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Guidelines
Evaluation of innovation in rural development programmes 2014-2020
The main objective of the Guidelines is to provide a non-binding complement to other guidelines and offer advice to RDP evaluation stakeholders on how to carry out the evaluation activities for answering the common evaluation questions related to innovation. Since the RDP’s effects on innovation in rural areas can be...
European Union
2017 - European Network for Rural Development
Blog article
Agricultoras familiares se destacam em vendas pelo PAA em Goiás
No interior de Goiás, nas fazendas associadas à Cooperativa Mista de Agricultores Familiares de Luziânia (Cooperluz), as mulheres é que são as responsáveis pelo acesso ao Programa de Aquisição de Alimentos (PAA) desde 2010. Agora, elas comemoram a garantia de venda das hortaliças, legumes e frutas por mais esse ano....
Brazil
2017 - Companhia Nacional de Abastecimento (Conab), Brasil
Blog article
Countries seek benefits from geo-labelling of national food products
A geographical indication label on a food product conveys information about the food’s quality, reputation or unique characteristics linked to its origin. Since these labels help guide consumers in their food choices, and help farmers and producers of traditionally produced products market those products, a well-functioning geographical indication scheme benefits...
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Blog article
Short food chains seen as answer to farmers’ pay and product quality
The development of short food supply chains where intermediaries between farmers and consumers are removed should result in fairer remunerations for farmers and higher quality local food products, supporters say.
In 2015, 15% of farmers sold half of their products through these short food supply chains, according to a study carried...
European Union
2017 - EurActiv
Book
Mainstreaming Agrobiodiversity in Sustainable Food Systems
Scientific Foundations for an Agrobiodiversity Index
The book is the first step in the process of creating such an index, which can measure agricultural biodiversity across different dimensions. The concept grew from the observation – based on a scientific paper on levels of crop diversity produced compared to levels of crop diversity imported – that juxtaposing...
2017 - Bioversity International
Blog article
Chamada pública para projetos de agroecologia e produção orgânica
Foi lançado neste mês de janeiro (2017) o edital nº 21/2016 destinará R$ 10,7 milhões aos melhores projetos voltados para a construção e socialização de conhecimentos e técnicas relacionados à agroecologia e à produção orgânica, bem como à promoção dos sistemas orgânicos de produção.
Os projetos enviados devem estar inseridos em...
Brazil
2017 - Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)
Blog article
FAO launches Farmer-to-Farmer Study Trips across NENA Region
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has organized farmer-to-farmer study trips for farmers from the Near East and North Africa (NENA) Region in order to facilitate knowledge sharing and the exchange of experiences to develop the integrated agri-aquaculture sector in the region.
FAO gathered farmers from Algeria,...
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Event
Les Services de Communication Rurale se renforcent pour contribuer à une agriculture familiale résiliente en Haïti
À l’occasion de la Journée Mondiale des Télécommunications, l’Organisation des Nations Unies pour l’alimentation et l’agriculture (FAO), l’Association Mondiale de la Radio Communautaire (AMARC) et la Sosyete Animasyon Kominikasyon Sosyal (SAKS) se joignent au Ministère de l’Agriculture, des Ressources Naturelles et du Développement Rural (MARNDR) et au Ministère de l’Environnement...
Haiti
2017 - Organisation des Nations unies pour l’alimentation et l’agriculture
Book
Responsible Governance of Tenure in Lake Victoria Fisheries: Report on the Responsible Governance of Tenure in Lake Victoria Fisheries
The Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-scale Fisheries (SSF Guidelines) places responsible governance of tenure of land, fisheries and forests in small-scale fisheries as central for the realization of human rights, food security, poverty eradication, sustainable livelihoods, social stability, housing security, economic growth, and rural and social development. As such,...
Taiwan Province of China
2017
Book
Sistemas de innovación para el desarrollo rural sostenible en América Latina y el Caribe
A través de toda su historia la agricultura familiar ha experimentado y acumulado conocimiento para adaptar los sistemas agrícolas a las condiciones locales. Sin embargo, este tipo de experiencias locales son comúnmente ignoradas en la literatura crítica sobre innovación, que tiende a favorecer a la innovación vinculada a tecnologías de...
2017 - Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños (CELAC)
Video
IFAD - The Field Report
A short video about small farmers - A big message for the world.
2017 - IFAD
Blog article
Mesa Técnica de Agricultura Familiar, Economía Campesina y Economía Propia
La Mesa Técnica de Agricultura Familiar fue uno de los acuerdos de trabajo entre el Comité de Impulso Nacional de la Agricultura Familiar (CIN-AF/RENAF) y el Ministerio de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural (MADR) al finalizar el 2014 (fue uno de los principales resultados de la Campaña del AIAF en el...
Colombia
2017 - Comité de Impulso Nacional de la Agricultura Familiar (CIN-AF/RENAF)
Policy brief/paper
The Regional Initiative on small-scale family farming and the SDGs
The publication presents the linkages between the regional Initiative on Small-Scale family Farming in the NENA region with the 20130 Agenda and its contributions to the SDGs. The Regional Initiative in this sense is aligned with FAO's broad priorities in the 2030 Agenda: End poverty and malnutrition; enable sustainable development...
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Book
Women’s Role, Struggles and Strategies Across the Fisheries Value Chain The Case of Lake Victoria—Tanzania
This study was conducted in June and July 2016, in the fishing areas of Mwanza and Kagera regions in the Lake Victoria side of Tanzania. The focus of this study was on dagaa (sardines) (Rastrineobola argentea) fishery which involves mostly women in its overall value chain. The study sites were...
2017
Blog article
Europe’s inland fisheries and aquaculture take center stage
Most European consumers are familiar with migratory species like salmon and sturgeon, and with farmed trout and carp. The long-term viability of these and other inland fish species is the focus of an FAO regional commission whose meeting opens here today.
The European Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture Advisory Commission, established in...
European Union
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Report
Regional Review on Status and Trends in Aquaculture Development in the Near East and North Africa – 2015
This document reviews the status and trends in aquaculture development in the Near East and North Africa (NENA) region. It updates the last Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) “Regional Review on Status and Trends in Aquaculture Development in the Near East and North Africa – 2010”...
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Manual
Matandazo
Soils are a non-renewable resource on which 95% of our food supply depends. Short-sighted chemical fertilizer applications in conventional farming are depleting soils at an alarming rate. Instead of using potent chemicals that degrade soil, organic farmers continuously give back to the soil, maintaining soil health and fertility for future...
2017 - Tanzania Organic Agriculture Movement (TOAM)
Report
Anuário Brasileiro da Agricultura Familiar
Esta é a sexta edição do Anuário Brasileiro da Agricultura Familiar, trabalho que se consolidou como fonte de pesquisa, consulta e diagnóstico do setor em todo o país. Além da versão on line, foram impressos cem mil exemplares com distribuição gratuita em todo o território nacional. A cada publicação, novos assuntos...
Brazil
2017
Event
ICWRAE 2017 - 19th International Conference on Water Resources and Arid Environments
The ICWRAE 2017: 19th International Conference on Water Resources and Arid Environments aims to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and research scholars to exchange and share their experiences and research results about all aspects of Water Resources and Arid Environments. It also provides the premier interdisciplinary forum for researchers,...
2017 - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology (WASET)
Technical paper
Recognising the role and value of pastoralism and pastoralists
Pastoralism is a rational and viable economic land-use system able to generate significant returns in the dryland areas of Eastern Africa. Widespread misunderstanding about pastoralism has left it often under-protected, undervalued and an unintended victim of uninformed policies. However, this traditional livelihood system, which evolved as an adaptive strategy for...
Ethiopia - Kenya - United Republic of Tanzania
2017 - Coalition Of European Lobbies For Eastern African Pastoralism (CELEP)
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