Centroamérica atraviesa por un conjunto de desafíos de política pública en un contexto de fuertes restricciones fiscales, de una mayor complejidad de dinámicas a escalas territoriales, que implica cambios relacionados con la diversificación económica y nuevas inversiones, así como como una mayor profundización de los impactos del cambio climático. La...

Filmed on Achill Island in September 2015 this video highlights the Natura 2000 habitats Machair Grassland and Upland Heath, both present on the Island. Supporting the type of traditional extensive farming that is practiced here is essential for maintaining these habitats. Taking a more targeted approach to agri-environment schemes can...

This issue of Farming Matters looks at the growing number of initiatives that aim to revive the potential of traditional plant species, and illustrates that these plants can strengthen resilient family farming rooted in agroecology and diversity. Traditional plants and crops strengthen nutrition, culture and food sovereignty and thereby build resilience...

O Cadastro Nacional de Cultivares Locais, Tradicionais e Crioulas foi criado com objetivo de apoiar o uso, manejo e conservação de cultivares locais, tradicionais e crioulas, no contexto das políticas de democratização do acesso a sementes, preservação da agrobiodiversidade e adoção de práticas agroecológicas. O Cadastro foi instituído na SAF por...

En esta nota entrevistamos a Gabriela Cespedes, miembro de la comunidad colla QUEYUNP en Mendoza y de FONAF. Con 29 años, Gabriela se dedica a la agricultura familiar y lidera la comunicación de una organización que trabaja para reflejar la labor de las mujeres de los pueblos originarios y homenajear su...

A Extensão Rural, responsável em levar assistência técnica, tecnologias e políticas públicas para famílias rurais que trabalham com as atividades agropecuárias, completa 50 anos no Amazonas. Na próxima sexta-feira, 2 de dezembro, o Instituto de Desenvolvimento Agropecuário e Florestal Sustentável do Estado do Amazonas (Idam), que em 2016, atendeu 51,3...

The campaign Hands on the Land wants to relate the struggles for land and food sovereignty between the South and the North. The campaign works to give strength and visibility to the voices of small-scale food producers, on issues related to the control of land, fisheries, seeds and food production....

Para ampliar o acesso de extrativistas a Política de Garantia de Preços Mínimos para os Produtos da Sociobiodiversidade (PGPM-Bio), a Secretaria Especial de Agricultura Familiar e do Desenvolvimento Agrário (Sead) firmou parceria com a Companhia Nacional de Abastecimento (Conab) na última semana no valor de R$ 237.284,50. Para esse ano,...

Fundatia ADEPT Transilvania is a landscape stewardship NGO, registered as a charity in 2004 in Romania and in the UK. ADEPT has been working for 10 years to protect the nature-rich, farmed landscapes of Transylvania, and to support the traditional farming communities who have created them over centuries and who...

Georgia is one of the major centres of origin of the vine and wheat. Georgia natural genetic diversity is the foundation of folk selection through the creation of local, diverse and environmental conditions of adapted varieties, which the man is still proud of 

A agricultura familiar tem dinâmica e características distintas em comparação à agricultura não familiar. Nela, a gestão da propriedade é compartilhada pela família e a atividade produtiva agropecuária é a principal fonte geradora de renda. Além disso, o agricultor familiar tem uma relação particular com a terra, seu local de trabalho...

This scoping report looks at key policies, legislation and programmes in South Africa with an emphasis on seed laws and considers the implications for small- scale farmer involvement in this sector and outlines a few projects on community seed production, indigenous crops and black-owned private sector seed production efforts.

FAO recognizes and re-affirms that CSOs are critical partners across a wide spectrum of activities at the local, national, and international level. The autonomy and independence of CSO's is a central value that is undoubtedly recognized by FAO: CSOs in the region  recognize that, all issues and the policies discussed...

The main objectives of this research were to determine which medicinal plants are culturally most important for the native community of Vencedor as well as testing a new measure of the cultural importance of medicinal plants that can be used outside of this one particular case. Data were collected through...

El proyecto “Qutapiqiña”, implementado desde el 2012 al 2015 por ProgettoMondo MLAL, Soluciones Prácticas y la Asociación Integral San Antonio de Qutapiqiña (AIQ), con el apoyo financiero de la Unión Europea, se orientó a aumentar los ingresos de las familias de las comunidades manejadoras de vicuña del ANMIN Apolobamba y...

 Throughout history, the ‘milpa’ has been the basis of Mesoamerican agriculture. The milpa is an agroecological practice where maize (Zea mays), edible gourds (Cucurbita spp), and beans (Phaseolus spp) are intercropped in association with woody, medicinal, and fodder plants, as well as fruit trees. Maize is more than a crop...

Nguyen Thi Hoi is a woman farmer in the province of Thai Binh, Viet Nam. She is one of many smallholder farmers whose lives have improved thanks to a project implemented by FAO and IPSARD (the Institute of Policy and Strategy for Agriculture and Rural Development). Through the local farmers' cooperative, the...

La recuperación de cultivos nativos para elaboración de artesanías es uno de los ejes de trabajo de Mesoamérica Sin Hambre – capítulo Guatemala.En este video se puede observar el apoyo del programa, así como el proceso de manufactura realizado con fibras de maguey por mujeres del área chortí, en Corredor...

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...

The outcome document of the 2014 World Conference on Indigenous Peoples contains a series of commitments calling for multifaceted action by a range of actors, first and foremost Member States, but also the United Nations system. Among these is a request that the Secretary-General develop a system wide action plan...