This chapter is an attempt to analyse the characteristic features of Mediterranean family farms, revealing their importance compared with other forms of agriculture. We go on to describe the challenges that they are or will be facing, and their strengths in helping to address these (in terms of food security,...

O governo brasileiro lançou a Política Nacional de Agroecologia e Produção Orgânica (Pnapo), com a edição do decreto 7.794, de 20 de agosto de 2012. Foi um importante passo para a ampliação e efetivação de ações de promoção do desenvolvimento rural sustentável, impulsionado pelas crescentes preocupações das organizações sociais do campo e...

A piscicultura faz parte de um projeto de sustentabilidade e desenvolvimento econômico nas comunidades indígenas de Roraima. O projeto é de suma importância não só para os indígenas, envolvidos diretamente, como também ao Estado, por receber e consumir peixe de qualidade.  A economia da comunidade foi favorecida com o recebimento do projeto,...

After five days of discussions, the groundwork has been laid to take back, relocalise our food systems and multiply food sovereignty platforms across the continent by the participants from more than 40 countries who gathered at the second Nyéléni Europe Forum on Food Sovereignty. A huge diversity of people involved...

La Confederación Nacional Agraria (CNA) es una organización de carácter gremial que representa a 18 federaciones regionales agrarias, integradas por ligas agrarias provinciales y distritales en todo el Perú. Defiende los intereses de la población rural, como productores agrarios y forestales con o sin tierra, comunidades campesinas y nativas, rondas...

Four traditional farming systems in Bangladesh and Japan have been designated today by FAO as "Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems."

La Organización Nacional de Mujeres Indígenas Andinas y Amazónicas del Perú – Onamiap, inició su proceso organizativo el 24 de junio de 1995, después de culminar el tercer taller nacional “Mujeres Indígenas camino a Beijing” organizado por el Centro de Culturas Indígenas del Perú - Chirapaq.   Se constituyó como un Taller Permanente de...

Técnicos de seis países de América Latina compartieron, en Colombia, experiencias, saberes locales y buenas prácticas agrícolas para la agricultura familiar (AF), con el objetivo de identificar posibles sinergias para su réplica y validación que permitan fortalecer su vínculo con las cadenas de valor. En el intercambio, apoyado por el Instituto...

Su objetivo es abrir la discusión crítica sobre las especificidades, problemáticas y principales áreas de interés de la Psicología Rural, aspirando a convertirse en un material de referencia para psicólogos y psicólogas interesados en el área. En este sentido, y dada su voluntad de poner en discusión el ámbito de la...

In 2015,  the Blackstairs Farming Group, inspired by the opportunity set out in the  Irish  Rural Development Plan (RDP) for 2014-20, took the lead and looked for help in designing a results-based agro-environment payment scheme (RBAPS) tailored    to their local area. They secured financial support from the Heritage Council and...

La segunda etapa del proceso de consulta prelegislativa sobre el proyecto de Ley de Tierras Rurales y Territorios Ancestrales se realizó en la provincia de Cotopaxi. Los asemblistas Miguel Carvajal, presidente de la Coimsión de Soberanía Alimentaria, que lleva adelante esta socialización, y otros integrantes como Ramiro Vela, Rosa Elvira...

El principal conductor del MUCECH, el líder mapuche, Manuel Llao, recuerda que hace mucho tiempo  su pueblo, viene llamando la atención reiteradamente ante las autoridades políticas sobre la necesidad de tener una  visión estratégica de largo alcance para proteger los recursos naturales que producen el alimento de los chilenos. Después...

En este documento se discute acerca de la alta variabilidad del clima que ha caracterizado a los ecosistemas de montaña incluso antes de que surgiera la preocupación por el cambio climático. Las culturas indígenas de los Andes y América Central han vivido en estos entornos impredecibles durante siglos, por lo...

Las Mesas Técnicas Agroclimáticas (MTA) son una innovadora iniciativa que busca integrar actores del sector agropecuario a nivel local para informar, especialmente a los pequeños productores, sobre los cambios esperados en el clima de su región; cómo estos pueden afectar sus cultivos y qué pueden hacer para reducir los impactos...

The independent, sustainable lives in the mountains of Thailand’s indigenous peoples’ way of life is now under threat. Commercial farming, national boundaries and ‘modern life’ is compromising and taking away their last remaining link to the earth—the very source of their distinct indigenous identities, culture and dignity. Food security is...

Ethical purchasing groups, known as GAS (Gruppi di Acquisto Solidale) first appeared in Italy in the 1990s. GAS are groups of consumers who purchase collectively and directly from producers who are chosen on the basis of sustainable production principles. GAS groups were born from the desire to build a healthy...

This brochure presents eight case studies showcasing the role of European farming families as resilient, rural entrepreneurs in the context of the UN International year of Family Farming (IYFF) (2014). It is clear within the IYFF that family farming as a global political objective refers to a sub-set of family-owned...

La Ruche Qui Dit Oui was set up in 2010 in France to provide a web platform for farmers, producers and consumers who want to buy and sell agricultural produce. La Ruche Qui Dit Oui means “The beehive that says yes” which is what the system (or beehive) aims to...

For decades, policymakers and development practitioners have debated benefits and threats of property rights formalization and private versus customary tenure systems. This paper provides insights into the challenges in understanding and empirically analyzing the relationship between tenure systems and agricultural investment, and formulates policy advice that can support land tenure...

Malnutrition should not be one of them. Countries that are determined to make rapid advances in malnutrition reduction can do so. If governments want to achieve the SDG target of ending all forms of malnutrition by 2030, they have clear pathways to follow. There are many levers to pull, and...