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Magazine article
Assurer la durabilité des Hommes pour dynamiser et pérenniser l’agriculture familiale sénégalaise
L’agriculture familiale repose essentiellement sur deux piliers, l’exploitation agricole et la famille et est caractérisée par la relation étroite qui existe entre les deux. La durabilité de ce type d’agriculture dépend ainsi de celle de l’activité agricole, mais surtout de celle des Hommes.
Senegal
2013 - Agri cultures
Working paper
Women’s participation in agricultural cooperatives in Ethiopia
This paper uses a rich dataset from a survey undertaken by the Ethiopian Economic Association (EEA) and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in 2009 in eight woredas in seven regions of Ethiopia with a sample of 1,117 households and 73 agricultural cooperatives. Using descriptive statistics and econometric analysis...
Ethiopia
2013 - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Conference/Meeting
Executive summary on the Public Consultation "The role of family farming, key challenges and priorities for the future"
The European Commission launched on 5 August 2013 an on-line public consultation with the aim to understand citizens' experiences and perceptions on family farming. The survey also looked at some of the challenges and priorities faced by family farming (FF).
All citizens, organisations and public authorities in the European Union and beyond interested in the...
2013 - European Commission
Report
Land law and agricultural production in the Eastern Caribbean
A regional overview of issues and options
The report highlights commonalties and differences among prevalent land tenure, land use and land administration problems and practices affecting agriculture in the OECS, as well as policy and legislative responses to those problems. Recommendations for amending, updating or harmonizing existing national laws, as appropriate, are also proposed. A key message...
Antigua and Barbuda - Dominica - Grenada - Saint Kitts and Nevis - Saint Lucia - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
2013 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Conference proceedings
Informe Final. Seminario sobre Políticas Agroambientales Brasileras para la Seguridad Alimentaria y el Combate al Hambre
El evento tuvo como objetivo evaluar y enriquecer el diagnóstico de políticas públicas agroambientales destacadas del país como herramienta para la reducción de la pobreza rural y la inseguridad alimentaria del Brasil, a partir del estudio de identificación y sistematización realizados en el marco del Proyecto.
Brazil
2013 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Conference proceedings
Capturing and disseminating lessons learned from integrated natural resource management projects in the Middle East and North Africa
This report documents a process to encourage learning and sharing practical knowledge between Global Environmental Fund (GEF) recipients of national Integrated Natural Resource Management (INRM) development grants to address land degradation, climate change, biodiversity and international water issues in six countries. The goal of the process is to help disseminate...
Iran (Islamic Republic of) - Jordan - Morocco - Tunisia - Uzbekistan - Yemen
2013 - International Center for Agriculture Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)
Conference proceedings
Feeding and management strategies to improve livestock productivity, welfare and product quality under climate change
Most of world’s rural population depend on livestock for their livelihood, especially in the Mediterranean, African and many Asian countries. To reduce poverty, fight hunger and ensure global food security, there is an urgent need to increase livestock production in sustainable ways. However, livestock production systems in those areas are...
Algeria - France - Italy - Morocco - Romania - Tunisia
2013 - International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM)ood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Newsletter
Family Farming Newsletter for Latin America and the Caribbean, April - June 2013
Numerous activities have been planned this year to celebrate the International Year of Quinoa, and we are now preparing for the International Year of Family Farming. Both events serve to raise awareness about the need to protect and strengthen Latin America's traditional agricultural production systems and promote them among governments...
Antigua and Barbuda - Guatemala - Jamaica - Mexico - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Uruguay
2013
Blog article
Le rural et l'agriculture au Maroc
Entre inégalités territoriale et sociales
L’agriculture et le rural se placent au centre des politiques publiques marocaines. A une époque où les pays choisissaient de fonder leur développement sur l'industrie pour ses effets multiplicateurs sur l'économie, le Maroc a décidé, de donner la priorité à l'agriculture et plus particulièrement à l’agriculture irriguée. Ce choix, mis...
Morocco
2013
Project
Promotion des Foyers Améliorés Erythréens dans les communes riveraines du Parc national de la Pendjari au Bénin (ProFAEBPromotion des Foyers Améliorés Erythréens dans les communes riveraines du Parc national de la Pendjari au Bénin (ProFAEB)
Objectif général : Réduire la déforestation et la dégradation des terres par l’amélioration des rendements énergétiques dans les ménages et la promotion des activités agricoles durables face aux changements climatiques autour des réserves protégées du Nord Bénin. Objectifs spécifiques: 1- Promouvoir une technologie améliorée (FAE : Foyers Améliorés Erythréens) pour...
Benin
2013 - Ecobenin
Journal
Great Insights: Family Farming and Food Security
In this issue of GREAT insights we have asked the ‘custodians’ of the UN Year of Family Farming and the AU Year of Food Security, the Director General of the Food Agriculture Organization and the AU Commissioner for Agriculture, what outcomes they expect from these international processes, particularly in terms of the...
Italy - South Africa
2013
Technical paper
Advancing agroforestry on the Policy Agenda
A guide for decision-makers
These guidelines were developed from a mix of workshops, structured interviews with experts, and detailed national case studies from both the developed and developing world. According to the lessons learned, there are four critical conditions that encourage agroforestry: it should be beneficial to farmers and other land users; there must...
2013 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Book part
East African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis - Burundi
Heavier and more frequent rains can damage crops and would undoubtedly increase susceptibility to erosion and landslides, especially given the extreme topographical relief in Burundi. Roads and buildings could be damaged, and siltation could negatively affect hydropower infrastructure. People resettled close to lake edges or near lowlands and marshes are...
Burundi
2013 - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Website
Союз органического земледелия
Союз органического земледелия является добровольным, самоуправляемым, основанным на членстве общественным объединением граждан и юридических лиц, общественных объединений, созданном на основе совместной деятельности для защиты общих интересов и достижения уставных целей. Союз является независимой, политически не ангажированной общественной организацией в сфере органического земледелия. Основой Союза является некоммерческое партнерство его членов, которое...
Russian Federation
2013 - Союз органического земледелия
Case study
Ruta de trabajo del modelo óptimo del Programa de Alimentación Escolar, con énfasis para la incorporación de la Agricultura Familiar
Para el caso de Guatemala se implementó el Proyecto GCP/RLA/180/BRA “Fortalecimiento de los Programas de Alimentación Escolar en el Marco de la Iniciativa América Latina Sin Hambre 2025”, ejecutado por la Organización de la Naciones Unidas para la Agricultura y la Alimentación –FAO-, es un programa para la articulación de...
Guatemala
2013 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Conference paper
Promoting empowerment and knowledge through smallholder farmers’ associations in Malawi
The National Smallholder Farmers’ Association of Malawi has used its multi-tiered membership structure to build a ‘knowledge chain’, spreading conservation agriculture techniques to more than 37,000 farmers. Combining this effort with support for adult literacy is empowering farmers (particularly women) to both gain and use new knowledge.
Malawi
2013 - National Smallholder Farmer’s Association of Malawi (NASFAM)
Video
BLACK GOLD: The Secrets of Compost
'Black Gold' is the first in GardenAfrica's series of 11 films which will form 'The Living Classroom'. Shot on location in Swaziland, we learn how to 'waste nothing and reinvest our surplus' to make a truly wonderful compost to feed our plants ... which in turn feed our families.
Eswatini
2013 - GardenAfrica
Article
De promesas a prioridades
Poniendo a la agricultura familiar y campesina al centro de un sistema de producción de alimentos justo en América Latina y el Caribe
A pesar del crecimiento del sector agropecuario en América Latina y el Caribe, ocho de cada 10 productores y productoras, que conforman la base de la producción interna de alimentos, se encuentran excluidos de los beneficios de este crecimiento. Los esfuerzos gubernamentales para fortalecer la agricultura destinan recursos públicos a...
2013
Case study
Contribution des femmes rurales à la sécurité alimentaire au Cameroun:quels apports du conseil à l’exploitation familiale ?
En Afrique subsaharienne, les nouveaux dispositifs de vulgarisation basés sur des approches participatives promus par les structures publiques et privées jouent un rôle clé dans l’amélioration de la productivité et de la sécurité alimentaire des exploitations agricoles familiales. L’objectif de cette étude est de déterminer le rôle des dispositifs d’appui-conseil étudiés dans l’accompagnement...
Cameroon
2013
Book
Los "Puntos verdes" para el trueque y comercialización de excedentes de la agricultura urbana, periurbana y rural beneficiando a la seguridad alimentaria local
La agricultura familiar está cada vez más expuesta a los impactos del Cambio Climático, debido a la utilización de áreas marginales y/o ecológicamente sensibles. Sin embargo, la Agricultura Familiar, por su vinculación al territorio y su gran potencial en la incorporación de mejores tecnológicas productivas, podría contribuir de manera importante...
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
2013 - Asociación ECO Feria Cochabamba
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