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Biointensive farming: the future of our food production system
Biointensive agriculture is a sustainable organic farming system based on working with the basic elements needed for life – soil, water, air and sun – to achieve maximum yields, while increasing biodiversity and soil fertility.This form of farming is suitable for small-scale farmers because it enables them to harvest great...
2017 - Greentumble
Video
Aprendizajes compartidos (Shared learning)
Indigenous peoples from different countries (Peru- Latin America, D.R. Congo- Africa and Thailand- Asia) share some of their main issued related to tenure of, respectively, land, forests, and fisheries. They explain, in simple words, the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of land, fisheries and forests in the...
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - FAO
Newsletter
ICSF’S Newsletter on Gender and Fisheries
Studies of small-scale fisheries across the globe show how women contribute to the sustainability of the fisheries sector. They also show that where women have greater agency, they contribute to improving value addition and productivity in the sector. In the context, SDG 5 that emphasizes gender equality and empowerment of...
2017 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Blog article
Carta de Olmué fija orientaciones para los Gobiernos y la Agricultura Familiar del Mercosur
Avanzar en el diálogo político y la dignificación del mundo campesino, y profundizar en la definición de políticas públicas específicas para los pequeños agricultores, fueron las ideas fuerza que marcaron el acto de clausura de la Primera Conferencia Regional de Agricultura Familiar del Mercosur Ampliado que se desarrolló en Olmué,...
2017 - Reunión Especializada de la Agricultura Familiar Campesina (REAF)
Video
Women in Small-scale Fisheries in Tanzania: Challenges and Opportunities
This video case study explores the challenges that women involved in fisheries activities face on a day to day basis in Tanzania: What successes have they achieved? how can their participation in fisheries be strategically improved? It also explains the strategies in place at local and national levels to counter...
Taiwan Province of China
2017 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Blog article
Group of 13 Countries Proposes Adoption of a Decade of Family Farming
Costa Rica, Angola, the Dominican Republic, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Indonesia, Italy, Mexico, the Philippines, Spain, Thailand and Uruguay make up the Core Group working on the draft resolution for the Decade of Family Farming.
Wednesday, 16th of August 2017- On the 25th of July, the 13 countries that make up the...
2017
Website
Programa de Estudios Regionales y Territoriales
El Programa de Estudios Regionales y Territoriales (PERT) es un ámbito de investigación académica, docencia, transferencia y divulgación, de la Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA) focalizado en cuestiones vinculadas al desarrollo territorial (en particular asociadas con lo rural, lo local y las economías regionales). Está conformado por investigadores de diferentes...
Argentina
2017 - Programa de Estudios Regionales y Territoriales, Universidad de Buenos Aires
Video
Grafting mango seedlings
With grafting, a young shoot from a preferred mango variety is attached to a seedling. The seedling will develop the root and base of the tree. This is called the rootstock. The young shoot that is grafted onto the rootstock is called the scion. This will develop into the canopy....
Bangladesh
2017 - Access Agriculture
Manual
Brazilian Family Farming - Biofach
The Brazilian Special Secretariat for Family Farming and Agrarian Development (Sead) and the Brazilian Embassy in Berlin are proud to present at this year’s edition of BioFach six family farming cooperatives and their very best organic products, amongst which you will find rice, coffee, powder guarana, propolis, honey, Brazil nuts,...
Brazil
2017 - The Brazilian Special Secretariat for Family Farming and Agrarian Development (SEAD)
Journal article
Renewable energy from rural production
The rural productive and land management sectors generate significant amounts of organic waste in forms such as wood residues (such as bark, hedge trimmings or leaves), manure, food processing waste and agricultural residues (such as straw). These ‘waste’ products have a significant amount of energetic value. New technologies and greater...
European Union
2017 - ENRD
Policy brief/paper
Why small towns matter
Urbanization, rural transformations and food security
The multiple and complex interconnections between rural and urban spaces, people and enterprises and how these affect poverty and food insecurity are all too often overlooked. Small towns are an important but often neglected element of rural landscapes and food systems. They perform several essential functions, from market nodes for...
Senegal - United Republic of Tanzania
2017 - International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
Blog article
A roadmap towards Water Sustainability in the NENA Region
FAO and SIDA launch Water Efficiency and Sustainability Project in NENA Countries
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in cooperation with the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), today launched the regional project “Implementing the 2030 Agenda for water efficiency/productivity and water sustainability in NENA countries” during a regional event taking place in Cairo, Egypt. The project will also...
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Video
Role and Place of Women in Fisheries Value Chain: Case of Dagaa Fishery in the Lake Victoria
The video explores the role and place of women along fisheries value chain: The significance and values their involvement in fisheries brings to the communities and fisheries development. Why are they involved in fisheries? how are they organized for space in decision-making and policy processes? The focus of this study...
2017 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Newsletter article
L'enjeu du riz en Afrique de l'ouest
Le riz est un produit essentiel pour la sécurité alimentaire de l’Afrique de l’Ouest. La crise alimentaire de 2008 y a déclenché des politiques publiques d’appuis aux filières riz. La préoccupation des gouvernements est d’assurer la stabilité politique en veillant à la sécurité alimentaire des populations urbaines de plus en...
2017 - SOS Faim
Project
Adapting irrigation to climate change (AICCA)
Climate change represents a challenge for rural people in West and Central Africa, causing water shortages and droughts in some areas and floods in others. It impacts both the demand and availability of water for agriculture, affecting the proportion of people suffering from insecure access to water. Smallholder farmers are...
Chad - Côte d'Ivoire - Gambia - Liberia - Mali - Mauritania - Niger - Sierra Leone
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Event
19th Organic World Congress
An Organic World Through an Organic India / 9 - 11 November 2017, New Delhi, India
Every three years, the organic sector comes together at the Organic World Congress (OWC), the world’s largest and most significant organic gathering, to discuss and deliberate issues of the day. The OWC is an unique opportunity to share experiences, innovations and knowledge about organics and also take part in the...
2017 - IFOAM Organics International
Blog article
Ending famines and chronic hunger requires good governance
The United Nations’ urgent call in February for hunger relief for 20 million people in South Sudan, Somalia, Yemen, and Nigeria has drawn the world’s attention to the connection between conflict and hunger. While there is no doubt that armed conflicts are a main driver of these hunger crises, more...
2017 - The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Blog article
Inscripción Abierta para el Curso Virtual FONTAGRO
Preparación de Propuestas para proyectos de Innovación Agropecuaria
FONTAGRO abre hoy la inscripción para la primera edición del Curso Virtual: Preparación de propuestas formales para proyectos de investigación e innovación agropecuaria – Caso FONTAGRO.
Este aprendizaje en línea permitirá a los participantes diseñar propuestas formales de proyectos conceptualizados y estructurados para que resulten útiles tanto en convocatorias de FONTAGRO, como en otras organizaciones nacionales...
2017 - FONTAGRO
Blog article
People in rural areas more exposed to poverty
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,...
European Union
2017 - Euromontana
Blog article
The number of people suffering from chronic undernourishment in sub-Saharan Africa has increased
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...
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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