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Presente y futuro para la agricultura familiar
El esfuerzo continuado desde el año 2008 hasta el 2011 de las organizaciones agrarias, rurales y sociales de más de sesenta países de los cinco continentes, impulsados y coordinados por el Foro Rural Mundial-FRM, logró que la comunidad internacional, a través de la FAO, el FIDA y la ONU, pusiera...
Spain
2016 - Union de Pequenos Agricultores y Ganaderos.
Blog article
Animal welfare deserves better from investment policy
Over the past couple of decades, the European Union has adopted and implemented legislation that has eliminated the most extreme confinement systems for farm animals, such as barren battery cages for laying hens, cages for broiler chickens and individual sow stalls for pigs.
The European Commission asserts that animal welfare is a...
European Union
2016 - European Commission
Book
Defensivos agrícolas naturais: uso e perspectivas
Resultado das palestras e discussões científicas do V Congresso Brasileiro de Defensivos Agrícolas Naturais, que teve como tema o papel dos defensivos naturais na agricultura do século XXI, o livro aborda em seus capítulos iniciais temas pertinentes ao acesso ao patrimônio genético natural, legislação para o desenvolvimento e uso de...
Brazil
2016 - Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária Embrapa Meio Ambiente - Embrapa Meio Ambiente
Newsletter
FAO Aquaculture Newsletter
Fish significantly contributed to human food supply and food security and nutrition (FSN) for more than 660 million fish-workers and their families. Fish provides more than 4.5 billion consumers with at least 15 percent of their average per capita intake of animal protein. Fish is more nutritious than staple foods...
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Video
FAO-Dimitra Clubs: Women Leaders
The video shows how Dimitra Clubs play an important role in helping women gain self-confidence and in building their capacities to become leaders in their communities. ”Women Leaders” is part of a series that illustrates the impact of Dimitra Clubs, a successful gender-transformative approach developed by the Food and Agriculture...
Burundi - Democratic Republic of the Congo - Niger - Senegal
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Video
The Family Farm That Supplies World-Class Chefs
The Chef's Garden in Huron, Ohio, strives to farm produce in a thoughtful way—without chemicals and with special care for the soil. This attention to detail has made the small 300-acre farm a leader in the world of specialty produce for fine-dining establishments. Meet the family operation that is producing...
United States of America
2016
Video
Uganda: Are you a changemaker?
Achieving Zero Hunger while responding to climate change requires everyday changemakers. In Uganda, various actors respond to what makes them a changemaker and their role in supporting tackle climate change.
Uganda
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Newsletter
News from the International Network Urgenci
The International Network of Community Supported Agriculture Newsletter
2016 - URGENCI
Video
Transforming Cooperatives and Farmers' Lives - Viet Nam
Nguyen Thi Hoi is a woman farmer in the province of Thai Binh, Viet Nam. She is one of many smallholder farmers whose lives have improved thanks to a project implemented by FAO and IPSARD (the Institute of Policy and Strategy for Agriculture and Rural Development). Through the local farmers' cooperative, the...
Viet Nam
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Blog article
Más de 10 millones de personas se benefician con el trabajo de HarvestPlus y los ganadores del WFP
Howarth Bouis, director de HarvestPlus, es uno de los cuatro ganadores del Premio Mundial de la Alimentación 2016 (WFP, por sus siglas en inglés), que se le concede por liderar la investigación internacional que causó un incremento sustancial en la disponibilidad de cultivos biofortificados con nutrientes para millones de personas...
Mexico
2016 - Centro International de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo (CIMMYT)
Blog article
L'Europe rate une occasion unique de construire une nouvelle relation avec les pays africains.
Aveuglée par une politique de libre-échange poussée à l'extrême, la Commission européenne s'apprête à imposer à plusieurs États africains, dans l'indifférence quasi-totale, des Accords de Partenariat Économique (APE) déséquilibrés par un rapport de force à l'avantage du continent européen.
Malgré les mises en garde nombreuses et répétées sur les effets dramatiques...
Burkina Faso - Burundi - Kenya - Rwanda - Uganda - United Republic of Tanzania
2016 - abcBurkina
Miscellanea
European Commission outlines new support package worth €500 million for European farmers
The European Commission has presented a new package of measures worth €500 million from EU funds to support farmers in the face of ongoing market difficulties, particularly on the dairy market.
European Union
2016 - European Commission
Report
Research for AGRI Committee - The role of the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy in creating rural jobs
This study analysed the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy’s role in creating rural jobs. Starting at the EU level, a thorough systematic literature review and a statistical analysis prepare the ground for more detailed Member Stare reviews and Case studies. When discussing the findings the study concludes that the CAP supports...
European Union
2016 - European parliament
E-learning
Food Security Information Systems and Networks
This course introduces and provides guidance in assessing different kinds of information systems related to food security analysis.
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Video
Dimitra Clubs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Food Security and Nutrition
In the province of Tshopo in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, FAO-Dimitra Clubs have played a key role in improving food security and nutrition and in promoting gender equality for men, women and youth.
This video is part of a series entitled "Impact of FAO-Dimitra Clubs: Empowering Rural People." The...
Democratic Republic of the Congo
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Video
A Guide to Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS) for Organic Agriculture!
This educational video presents Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS) through practical examples and theory. It is illustrated by 4 PGS initiatives: “Nature et Progres” in France, “Rede Ecovida de Agroecologia” in Brazil, “Bryanston Organic and Natural Market” in South Africa and “Sabeto Organic Producers Association” in Fiji. The video is structured...
2016 - IFOAM Organics
Newsletter
European Network for Rural Development Newsletter
The ENRD newsletter provides all the latest rural development news from Europe straight to your inbox once a month. From policy updates to ENRD meetings and from project outcomes to online videos, this new and updated tool aims to provide something for everybody interested in rural development policy in Europe....
European Union
2016 - European Network for Rural Development
Video
Climate-smart agriculture in Madagascar
Madagascar is currently the 5th worldwide among countries most exposed to risks due to climate change and the first country in Africa exposed. For 30 years since 1980, natural hazards including droughts, earthquakes, epidemics, floods, cyclones and extreme temperatures, caused economic damage of more than $ 1 billion in Madagascar...
Madagascar
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Book
Desarrollo Territorial, Innovación y Comunicación Rural: Hacia un Enfoque Integrado en Apoyo a la Agricultura Familiar
El combate a la inseguridad alimentaria y a la pobreza rural requiere soluciones tecnológicas e intercambio de conocimientos entre los actores rurales, junto a inversiones y políticas adecuadas. Uno de los principales resultados del Foro Latinoamericano sobre Desarrollo Territorial, Innovación y Comunicación Rural fue poner en valor la interconexión entre...
2016 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Journal article
La segmentation du marché oléicole. Quelles politiques de régulation du marché d’huile d’olive en Algérie?
La concurrence mondiale entre les pays producteurs d’huile d’olive est de plus en plus intense face aux exigences accrues des consommateurs en termes de qualité nutritionnelle, de traçabilité des produits, de conditions et de processus de fabrication. Toutes ces considérations obligent les opérateurs et les acteurs de la filière oléicole...
Algeria
2016 - Centre international de hautes études agronomiques méditerranéennes (CIHEAM)
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