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The Resources section holds archived publications and multimedia materials related to family farming general issues.

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Newsletter
TBTI Digest, December 2016

The TBTI Digest contains all of the project's recent activities and outputs. 
2016 - Too Big To Ignore

Video
Con las botas bien puestas: jóvenes haciendo agroecología

The video covers the stories of five young, agroecological producers in Costa Rica. Covering issues from traditional knowledge, efficiency, recycling, local economies and others, the video tells the stories of how agroecology is a viable and sustainable way to produce food and how young people can engage and lead small-holder...
Costa Rica
2016 - Eraverdeucr

Magazine article
Opinion: Learning from citizens

Knowledge held by citizens provides insights about new food cultures and practices. While acknowledging the usefulness of top-down tools, Oliver De Schutter argues that the state should also embrace the need to learn, observe and be surprised by citizen-led initiatives.Knowledge held by citizens provides insights about new food cultures and practices. While acknowledging the usefulness of top-down tools, Oliver De Schutter argues that the state should also embrace the need to learn, observe and be surprised by citizen-led initiatives.
The transition towards sustainable food systems has often been conceived on the basis of two sets of instruments: legal regulations that impose certain ways of acting and prohibit others, or economic incentives such as taxes and subsidies to reward good practices and discourage less good practices. This classic view of transition...
Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
2016 - ILEIA - centre for learning on sustainable agriculture

Report
AGRICULTURA FAMILIAR EN ESPAÑA - 2016

Agricultura y Mundo Rural. Experiencias Locales en un Mundo Global
La publicación del Anuario de 2016 de UPA, con el lema, “Agricultura y mundo rural: experiencias locales en un mundo global”, es una gran ocasión para reflexionar sobre las relaciones entre la globalización de los mercados y el mantenimiento de las producciones locales. La globalización es cada vez más constatable...
Spain
2016 - Union de Pequenos Agricultores y Ganaderos.

Video
An Introduction to Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS)

This short video explains the basis of Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS). It was designed as a trailer and short version of the documentary: A guide to Participatory Guarantee Systems for Organic Agricultureavailable to watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbwiC...The video was produced by IFOAM – Organics International with the financial support of the Technical...
Brazil - Fiji - France - South Africa
2016 - IFOAM - Organics International

Blog article
Farmers’ organisations work to drive uptake of conservation agriculture

União Províncal de Camponeses de Manica (UCAMA) and Zimbabwe Farmers Union (ZFU) have been supporting farmers to scale up Conservation Agriculture (CA) in Mozambique and Zimbabwe, respectively. As the key implementing partners of a project titled “Facilitating Farmer-led Scaling-up of Conservation Agriculture in Southern Africa” which is funded by the...
Mozambique - Zimbabwe
2016 - Southern African Confederation of Agricultural Unions (SACAU)

Website
Colección: Ahorrar para crecer

El presente sitio web contiene información de la serie y colección de guías sobre la aplicación práctica del modelo de la FAO de intensificación sostenible de la producción agrícola “Ahorrar para crecer” en los cultivos fundamentales para la seguridad alimentaria mundial. Con ejemplos de África, América Latina y Asia, se muestra...
2016 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)

Event
First International Seminar on Local Public Policies for Food Sovereignty

 Under the banner, “Feeding Public Policies”  opening a space for international debate and alliance building in order to promote public policies that contribute to food sovereignty.
Spain
2016

Policy brief/paper
Ending Hunger in Africa

The African Union has set a target to “eliminate hunger and food insecurity by 2025.” Both Agenda 2063 and the African Union Summit decision on Accelerated Agricultural Growth and Transformation have reafrmed this commitment (African Union, 2014, 2015). Unfortunately, Africa is not currently on track to meet these targets. Immediate,...
2016 - New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD)

Blog article
Algérie:Des experts soulignent la nécessité d'encourager les fermes agricoles familiales

Des experts et des professionnels du secteur agricole ont souligné à Alger la nécessité d'encourager les fermes familiales à contribuer à la résolution des problèmes dont souffre le secteur notamment l'instabilité de la production.Lors d'une rencontre organisée par la commission de l'agriculture, de la pêche et de la protection de...
Algeria
2016

Blog article
Sead contribui para o desenho de políticas para a juventude rural

O Brasil tem contribuído de forma efetiva para a consolidação de políticas públicas para a juventude rural no Mercosul. Um exemplo de ação foi o 5º Encontro Sul-americano de Jovens Rurais: Caminhos para o Desenvolvimento, realizado pela Reunião Especializada para a Agricultura Familiar do Mercosul (Reaf) no início de novembro,...
Brazil
2016 - Secretaria Especial de Agricultura Familiar e do Desenvolvimento Agrário (SEAD)

Newsletter
TBTI Digest, November 2016

The TBTI Digest contains all of the project's recent activities and outputs.   
2016 - Too Big to Ignore

Audio
Governo Federal lança cartilha que incentiva o empoderamento de meninas

Publicação busca refletir sobre as dificuldades relacionadas às questões de gênero que afetam a vida das adolescentes. A Secretaria Nacional de Promoção dos Direitos da Criança e do Adolescente lançou, ontem, quinta-feira (15), o “Caderno de Boas Práticas Empoderamento de Meninas - Como iniciativas brasileiras estão ajudando a garantir a igualdade de gênero”. Sobre...
Brazil
2016 - Secretaria Nacional de Promoção dos Direitos da Criança e do Adolescente

Blog article
Reaping the rewards of their labour: economic empowerment for women farmers in Nepal

Chandra Kala Thapa is a thirty-year-old smallholder farmer living in Ranichauri, a village in the Sindhuli District of south-eastern Nepal. Like many women farmers here and in other parts of the developing world, she has faced a number of barriers to improving her agricultural productivity and increasing her income.
Nepal
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Magazine article
Locally rooted: Ideas and initiatives from the field

Two (or more) heads are better than one, goes the old saying, and the same is true in agroecology. As we see here, when people from diverse backgrounds come together, their different perspectives and experiences are fertile ground for creativity and innovation to blossom.
  Farmers in Koutiala, a district in Southern Mali grow cereals to feed their families and keep cows for milk and as a form of savings. There, all the arable land is currently under cultivation. During the four months of the rainy season, farmers prioritise the cultivation of cereals over fodder...
Belgium - France - Indonesia - Mali
2016 - ILEIA - centre for learning on sustainable agriculture

Video
Pension funds fuel land grabs in Brazil

Around the world, farmers are losing their lands, often violently, to large companies and speculators who see farmland as a lucrative investment. But what are the complex mechanisms behind these processes? Could your pension fund be contributing to land grabbing in places like Brazil? This animated video shows how a global...
Brazil
2016 - GRAIN

Video
FAO-Dimitra Clubs: Community Mobilization

The video shows how the members of the FAO-Dimitra Clubs in Niger and DR Congo have succeeded in improving their livelihoods and highlights the momentum they have created at community level. The video also explores the collaborations between the clubs and other development actors, such as rural institutions. ”Community Mobilization”...
Democratic Republic of the Congo - Niger
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Book part
Family Farming in Romania

Small Family Farm households are essential for the future of Romania
Although family farms are found in great numbers all over Romania, they are found in their highest numbers, and in the most typical traditional small-scale farmed landscapes, in the northern and Central parts of Romania. This smallholding-based production has persisted, especially in Romanian mountain and upland regions. However, livestock numbers...
Romania
2016 - AgriSpin

Report
Forestry contribution to national economy and trade in Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda

The economic contributions of forests in Eastern African countries have not received the desired attention in terms of policy and budgetary allocation needed for sustained growth of these forests. This, among other reasons, has led to the reduction of forest zones and an increase in the import of forest-related products,...
Ethiopia - Kenya - Uganda
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Blog article
El CIMMYT en el taller para lograr objetivos y metas de 2030 del WBCSD

El CIMMYT participó en el taller global Pathways to Impact que organizó la oficina de Estados Unidos del United States Business Council for Sustainable Development (USBCSD), una iniciativa global que reúne a las principales empresas del sector privado y donde el CIMMYT aporta su experiencia y conocimiento en materia de...
Mexico
2016 - Centro International de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo (CIMMYT)
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