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New small-scale farmers in the small fruits sector in Portugal
The main aim of the report is to provide a comprehensive description of the effectiveness of advisory services for small-scale farmers, providing a picture of the services from the perspective of the farmers and some key advisors. In Portugal the case study focused on new small-scale farmers in small fruit...
Portugal
2014 - Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro
Report
Escenarios del clima futuro para maíz y frijol
Caminos para la adaptación en Nicaragua
La publicación resume los resultados obtenidos en tres de las áreas más vulnerables al cambio climático de Nicaragua: Matagalpa, Nueva Segovia y Chinandega. En las tres áreas se encuentran poblaciones rurales cuyos medios de vida tienen una elevada dependencia de los recursos naturales (bosques, pesca) y de la agricultura de...
Nicaragua
2014 - Instituto de Estudios del Hambre (IEH)
Book
Pollinator safety in agriculture
This publication provides guidance on the natural history of wild bees and their potential exposure to pesticides, as part of the GEF supported Project “Conservation and Management of Pollinators for Sustainable Agriculture, through an Ecosystem Approach” implemented in seven countries – Brazil, Ghana, India, Kenya, Nepal, Pakistan and South Africa....
Brazil - Ghana - India - Kenya - Nepal - Pakistan - South Africa
2014 - FAO
Newsletter
Numéro spécial de Spore - Août 2014 - Le début d'une renaissance
L'agriculture familiale présente des solutions aux défis mondiaux. Plus de 500 millions de fermes familiales dominent l'agriculture : elles permettent d'assurer la sécurité alimentaire, de lutter contre la pauvreté et la famine, de fournir des emplois et d'améliorer la gestion des ressources durables. Même si elles ont des défis à...
2014 - CTA
Book
El desarrollo rural desde el enfoque de Género
Guía Práctica para técnicos y técnicas rurales
Esta es una guía para los técnicos y técnicas que trabajan en el ámbito rural en la Argentina. Sabemos que no hay un sólo ámbito rural homogéneo y común en todo el territorio, sino que las diferencias son notables según rama de actividad, región geográfica, condición climática, etc. Lo que si...
Argentina
2014 - Unidad para el Cambio Rural (UCAR)
Case study
Progress and achievements of the HSAD-Iraq program
Agricultural innovation for Iraq’s smallholder farmers
The HSAD-Iraq program is a collaborative effort between the Iraqi Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region and ICARDA. Special thanks for continued support and guidance to Dr. Mahdi El Kaisey (Technical Deputy Minister of Agriculture), Dr. Faisal Rasheed (Advisor to...
Iraq
2014 - International Center for Agriculture Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)
Report
Agritourism farm in the Carpathian Mountains of Poland
A dynamically developing economy requires significant trial and adjustment to the changing economic mechanisms from all participants in the market. In the case of rural areas, multifunctional development is one methods of economic stimulation. In this multifunctional development, significant participation by farmers in rural tourism activities is an alternative of...
Poland
2014 - University of Agriculture in Krakow
Report
Towards stronger family farms
Voices in the International Year of Family Farming
This publication draws from reports and notes from a series of events in the International Year of Family Farming: Regional Dialogues on Family Farming were organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization in collaboration with the World Rural Forum, the International Cooperative Alliance and the World Farmers Organization to increase the understanding of the family farming context in each region,and...
2014 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Policy brief/paper
Building a New Agricultural Future
Supporting agro-ecology for people and planet
Agro-ecology applies ecological concepts and principles to the design and management of sustainable agriculture. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that globally, more than 800 million people worldwide are undernourished. Shockingly, half of these are small-scale farmers and their families, for whom a failed harvest due to drought, or...
2014 - OXFAM
Video
الزراعة الأسرية في الأردن
في الشرق الأدنى وشمال إفريقيا يفاقم النمو السكاني، والتوسع الحضري، وقاعدة الموارد الهشة، وتغير المناخ، وانخفاض الإنتاجية، من أوضاع الجوع وسوء التغذية. لكن انتشار "المدارس الحقلية الزراعية" في وادي الأردن ومختلف أنحاء البلاد ساعد المزارعين الأسريين على زيادة إنتاجهم ومداخيلهم ومرونتهم، بالإضافة إلى حماية البيئة.
Jordan
2014 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Case study
Experiencia con el cultivo de ajo cultivar plumudo con huerteros de Santa Eufemia, Los Cisnes y La Carlota
Experiencia con familias que producen hortalizas en sus terrenos y la introducción de una nueva variedad en sus producciones a fin de contribuir a la mejora de su alimentación y a la biodiversidad del sistema.
Los antecedentes del cultivo del ajo en huertas familiares son bien conocidos. Sin embargo, la variedad...
Argentina
2014 - Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA)
Report
Plan de desarrollo territorial del Municipio de Waslala 2014 - 2034
Plan de acción 2014 - 2016
El presente documento es el resultado de un esfuerzo conjunto y de una experiencia de colaboración única entre actores locales, nacionales e internacionales quienes han contribuido de diferentes formas y a partir de su especialidad y experiencia a la realización del “Plan de Desarrollo Territorial del Municipio de Waslala” para el...
Nicaragua
2014 - Agrónomos y Veterinarios sin Fronteras (AVSF)
Policy brief/paper
Becoming a young farmer in Ethiopia
Processes and challenges
The Ethiopian government’s Agricultural Development Led Industrialization strategy emphasises the instrumental role that rural youth could play in transforming the agricultural sector. However, there exists a significant body of literature documenting the unfavourable attitudes many young people hold towards a future in agriculture. Despite their negative attitudes, the fact remains...
Ethiopia
2014 - Future Agricultures Consortium
Journal article
Smallholder pig production systems along a periurban-rural gradient in the Western provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), pigs are raised almost exclusively by smallholders either in periurban areas of major cities such as Kinshasa or in rural villages. Unfortunately, little information is available regarding pig production in the Western part of the DRC, wherefore a survey was carried out...
Democratic Republic of the Congo
2014 - University of Kinshasa
Journal
Revista de agroecología Leisa, marzo 2014: biodiversidad y agricultura campesina
Actualmente causa gran preocupación la rápida disminución de la agrobiodiversidad y la falta de medidas para protegerla. Las políticas agrarias promueven, por lo general, la agricultura comercial basada en el monocultivo de grandes extensiones de tierra. Por otro lado, la rápida expansión de los organismos genéticamente modificados (OGM) y la...
Argentina - Bolivia (Plurinational State of) - Brazil - Colombia - Ecuador - Mexico - Peru
2014 - Asociación Ecología, Tecnología y Cultura en los Andes
Journal
Farming Matters: The many faces of resilience
Poverty and vulnerability combine in a vicious circle for many family farmers. To break that and turn it into a virtuous cycle, resilience must be built into farming and the systems in which farmers operate. There is an urgent need for a change in mindset regarding family farming, agriculture and...
Germany - United States of America
2014 - ILEIA, Center for Learning on Sustainable Agriculture
Project
Youth and Rural Development (Giovani e Sviluppo Rurale)
In this Transnational Cooperation (TNC) project youngsters from the territories of 6 Local Action Groups (LAG) discover local traditions and legends, and innovate their cultural and rural identity of today through storytelling and movie production.
Recognizing the importance of the countryside’s young citizens the LAGs, which have come together in this...
Finland - France - Italy
2014 - EAFRD
Newsletter article
Agricultura, familiar y sostenible
La alimentación es una de las necesidades más básicas de los seres humanos, sin embargo, más de 800 millones de personas en el mundo no tienen alimentos suficientes y la mayoría se concentra en países en vías de desarrollo, y Panamá no escapa de esa realidad. Por ello, las Naciones...
Panama
2014 - Ministerio de Desarrollo Agropecuario (MIDA)
Conference paper
COFI/2014/Inf.10, C Chairperson's report of the technical consultation on international guidelines for securing sustainable small-scale fisheries
The overarching goal of the Guidelines is to enhance the contribution of small-scale fisheries to food security and nutrition and to support the progressive realization of the right to food. Promoting a human rights-based approach, they aim to achieve poverty eradication, equitable development and sustainable resource utilization. The Guidelines seek to achieve this...
2014 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Working paper
Changes in food and nutrition security in Malawi
Analysis of recent survey evidence
A large proportion of Malawian households are caught in a trap where poverty and food insecurity reinforce one another and where periods of food deficits and severe food crises are frequent occurrences. In recognition of this, the Malawian government has since 2005/06 implemented a large-scale Farm Input Subsidy Program (FISP),...
Malawi
2014 - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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