Este video explica con el apoyo de expertos qué es la milpa, su diversidad y su importancia como cultivo funcional. Además siguiendo el hilo conductor de la sopa de guías con chepiles de Oaxaca, la combinación de ingredientes de la milpa, para lograr una combinación de sabores y platillos ricos...

The objective of this doctoral dissertation is to look at the factors that determine the decisions of youth and their parents regarding youth occupation and thereby to understand the conditions for integrating youth into family farming. In the context of developing countries, there are increasing concerns that the younger generations...

SIMRA’s fourth brochure collecting examples of social innovation in marginalised rural areas has just been published. This collection of brochures aims at concretely illustrating social innovation through the presentation of local on-going initiatives throughout Europe and the Mediterranean basin, taking turns addressing different marginalized rural areas. This brochure addresses mountain...

  2018 is the year for change and action! As part of the European days of Action, Urgenci joins forces with organizations across Europe to call out to decision makers to support a sustainable transformation of our food systems. During the month of October awareness rising events will take place across...

As many developing countries are as yet unable to harness the full potential of agricultural innovation, collective actions are required to remove barriers and address the constraints (technological, social, organizational, policy, etc.) that stifle the capacity of family farmers, and of other stakeholders in agriculture and food systems, to innovate. To...

The FAO’s Regional Initiative (RI) on “Africa’s Commitment to End Hunger by 2025” assists countries and Regional Economic Communities (RECs) in strengthening their systems and capacities to deliver programmes that contribute to eradicating hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition. Established in 2014, the initiative mobilizes political commitment in support of a...

Market access is a major constraint of smallholder rice producers in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). There is increasing evidence that acting collectively offers one way for smallholders to participate more efficiently in the market. This chapter aimed to identify the determinants of participation in collective marketing of rice in innovation platforms...

Este livro abrange os resultados da pesquisa desenvolvida pela Embrapa sobre os Queijos Minas Artesanal, um levantamento das normas estabelecidas para o produto, bem como uma revisão bibliográfica sobre o assunto. Além disso, são propostas recomendações para o aprimoramento da qualidade do QMA das regiões tradicionais do estado de Minas...

Over the next 10 years the United Nations Decade of Family Farming will help focus efforts around the world to eradicate hunger and malnutrition, lift rural people - many of whom are women - out of poverty, and safeguard natural resources, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva, said.

The purpose of this study is to explore whether and how products from agroecological production systems are being valued in markets. The study is based on a meta-analysis of 12 case studies (Benin, the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Ecuador, France, Kazakhstan, Mozambique, Namibia, Uganda), mainly from...

For 20 years, SOS Faim has been supporting territorial development initiatives, particularly in rural areas. Why is that? Within a given territory, there is huge potential for a consolidation of the civil society, with the perspective of giving more power, opportunities and resources to citizens, by using socio-economic and political leverage....

Agriculture and food industry sectors have a major importance for the Moldovan economy. The Republic of Moldova has one of the highest share of rural population among the countries in Europe and Central Asia, and its agriculture sector significantly contributes to the country’s gross domestic product. The Food and Agriculture...

O presente trabalho, objetiva por abordagem decolonial apresentar práticas e vivências da agroecologia, alinhadas à economia solidária que resgatam modos alternativos das relações econômicas, na chamada economia feminista por meio do feminismo comunitário. Para isto, a pesquisa qualitativa trará como sujeitas as mulheres do Sistema Participativo de Garantia da Qualidade...

This book was prepared under the framework of TCP/UZB/3501: Institutional capacity building to develop organic agriculture and to promote good agriculture practices in Uzbekistan to provide guidance to the stakeholders. This book brings together the status of organic agriculture in Uzbekistan including, market, legal standards, methods, experiences and useful methods...

Uno de los aspectos que ha evolucionado mucho técnico e industrialmente han sido las instalaciones, referido a diseños y equipamientos – En este marco, la evolución mundial de la robótica, la ingeniería industrial, la ingeniería electrónica, la ingeniería hidráulica, la aparición de sensores, la existencia de chips y poder contar...

FAO’s Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition in Europe and Central Asia 2018 (Regional SOFI 2018 in ECA) describes the current situation vis-à-vis SDG 2 in countries of the Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region. It focuses in particular on the countries’ status in relation to SDG Target 2.1...

يهدف هذا الكتيب إلى رفع مستوى الوعي لدى المزارعين والعاملين في مجال الإرشاد حول أحد الافات الهامة التي تصيب ثمار وأشجار نخيل البلح في مصر. حيث يوضح كيفية التعرف عليها وكشفها وكيفية مكافحتها وذلك من أجل حماية ثمار وأشجار النخيل من ضرر تلك الأفات. وتظهر الصور مختلف الحفارات والأضرار التي...

The focus of the study is to explore implications of the latest land and agricultural policy pronouncements, discourse and narratives by the new administration on smallholder farmers' access and security on agricultural land. To gather the perspectives, learn and share experiences of farmers, particularly women, relating to tenure security and...

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...

La secretaría de Fontagro (Mecanismo de Cooperación entre países de América Latina y el Caribe y España) realizó un boletín donde presenta las actividades realizadas durante los primeros meses del año, con información sobre novedades y plataformas cofinanciadas, que está dedicado especialmente a Agricultura Familiar.