Ce guide pratique contient des informations sur la création d’une nouvelle plantation d’anacardiers et est un outil didactique destiné aux encadreurs des producteurs d’anacarde. Il a pour but d'informer les exploitants à la production de noix de bonne qualité et la compétitives sur le marché national et international. Tout en...

Romanian National Rural Network No.1/2019 Newsletter, with a lot of news regarding Rural Development in Romania and EU and with a lot of news about Romanian Presidency of the European Council.

O Óleo de Babaçu Menire, produzido por mulheres Xikrin da aldeia Pot-Krô, Terra Indígena Trincheira Bacajá (PA), recebeu menção honrosa na categoria Empreendimentos Rurais do prêmio "Saberes e Sabores 2018", oferecido pela Organização das Nações Unidas para Agricultura e Alimentação (FAO). Menire significa “mulher” na língua Kayapó. A extração do óleo de...

Welimada is a hilly area in the district of Badulla, Uva province, Sri Lanka. Growing upcountry tea and crops is the main livelihood of the 85% of the population in village. The people mainly cultivate potatoes, beans, cabbages, carrots, leeks, and beetroots. [...]

The initiative involves the close collaboration between scientists and fishers, combining fishers local and experiential knowledge with scientific information in the quest for solutions.

Notre planète est au bord de l'effondrement environnemental et la faim dans le monde est à nouveau en pleine augmentation. Selon le rapport sur l'état de la sécurité alimentaire et de la nutrition (SOFI) de 2019, le nombre de personnes souffrant de malnutrition et de privation chronique augmente pour la...

El modelo familiar de producción de alimentos es la mejor receta para luchar contra el despoblamiento del mundo rural. Los pequeños agricultores y ganaderos de carácter familiar son un modelo de futuro.  El despoblamiento no es un problema de los agricultores. Los agricultores y ganaderos deben ser gra parte de la...

Agriculture is still the engine of growth in the overall economic well-being in an increasingly globalized world. Therefore, many countries aspire the economic development through agriculture, thus making it the most important driver in water exploitation. While the demand is rapidly growing, water resources are becoming limited that leads to...

Au-delà du miel, les produits de la ruche comme le pollen et la propolis des mélipones peuvent être récoltés facilement, représentant une possible source de revenu supplémentaire pour les agriculteurs. Cette fiche technique explique des procédures simples pour récolter le miel, le pollen et la propolis des mélipones (abeilles sans...

Formalizing community rights to forests In many parts of the world, forests that are managed and used by local communities and Indigenous Peoples are under increasing pressure from outside forces such as commercial plantation development, mining and logging. Also, preservationist approaches to nature conservation may threaten local people’s access to the...

Sistema de indicadores elaborado pelo Instituto Socioambiental lançado nesta segunda-feira (18), dá um panorama da situação das Terras Indígenas (TIs) na Amazônia Legal. O Terras + utiliza informações como presença de invasores ilegais, de projetos de infraestrutura e etapas de demarcação para avaliar a condição de 361 Terras Indígenas na...

On June 25, 2019, Euromontana attended a conference in Brussels on “Social Agriculture and Care Farm: Work opportunity, Social Partnership and Inclusion” organised by the Care-T-Farms project. Care-T-Farms is an Erasmus + programme, willing to encourage the use of farms as places promoting positive mental and physical health and wellbeing.

Agriculture, as a vital sector of the Indonesian economy, provides income for the majority of Indonesian households today. Despite serving as the backbone of one of the nation’s most economically important sectors, women in agriculture are marginalized and often have little access to financial resources, knowledge and technology to improve...

Esta publicación consta de tres grandes apartados, introduciendo en el primero de ellos el concepto de agroecología, la situación de contexto actual mundial de la alimentación y sistemas agroalimentarios y cómo ha ido evolucionando la agroecología en estos últimos años en el contexto internacional y en la propia FAO. En...

Thirty Syrian workers start new jobs today at the Dağcıoğlu Baharat red pepper production factory in Kahramanmaraş, Turkey. They were hired by the factory’s owner, Mehmet Dağcı, at the conclusion of a job fair in Kilis in mid-March.The job fair was part of a project implemented by FAO and Turkey’s...

A travers la Rencontre Africaine des Sols et du Climat, Terre et Humanisme Maroc, Terre Humaine PESI avec la Fondation du Crédit Agricole du Maroc ont réuni leurs expertises et des acteurs de l’innovation pour renforcer les capacités des formateurs agroécologistes africains autour de : la réhabilitation des terres dégradées...

La Red de Comunicadores para el Enfoque Ecosistémico de la Pesca en Argentina realizó el documental “Proteger la biodiversidad. Pesca artesanal en el Golfo San José”. Filmado y editado por el Área de Comunicación y Relaciones Institucionales del Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Pesquero (INIDEP), la pieza audiovisual resume la historia de la pesca...

In April 2018, FAO hosted the Second International Symposium on Agroecology to Achieve the SDGs; the Symposium had an impressive level of attendance with a total of 768 participants, including representatives from 72 governments, 350 non-state actors (including civil society organizations, academia and research organizations, cooperatives, producers’ organizations and the...

  Following the call for action of the Pretoria Resolution, the purpose of the second conference will be to further strengthen multi-stakeholder action, and to trigger increased political commitment for the creation of enabling policy environments, in order to address the urgent need to transition to sustainable food systems. In this context,...

Entre 17-19 de outubro de 2018 no município de Medianeira, Paraná, ocorreu o 5º Encontro da Juventude Cooperativista, 1º Encontro de Mulheres Rurais do Mercosul ampliado e o 9º Encontro Nacional e 1º Seminário Internacional de Gênero e Geração do Cooperativismo Solidário, organizado pela União de Cooperativas da Agricultura Familiar...