The European Parliamentary Research Service has published, in March 2017, a research briefing analyzing the mains drivers of rural poverty and social exclusion in the EU and the European policies and instruments to fight it. The report presents statistics on rural poverty compared to urban poverty. Overall, in the European Union,...

The number of undernourished people in sub-Saharan Africa has increased mainly due to the impact of conflict and climate change with the situation pointing to the urgent need to build affected communities' resilience and to find peaceful solutions that strengthen food security. The prevalence of chronic undernourishment appears to have risen...

Dans un contexte d’aggravation des inégalités entre les agricultures du monde et d’exclusion des paysanneries, AVSF poursuit l’objectif de renforcer les organisations de producteur du Sud dans leurs capacités à participer directement et s’articuler dans des conditions qui leur sont plus favorables aux marchés conventionnels, et se positionner sur des...

Comment: Small in Scale, Large in Scope, Japan - Coastal Communities: A Tsunami is Coming by Xavier Basurto et al., Chile – SSF: Chilled Out by  Juan Carlos Cárdenas and Patricio Igor Melillanca,  Analysis SIDs: Not One Fit by Masanori Kobayashi, Obituary - Christian Brun: Articulate, Wise, Patient by  Michel...

Quinoa, once a staple food of only the indigenous people in the Andes, has become a darling of food aficionados around the world in recent years. So popular it has grown that even some fast food restaurant chains have now dishes and salads with it on their menus. Its exceptional...

El número total de personas que sufre hambre en América Latina y el Caribe ha aumentado, lo cual está revirtiendo décadas de progresos. Al mismo tiempo, el sobrepeso y la obesidad afectan a todos los grupos de edad en hombres y mujeres y constituye  un problema de salud pública en todos...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) published a comprehensive series of studies on small-scale family farming in the Near East and North Africa with the aim of catalysing the work of development and agricultural practitioners towards sustainable and inclusive development of in the NENA region. Dr. Alfredo...

Nos arredores da grande São Paulo, na área rural do distrito de Parelheiros, uma mulher começou a trabalhar de forma tímida com o manuseio da terra. Vinte anos se passaram e ela é hoje a responsável pela existência de uma agrofloresta, que fica há cerca de noventa quilômetros do centro...

Healthy food and nutrition is a very immediate and personal part of our lives, and it is our agricultural sector that lays the foundation for this. Our agricultural, horticultural, viticultural and forestry sectors are also instrumental in shaping our homeland and landscapes. Food, agriculture and homeland: since time immemorial, these...

El feminismo ha avanzado mucho en reflexionar, que ya no podemos seguir hablando de las mujeres como un “grupo homogéneo víctimas pasivas de la opresión”, como bien señala la autora feminista post colonialista Mohanty. Ciertamente, no podemos. Sin embargo, sí podemos seguir argumentando que el patriarcado nos alcanza a todas,...

From the Editor, Analysis 1 - SDG 5: Gender equal fisheries by Meryl J Williams, Milestones - The Entebbe Declaration by Venugopalan N, Profile - An independent life! For Metty, a fisherwoman from Kerala, India, fishing has been a mainstay for over four decades by Nikita Gopal, Analysis 2 -...

BBC 100 Women names 100 influential and inspirational women around the world every year. In 2017, we're challenging them to tackle four of the biggest problems facing women today - the glass ceiling, female illiteracy, harassment in public spaces and sexism in sport. With your help, they'll be coming up with real-life...

A paper with Tips for organic advocates on "How to raise political awareness of the need for support to organic agriculture". This paper is targeted to policy advocates.

In 2006, the Government of Malawi initiated a Social Cash Transfer Programme (SCTP), which it called Mtukula Pakhomo (‘Lifting up Families’). Malawi’s SCTP is an unconditional cash transfer programme designed to reduce poverty and hunger, increase school enrolment and attendance and improve the health, nutrition, protection and well-being of children...

The agricultural sector is one of the main contributors to economic growth and sustainable development in ECOWAS member countries. Women are driving forces for agricultural development, food security and nutrition in the region. They represent an important percentage of the agricultural labour force. They are the frontline nutrition care givers...

The present regional review and synthesis for sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) provides an overview of major issues and trends in the aquaculture sector between 2004 and 2014 with emphasis on outstanding issues over the last five years. The regional review reflects development in 41countries in SSA for which production was reported...

NATEXPO is organised at the initiative of Natexbio,  the French Federation of the Organic Sector, member of the IFOAM EU network, with the support of its member associations Synadis Bio, Synadiet and Synabio, and the participation of Cosmebio, France Vin Bio and Agence Bio. Natexpo, the international trade show for organic products,...

Indicações Geográficas (IG) identificam um produto como originário de país, cidade, região ou localidade de seu território, quando determinada qualidade, reputação ou outra característica do produto seja essencialmente atribuída a sua origem geográfica. As indicações geográficas surgiram quando produtores, comerciantes e consumidores começaram a identificar que alguns produtos de determinados lugares...

El Espacio tiene como objetivo la institucionalización de una instancia permanente de carácter regional, liderada por la Secretaría Ejecutiva del CAC, para la discusión, el intercambio de experiencias y la construcción de políticas públicas específicas para la agricultura familiar (AF) en Centroamérica y República Dominicana, que en coordinación con las...

This short video explains the basis of Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS).