The growing need to intensify smallholder farming systems to enhance food security for a rapidly growing population in sub-Saharan Africa constitutes a major sustainability challenge. Intensification of agriculture has often resulted in degraded, highly vulnerable, exhausted and unproductive soils. Even though smallholder farming systems are heterogeneous and dynamic, conventional approaches...

Este documento es producto de un convenio técnico de cooperación entre la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura y la Agencia Nacional de Tierras. Presenta los resultados de una evaluación intermedia de la figura de Zonas de Reserva Campesina en Colombia, centrada en las seis...

Once again, agricultural mechanization is top on the policy, research, and development agendas in sub-Saharan Africa. However, whether labor is limiting in this region—and mechanization is in demand—remains debated. The hypothesis of this study is that labor is a major limiting factor to the productivity of most farming systems in Africa.We used...

This article discusses the economic dimensions of agroecological farming systems in Europe. It firstly theoretically elaborates the reasons why, and under what conditions, agroecological farming systems have the potential to produce higher incomes than farms that follow the conventional logic. This theoretical exposition is then followed by a presentation of...

Ações voltadas para a inclusão socioprodutiva de famílias que vivem em comunidades rurais baianas têm sido, nos últimos anos, algumas das estratégias do Governo do Estado para promover o desenvolvimento rural da Bahia. São exemplos de ações o processo de agroindustrialização da produção, a assistência técnica e extensão rural (Ater)...

The EIP-AGRI Workshop: "Small is smart" - Innovative solutions for small agricultural and forestry holdings, will take place in Bucharest, Romania, on 29-30 October 2019. This two-day event will take place on Tuesday 29 and Wednesday 30 October 2019 in Bucharest Romania. Farmers and farmers' organisations, foresters, EIP-AGRI Operational Groups, SMEs, start-ups, advisers, universities, research and technology organisations,...

El cultivo de soja en Argentina es el más importante por superficie sembrada, a nivel internacional es el tercer productor mundial después de Estados Unidos y Brasil. La calidad del grano es un aspecto de interés por ser nuestro país el primer exportador mundial de aceite y harina de soja....

This is the second annual report developed collaboratively by United Nations agencies on progress in Asia and the Pacific towards Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2 to eliminate hunger and malnutrition by 2030. Its findings are a cause for concern. The SDG hunger deadline is just over a decade away, and...

Traditional agricultural systems can sustain biodiversity and conserve genetic resources for food and agriculture, building resilence to climate change while respecting and promoting rural livelihoods and knowledge systems. It was to identify, support and safeguard these systems that FAO launched the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) programme. An event starting today in...

Evidence from different studies has revealed a great contribution of agro-ecology in solving the world hunger sustainably. Agro-ecology addresses the problems and limitations of industrial agriculture such as inequalities, increased poverty and malnutrition rate, and environment degradation especially climate change; which are the roots causes of hunger in the world...

A new webpage dedicated to mountain areas, islands and sparsely populated areas has been launched by the European Commission, find there all news and studies related to our territories

This online and face-to-face course in French provides practical knowledge on agronomical techniques from production to marketing. The objective of the distance-learning modules is to become familiar with the environment of Miracle Farms and to acquire basic notions of Agroecology in a diversified orchard through interaction with a trainer and participation...

El objetivo de este texto es presentar una guía práctica para la evaluación ex ante de políticas y proyectos a través del método de análisis costo beneficio (ACB), en particular para su aplicación en medidas de adaptación al cambio climático en el sector agropecuario.

A campanha regional #MulheresRurais, Mulheres com Direitos, em 2019, identificará e difundirá experiências e conhecimentos sobre o poder transformador das mulheres rurais, indígenas e afrodescendentes na América Latina e Caribe e sua contribuição para os desafios estabelecidos nos Objetivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável (ODS). Uma das prioridades da Unicopas é promover o protagonismo...

El Proyecto “Fortalecimiento de capacidades en la medición y reporte de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible en los países de América del Sur (TCP/RLA/3611)” de la Oficina Regional de la FAO para América Latina y el Caribe ha ayudado a los países sudamericanos a desarrollar sus capacidades para informar sobre...

Para aprimorar os conhecimentos de gestores públicos, representantes da sociedade civil organizada e do setor privado, o Projeto de Territorialização e Aceleração dos ODS oferece vagas a 116 Municípios para custo a distância sobre os 17 Objetivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável (ODS). A iniciativa é uma cooperação entre a Petrobras e...

Los Servicios Participativos de Información Climática para la Agricultura (SEPICA), como las Mesas Técnicas Agroclimáticas (MTA) en Colombia, Guatemala y Nicaragua o Mesas agroclimáticas Participativas en Honduras y Chile, son estrategias clave de la gestión integral de riesgos de desastres pues proveen insumos para tomar decisiones mejor informadas sobre prácticas...

Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which: identify highly nutritious local food plants, explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way, detail the nutritional value of the plants and describe why human bodies require those nutrients. The resources created by FPS allows people to better...

According to the OECD, territorial relationships have deeply changed in recent decades. Improvements in communication technology, increasing movements of peoples and goods, and changes in land use have reshaped the relationships between urban and rural areas. This is also true for mountain areas, where large metropoles like Milano have recently...

Anders Borgen has been an organic farmer for 35 years and has for the past 15 years working as a private organic plant breeder in Northern Jutland, Denmark. He has studied agricultural science and philosophy and has a Ph.D. in Agriculture. Hannes Lorenzen meets Anders Borgen at the European Cereal Diversity...