'Inter-Sectoral Governance of Inland Fisheries' is a compilation of 11 case studies from around the world plus an introductory synthesis, aimed at giving readers a detailed look into the diverse, complex, dynamic, scale-laden linkages that inland fisheries have with other water-based sectors. In the process, this volume highlights useful lessons...

Agricultural intensification is required to feed the growing and increasingly demanding human population. Intensification is associated with increasing use of resources, applied as efficiently as possible, i.e. with a concurrent increase in both resource use and resource use efficiency. Resource use efficiency has agronomic, environmental, economic, social, trans-generational, and global...

A trilogy of books has been designed as a sequel to the highly-acclaimed publication "Voices from the Forest: Integrating Indigenous Knowledge into Sustainable Upland Farming" (RFF Press, 2007) that brought scientific attention to indigenous innovations in improved fallow management. A third and final volume, edited by Malcolm F. Cairns and with the continued assistance...

Past agricultural mechanization efforts in Ghana and Nigeria have focused more on the styles of machinery used in western countries or Latin America, where average farm sizes are much larger. While West African countries, particularly Ghana, are still relatively land abundant compared to Bangladesh, seeking the right balance across various...

One of the most devastating El Niño events on record continues to affect the lives and livelihoods of farmers and herders in Ethiopia. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is begun providing assistance through a destocking programme, aimed at assisting the most vulnerable communities in parts of Somali Region.

The Pan-African Parliament (PAP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have acknowledged the need to respect, protect and fulfill the fundamental human right to food and optimal nutrition in Africa.  During extensive deliberations at the Second Ordinary Session of the Fourth Parliament, the Parliamentarians agreed to...

This is an evaluation of the Draft Revised Regulation of the Minister of Agriculture No. 82/2013 on Guidelines for Facilitation for Farmers and the Association of Farmers for Farmers Organization guidelines. One of the mandate of the Law on Protection and Empowerment of Farmers is the strengthening of farmer organizations. The...

Desde la FAO se ofrecen estudios de las cadenas de valor en experiencias productivas en América Latina, realizados específicamente con enfoque de género. A partir de tal aproximación, se espera llamar la atención de entidades públicas y privadas, organizaciones multilaterales, organizaciones sociales, los gobiernos nacionales y locales, sobre las desigualdades...

Belarus is hosting two international conferences this week, both with an emphasis on cooperation and both with the involvement of FAO. Laying the foundation for economic integration and achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals was the topic of a two-day conference in Minsk on 26-27 October, organized jointly by the...

A new approach to farming is needed to safeguard human health and avoid rising air and water pollution, high greenhouse gas emissions and biodiversity loss, a group of 20 leading agronomists, health, nutrition and social scientists has concluded. Rather than the giant feedlots used to rear animals or the uniform crop...

In this video we travel to West Stara Planina, Bulgaria, in the south-eastern corner of Europe. We will learn how High Nature Value grasslands are preserved in this country by enthusiastic farmers like Pavlin Antonov, who apply rotational mob grazing to ensure the best production and environmental value in his...

O Ministério do Meio Ambiente anunciou que vai divulgar os dados públicos do cadastramento ambiental dos imóveis rurais de todo o País. A intenção é adequar as ações da pasta às exigências do Código Florestal.  A medida disponibilizou um mapa do País com análise temporal e outros filtros temáticos para aperfeiçoar a...

Centroamérica atraviesa por un conjunto de desafíos de política pública en un contexto de fuertes restricciones fiscales, de una mayor complejidad de dinámicas a escalas territoriales, que implica cambios relacionados con la diversificación económica y nuevas inversiones, así como como una mayor profundización de los impactos del cambio climático. La...

This climate-smart agriculture scoping study for Ethiopia was produced by the FAO. The study is aimed at identifying and documenting existing climate-smart agriculture practices in Ethiopia that enable stakeholders to understand the opportunities and constraints to adopting particular climate-smart agriculture technologies or practices.

L’enfumoir est un élément indispensable au travail de l’apiculteur. L’envoi de fumée perturbe les abeilles qui diminuent leurs tendances à piquer ce qui permet aux apiculteurs de travailler dans de bonnes conditions. Cette fiche explique le fonctionnement d’un enfumoir, les effets de la fumée sur les abeilles ainsi que l’importance...

Low growth, volatile energy prices, environmental concerns, rising expectations from consumers – these are some of the complex challenges the crop production industry is facing today, along with diminishing production profit margins for farmers. To grow the food Europe and the world needs, crop production systems need innovative solutions to...

Haller Farmers App puts 60 years of farming expertise into the hands of thousands of smallholder farmers. Haller Farmers App shares farming knowledge based on what has been tried and tested at the Haller Training & Demonstration Farm and then implemented successfully on the ground by our communities. Our vision...

El objetivo del presente trabajo es analizar los alcances del concepto de Valorización en relación a proyectos de Desarrollo Territorial centrados en recursos territoriales (especialmente alimentos). Ante el uso generalizado del concepto “Agregado de Valor”, basado principalmente en su acepción económica, el artículo propone la utilización del concepto de Valorización...

The dedicated workshop will be held under the working title "Workshop on integrated maritime policy and marine spatial planning in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea". The European Commission's contribution will encompass the co-organisation of the Launching event of the 7-day workshop, meant to take place on 20 September 2016...

Taller sobre normativas de la agricultura familiar organizado por la Secretaría de Agricultura Familiar del Ministerio de Agroindustria de la Nación del cual participó el INTA AMBA.