Search in the database
Article
Technical and economic efficiency analysis on Italian smallholder family farms using Farm Accountancy Data Network dataset
More than 90 per cent of Italian farms have a usable agricultural area of less than 9 ha, even if over time there has been a growth of the average agricultural area per farm as a consequence of rural out-migration. This paper compares, using a nonparametric model, the technical efficiency...
Italy
2015 - Association of Economic and Geographical Studies in Rural Areas
Video
Proalimentos - Ecuador Rural
En este artículo se informa que el Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería, Acuacultura y Pesca (MAGAP), a través del Instituto de Provisión de Alimentos (Proalimentos), realizó la compra de 220.980 manzanas mediante un contrato con la Asociación Pamar Chacrín del cantón Sigsig, provincia del Azuay, donde se encuentra el centro de acopio que...
Ecuador
2015 - Instituto de Provisión de Alimentos (Proalimentos)
Journal article
Émancipation des jeunes des oasis du Sahara algérien par le déverrouillage de l’accès à la terre et à l’eau
Au cours de la seconde moitié du XXe siècle, les oasis maghrébines ont connu des mutations économiques et sociales considérables. En Algérie, ces transformations, couplées à une volonté politique de libéralisation du secteur agricole, ont débouché sur un processus de déverrouillage de l’accès à l’eau et à la terre, en dehors...
Algeria
2015
Case study
Success stories on information and communication technologies for agriculture and rural development
Smallholder resource-poor farmers are confronted by many challenges such as the negative impacts of climate change, increased frequency of natural disasters, loss of biodiversity, food price volatility and inefficient supply chains, among others. At the same time, agriculture is becoming increasingly knowledge intensive. Farmers must make complex decisions on land...
2015 - FAO
Conference paper
Inclusion of Herding Households in the Food Value Chain of Mongolia
Mongolia is a country of nomadic people located in Central Asia, landlocked between Russia and China. Pastoral livestock has been a major source of livelihoods since ancient times and this sector still plays an important role for producing food for people. The Government of Mongolia and private organizations are realizing...
Mongolia
2015 - Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nation
Report
Studying spatial effects on stock dynamics of North Sea cod and plaice in the Skagerrak
Under the scope of the a4a Initiative, the JRC is promoting cooperative activities between fisheries scientists with the aim to test, disseminate and promote a4a methods. These Small Research Projects (SRP) focus on comparing the results of assessments from other models to assessments obtained from the a4a statistical catch-at-age model,...
European Union
2015 - European Union - European Commission
Magazine article
Farmers in focus: The Mexican star at the US farmers’ market
Nelida Martinez, from Oaxaca, Mexico, came to pick berries in the USA. Now, against all odds, she is the owner and operator of her own organic farm. Through a farm business incubator, Nelida was able to rent land, and now produces organic food that she sells at farmers’ markets in the Skagit Valley area.
"We Latino farm workers are the majority here. But it’s a lot of humiliation for us. Many of us never think about having our own farm because we feel degraded by the work as farm labourers and we don’t have money to rent our own land. But when my son...
United States of America
2015 - ILEIA, Center for Learning on Sustainable Agriculture
Journal article
Mobiliser des ressources techniques et sociales pour s’installer : stratégies des jeunes ruraux au Maroc
Pour s’installer, les jeunes ruraux font face à de nombreuses contraintes, comme le manque d’accès aux ressources productives. Cela se répercute sur leur implication dans les dynamiques agricoles et rurales. Cet article analyse les stratégies déployées par les jeunes ruraux du Maroc pour contourner ces contraintes. Nous avons identifié trois...
Morocco
2015
Blog article
MinPPAT inició jornadas de trabajo para conceptualizar la Agricultura Familiar en Venezuela
Con el objetivo de impulsar las políticas públicas orientadas al sector campesino, el Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Agricultura y Tierras, MinPPAT, inició las jornadas de trabajo para conceptualizar la Agricultura Familiar en Venezuela.
Entre los compromisos acordados durante estas primeras discusiones se encuentra el de sistematizar todas las propuestas,...
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
2015 - Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Agricultura y Tierras (MinPPAT)
Report part
Europe entering the era of ‘precision agriculture’
The world’s growing population has resulted in rising demand for agricultural products. But, at the same time supply capabilities are shrinking due to reduced land availability and climate change. Analysts claim that an “agri-tech revolution” is needed and precision farming is emerging as an innovation driven solution. Precision farming is...
2015 - EurActive
Report
German Federal Government Agriculture Report 2015
The 2015 German Federal Government Agriculture Report outlines current challenges, political measures taken by the Federal Government and the state of agriculture over the past four years. It illuminates the profile of a sector that moves within a dynamic field.
Germany
2015 - Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture
Technical paper
Kazakhstan and FAO
Partnering to achieve sustainable livelihoods and food security
The partnership between Kazakhstan and FAO has been constantly evolving since the country became a member of the Organization in 1997. Kazakhstan has recently increased its emphasis on investments in agriculture, forestry and rural development, and aims to modernize the sector while transitioning to a green economy. FAO technical assistance...
Kazakhstan
2015
Report
Training in Alternative Food Distribution Systems (AFDS)
“Building Regional Produce Supply Chains: Logistics for Short Circuit Agriculture” 2014-2015
These guidelines were created within the frame of a project called ‘Building Regional Produce Supply Chains: Logistics for Short Circuit Agriculture’. The document provides training material for use by anyone providing training in AFDS (Alternative Food Distribution Systems) or anyone eager to learn about organising logistics for local food systems....
European Union
2015
Blog article
MAG continúa trabajos de tecnificación de la agricultura familiar
El Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería (MAG) continua con los trabajos de implementación de tecnología en la agricultura familiar a fin de mejorar los resultados de rendimiento en los cultivos de los pequeños productores.
A través del apoyo del Programa de Producción de Alimentos (PPA) del MAG 8.360 hectáreas fueron mecanizadas,...
Paraguay
2015
Website
Mémoires En Transitions
The website Mémoires en transitions is a digital archive related to an exhibition project that explores the collective memory of farmers families. Its goal is to safeguard and valorise the extraordinary stories which were lived on some specific farms in Luxembourg. New interpretations of these stories - through a research...
Luxembourg
2015
Statement
FAO urged to address land degradation, malnutrition, needs of family farms
Key elements of FAO’s work in Europe and Central Asia – combating land and soil degradation, addressing the needs of family farms, boosting nutrition through agriculture, and studying rural people’s access to social protection schemes – were affirmed by the Organization’s members this week. The 39th session of the European...
2015 - FAO
Report part
Reformed CAP aims to respond to global food security challenge
In an effort to help EU farming adjust to future nutritional needs, the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for the period 2014-2020 aims at bridging the existing gap between research and farming practice.
2015 - EurActiv
Case study
Incertidumbres sembradas en la tierra. Prácticas y expectativas de jóvenes rurales en perspectiva intergeneracional y de género, en contextos de guerra
El caso de la región del Oriente Antioqueño, Colombia
Este texto recoge los resultados de un estudio cuyo propósito es profundizar en la relación, expectativas y percepciones de los y las jóvenes frente a la tierra y el territorio desde una perspectiva de género e intergeneracional que hiciera posible una lectura más amplia de estas realidades. La aproximación se...
Colombia
2015 - Corporación Ambiental Rio Verde
Magazine article
Rural development in the European Union
Rural development in the European Union is part of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and it is a vitally important policy area: over 56 % of the population in European Union (EU) Member States lives in rural areas, which cover 91 % of the territory. The EU has 500 million...
2015
Blog article
En ascenso producción de la agricultura urbana en Cuba
El papel de avanzada de la agricultura urbana en Cuba continúa en ascenso, cuando este año deberá ser superada la cifra de hortalizas y condimentos del 2014, que fue de un millón 260 mil toneladas.
Según el director del Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Fundamentales de la Agricultura Tropical y jefe del...
Cuba
2015
Total results:19375