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

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Foro Regional: Comunicación para la Agricultura Familiar y el Desarrollo Rural Sostenible

El Foro es una iniciativa organizada por el Centro Internacional de Estudios Superiores de Comunicación para América Latina (CIESPAL) en colaboración con la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO) y la Reunión Especializada en Agricultura Familiar del Mercosur (REAF). También participan organizaciones de carácter...
2016 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)

Report
Rede Global NutriSSAN

Rede Global de Ensino, Pesquisa e Extensão em Nutrição, Soberania e Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional (NutriSSAN)
Esta publicação resume algumas das atividades empreendidas pelo governo brasileiro para apoiar a implementação das metas de nutrição estabelecidas nos diferentes processos globais. No âmbito do apoio à iniciativa “Nutrição para o Crescimento”, o Brasil desenvolveu ações que congregassem Governo e sociedade civil na promoção das metas e compromissos globais...
Brazil
2016 - Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia, Inovações e Comunicações (MCTIC)

Blog article
SEAD e Fiocruz unem esforços por plantas medicinais e fitoterápicos

Representantes de instituições do governo e da sociedade civil de cinco estados mais o Distrito Federal (DF) se preparam para a criação do Plano de Ação Estratégico para o Apoio às Cadeias de Valor de Plantas Medicinais e Fitoterápicos. Um encontro realizado nesta semana, em formato de oficina, deu o...
Brazil
2016 - Secretaria Especial de Agricultura Familiar e do Desenvolvimento Agrário (SEAD)

Journal
Rural Connections

In this edition of Rural Connections, a lot of attention to what happened at the Cork 2.0 Conference, 5-6 September 2016. Through ‘A focus on… Cork 2.0’ (pp. 13-30) it is  provided an overview of the event, highlight the main messages coming out of the four workshops (on growth, environment,...
European Union
2016 - European Network for Rural Development

Manual
Guía metodológica SIAL

I. Activación de Sistemas Agroalimentarios Localizados (SIAL) II. Activación Territorial con Enfoque de Sistemas Agroalimentarios Localizados (AT-SIAL)
Esta Guía está diseñada para apoyar procesos de activación en dos niveles, identificados aquí como “Rutas”: Ruta 1 – Activación de Sistema Agroalimentario Localizado (SIAL) Ruta 2 – Activación Territorial (AT-SIAL) El usuario puede decidir, según el contexto y objetivos de su trabajo, el material que se ajusta mejor a sus requerimientos. Para...
2016 - Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA)

Working paper
Promoting use of ICTs for empowerment of rural women farmers in Uganda

Access to information by rural farming communities is one of the major constraints to agricultural development in Uganda because of inadequate extension service delivery. The use of information communications technologies (ICTs) can potentially address this blockage. Although the application of ICTs in rural development is not new, its application in...
Uganda
2016 - Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM)

Case study
Strengthening Agroecological Innovation Systems

Some experiences from innovation processes led by local actors
The collapse of the socialist block in 1989 generated a deficit of energy, supplies and chemicals, and forced significant changes in the ways in which food was produced and distributed in Cuba. Due to these deficits, in the 90´s Cuba moved from being the largest consumer of agrochemicals in Latin...
Cuba
2016 - International Centre for development-oriented Research in Agriculture (ICRA)

Magazine article
How is the life of family farms in Europe? Presentation of Switzerland

Association of private farming of the Czech Republic organized an International Conference on family farms and Common Agricultural Policy of EU. The event was held in Brno on 4 - 6th of April 2016. 10 European countries attended the conference. Herewith volume 9. Presentation of Switzerland
Switzerland
2016

Blog article
TEA & HONEY TOUR

  During Tea & Honey Tour guests travel through the wonderful lush countryside, past different provinces and tiny  communes, up into The Great Caucasus Mountain regions and past lowlands and historic towns in search of as much aroma of tea & honey as possible! Guests taste various types of honey at local farms...
Georgia
2016 - ELKANA Georgia

Blog article
México, región estratégica para el desarrollo de variedades mejoradas de trigo

Para el desarrollo de una nueva variedad de este cultivo se requieren 12 ciclos de cultivo
México es una región estratégica para el desarrollo de variedades mejoradas de trigo, ya que debido a su ubicación geográfica y condiciones climatológicas, nuestro país puede desarrollar una nueva variedad más rápido que en otras partes del mundo al contar con dos ciclos de cultivo por año: el de primavera-verano...
Mexico
2016 - Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo (CIMMYT)

Video
Season of Hope: Countering an El Niño-induced drought in Ethiopia

In 2015, drought exacerbated by El Niño ravaged Ethiopia’s highlands and lowlands, resulting in crop failure and wide-scale animal losses. To counter the devastating impact on the vulnerable smallholder farmers that make up the bulk of Ethiopia’s workforce, FAO initiated a number of livestock and crop-based interventions in order to...
Ethiopia
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Event
Curso: Agricultura Urbana y Periurbana como herramienta para la seguridad alimentaria y la lucha contra el hambre a nivel municipal

Este curso se enmarca dentro del Objetivo Estratégico 4 de la FAO: "Propiciar sistemas agrícolas y alimentarios más inclusivos y eficientes". El curso busca contribuir al mejoramiento de la seguridad alimentaria urbana a partir de la implementación de herramientas que promuevan el fortalecimiento de sistemas alimentarios locales, facilitando el acercamiento entre...
2016 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)

Video
FILIPINAS MUESTRA SÓLIDAS PROPUESTAS DE CONTINUIDAD Y FUTURO DEL AIAF

Integrantes del Comité Técnico de Trabajo (Comité Nacional) de Filipinas, junto con decenas de aliados y colaboradores asistieron a la conferencia de KLM-PE (Knowledge and Learning Market-Policy Engagement) bajo el título AIAF+1, celebrado en Noviembre de 2015 en Quezon City, Filipinas.
Philippines
2016

Magazine article
Lessons for access and benefit sharing from community seed banks in India

The TheruBeedi Seed Bank and Producer Group facilitate informal benefit sharing mechanisms that can be very effective in protecting biodiversity and encouraging farmers to contribute to the genetic pool. The approaches include offering family farmers incentives to cultivate traditional or rare varieties, providing assistance in the marketing of their products,...
India
2016 - ILEIA - centre for learning on sustainable agriculture

Guidelines
Voluntary Guidelines for Mainstreaming Biodiversity into Policies, Programmes and National and Regional Plans of Action on Nutrition

The objective of these guidelines is to support countries in the integration of biodiversity into all relevant policies, programmes and national and regional plans of action addressing malnutrition in all its forms, and specifically to promote knowledge, conservation, development and use of varieties, cultivars and breeds of plants and animals...
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Magazine article
How is the life of family farms in Europe? Presentation of the UK

Association of private farming of the Czech Republic organized an International Conference on family farms and Common Agricultural Policy of EU. The event was held in Brno on 4 - 6th of April 2016. 10 European countries attended the conference. Herewith volume 10. Presentation of the United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2016

Blog article
El Intercambio COL-COL promovido por la APC-Colombia fortalece el Territorio de Aprendizaje como modelo de asociatividad y desarrollo local para el posconflicto

Se dieron cita en el Territorio de Aprendizaje de Belén de Umbría – Risaralda, mandatarios y líderes comunitarios de los 9 departamentos de Arauca, Cauca, Caquetá, Cesar, Córdoba, Guajira, Magdalena, Norte de Santander y Catatumbo, para intercambiar experiencias en asociatividad, emprendimiento y formación de gerentes de microempresas rurales, con el...
Colombia
2016 - Corporación Procasur

Blog article
Organic agriculture has real potential in Central Asia

For farmers in Central Asia, growing and marketing organic produce could be a rational – even promising – strategy. In some cases, they may even have an advantage over their peers in other countries.
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Policy brief/paper
Social Protection in the Sahel and West Africa

Strengthening resilience for Food Security and Nutrition
The brief aims at summarizing the efforts of FAO to maximize the impacts of social protection interventions in the Sahel and West Africa by strengthening the linkages with resilience, food security, nutrition and economic growth; ensuring the effective reach of most vulnerable households and making national social protection programmes risk-informed...
Burkina Faso - Ghana - Kenya - Lesotho - Mali - Mauritania - Niger - Zambia
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Blog article
AfDB helps to enhance food security in Niger

With funding from the Global Agriculture and Food Security Programme (GAFSP), the Water Mobilization Project to Enhance Food Security in Maradi, Tahoua and Zinder Regions (PMERSA-MTZ) is being implemented in Niger and benefits from a UA 40,443,000 financing: 9.34 million from the African Development Fund (ADF), UA 21.02 million from...
Niger
2016 - African Development Bank Group
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