A promising start has been made: the two new community seedbanks of Gumbu and Sterkspruit and complementary technical support provided by the government will allow farmers to improve seed conservation technologies, increase access to crop diversity, apply crop improvement practices and explore seed production and marketing opportunities. The Gumbu community...

Agroecology is considered jointly as a science, a practice and a social movement . It encompasses the whole food system from the soil to the organization of human societies. It is value-laden and based on core principles. As a science, it gives priority to action research, holistic and participatory approaches, and transdisciplinarity that...

The Dutch potato breeding model, which involves a partnership between family farmers and commercial breeding companies in a modern, Western context, is unique. While there are other examples of collaborative relationships between farmers and breeders in Europe, the Dutch potato breeding model stands out in terms of its long track...

Este trabajo se interesa por investigar enfoques innovadores para abordar la temática del empoderamiento económico de las mujeres rurales pobres. Para ello, se examinan los elementos conceptuales y de política que surgen del enfoque territorial del desarrollo y del enfoque de género, en una perspectiva de articulación entre ambos que...

Locutores y oyentes se reúnen para celebrar el Día Mundial de la Radio el 13 de Febrero. La radio sigue siendo un medio de información muy importante y de mayor difusión a nivel mundial, específicamente adaptado para alcanzar comunidades rurales o remotas y los más vulnerables. La radio desempaña un...

This policy brief is based on the proceedings of the Regional workshop on the use of the cold chain in the development of agriculture and agroindustries in sub-Saharan Africa, organized in Yaoundé (Cameroon) in June 2012. The workshop brought together speakers from diverse backgrounds to analyse findings from case studies...

The 29th session of the FAO Regional Conference for Africa will be held in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, at Sofitel Abidjan Hotel Ivoire, from 4 to 8 April 2016. Jointly hosted by the Government of Côte d’Ivoire and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Conference is...

Semi-dwarf fruit tree seedlings will be planted this spring on the grounds of eight middle schools in the Chui Valley of Kyrgyzstan. Each school will receive 200 apple, plum, peach and cherry seedlings under an FAO pilot project in partnership with Roza Otunbayeva’ International Public Foundation. More than 3,000 school children...

The Swedish rural parliament is one of the largest gatehrings for rural development in Europe. All Sweden Shall Live (Hela Sverige ska leva) has arranged this event every second year since the mid-90s. The theme of 2016 is”Towards a balanced country”. Together we will challenge and educate each other on...

En presencia de Martin Kropff, director general del CIMMYT; Marcelo Martins, presidente de Cargill México; y Ricardo Aguilar Castillo, subsecretario de Alimentación y Competitividad de la Sagarpa, se entregó la primera edición del Premio Cargill-CIMMYT a la Seguridad Alimentaria y la Sustentabilidad, que busca reconocer a productores, investigadores y líderes...

Food crops represent one third of Rwanda’s GDP, but the supply remains fragile due to soil pests such as white grubs, cut worm and bean fly which damage vegetable and root crops. Options for control are limited. A team from China, Africa, the UK and Switzerland is working with the...

Esta guía se inscribe en las acciones, a través de las cuales el Ministerio de Agroindustria y sus organismos descentralizados trabajan dinamizando el vínculo de los productores con distintos niveles de gobierno, facilitando herramientas de comercialización. Está diseñada para el uso de quienes recorren el sur de la provincia de Buenos...

French milk, pork and beef farmers are currently facing severe crises, and they fear that the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) will not have the answers they need.

In Vietnam rice is grown on 85% of cultivated land. Annual paddy (unmilled) rice production grew from 19.2 million metric tons in 1990 to 42.4 million metric tons by 2011, and in 2012, Vietnam exported eight million metric tons of rice. These yield increases were achieved through improved seeds, but...

ФАО и ВОЗ предлагают дорожную карту для борьбы с особо опасными пестицидами. ФАО и ВОЗ выпустили новые рекомендации, направленные на снижение ущерба, наносимого пестицидами, которые могут оказывать острое токсическое воздействие на здоровье человека и окружающей среды. Продукты, характеризующиеся высокой токсичностью, являются основной причиной большого числа непосредственных случаев отравления, особенно в развивающихся...

Con el objetivo de dar a conocer técnicas sustentables para el manejo de plagas en granos, se llevó a cabo el evento de capacitación sobre manejo agroecológico de plagas en las localidades de Dos Lagunas Norte, La Virgencita de Candelaria y La Lucha l, dirigido a productores y técnicos de...

El objetivo del Seminario “Equidad de Género para el Desarrollo Territorial” es analizar y discutir los últimos análisis respecto al vínculo entre género y territorio con actores claves en el desarrollo de políticas públicas de América Latina y el Caribe. Para esto, se ha invitado a actores relevantes que profundicen en la...

This practice provides a description of the post-harvest handling and utilization of the cactus fruits in food industry. The practice is aimed at building the technical capacity leading to improvement of the products which are prepared from cactus especially for the small scale farmers and agro processors. It covers the...

This brief describes the broad array of impacts arising from a cash transfer programme that was piloted in the Tigray region of Ethiopia from 2011 to 2014. About 80 percent of Tigray’s population of 4.3 million live in rural areas and depend on rain-fed subsistence agriculture for their livelihoods. Farm...

L’accès des jeunes agriculteurs aux ressources foncières est peu pris en compte dans les débats sur la durabilité des agricultures dans les pays du Sud. Les dispositifs de transfert foncier vers cette catégorie sociale, importante sur le plan démographique, restent rares et peu opérants. Nous montrons ici, à travers l’étude...