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Blog article
Farm profile: slow grown chickens at fosse meadows

Over the last few months I’ve been out and about with my camera profiling some of the small independent farmers and foodmakers who supply Farmdrop – a local food business on a mission to fix the food chain. In the first of the series I meet chicken farmers Nick Ball...
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2016 - Indie Farmer

Conference proceedings
Shaping social innovation for marginalised rural areas

As the Coordinator of the H2020 project “Social Innovation in Marginalised Rural Areas” (SIMRA), I am very pleased to share the news that the 1st Workshop of the H2020  SIMRA Social Innovation Think Tank (SITT) that took place on October 26th – 28th 2016 in Bratislava and was endorsed by...
2016 - SIMRA (Social Innovation in Marginalised Rural Areas)

Project
$3 million project targets Turkey’s vulnerable steppe lands

Farms and communities in Turkey’s Anatolian steppe will soon have help in coping with the damaging impacts of climate change. A two-year, $3 million FAO project – co-financed by the European Union and Turkey – aims to restore healthy ecosystems, promote environmentally friendly agricultural practices, and raise levels of knowledge...
Türkiye
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Fact sheet
Traditional wheat varieties of Tajikistan, Turkey, Uzbekistan are subject of research

As farmers increasingly plant modern varieties of wheat, traditional wheat landraces are in decline. Yet the genetic diversity found in these hardy traditional varieties could be crucial for the future of wheat production. A new series of publications from FAO introduces wheat landraces in the Central Asia sub region, starting with...
Tajikistan - Türkiye - Uzbekistan
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Blog article
Armenia looks to no-till technologies to conserve land and water

Scarcity of both land and water – and the degradation of those natural resources – are a big issue for Armenia. Conservation agriculture offers solutions, and FAO and the European Union are responding to this priority need. FAO convened national and international experts earlier this month to discuss the country’s development...
Armenia
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organizations of the United Nations

Website
Parliament ratifies renewal of FAO-Turkey partnership

Two key partnership programmes between FAO and the Government of Turkey – focused broadly on food security, rural poverty and forestry – were ratified recently by the Turkish Parliament and published last week in the Official Gazette in Ankara.  With a total US$ 20 million financial contribution from Turkey, the agreements will help...
Türkiye
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Blog article
Tajikistan’s fresh produce supply chains grow more efficient, profitable

Fruit and vegetables are a major source of income for rural households in mountainous Tajikistan – and essential for healthy diets. Fresh produce such as sweet cherries, onions and table grapes make up an important share of the country’s agricultural exports. The potential to supply domestic retail and export markets remains...
Tajikistan
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Website
governmental program for supporting cooperatives in beekeeping

governmental program for supporting cooperatives in beekeeping
Georgia
2016

Project
ALTER – Active Local Territories for Economic development of Rural Areas

ALTER is implemented by a consortium of rural networks in Western Balkan countries and Turkey, encouraged and supported by Prepare – Partnership for Rural Europe. The goal of ALTER is to stimulate an enabling legal and financial environment for civil society, as well as to empower civil society to be effective...
Albania - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Croatia - Latvia - Montenegro - Serbia - North Macedonia
2016 - Prepare – Partnership for Rural Europe

Blog article
Internally displaced families in Georgia have a chance at new livelihoods

Some 700 vulnerable internally displaced persons in Georgia could soon be earning income by growing fruit, raising rabbits, breeding cattle, beekeeping, horticulture and other agricultural activities. Financed by the European Union, the income diversification initiative is implemented by FAO and the Livelihoods Agency of Georgia’s Ministry of Internally Displaced Persons from...
Georgia
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Event
Support to family farming and small scale agriculture as a strategy to achieve rural poverty reduction

The workshop “Support to family farming and small scale agriculture to achieve rural poverty reduction. Opportunities and priorities to strengthen FAO Regional Initiatives” is aimed at analysing the main trends in family farming and debating the strategy and achievements of the three FAO Regional Initiatives related to family farming and...
Italy
2016 - Food And Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Conference/Meeting
Responsible governance of tenure of land in the Mediterranean: conflicts and innovations

In the Mediterranean regions, the pressure on natural resources, particularly land, is a key element defining the processes of economic and social development. In fact, the land tenure shapes the development of agricultural production chains, natural resources management, large projects and major infrastructure development, as well as the success of rural...
2016 - FONCIMED 2016

Blog article
Не врать с сельхозстатистикой

Отчаявшиеся аграрии призывают сказать правду о сельском хозяйстве: оно стагнирует
Если верить официальной статистике, то сельскохозяйственная отрасль развивается вполне успешно, а кризис ей только на пользу: по итогам 2015 года аграрное производство показало прибавку в 3 процента, выращен 100-миллионный урожай зерна, благодаря программе импортозамещения пошло в рост овощеводство и животноводство, для сельских тружеников увеличились государственные субсидии… Однако в на деле...
Russian Federation
2016 - Политика.RU

Conference/Meeting
Sécurité alimentaire, développement inclusif, climat : les enjeux de la coopération en Méditerranée

Dans le cadre de son programme « les Ateliers de l’OCEMO », l’Office de Coopération Economique pour la Méditerranée et l’Orient (OCEMO) et le Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes (CIHEAM), organisent une conférence intitulée « Sécurité alimentaire, développement inclusif, climat : les enjeux de la coopération en Méditerranée...
2016 - Office de Coopération Economique pour la Méditerranée et l’Orient (OCEMO)

Newsletter
News from the Deck - October 2016

The newsletter of october 2016 of the Low Impact Fishers of Europe. 
2016 - Low Impact Fishers of Europe

Event
Urban Agriculture and the European Agenda

Urban agriculture is a hidden champion. It has been neglected for decades by both, urban and agricultural policies. City planners treated the agricultural land as potential building ground, agricultural policies focussed on the rural areas. But due to worldwide challenges as urbanisation, food security and the need for a sustainable...
Belgium
2016 - COST-Action Urban Agriculture Europe (UAE)

Video
FAO-Turkey Partnership Programme

Established in 2006, the FAO-Turkey Partnership Programme (FTPP) focuses on achieving food security and combatting rural poverty in countries of the Caucasus and in the Central Asia subregion through projects operated at the national, multi-country and subregional level. The programme has supported countries in the areas of food security, food safety,...
Türkiye
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Statement
Bluefin tuna and ICCAT 50 years on.

Time to correct historic wrongs, and return rightful access to small scale fishers.
The Low Impact Fishers of Europe (LIFE) Platform calls on ICCAT contracting parties to establish a dedicated, non-transferable, ring fenced Bluefin tuna quota for small scale low impact fishers.
2016 - Low Impact Fishers of Europe

Article
Strengthening cooperation between farmers

Association of private farming of the Czech Republic became a part of the CO-Farm project ERASMUS +, which is focused on strengthening cooperation between agricultural enterprises. The first kick-off meeting was held in Thurles, Ireland, in the middle of November 2016. The hosting organization was Limerick Technological Institute for higher...
Czechia
2016 - Association of private farming of the Czech Republic

Event
What Future for our Farming Systems?

Environmental Challenges and Integrated Solutions
This conference will seek to encourage debate on the benefits to be gained from more sustainable resource use and greater integration of different land uses on lowland and upland farming systems. It will present the best possible scientific understanding of the complexities associated with how best to achieve such an...
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2016 - Scotland’s Rural College
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