Although it is increasingly recognised that Zimbabwe’s Fast Track Land Reform Programme (FTLRP), initiated in 2000, was redistributive (Moyo et al 2009; Scoones et al 2010), few studies have examined the qualitative character of this outcome and its prospects for progressive social and political transformation in a largely agrarian society....

L’absence de matériels de pêche (filets, pirogues, etc.) installe de nombreux acteurs de la filière à Madagascar dans une pauvreté chronique. Mais grâce au « micro projet coup de pouce » initié par le Projet FIDA Appui au Développement du Menabe et du Melaky (AD2M) et qui a mis à la...

The five countries of Central Asia – Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan – became independent states in 1991-1992 with the dissolution of the Soviet Union (see Map 1). Immediately after assuming independence, the Central Asian countries embarked, together with the rest of the former Soviet Republics (the Commonwealth of...

The FAO Governance of Tenure Technical Guides are part of FAO’s initiative to help develop capacities to improve tenure governance and thereby assist countries in applying the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security. The FAO Governance...

While seed security is key to food security, concrete means for building resilient seed systems remain unexplored in research and practice. A new toolkit, the Seed System Security Assessment (SSSA), examines what actually happens to seed systems during crises and highlights specific features that foster or undermine resilience. Drawing evidence...

Small-holdings in sub-Saharan Africa are prone to low crop yields. Problems contributing to low yield are mainly related to poor soil fertility and weed infestations compounded by inappropriate application of recommended technologies. Researcher-managed trials were done to determine fit for technologies to prevailing socio-economic conditions. The research was done as...

Entre las metas de la nueva administración federal, encabezada por el presidente Enrique Peña Nieto, está: lograr un “México próspero”. En la SAGARPA estamos comprometidos en construir la gran reforma del campo para diseñar su nuevo rostro, que responda a las exigencias del entorno nacional e internacional, que destierre la...

The Barefoot Guide 2 is a free, downloadable and practical resource for leaders, facilitators and practitioners involved in social change who want to improve and enrich their learning processes. But this is not just another book on organisational learning and social change. It is different in many ways. It is different in...

Face aux impacts négatifs et aux limites de l’agriculture issue de la révolution agricoledu XXe siècle – connue sous le nom de « révolution verte » dans les pays du Sud etsouvent qualifiée d’agriculture « productiviste » –, de multiples démarches visent, à traversle monde, à mettre en oeuvre une...

A lot rides on agriculture in the economies of the Caribbean. It has traditionally been the backbone for development. While economic development has seen efforts and resources diverted to other sectors, agricultural enterprises continue to be a pivotal element of the progression of manufacturing, culinary and tourism sectors amongst others....

Las ferias y los mercados campesinos del productor al consumidor son un circuito de comercialización que ayuda al consumo de productos sanos, frescos, al reconocimiento de la importancia del campo para la alimentación de la ciudad y a la generación de ingresos para la agricultura familiar sostenible. Por ello es...

Au Burkina Faso l'agriculture a connu des gains de productivité très conséquents, passant  en quelques décennies de l'abattis-brûlis à la culture continue. Les services liés à la production cotonnière et en particulier le crédit à l'équipement, ont joué un rôle majeur dans cette intensification des systèmes de production. Pourtant la malnutrition touche encore une part  importante de la...

Building on principles of local leadership and the power of education, the Farmer to Farmer movement helps communities create their own agricultural extension networks. Farmers work with Semilla Nueva staff to try new growing technologies on their land. After they see results, we provide them the tools to teach these same...

A total of 14 LAGs, led by the Dutch LAG 'Zuid Twente', from 7 Member States cooperate to exchange best practice examples of production, marketing, distribution and inter-regional trading of local / regional food products between partner countries Regional products are sold by an increasing number of farms and it has...

Agribusinesses operate in a rapidly changing world. Demand for agricultural crops is expected to double as the world’s population reaches 9.1 billion by 2050. Food production will need to provide sufficient carbohydrates, proteins, and fats for the estimated 870 million people who currently lack food security. Concurrently, rising incomes and...

In this chapter we present our assessments of the current socioeconomic and biophysical vulnerability of the Ethiopian agricultural sector, mainly focusing on key indicators of socioeconomic vulnerability and selected food enterprises. General circulation model (GCM) projections to 2050 are used to uncover what the future holds for the agricultural sector...

The FAO-Finland Programme is supporting Tanzania in its efforts towards developing and implementing national efforts on integrated fire management as a key factor to reduce deforestation and forest degradation. All stakeholders1 see the fire situation in Tanzania as complex, difficult, widespread and of significant concern. The detail of the fire...

The  study  attempts  to  investigate  what  are  the  sources  of  deprivations  that  prevent  the expansion  of  the freedoms of family farmers in  the  semiaridof  northern Minas  Gerais and whether the presence of the Rural Productive Microcredit (Agroamigo) and of the Training and Mobilization  Programs  for  Coexistence  with  Semiarid  Conditions:  One ...

发展循环农业是实现农业清洁生产、农业资源可持续利用的有效手段, 也是解决现代农业发展困境 的必然选择。文章系统地阐述了循环农业的内涵、特征、理论基础与遵循原则, 指出其本质特征是资源节约 和产业链条延伸，是遵循循环经济理念的生产方式、资源节约和高效利用的农业经济增长方式、产业链延伸 的农业空间拓展路径和环境友好的新农村理念。分析了循环农业的发展动力与物质流程框架, 指出循环农业 的产业链循环包括农业生产过程中农产品的顺时针外循环路径和可再生资源的逆时针内循环路径，其发展动 力主要是产业链内固有的价格机制和竞争机制产生的拉动作用和产业链外资金、技术、政策等对产业发展产 生的推动作用。文章总结了国内发展循环农业的实践和相关的模式, 提出了循环农业今后的研究重点包括循 环农业的机理研究, 循环农业发展的制度创新和补偿机制研究以及循环经济闭合循环链条体系的构建。

The  present  study  proposes  the  analysis  upon  the  rationalities  that  guide  the production conducts of modern family farmers who foster different adjustments in the production systems through  their social  sustainability  practices.  The  study  of these conducts was carried out based on their social practices,  always from the axis of the...