Search in the database
Blog article
The Crisis: Regeneration or Degeneration?
Healthy soil, healthy plants, healthy animals, healthy people, healthy climate . . . our physical and economic health, our very survival as a species, is directly connected to the soil, biodiversity, and the health and fertility of our food and farming systems.
Regenerative organic farming and land use can move us...
United States of America
2015 - Regeneration International
Blog article
Restitution des résultats d'enquête dans le cadre du projet "Identification d´options politiques et stratégiques pour une meilleure adoption des technologies par les exploitations familiales"
Article qui décrit un atelier qui s'est déroulé du 30 mars au 02 avril 2015 à Chadakori (Région de Maradi), au Niger. Cette rencontre organisée conjointement par l´Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique du Niger (INRAN) et la Fédération SA’A qui a regroupé les producteurs, les médias, les autorités administratives...
Niger
2015 - Agrifam-Niger
Blog article
Démarrage de la phase II du programme d'appui à l'initiative ENPARD
Comme à son lancement en 2011, l’objectif central de cette initiative demeure le renforcement du partenariat entre l’Union Européenne et les voisins du Sud et de l’Est de la Méditerranée qui le souhaitent en matière de politiques agricoles et rurales. Plus spécifiquement, l’initiative ENPARD vise à accompagner la formulation et...
2015 - Programme Européen de Voisinage pour l'Agriculture et le Développement Rural (ENPARD)
Blog article
Cuba: agricultura urbana como fuente de desarrollo
El II Congreso Internacional de Agricultura Urbana, Suburbana y Familiar que tuvo lugar en la sede de Oxfam en Cuba. Especialistas cubanos y de otros países subrayaron la agricultura urbana y el protagonismo de las mujeres como puntos clave para el desarrollo de Centroamérica, el Caribe y otras regiones del mundo.
Cuba
2015 - OXFAM
Newsletter
Watch Letter: The Post-2015 global Agenda and the Mediterranean futures
The issue 34 has been released on September 2015 and entitled “The Post-2015 Global Agenda and the Mediterranean Futures”. To move forward a greater development in the Mediterranean, the adoption of the Post-2015 Global Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals constitutes an important step towards sustainability strategies in the region. This is...
2015 - International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM)
Project
Organic Cotton Production and Trade Promotion Project
Major problems facing farmers in the south of Kyrgyzstan, such as degrading soil fertility and very low incomes are addressed by the project. The project was built upon the previous experience of HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation and other organizations in organic cotton production in countries like Mali, Burkina Faso, India and...
Kyrgyzstan
2015 - HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation (HSI)
Magazine article
Women drive alternative economies in the Himalayas
In the Himalayas, male outmigration and the effects of climate change create challenges for rural women. Many of them develop innovative farming practices based on agroecology, push alternative economies and create niche markets. Women in India, Nepal and China show how agroecology can be a strategy to adapt to changing circumstances, and to drive positive social change.
Young men from even the remotest places in the Himalayan mountains are leaving their homes in search of income opportunities elsewhere. This trend of out-migration has been driven by increased mobility and access to information, in combination with the effects of climate change, including both increased flooding and drought. Drought...
China - India - Nepal
2015 - ILEIA, Center for Learning on Sustainable Agriculture
Report
Regenerative Organic Agriculture and Climate Change
A Down-to-Earth Solution to Global Warming
The Rodale Institute describes how we could sequester more than 100% of current annual CO2 emissions with a switch to widely available and inexpensive organic management practices, namely, regenerative organic agriculture.
United States of America
2015 - Rodale Institute
Event
Seminario Internacional: “Los avances de la política de Alimentación Escolar en América Latina”
El Seminario contará con la participación de representantes de gobiernos de Latinoamérica que han avanzado en la política de alimentación escolar. La idea metodológica central es permitir que cada participante conozca el escenario general de la Región y comparta con los demás participantes las posibles y futuras acciones en favor de...
Panama
2015 - Programa de Cooperación Internacional Brasil-FAO
Blog article
FAO : Etablissement le lien entre la sécurité alimentaire et la crise migratoire actuelle
La protection des moyens d'existence en milieu rural et l'investissement dans les moyens de production ruraux sont essentiels pour faire face à la crise mondiale des réfugiés actuelle, a déclaré vendredi le Directeur général de l'Organisation des Nations Unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture (FAO), José Graziano da Silva.
2015 - Le Maghreb
Blog article
Las mujeres rurales de América Latina y El Caribe frente al cambio climático
El cambio climático es una de las principales amenazas para la justicia alimentaria, los modos tradicionales de subsistencia y la vida de las personas. Los impactos del cambio climático en América Latina son cada vez más preocupantes; en particular aquellos que afectan al sector agropecuario y forestal, dada su alta dependencia...
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) - Brazil - Cuba - El Salvador - Mexico - Nicaragua - Peru
2015 - OXFAM
Event
Annual Conference of the Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED)
The Eighth Annual Conference of the Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED) will convene on 16-17 November 2015 in Beirut. AFED’s flagship report on Sustainable Consumption, which discusses how changing consumption patterns can lead to better management of resources and protect the environment, will be presented and debated...
2015 - Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED)
Fact sheet
Iniciativa Regional de Agricultura Familiar y Desarrollo Rural Territorial
Esta hoja informativa describe la Iniciativa. La FAO creó la Iniciativa Regional de Agricultura Familiar y Desarrollo Rural Territorial para apoyar a los Gobiernos en sus estrategias de reducción de la pobreza rural con una mirada integral a la agricultura familiar, el desarrollo rural y los medios de vida sostenibles....
2015 - Oficina Regional de la FAO para América Latina y el Caribe
Article
Agricultural land in Europe
Natural resources are scarce and their preservation is a prerequisite for ensuring prosperity in the long-term. This basic fact applies even to land – it is a finite resource that cannot be imported or reproduced. The state of land in Europe is mixed. Semi-natural vegetation and wetlands, as well as...
2015 - European Union
Blog article
Regeneration: Global Transformation in Catastrophic Times
A growing number of climate, food, environment, health and justice advocates are embracing and promoting a world-changing concept: regeneration.
United States of America
2015 - Regeneration International
Blog article
The family farm of the 21st century: A story of evolution and success
The death of the family farm has long been mooted, with the number of family-run properties in Australia dropping by three quarters, over the past 70 years.
Australia
2015
Case study
El desarrollo de tecnologías apropiadas para los pequeños productores en Argentina
El presente es un trabajo que plantea un marco teórico y metodológico para el funcionamiento del Instituto de Investigación y Desarrollo Tecnológico para la Pequeña Agricultura Familiar (PAF) en la región pampeana de Argentina.
El Capitulo I inicia con un breve diagnóstico sobre el Paradigma Dominante de Investigación y Desarrollo (I+D) tecnológico para el Agro, haciendo mención a los problemas y contradicciones que este Paradigma no ha...
Argentina
2015
Video
Ontario Pork Story of Family Farming
This video brings together farmers and a veterinarian to discuss how pigs are raised responsibly and sustainably in Ontario.
Canada
2015 - Ontario Pork Farmers
Blog article
Poverty reduction for smallholder farmers, Brazilian-style: Can it work in Africa?
Pilot project in Malawi
Brazil has achieved impressive results in reducing poverty with “Fomento,” a set of large-scale, government-run social programs targeting smallholder farmers. Rural poverty in Brazil dropped dramatically from 51.4 percent in 2002 to 29.1 percent in 2011; during the same period, family farmers’ incomes also grew by 50 percent. When an...
Brazil - Malawi
2015 - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Blog article
Con el apoyo de México y la FAO, el gobierno de la República Dominicana implementará acciones para fortalecer la agricultura familiar en las provincias de Monte Plata, Azua y Montecristi
República Dominicana se incorpora oficialmente al programa Mesoamérica sin Hambre con el propósito de reforzar los marcos institucionales locales y nacionales para alcanzar la realización del derecho a la alimentación de toda la población y contribuir al diseño y establecimiento de la institucionalidad dirigida a mejorar las condiciones, medios de...
Dominican Republic - Mexico
2015 - Ministerio de Agricultura
Total results:19393