South-eastern Transylvania is one of Europe’s most important natural and cultural landscapes, supporting many rare habitats and fauna and flora species including some of the most significant areas of wildflower-rich grasslands in Europe. This high nature value farmed landscape is the result of good husbandry over hundreds of years, and...

Este video muestra un informe sobre cómo se desarrolla la agroecología familiar orgánica en diferentes partes del Ecuador.

The European Union (EU), FAO and the Government of Zimbabwe launched a major programme to assist smallholder farmers boost productivity and engage in commercial agriculture through integrated farming approaches. The 4-year US$19 million programme is managed by FAO and focuses on smallholder irrigation and livestock production support activities. As part...

Depuis 2004, le Réseau AMAP Ile-de-France accompagne le développement du mouvement des AMAP dans la région. Il soutient aussi depuis 2009 l'installation de nouveaux paysans en agriculture biologique de proximité, avec ses partenaires du Pôle Abiosol.

Can Perol Baix Llobregat SL was formed in 2008 through the association of six Spanish families from the Catalonia region, with the aim of developing a direct marketing business that consisted of high-quality agricultural products sold to consumers in the metropolitan area of Barcelona. The idea of establishing the company...

Using traditional recipes and qualitative raw materials proved to be a successful choice for a new bakery in the Přílepy village, Czech Republic. The business led to the creation of jobs and became a place of meeting and leisure for locals.

As professional car mechanic, Vasile Mătrășoaie worked in the former Suceava car repair enterprise, and after work, he took pleasure in growing vegetables. He was even selling to his colleagues the seeds he was planting in order to make some money. This was his beginning in a field in which...

Berindu is an ordinary village located at 31 kilometres from Cluj-Napoca, on the road to Zalău. People from here, householders like in the whole Ardeal, liver their lives working the land and rearing animals. In the small locality affiliated to Sânpaul Municipality from Cluj we found a young investor in...

At only 23 km from Braşov, on the National Road 13, there is Rotbav, a village from Feldioara Municipality, Braşov County. The establishment is proud of its magnificent historical past along which it borne numerous names. The legend says that in the first half of the 13th century, about 20...

Agriculture plays an important role in social stability of the Kyrgyz Republic. More than a half of the population lives in rural area and their income is strongly linked to agricultural activities. The level of poverty among the rural population (41.4 percent) is much higher than urban areas (28. 5...

La ciudad de Puebla es una de las más contaminadas y con menos áreas verdes de México. Además de carente de mecanismos e infraestructura para atender esta problemática, está inserta en una situación alimentaria grave, caracterizada por 3.72 millones de personas (64.5% del total del estado) que padecen algún grado...

In Bubi District, Hauke irrigation scheme was completed in 2012. The community engaged WV to build on the work originally initiated by the European Commission and the Government of Zimbabwe, to complete the irrigation of the land and the building of canals. In the most recent cycle (July-December, 2012),150 workers...

More than half a million marginalised coffee growers affected by climate change now have a concrete opportunity to adapt to the effects of global change, thanks to the agro-ecological approach that has been developed over 10 years by Practical Action in the Peruvian Amazon.

"En este número, presentamos experiencias de mujeres agricultoras que han optado por practicar la agroecología como alternativa para lograr la sostenibilidad de la producción de alimentos para su familia y comunidad, y la mejora de sus agroecosistemas. Pero en lo social y económico la práctica de la agroecología que presentan...

The Oakland Institute today released 33 case studies that shed light on the tremendous success of agroecological agriculture across the African continent in the face of climate change, hunger, and poverty.

Waarabe Dareeray village has been known for the good crop production due to its good soil type and availability of water. However, the farmers’ fortunes changed when the area was hit by prolonged drought which led to poor crop yields. Many farmers migrated to other villages in search of other...

This paper approached the complex issue of the association of semi-subsistence vegetable producers and their access to the large retail chains, in the context of the financial support received through the National Rural Development Program in order to connect these farms to the market.    

The International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems, IPES-Food, is a new initiative aimed at informing the debate on how to reform food systems. IPES-Food has identified 10 key principles to guide the urgently-needed transition to sustainable food systems. They include principles to shape the sustainable food systems of...

Household mentoring is an innovative tool that provides the skills and knowledge that enable poor families to improve their well-being and incomes. And, as an IFAD-supported programme in Uganda has shown, it also promotes greater equality and shared decision-making among household members.

El agua es indispensable para todas las actividades humanas y sobre todo para la agricultura. Pero también es un recurso cada vez más escaso en el mundo y su desperdicio y contaminación son enormes. En esta edición de LEISA presentamos artículos basados en experiencias innovadoras de uso del agua realizadas...