MUCECH o Movimiento Unitario Campesino y Etnias de Chile, es la unión estratégica de las organizaciones nacionales campesinas, de carácter social, político, económico y cultural.Organizaciones que Conforman la Corporación  Confederación Nacional Campesina (CNC) Confederación Nacional Sindical Campesina e Indígena "Nehuén" Confederación Nacional "El Triunfo Campesino" Federación Nacional de Sindicatos Agrícolas "Sargento Candelaria Pérez" Federación Nacional...

The need for sustainable food consumption in Arab countries has emerged from the regional concern for food and nutrition security that requires special consideration on multiple levels and disciplines. In response to population growth and demand, the current Arab food system – characterized by intensive agricultural production as well as...

Este trabajo de Heifer Ecuador, profundizó el reconocimiento de los saberes y costumbres locales. La experiencia permitió incorporar conocimientos sobre nutrición, utilizando producción recuperada de la zona y abriendo espacios al involucramiento de jóvenes y mujeres, para cambiar hábitos alimentarios impuestos y nocivos. Así, se recobró el placer de comer...

The most important interest NGO representing the family farms in Czech Republic is the Association of Private Agriculture of Czech Republic (APA), professional organisation of private farmers. It prepared in connection of International year of family farming a series „Way of the cross of Czech farmer” dealing with the biggest 12...

El Centro Internacional de la Papa (CIP), la Asociación ANDES y las comunidades que viven alrededor del Parque de la Papa en el Cusco, se reunieron el 18 de noviembre para discutir el impacto del fenómeno de El Niño en la región. Desde 2004, el Parque de la Papa y...

The European Union is a social and political approach meant to create a space of common values, shared by several states (the member states), aiming to equalise policies of various fields. At the same time, though, there is a constant concern to keep traditions and the different elements between communities,...

The conference will bring foundations together with diverse stakeholders (civil society organizations, public, multilateral institutions and others) to look at good practices supported by foundations in the fields of land use and sustainable food systems and to discuss elements of success, replicability and the potential to scale-up. This will be...

El Diplomado Internacional en Agroecología y Desarrollo Territorial con Identidad Cultural que impulsa el programa Desarrollo Territorial con Identidad Cultural DT-IC de Rimisp en Colombia, se apronta a desarrollar su segunda versión en el primer semestre del 2016, para fortalecer las capacidades de actores latinoamericanos en el reconocimiento de las riquezas bioculturales...

In this video FAO presents the Lao agricultural sector, which is largely based on subsistence farming. Upland rice farmers in Laos depend on agro-biodiversity resources, including native species of plants, animals and insects for food, income and medicine. However some species are now declining due to agriculture intensification and overharvesting,...

University of Milan is pleased to Welcome you to the 7thEuropean Conference on Precision Livestock Farming that will be held from the 15th to the 18th of September, 2015, in Milan, Italy. The European Conference on Precision Livestock Farming takes place every two years, and during the last edition was confirmed...

The Gîrboiu wine cellar is a family business created in 2005. The vineyards are set in the Cotești village, located in an area with a climate extremely favorable for growing grapevine and a soil rich in mineral, unique in the south-east of Romania. This area has a vast tradition in winemaking,...

La Confederación Nacional de Mujeres Campesinas Indígenas Originarias de Bolivia “Bartolina Sisa” CNMCIOB “BS”, se fundó el 10 de enero de 1980. A raíz del papel decisivo que muchas mujeres habían tenido en diversos bloqueos, en la época de dictadura, en 1977 empezaron los primeros sindicatos de mujeres indígenas. En...

Con el fin de visibilizar la agricultura familiar en el país se realiza esta investigación en la que se caracteriza y tipifica las formas de agricultura indígena en la comunidad de Ceima Cachivera en las dimensiones social, cultural, económica, productiva y ambiental, La comunidad está ubicada dentro de la periferia...

Ukraine agriculture has been evolving since the country achieved independence in 1991, following the breakup of the Soviet Union. The first round of farm reforms in 1992-93 initiated privatization of land through the distribution of paper shares to the rural population and mandated the transformation of former collective and state...

El CIP define su misión como “trabajar con nuestros socios para alcanzar la seguridad alimentaria, el bienestar y la igualdad de género de las personas pobres que dependen de los cultivos y sistemas alimentarios de raíces y tubérculos en el mundo en desarrollo. Lo hacemos mediante la investigación y la...

La Delegación de la Secretaría de Agricultura, Ganadería, Desarrollo Rural, Pesca y Alimentación (Sagarpa) ejerce este año a través del Componente Agricultura Familiar, Periurbana y de Traspatio, seis millones 100 mil pesos para instalar mil 220 proyectos en apoyo a personas que viven en colonas marginadas, explicó el titular de...

Le ministre sénégalais de l’Agriculture et de l’Equipement rural, Dr Papa Abdoulaye Seck, a vanté, la pratique de l’agroécologie qui, selon lui, constitue ‘’un support de systèmes alimentaires solides et démocratiques, garantissant un revenu conséquent et durable et assurant la santé des communautés rurales, tout en préservant l’environnement"

In Latin America and the Caribbean, domestic workers make up 18% of the female labour force. Migrating from rural areas to work in the city, many maintain both rural and urban identities. With strong connections to their family’s farm on one hand, and playing a key role in buying and...

CEEweb together with Young Researchers of Serbia, Eko-Centar, Juniperia, Daphne – Institute of Applied Ecology and Naturalists Club Poland have launched a project on experience sharing and capacity building in small-scale farming. The project “Empower the powerless: Visegrad experience for small-scale family farms in the Western Balkans” aims to place...

Humans have always taken what they needed from the planet’s soils, but the time has come to pay back this debt to Nature. These words from Kyrgyz National Agrarian University rector Ryspek Nurgaziev capture well the essence of discussions at the international scientific conference on soils and food security in Bishkek,...