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Artículo de blog
How to enhance rural innovation? Key messages from the OECD conference
The 11th OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) Rural Development Conference was held in Edinburgh on 9-12 April 2018. Prior to the main conference, a series of interactive sessions, led by the European Network for Rural Development, showcased projects and approaches already launched by rural communities to face 21st...
2018 - Euromontana
Libro
Biodiversity of Turkey: Contribution of Genetic Resources to Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems
This book presents selected genetic resources and their contribution to sustainable agricultural practices and food systems, yet note that many more could not be covered. Pieces of the story of Turkey’s food and agriculture and environmental heritage can be found in many sources, for instance, in the national periodic country...
Türkiye
2018 - Food and Agriculture organization of the United Nations FAO
Boletín informativo
TBTI Digest, September 2018
The Too Big to Ignore (TBTI) Digest contains all of the project's recent activities and outputs.
2018 - Too Big To Ignore - Global Partnership for Small-Scale Fisheries Research
Artículo de blog
Rural Development Programming: less complexity and more focus on results needed
The EU plans to spend on rural development policy nearly 100 billion euro for the period 2014-2020 through the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD). An objective of the EU strategic framework for 2014-2020 was to focus more on results. However, efforts to achieve this faced the perennial problem...
European Union
2018 - European Union
Artículo de blog
Tunisian Women Producers Making a Mark in a Man’s World
Women are making their mark on Tunisia's fast-growing olive oil industry, even if it's often behind the scenes
Much like wine-making, the world of olive oil is largely a male-dominated industry. This is also true in Tunisia, where one-third of the land is covered in olive groves and 300,000 people work in olive oil production. But many of these are women who are making a significant mark on Tunisia’s...
Tunisia
2018
Hoja informativa
Sustainable agriculture for biodiversity: Biodiversity for sustainable agriculture
This booklet presents FAO’s work on mainstreaming biodiversity as a crosscutting theme in the agriculture, fisheries and forestry sectors. It provides examples of on-the-ground activities and highlights relevant international mechanisms.
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Acto
The International Symposium on Agricultural Innovation for Family Farmers
As many developing countries are as yet unable to harness the full potential of agricultural innovation, collective actions are required to remove barriers and address the constraints (technological, social, organizational, policy, etc.) that stifle the capacity of family farmers, and of other stakeholders in agriculture and food systems, to innovate.
To...
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Vídeo
Agricultural Services and Digital Inclusion in Africa
Agricultural Services and Digital Inclusion in Africa – Getting agricultural services closer, and as close as possible, to rural farmers by using digital technologies. FAO and its partners are involved in the development and implementation of digital inclusion initiatives and the scaling up of innovative digital services. Bringing solutions closer...
Rwanda
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Informe
Africa's Commitment to end Hunger by 2025
Key Achievements in 2016-2017
The FAO’s Regional Initiative (RI) on “Africa’s Commitment to End Hunger by 2025” assists countries and Regional Economic Communities (RECs) in strengthening their systems and capacities to deliver programmes that contribute to eradicating hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition. Established in 2014, the initiative mobilizes political commitment in support of a...
2018 - FAO
Artículo
Assessing the Impact of Collective Marketing of Paddy Rice in Innovation Platforms by Smallholder Producers in Benin
Market access is a major constraint of smallholder rice producers in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). There is increasing evidence that acting collectively offers one way for smallholders to participate more efficiently in the market. This chapter aimed to identify the determinants of participation in collective marketing of rice in innovation platforms...
Benin
2018 - IntechOpen
Boletín informativo
TBTI Digest, November 2018
The Too Big to Ignore (TBTI) Digest contains all of the project's recent activities and outputs.
2018 - Too Big To Ignore - Global Partnership for Small-Scale Fisheries Research
Directrices
The European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development
The EAFRD holds a budget of €96.4 billion and is available for co-financing rural development projects in the 27 EU Member States. Governed by Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005, the EAFRD is focused on three main types of rural development activities. These are: • Improving the competitiveness of agriculture and forestry;...
2018 - European Network for Rural Development
Artículo de blog
We need transition farming in the EU
European tastes are changing and so must farms, therefore we need to support a transition away from industrial animal farming
European Union
2018 - EurActiv
Libro
Stories of Change
Read the latest publication by Tropical Agriculture Platform – Capacity Development for Agricultural Innovation Systems (TAP-CDAIS) project on stories of change. This relates to many stories of personal change, organizational change, changes in attitudes, changes in practice and improvements in livelihoods. Some examples of rich learning experiences started with the...
Angola - Bangladesh - Burkina Faso - Ethiopia - Guatemala - Honduras - Lao People's Democratic Republic - Rwanda
2018
Boletín informativo
TBTI Digest, December 2018
The Too Big to Ignore (TBTI) Digest contains all of the project's recent activities and outputs.
2018 - Too Big To Ignore - Global Partnership for Small-Scale Fisheries Research
Artículo de blog
A new EP study on the impact of wolves on farmers in rural regions of Europe has been published
In the context of the recent recolonization of many European areas by large carnivores, the European Parliament has commissioned a study presenting the state of play in EU Member States. The study gathers the most recent data available on large carnivores’ populations in the EU’s Member States, evaluates the impact...
2018 - Euromontana
Libro
Queijo Minas Artesanal
Valoriznado a Agroindústria Familiar
Este livro abrange os resultados da pesquisa desenvolvida pela Embrapa sobre os Queijos Minas Artesanal, um levantamento das normas estabelecidas para o produto, bem como uma revisão bibliográfica sobre o assunto. Além disso, são propostas recomendações para o aprimoramento da qualidade do QMA das regiões tradicionais do estado de Minas...
Brazil
2018 - Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa)
Artículo de blog
Supporting family farmers is key for providing healthier diets, preserving the environment and creating rural prosperity
Over the next 10 years the United Nations Decade of Family Farming will help focus efforts around the world to eradicate hunger and malnutrition, lift rural people - many of whom are women - out of poverty, and safeguard natural resources, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva, said.
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Hoja informativa
Conect-e sharing traditional ecological knowledge
International treaties and conventions encourage national governments to recognize, protect, and promote traditional knowledge, including traditional agroecological knowledge. Following this mandate, a multidisciplinary team of Spanish scientists from 7 universities and research centers have worked together with the Spanish seed network ‘Red de Semillas: Resembrando e Intercambiando’ to develop CONECT-e....
Spain
2018 - Contect-e
Sitio web
OK-Net Arable - exchange knowledge, enhance organic farming
New project – OK-Net EcoFeed – aims at helping organic pig and poultry farmers in achieving the goal of 100% use of organic and regional feed.
A key objective of organic farming is that animals are fed with feed produced at or near the farm. Yet, this is difficult to achieve...
European Union
2018
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