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Complex development of a Mangalica farm
A young entrepreneur, Ms Zsóka Fekete, after her studies on animal production decided to set up her own farm. There she would breed the native Hungarian swine breed called Mangalica. RDP support from different measures was received at the different stages of the farm’s development.
Hungary
2016 - THE EUROPEAN NETWORK FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT (ENRD)
Guidelines
Developing gender-sensitive value chains
A guiding framework
The purpose of this publication (part of the FAO series on sustainable food value chain development) is to facilitate the systematic integration of gender equality dimensions into value chain development programmes and projects. It raises awareness on gender inequalities and discusses the importance of addressing these dimensions in value chain...
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Report
Brechas de género en las cadenas andinas
La participación en las cadenas de valor de llamas, papas andinas y quinoa asume rasgos particulares según el tipo de unidad de producción que se considere. Su incorporación en los sistemas campesinos, que resultan predominantes en la puna y quebradas jujeñas, se orienta a la reproducción de la unidad familiar,...
Argentina
2016 - Unidad para el Cambio Rural (UCAR)
Journal
Nature & Faune: Sustainable management of forests and wildlife in Africa
This second edition of the 30th volume of Nature & Faune journal focusses on Sustainable management of forests and wildlife in Africa: Enhancing value, benefits and services. The choice of theme reflects some key recommendations of the 20th session of the African Forestry and Wildlife Commission (AFWC) held in Nairobi,...
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Book
Género y políticas de tierras
Experiencias en cuatro países de América Latina partir de los Criterios de Evaluación de Género de GLTN
La presente publicación recoge cuatro de estos estudios con los que se evaluaron distintas políticas y herramientas con enfoque de género utilizando los Criterios de Género desarrollados por GLTN. Los estudios se elaboraron en 2014 en Nicaragua, Colombia, Costa Rica y Bolivia.
El estudio considera la revisión y análisis de las siguientes leyes y programas:
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Bolivia (Plurinational State of) - Colombia - Costa Rica - Nicaragua
2016 - International Land Coalition (ILC)
Video
Historia con mujeres, mujeres en la historia - "Protagonistas rurales"
Esta es la historia de vida de Mira Díaz, nacida y criada en los ingenios azucareros de Tucumán, un ejemplo de mujer luchadora incansable. En los ’60 ante los cierres de éstos, y la pérdida de miles de empleos, Mira trabajó y peleó por la equidad de derechos de las...
Argentina
2016 - Unidad para el Cambio Rural (UCAR)
Article
How to amplify agroecology
“Agroecology is a process. You cannot expect a process to be perfect immediately. But once you make a step, you are moving.”
With these words, Ugandan family farmer Jowelia Mukiibi captured both the essence of the agroecological transition and the attention of her audience: over 70 people representing 30 organisations doing...
2016 - Cultivate!
Article
The determinants of women’s business entrepreneurship
The study provides the results of research into the women’s motives for engaging in business activity, the internal determinants (personal traits) and external conditions of running business, the intentions to develop the business, and the expectations about measures for facilitating and supporting the business activity of women. It was found,...
Poland
2016
Report
Technical and socio-economic characteristics of small-scale coastal fishing communities, and opportunities for poverty alleviation and empowerment
The document provides an overview of the situation that small-scale fishers in developing countries face in terms of: financial and economic performance of fishery enterprises; vulnerabilities and poverty; adaptations to a changing environment including, climate variability and change; and access to technology, infrastructure, financial services and social protection schemes. It...
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Report
Investing in rural people in China
China's government is increasing its investment in rural areas, especially in infrastructure, irrigation, education and health. It is also introducing supportive policies, including agricultural tax exemptions; subsidies for agricultural production and increased agricultural procurement prices; and expansion of social protection and social security coverage. Such investments aim to create a...
China
2016 - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Case study
A change made by women-friendly agro-markets
The building of a zinc shelter in the market at Morahang, Nepal, has helped hundreds of women farmers to trade their produce. The initiative came as a result of reform of the market management committee to be led by local women.
Nepal
2016 - ActionAid Nepal
Journal article
Beyond ‘voting with your chopsticks’: Community organising for safe food in China
This paper describes the recent emergence of alternative food networks in China in the context of widespread food quality concerns. Drawing on interviews and public blog posts, we illustrate how participants in these networks are moving beyond instrumental market relations and developing the collective agency necessary to participate in shaping...
China
2016 - Wilfrid Laurier University (Canada)
Article
Traditional and new women’s roles in rural areas
Entering Poland to European Union which resulted in accepting The Common Agricultural Policy caused a variety of changes in polish villages and countries. Previous problems of rural areas like fragmentation and low efficiency of farms, bad financial situation of inhabitants, high rate of unemployment, relatively low educational level and lack...
Poland
2016
Policy brief/paper
Changes in Ghanaian farming systems
Stagnation or a quiet transformation?
This research was designed to understand better the patterns of agricultural intensification and transformation occurring in Africa South of the Sahara using the Ghanaian case. The paper examines changes in farming systems and the role of various endogenous and exogenous factors in driving the conversion of arable lands to agricultural...
Ghana
2016 - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Policy brief/paper
Reducing rural women’s domestic workload through labour-saving technologies and practices
Gender, targeting and social inclusion
Rural women of all ages spend much of their day engaged in domestic chores, including collecting water and firewood, processing and preparing food, travelling and transporting, and caregiving. These tasks are unpaid and restrict a woman’s time and mobility. Moreover, the drudgery can cause poor health and nutrition for a...
2016 - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Book
Potentially Important Food Plants of South Africa
Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which:
identify highly nutritious local food plants,
explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way,
detail the nutritional value of the plants and
describe why human bodies require those nutrients.
The resources created by FPS allows people to better...
South Africa
2016 - Food Plant Solutions
Policy brief/paper
Securing women's land rights and agrarian empowerment in Zimbabwe
Within and beyond the Constitution
The status of women's land rights in Zimbabwe is the result of various legal interventions and historical, social, economic, demographic and climatic processes within and outside the country. The interventions produced diverse tenure types, cultural practices and resistance that mediate the way in which the processes impact on the specific...
Zimbabwe
2016 - AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AGRARIAN STUDIES
Conference proceedings
GFFA Communiqué 8 th Berlin Agriculture Ministers´ Summit 2016 16 January 2016
How to feed our cities? – Agriculture and rural areas in an era of urbanisation
2016 - German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture
Blog article
Política Nacional de Agroecologia e Produção Orgânica (PNAPO)
Plano Nacional de Agroecologia e Produção Orgânica (PLANAPO) - 2016/2019
O governo brasileiro lançou a Política Nacional de Agroecologia e Produção Orgânica (Pnapo), com a edição do decreto 7.794, de 20 de agosto de 2012. Foi um importante passo para a ampliação e efetivação de ações de promoção do desenvolvimento rural sustentável, impulsionado pelas crescentes preocupações das organizações sociais do campo e...
Brazil
2016 - Secretaria Especial de Agricultura Familiar e Desenvolvimento Agrário (SEAD)
Video
Africa Solidarity Trust Fund
This promo video emphasizes Africa’s booming economies and determination to invest in its own potential; we also meet beneficiaries of projects funded by the Africa Solidarity Trust Fund in Sierra Leone, Rwanda and Uganda and see how their lives have been turned around. African leaders have pledged to end hunger...
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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