La publicación del Anuario de 2016 de UPA, con el lema, “Agricultura y mundo rural: experiencias locales en un mundo global”, es una gran ocasión para reflexionar sobre las relaciones entre la globalización de los mercados y el mantenimiento de las producciones locales. La globalización es cada vez más constatable...

  Farmers in Koutiala, a district in Southern Mali grow cereals to feed their families and keep cows for milk and as a form of savings. There, all the arable land is currently under cultivation. During the four months of the rainy season, farmers prioritise the cultivation of cereals over fodder...

Although family farms are found in great numbers all over Romania, they are found in their highest numbers, and in the most typical traditional small-scale farmed landscapes, in the northern and Central parts of Romania. This smallholding-based production has persisted, especially in Romanian mountain and upland regions. However, livestock numbers...

The International Network of Community Supported Agriculture Newsletter

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is a direct relationship between consumers and farmers which can contribute to a better food system. This relationship enables consumers to obtain local, healthy, often organic food produced with care and joy and helps farmers to sustain themselves and take care of the landscape, preserve the...

The primary obstacle to sustainable food security is an economic model and thought system, embodied in industrial agriculture, that views life in disassociated parts, obscuring the destructive impact this approach has on humans, natural resources, and the environment. Industrial agriculture is characterized by waste, pollution, and inefficiency, and is a...

Internet connectivity has become vital to modern agriculture. Farmers and cooperatives across the EU have called on the European Commission to increase the penetration of broadband into rural and isolated farming areas. One of the main objectives of Europe’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is achieving a balanced territorial development through the...

Tropical fruits, beverage crops, sugar and raw materials contribute significantly to the economies of many developing countries, particularly the least-developed countries (LDCs), as a major source of livelihood and income for millions of rural smallholders. In 2014, the value of world production of these commodities was estimated at USD 255...

A importância das cultivares locais, tradicionais ou crioulas vem sendo cada vez mais reconhecida em aspectos relacionados a riqueza do patrimônio genético, preservação da biodiversidade na agroecologia, a partir da Política Nacional de Agroecologia e Produção Orgânica (PNAPO). Muitas delas também apresentam características de rusticidade e adaptabilidade, resultando na conjugação...

El presente estudio aporta un marco analítico que describe las principales barreras a la inversión y financiación agropecuaria, las cuales se pueden agregar en la gestión de riesgos financieros, de producción, mercadeo, climáticos e institucionales, y en modelos de negocio que reduzcan costos de transacción para brindar de manera viable...

Farmers are learning to prepare and cope with climatic variations by observing, learning and interacting with farmers and researchers. Science Field Shops in Indonesia are serving as a response to climate change, facilitating this process successfully.

There is no debate that eliminating hunger worldwide is one of humanity’s greatest challenges in the 21   st century. However, there are radically divergent visions for how to achieve this goal. Many people equate “feeding the world” with the need to produce more food. Yet this simplistic analysis ignores fundamental facts about world hunger. In fact, the mandate...

Osório (RS) – O Brasil é o país da diversificação de povos, de culturas, de territórios, de sistemas de produção da agricultura familiar. Esta é uma das características das Caravanas Agroecológicas que a ANA organiza: mostrar as diferentes realidades do país, seus conflitos e suas vitórias diante do agronegócio e...

This issue of Farming Matters explores innovative ways to demonstrate that agroecology provides critical solutions to the challenges of our time. Agroecology is gaining recognition for its potential to address climate change, biodiversity loss and malnutrition, and many successful examples exist. However, to garner the necessary support in policy and practice,...

El Departamento de Agricultura, Ganadería, Pesca y Alimentación (DARP) de la Generalidad de Cataluña efectuó el pasado 5 de agosto, los pagos correspondientes a la campaña 2015 de la ayuda a la ganadería ecológica para un total de 455 expedientes y un importe de € 2.974.529,48. Se atender todas las solicitudes de...

In Italy, an innovative partnership between organic farmers, local governments, catering and hospitality industries have led to the creation of Bio-districts – territorial networks that promote short supply chains, preserve local traditions and resources, and support rural development. We talked to Salvatore Baslie, one of the initiators of the Bio-district...

Eco Ruralis association, together with national and international partners, organized the event “The Right to Food Sovereignty – Public Peasants Consultation”, on 24th of April, in Bucharest, Romania. Through this event, a national process was launched, with the purpose of creating a national peasant strategy for the future of agriculture...

The Asia region’s agriculture, livestock, forestry and fisheries produce food through an intricate and complex relationship. Better understanding these associations can help scientists and food producers improve food security and nutrition in a region that is expected to lead global population growth in coming decades.

Essa primeira edição reúne uma amostra representativa das Boas Práticas que os serviços de Assistência Técnica e Extensão Rural desenvolvem em todo o país para a diversidade da agricultura familiar orientadas pela Política Nacional de Assistência Técnica e Extensão Rural (Pnater), instituída pela lei número 12.188 de 11 de janeiro...

Investing in sustainable agrifood value chains in countries surrounding the Mediterranean could be the key to solving a range of socio-economic and environmental problems. At a high-level forum this week in the Albanian capital of Tirana, representatives of Albania and Turkey joined colleagues from Algeria, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Lebanon, Morocco,...