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More farmers better food. Why and how to put small-scale sustainable producers at the core of the new CAP
Why and how to put small-scale sustainable producers at the core of the new CAP
Sustainable small farmers should be put at the core of EU agricultural policy, according to a new paper released today by the Nyeleni Europe and Central Asia Platform for Food Sovereignty. The strongly documented publication comes ahead of a key vote in the European Parliament’s Agriculture Committee in early April,...
European Union
2019 - Nyeleni Europe and Central Asia Platform for Food Sovereignty
Documento/nota de orientación
Conservation versus food production in Africa: better managing trade-offs
Agricultural expansion is the greatest driver of the loss of nature and its biodiversity and ecosystem services worldwide. In Africa, this is primarily the expansion of food crops to meet growth in domestic food demand. Further losses are inevitable before the situation stabilises. But they could be greatly reduced by...
2019 - International Institute for Environment and Development
Prácticas
Vegetable cultivation with ridge sowing, farm yard manure, multi-cropping and Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
This technology describes the introduction of ridge sowing, Farm Yard Manure (FYM), and multi-cropping and Integrated Pest Management (IPM) practices for okra, sunflower, and sugarcane production in the Ghotki district in Pakistan. It provides also a cost-benefit analysis of this improved farming practice compared to the traditional practice. The main...
Pakistan
2019 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Directrices
Sustainable rangeland management in Sub-Saharan Africa - Guidelines to good practice
These Guidelines on Sustainable Rangeland Management in Sub-Saharan Africa come at a critical moment. Rangelands are under growing pressure from land degradation as well as crop and urban land expansion, among other threats. Moreover, the capacity of rangelands to sustainably supply markets will be tested over the coming decade as the global and regional demand for...
South Africa
2019 - WOCAT
Documento técnico
Strengthening FAO’s commitment to agroecology
This publication is based on research carried out by a team working on agroecology transitions. This work is supported by the Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience of Coventry University (CAWR) and the AgroEcology Fund.
Between 2014 and 2018, FAO’s global dialogue on agroecology has brought together more than 1400 participants...
2019 - Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience (CAWR) at Coventry University
Estudio de caso
Institutional Dissonance, Acceptable Deviance and Socio-Economic Opportunities
How Marginalized Women Farmers Engage in Bottom-up Institution-Building in Cameroon
Drawing from extant literature on institution-building processes and emancipation through entrepreneurship, the author conducts an ethnographic study among rural farmers in Western Cameroon to inquire whether marginalized individuals can succeed to change institutions within their communities and what strategies they might devise to do so.
Cameroon
2019 - ICENECDEV
Acto
Retos y oportunidades del Desarrollo y la Gobernanza Territorial en la perspectiva de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible
Es indudable que, en los últimos 30 años, la región ha experimentado avances significativos en la reducción de la pobreza y el hambre. Sin embargo, las brechas urbano-rurales siguen siendo profundas, y en ese contexto, también se registra desigualdad entre ruralidades. Hay territorios rurales con niveles de pobreza y pobreza...
2019 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Artículo
Intensification for redesigned and sustainable agricultural systems
In the mid-20th century, food production from agriculture sharply increased worldwide; however, this was achieved through heavy use of agrochemicals. Extensive collateral damage from excessive use of pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers has occurred to the wider environment. This has led to biodiversity loss, pesticide resistance and the emergence of new...
2019 - Science
Artículo de blog
Inde: l'agriculture bio à grande échelle
A la veille des résultats des élections législatives, nous verrons comment l'Inde est un laboratoire d'initiatives écologiques, notamment dans le domaine de l'agriculture. Même si le modèle dominant reste l'agro-chimie, de nombreux États misent sur la permaculture, l'agro-foresterie et l'agriculture biologique à grande échelle en réaction aux ravages sanitaires et...
India
2019
Acto
Sistemas Alimentarios y Desigualdad: soluciones para América Latina y el Caribe de cara a los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible
América Latina y el Caribe por tercer año consecutivo ha incrementado el número de personas subalimentadas, llegando a 39.3 millones. Los sistemas alimentarios pueden ser parte de la solución, ya que involucran a toda la cadena, desde la producción, transformación, comercialización y consumo, pero requieren de una transformación profunda. FAO...
2019 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Documento/nota de orientación
Thriving in diversity: smallholders organising for climate resilience
With their ability to mobilise 1.5 billion smallholder producers, forest and farm producer organisations (FFPOs) can help drive a paradigm shift away from large-scale monocultural systems, which are vulnerable to climate change and highly inequitable. FFPO businesses embody greater diversity and equity, pursuing market opportunities for a diverse basket of...
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) - Ecuador - Ghana - Guatemala - Kenya - Madagascar - Nepal - Netherlands (Kingdom of the) - Togo - Viet Nam - Zambia
2019 - International Institute for Environment and Development
Artículo
For this chicken farmer, disability is not an obstacle to success
Takeo, Cambodia – With both hands handicapped, Than Ponlok, a resident of Trapeang Roung Village, Udom Soriya Commune, Tramkak District, Takeo Province, says, “I do farming to the extent possible with my disability, such as raising chickens. I can do everything except building the chicken pen so I hire others...
Cambodia
2019 - Asian Farmers' Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA)
Artículo de blog
Hemp: high time for the EU to weed out prejudice
A LinkedIn Op-ed on the potential of the hemp sector and its benefits for enviornment and bioeconomy.
Belgium
2019 - Copa Cogeca
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Exploring inclusive palm oil production
ETFRN news 59
This ETFRN News edition brings together 24 articles and interviews from around the world that reflect on the following questions: How do such actions and their impacts differ between different smallholder types and organizations? How do they differ between countries, regions and corporate contexts? What are the effects of various...
Brazil - Cameroon - Colombia - Democratic Republic of the Congo - Ghana - Honduras - Indonesia - Nigeria - Papua New Guinea - Peru - Sierra Leone - Solomon Islands - Uganda
2019 - Tropenbos International
Artículo de blog
Le Sahel a besoin d’une révolution agroécologique
Selon le paysan Ibrahima Coulibaly et le géographe Laurent Bossard, la région doit construire son avenir sur ses ressources naturelles, humaines et culturelles, et non dans la charité internationale.
2019 - Le Monde Afrique
Estudio de caso
Passivity, Replication, and Creation
The Pathway from Subsistence Entrepreneurship to Community Well-Being
Why do subsistence entrepreneurs start pursuing non-subsistence economic activities? And how do non-subsistence entrepreneurial actions in the agricultural and industrial sectors respectively impact poverty in the entrepreneur’s community? This case study builds on the concept of replication opportunity, the entrepreneur’s imitation of the observable economic activities enacted by her peers, and entrepreneurial embeddedness, the...
Cameroon
2019 - ICENECDEV
Vídeo
Mulheres são responsáveis pela colheita familiar - Elas já até receberam um selo do Governo Federal que reconhece o trabalho das agricultoras
Elas já até receberam um selo do Governo Federal que reconhece o trabalho das agricultoras.
Há muito tempo atrás, o homem cuidava das terras e a mulher cuidava da preparação do alimento. Mas, isso vem mudando com o tempo. Em Itanhaém, por exemplo, as coisas estão bem diferentes. Além de plantar, elas também são responsáveis pela produção de alimentos tradicionais e nutritivos com produtos locais.
Algumas...
Brazil
2019
Acto
Un llamado a la Transformación: Agricultura Sostenible y resiliente para lograr los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible
América Latina y el Caribe (ALC) contribuye con menos de 10% del total de emisiones de Gases de Efecto Invernadero (GEI). No obstante, la agricultura contribuye significativamente a esta porción en la región, correspondiendo al 23% de las emisiones de GEI, sumados de 19% de emisiones relativas a cambio de...
2019 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Documento de trabajo
Agriculture, nature conservation or both? Managing trade-offs and synergies in sub-Saharan Africa
Boosting agricultural production to meet the food demands of growing and more prosperous populations increasingly comes with a cost to the ecosystems upon which human life more broadly depends. Yet many developing countries (and some developed countries) do not acknowledge or understand these trade-offs. This is becoming one of the...
2019 - International Institute for Environment and Development
Artículo
AgriCoop boosts native paddy seedlings production
Battambang, Cambodia – The Sangha Phal Agricultural Cooperative was established and registered officially at Battambang Agricultural Department in February 2004. The agricultural cooperative, located in Prey Sangha Village, Khnach Romeas Commune, Bavel District, Battambang, was established initially with 48 members of whom 15 were female with a total capital of...
Cambodia
2019 - Asian Farmers' Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA)
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