africa (NENA) region to achieve results in the context of agreed priorities and FAO's Strategic Framework and Medium Term Plan (MTP). FAO's strategic direction is maintained in the approved MTP 2018–2021 and the Programme of Work and Budget (PWB)...
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Video
+Algodón +Artesanía
El Proyecto +Algodón, iniciativa de Cooperación Sur-Sur Trilateral, desarrolla iniciativas con enfoque de género para apoyar el fortalecimiento de las capacidades de las mujeres rurales e indígenas algodoneras de los países socios.
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
2018 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Book
Directrices voluntarias para lograr la sostenibilidad de la pesca en pequeña escala en el contexto de la seguridad alimentaria y la erradicación de la pobreza
Las presentes Directrices voluntarias para lograr la sostenibilidad de la pesca en pequeña escala en el contexto de la seguridad alimentaria y la erradicación de la pobreza se han elaborado como complemento del Código de Conducta de la FAO para la Pesca Responsable (en adelante, el Código) de 1995. Se...
2018 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Technical paper
The impact of markets and policy on incentives for rice production in Rwanda
FAO Agricultural Development Economics Working Paper 18-02
The prioritization of rice as a strategic food and cash crop in Rwanda has paid dividends, with production increasing by one-third during 2010–2015. However, production expansion has failed to keep pace with growing consumption demand. In 2015, around 30 percent of national consumption was met by imported long grain rice....
Rwanda
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Blog article
Organic agriculture gets boost from FAO in Kazakhstan
To spur progress in the development of organic agriculture in Kazakhstan, FAO continues to support the Kazakh Government in establishing and piloting a rigorous traceability and certification system.
Framed by a multiannual effort to support the development of organic agriculture in the country through the establishment of a trusted organic guarantee...
Kazakhstan
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Blog article
Kyrgyzstan makes gains towards profitable aquaculture sector
As a landlocked country infused with rivers, springs and freshwater lakes, including the world’s second-largest high-mountain lake, Issyk-Kul, the Kyrgyz Republic has an abundance of freshwater resources for aquaculture. Having realized this, the country has been making its path, with the help of FAO, to develop this to a full-scale...
Kyrgyzstan
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Fact sheet
Country factsheet on small holder family farms: NIGERIA
The Smallholder Dataportrait is a comprehensive, systematic and standardized data set on the profile of smallholder farmers across the world.
This Factsheet generates an overview on how small family farmers in Nigeria live their lives by using the Dataportrait, putting an emphasis on the constraints they face, the choices they make....
Nigeria
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Blog article
Skills training for Syrian refugees, Turkish hosts aims to boost self-reliance in rural communities
FAO, Japan and Turkey have inaugurated a vocational training programme for Syrian refugees and their Turkish host communities in Şanlıurfa and Kilis, where agriculture provides employment opportunities on a large scale.
The project aims at improving participants’ skills and knowledge in high-demand areas of the local agricultural sector. Building on the...
Türkiye
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Blog article
In rural Paraguay, women are on the frontlines of a ‘race against time’ to save native seeds
In Chacore, about 200 kilometers east of Asunción, Paraguay’s capital, Ceferina Guerrero, 68, walks by shelves of carefully-labelled plastic bottles and metal drums. Each contains a native seed variety essential to the diets of rural communities.
Their labels list seed names in Guarani, an indigenous language and Paraguay’s second official language,...
Paraguay
2018 - La Via Campesina
Book
Cambio climático y seguridad alimentaria y nutricional América Latina y el Caribe
(gestión del riesgo de desastres en el sector agrícola)
Esta publicación es la segunda de la serie cambio climático y seguridad alimentaria y nutricional América Latina y el Caribe elaborada por la Oficina Regional de FAO para América Latina y el Caribe. El documento aborda temas necesarios de considerar en las estrategias de Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricional, en el...
2018 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Conference paper
Strengthening Gender Equality in Agriculture and Rural Development in the Near East and North Africa Region
Gender considerations are important in achieving sustainable development and food security, as reflected in global commitments to Sustainable Development Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Agriculture and rural development rely on the participation of both women and men in food production, resource management, balancing paid work and family...
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Report
Resilience analysis of Karamoja, Uganda 2016
The region of Karamoja, located in the northeast of Uganda, is the poorest and least developed region in the country. Historically, Karamoja has been a pastoral area; crop production, which is less reliable there, has recently emerged as an important source of household food and income in some areas. Although...
Uganda
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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