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Great food from European green cities
Inspiring stories and recipes from European Green Capital and Green Leaf Network Cities : special edition
Special hard cover edition! Food is a very important part of many European citizens' lives. It brings family and friends together around the table to talk, laugh and celebrate and in many places, food goes hand in hand with the local culture. Not only is food a hugely important part...
European Union
2018 - Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development (European Commission)
Video
AGROECOLOGY IN ACTION: The Women of Kampong Speu, Cambodia
In the villages of Samrong Tong, district of Kampong Speu province, Cambodia, women vegetable farmers are at the forefront of promoting agroecology.
In this short documentary, watch how the Women Organic Vegetable Producer Group, with the support of the Cambodian Center for Study and Development in Agriculture (CEDAC), are able to...
Cambodia
2018 - PAN Asia Pacific
Photo gallery
The meaning of small: Diverse values of small-scale fisheries
Small-scale fisheries are part of the land - and seascape that many people are familiar with, mostly because of their presence in, and proximity to, places where tourism and recreational activities take place. Yet, unless one grows up in a fishing village, or comes from a fishing family, it is...
2018 - Too Big to Ignore
Newsletter article
Where have all the women gone?
Sex-segregated employment data in the recently released State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2018 report points to the need for better and more standardised data collection. July 2018 witnessed the launch of ‘The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2018’ (SOFIA 2018)—the flagship report of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)...
2018 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Report
Study on risk management in EU agriculture
The ‘Study on risk management in EU agriculture’ provides an analysis of current agricultural risks and risk management instruments. It provides a mapping of relevant risks in EU agriculture. Information on availability and use of risk management instruments was collected in all Member States though consultations with public authorities, farmers’...
European Union
2018 - European Commission
Blog article
Commission creates Task Force Rural Africa to focus on development role of food and farming
A new expert group is to be created by the European Commission to provide expertise, advice and possible recommendations on enhancing the role of the EU agri-food and agro-industrial sector in the sustainable economic development of Africa.
The first step in the creation of the Task Force Rural Africa (TFRA) is...
European Union
2018 - European Commission
Report
Policy support for productivity vs. sustainability in EU agriculture : towards viable farming and green growth
This study presents the main trends in total factor and resource productivity in recent decades. The main pathways for sustainable intensification are explored through case studies and policy analysis. The paper presents a normative analysis of policy tools able to reconcile productivity and sustainability requirements and also provides policy recommendations...
European Union
2018 - European Union
Journal article
Multi-actor networks and innovation niches: university training for local Agroecological Dynamization
The global environmental and social-economic crises of industrialized agriculture have led to the emergence of agroecology as an alternative approach aiming to increase the ecological, social and economic sustainability of agri–food systems. The ‘multi-level perspective’ is now a widely used framework to understand and promote the upscaling of local innovation niches, such as...
Spain
2018
Technical paper
Input by members from Spain on a Management Plan for the Med coast- ENG/ES
The member organizations of LIFE in Spain present amendments to the “Comprehensive Management Plan for the conservation of fishery resources affected by fisheries carried out with purse seines, trawls and passive gears in the Mediterranean coast of Spain”.
Spain
2018 - Low Impact Fishers of Europe
Newsletter article
Fisherfolk organizations: Enablers, drivers and barriers
This article reviews a recent publication on women’s participation and leadership in fisherfolk organisations and collective action in fisheries. For all those who have been working with women in fisheries, this review of literature, undertaken by Enrique Alonso-Población and Susana V. Siar for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United...
2018 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Manual
Urban and peri-urban agriculture in the EU
This study presents a state of the art overview on urban agriculture and peri-urban agriculture (UPUA), the diversity of phenomena, motivations, distinctive features, benefits and limitations. UPUA is contextualized in relation to societal and economic transformations, EU strategic objectives, policies and regional food system approaches. Using best practice examples, the...
European Union
2018 - Directorate-General for Internal Policies of the Union (European Parliament) , Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF)
Blog article
En Syrie, l'agriculture malmenée par le climat, en plus de la guerre
Au bout de plus de sept ans de conflit, la production de céréales, qui était déjà en baisse de 40% par rapport à son niveau d'avant la guerre, aux alentours de 2,5 à 2,7 millions de tonnes par an contre 4 millions de tonnes auparavant, "va subir une nouvelle réduction"...
Syrian Arab Republic
2018
Case study
Perspectivas por sectores principales
En los últimos años, las tasas de crecimiento de la producción agropecuaria mundial y los rendimientos de los cultivos han disminuido. Esto ha suscitado temores de que el mundo no sea capaz de incrementar lo suficiente la producción de alimentos y otros productos para asegurar una alimentación adecuada de la...
2018 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Newsletter
Romanian Rural Network Newsletter No. 4
Romanian Rural Network Newsletter, with a lot of news from Romania and EU
Romania
2018 - Romanian Rural Development Network
Newsletter article
Milestones Taking action: Costa Rica initiates steps to implement the SSF Guidelines
Costa Rica is among the first few countries to respond immediately and favourably to the question of implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication (the SSF Guidelines). In a move that extends overwhelming support to the small-scale fisheries,...
Costa Rica
2018 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Blog article
Why we need small farms
Large-scale, industrial agriculture is often held up as the solution for feeding the world’s growing population. But small farms—with about 25 acres or less—along with family-run operations like Masumoto’s produce over 70 percent of the world’s food.
Raising awareness of the contribution of these farmers inspired the We Feed the World...
2018 - National Geographic
Journal article
Agroecological Transition - What can sustainability transition frameworks teach us? An ontological and empirical analysis
In the next section, we analyze some ontological mismatches of the main sustainable transition frameworks and identify debates and gaps in current research. Instead of reinforcing the understanding of sustainability issues, we conclude that a hasty combination of frameworks without critical reflection on their ontologies generates theoretical inconsistencies and the...
2018
Newsletter
Romanian Rural Network Newsletter No. 3
Romanian Rural Network Newsletter, with news article regarding Rural development in Romania and in EU
Romania
2018 - Romanian Rural Network for Rural Development
Newsletter article
What’s New, Webby?: Gender on the Agenda in the Seafood Industry
Women in Seafood Industry (WSI) is an international not-for-profit organization whose aim is to reinforce the voices of women in the seafood industry, amplifying their visibility through projects and collaborations with existing associations, and by supporting relevant initiatives and sharing information on the worldwide web.
The WSI website, https://wsi-asso.org, has two interesting...
2018 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Report
Evaluation study of the forestry measures under rural development
Austria is a country rich in forests, with almost 48% of its area covered by forests. Against this background, forests play a fundamental role for rural development, for the forest-based sector, and cross-sectoral cooperation such as tourism. Forests are a fundamental element for Austrian cultural landscapes and provide – beyond...
Austria
2018 - European Commission
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