AgriData - une plateforme offrant un accès à plusieurs sources de données exhaustives et fiables, sur l’agriculture au Sénégal dans le but de contribuer à une meilleure politique de développement économique reposant sur des bases factuelles, et avec l’implication des agriculteurs et des autres acteurs de la chaîne de valeur....

Building on its rich gastronomic traditions, cultural heritage and striking scenery, Georgia’s ambition is to become a top sustainable agritourism destination in the region in the next decade.  To help make that happen, FAO and the EBRD are partnering with the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia, the Georgian National...

En esta ficha de contexto se mencionan los aspectos importantes de la cadena de acuicultura y pesca enfocados a su marco productivo, regional, económico, comercio internacional, así como sus perspectivas y tendencias frente al mercado, dando a conocer su entorno de Ciencia y Tecnología e Innovación. Más Información: Bibliografía completa de la...

The project "The City Needs Agroecology" has been conducted since 2021 in Brasilandia, northwest of Sao Paulo. The objective of the project is to improve the agroecological transition in order to foster local initiatives in public and community areas toward a circular food system. This video of the project entitled ''Ecocidade''...

Traditional mountain landscapes governed by Indigenous Peoples and local communities (IPLCs) conserve unique wildlife and agrobiodiversity, and strongly support climate change adaptation and mitigation by protecting ecosystem services, including grasslands that store almost 50% more carbon than forests. But mountain biodiversity and the Indigenous and traditional peoples that sustain it are...

Cet article explique en quoi les produits de crédit (permettant par exemple d’investir dans des moyens de réduction des risques) et d’assurance peuvent aider les populations pauvres à renforcer leur résilience face aux chocs climatiques. Il souligne que fournir ce type d’outils financiers est néanmoins très complexe et propose quelques...

Many countries in Western Europe have a long tradition of applying land banking as part of the integrated toolbox of land management instruments. As with land consolidation, the traditional purpose of land banking has been to support agriculture and rural development by reducing land fragmentation and facilitating the enlargement of...

En esta ficha de contexto se mencionan los aspectos importantes de la cadena de algodón enfocados a su marco productivo, regional, económico, comercio internacional, así como sus perspectivas y tendencias frente al mercado, dando a conocer su entorno de Ciencia y Tecnología e Innovación. Más Información: Bibliografía completa de la corporación Editorial Agrosavia Repositorio...

This is a must-read journal that was put out by Jennifer Clapp in The Journal of Peasant Studies. The world has experienced three global food crises in the past 50 years. While unique triggers sparked each of these crises, they all exposed extreme concentration within the global industrial food system...

En Colombia la población total de jóvenes entre los 14 y 18 años ascendió a 12 millones de personas, de las cuales cerca del 22% corresponde a jóvenes rurales. Mujeres y hombres campesinos, indígenas y afrodescendientes que permanecen olvidados e invisibles. Este especial quiere mostrar la diversidad, pluralidad, riqueza y...

Dans les campagnes de l’Andhra Pradesh, cet Etat agricole du sud-est qui a lancé depuis 2018 le plus grand programme d’agroécologie au monde. Près d’un million de paysans y sont déjà passés au "natural farming", délaissant OGM, pesticides, fongicides, et engrais chimiques.   

Sweet pepper cultivation is one of the more important activities in the Caribbean region, cultivated by approximately 4,284 farmers with the family farming system, in areas ranging from 0.25 to 2.0 ha. In the literature for this region, there is no evidence of a study that has investigated the technical...

The international action day is back! On 14 September, organic and agroecological farmers around the world will take to social media to share their work, the challenges they face, and how we can support them. While #IGrowYourFood is a moment for farmers, everyone’s invited to the conversation⁠—and to help amplify their voices!

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has signed an agreement with the Chinese Government officially launching Phase III of the FAO-China South-South Cooperation (SSC) Programme. The General Agreement was signed by the Director-General of FAO, QU Dongyu and the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the...

Modalidad: Autoaprendizaje | Desde el 07-09-22 hasta el 31-12-22 El Curso “Nuevas tecnologías y prácticas para la agricultura familiar ” forma parte de la Plataforma Técnica Regional para la Agricultura Familiar (https://www.fao.org/americas/daf/plataforma/es/), en colaboración con los proyectos “Sembrando capacidades” (ABC, MAPA Brasil, MADR Colombia y FAO) y “Farmers Organizations for African, Caribbean and Pacific countries - FO4ACP” (FIDA,...

Under the eye of Nyéléni, an African woman who defied discriminatoryregulations and burned with creativity and agricultural progress, we will findthe energy to transform the right to food sovereignty into a beacon for theconstruction of another world. [Women’s declaration on food sovereignty]As the world lurches from one crisis to another,...

Women are involved in many activities along the value chain of fish trade in Africa including post-harvest handling, processing, branding and marketing. However, limited access to and control of key assets such as capital, skills and technologies limit their engagement in formal fish-related businesses. Women work under critical conditions using...

This webinar shared the findings of joint work by FAO, CIRAD (Centre International de Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement) and the NGO AVSF (Agronomes et Vétérinaires Sans Frontières), illustrated with three examples of field school programmes from Togo, Mali and India.

During the first three years of implementation of the UNDFF in the RAP region, significant results have been achieved. One can mention for instance the development of the SAARC Regional Action Plan for Family Farming, as well as the development of National Action Plans for Family farming in Indonesia (implementation...

Urban home gardening, limited to private residential spaces, has a potential to address the urban food supply chain, when expanded. In Kerala, urban home gardening, supported by governmental intervention and people’s social media-based initiative has become a wider societal movement. Light weight designed grow bags are used for rooftop garden Kerala, a...