La Reunión Especializada en Agricultura Familiar (REAF) del Mercosur es un órgano asesor vínculado al Grupo de Mercado Comun (GMC), basada en el díalogo político, creado en 2004 (Resolución GMC 11/2004) con al finalidad de fortalecer las políticas públicas para el sector, promover el comercio de los productos de la...

The history of Lanka Farmers’ Forum (LFF) draws back to the project implemented through the Medium Term Cooperation Programme (MTCP) which is supported by the International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD). MTCP started as a pilot project in 2009 with farmers organizations in Asia and the Pacific. The main objective...

In the face of rapidly advancing climate change, biodiversity loss, and water scarcity, it is clear that global agriculture must swiftly and decisively shift toward sustainability. Fortunately, farmers and researchers have developed a thoroughly studied pathway to this transition: agroecological farming systems that mimic natural ecosystems, creating tightly coupled cycles...

This course for EU fisheries monitoring centres’ operators on vessel tracking systems is a training manuscript. It can be used by EU Member States competent authorities and the European Commission for the training of their staff. The objective of this course is to provide an overview of the wide variety...

Los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) 2030 —entre ellos el Objetivo 5, “Lograr la equidad de género”— ponen de manifiesto la urgencia de diseñar e implementar intervenciones sistémicas y pertinentes para el desarrollo económico, social y ambiental de los países miembros, considerando explícitamente la atención a la igualdad de género...

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CSAct !, a Community-Supported Agriculture collaborative training programme, is developing the first Webinar Series dedicated to CSA. 4 webinars will be organized during the Spring.

The production, trade and consumption of pulses have seen substantial growth over the last fifteen years. This report examines the trends and patterns of this growth, and the factors that explain these for different kinds of pulses. The report presents an analysis of trends of consumption of pulses in different...

The Too Big to Ignore (TBTI) Digest contains all of the project's recent activities and outputs.

Este trabalho apresenta alguns resultados e discussões sobre pesquisa concluída que se desenvolve em torno das relações entre agricultores-feirantes e consumidores, referente ao processo de comercialização e às demais interações possíveis, em dois municípios do Oeste do Paraná: Marechal Cândido Rondon e Medianeira. Os objetivos: analisar o significado e a...

The workshop was organised by the ASEAN Foundation, in coordination with the ASEAN Secretariat and ASEAN Centre for the Development of Agricultural Cooperatives (ACEDAC) Secretariat, and with support from the AFOSP-MTCP2 Programme.

The geography, histories, and cultures of the Pacific island region, and its 14 small island developing states represent unique challenges and opportunities

As support for agroecology grows around the world, an urgent question spanning our field’sscientific, practical, and movement dimensions is how agroecology can “scale” to includemorepeople in more places in fair, sustainable food systems. Our challenge is to seize this opportunitywhile pushing back against the tendency to strip agroecology of its...

O MOBI (Mulheres Organizadas Buscando Independência), é iniciativa criada em 2006 dentro de uma cooperativa de agricultores familiares a Coopfam (Cooperativa de Agricultores Familiares de Poço Fundo). O Café Feminino da Coopfam é resultado do encontro e da luta de mulheres que acreditaram em seu potencial. Como na época nenhuma mulher tinha direito...

This third annual Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC 2019) marks another major collaborative effort between numerous agencies in the international humanitarian and development community to share their data, analysis, knowledge and expertise regarding people facing food crises. Producing this report is a complex and iterative process, which is coordinated...

The intensive production of livestock, poultry, fish and crops, is environmentally damaging. This is because industrial farming can affect the soil, water and climate. The answer lies in promoting less intensive farming methods, known as agroecology. In this week’s episode, Rachel Wynberg the bio-economy research chair at the University of Cape...

Livelihoods support interventions play a critical role within the humanitarian response; safeguarding and rapidly scaling up food production and therefore increasing food availability among the most vulnerable.

At a European policy level, the ‘EU Action for Smart Villages’ was officially launched in the European Parliament during the Spring of 2017 by the EU Commissioners for Agriculture (Phil Hogan), Regional Development (Corina Creţu) and Mobility (Violeta Bulc). It has received major support from the EU Parliament which promoted...

Suzana Dimitrievska is an organic farmer in North Macedonia. Coming from a line of strong, well-educated women, she has always been comfortable embracing new technology. She is using Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) to increase the efficiency of her family farm. Several years ago, she bought a farm management software that enabled...

This article traces how ‘agroecology’ is co-produced as a global socio-technical object. The site of co-production, the Global Dialogue on Agroecology, was convened by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in different cities around the world between 2014 and 2018 (Rome 2014; Brasilia, Dakar, Bangkok 2015;...