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The gender gap in land rights
For rural women and men, land is often the most important household asset for supporting agricultural production and providing food security and nutrition. Evidence shows that secure land tenure is strongly associated with higher levels of investment and productivity in agriculture – and therefore with higher incomes and greater economic...
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Estudio de caso
Case study on the cassava value chain in the Republic of Guyana
Food loss analysis: causes and solutions
Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is a woody perennial shrub of the Euphorbiaceae family. In view of its favourable agronomic traits, tolerance to abiotic stresses and adverse environments, the crop is produced by small farmers in marginal agricultural areas in the Caribbean as well as other parts of the world. In recent years in...
Guyana
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Artículo de boletín informativo
Profile: Sonia Medina Matarrita: Fisherwoman from Isla Venado, Costa Rica
Born in Venado Island, in the Nicoya gulf of Costa Rica’s Puntarenas province, 44-yearold Sonia Medina Matarrita is part of the fourth generation of a small-scale artisanal fishing family. A single mother, Sonia has taken care of her family of two girls and one boy singlehandedly for the past 13...
Costa Rica
2018 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Boletín informativo
TBTI Digest, February 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
Researchers conclude 21 days at sea surveying Black Sea fish
The Bosphorus, the narrow strait in Istanbul that connects the Black Sea basin to the rest of the world, hosted a special guest on 12 July. Affectionately named “Bilim” (Turkish for “Science”), the oceanographic research vessel (RV) from Middle East Technical University (METU) in Ankara, Turkey was just embarking on...
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Informe
Uganda Country Gender Assessment Report
The objective of the assessment is to analyse the agricultural and rural sector of Zambia from a gender perspective at the macro (policy), meso (institutional) and micro (community and household) levels in order to identify gender inequalities in access to critical productive resources, assets, services and opportunities. In particular, the...
Uganda
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Artículo
BFT: from recovery to fair management
Bluefin Tuna: the move from recovery to management must directly benefit coastal artisanal fleets.
European Union
2018 - Low Impact Fishers of Europe
Directrices
Farmer field schools for small-scale livestock producers
A guide for decision makers on improving livelihoods
Livestock Farmer Field Schools (FFSs) are “schools without walls” where groups of small-scale livestock producers test, validate, and adapt good agricultural and marketing practices that help them increase their production sustainably and to improve their, and their families’, livelihoods. Over the past two decades, Livestock FFSs have been implemented/supported by...
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Documento de la Conferencia
Simposio internacional sobre innovación agrícola en favor de los agricultores familiares
El Simposio reconoció el papel central de los agricultores familiares en la innovación agrícola. Con este aspecto clave en mente, los resultados principales que extraigo de este Simposio se resumen como sigue:
Elementos fundamentales de la innovación agrícola sostenible
1. La innovación requiere un compromiso a largo plazo por parte de diferentes...
2018 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Artículo de blog
Hungarian folk art festival showcases FAO’s work on rural crafts in Central Asia
A Hungarian master attentively places his basketry utensils while Konobaeva Venera, a weaving master from Kyrgyzstan, packs up after a weaving workshop. Nearby, other masters from Uzbekistan and Hungary prepare for their time slots in the FAO stand at the Festival of Folk Arts, which runs through 20 August at...
Hungary
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Informe
National Gender Profile of Agriculture and Rural Livelihoods – Liberia
Country Gender Assessment Series
The objective of the assessment is to analyse the agricultural and rural sector of Liberia from a gender perspective in order to identify gender inequalities in access to critical productive resources, assets, services and opportunities. In particular, the assessment identifies needs and constraints of both women and men in FAO’s...
Liberia
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Documento técnico
Farmers’ crop choice decisions
Trends and Determinants in Nigeria and Uganda
This study investigates the determinants of farmers’ crop choice decisions, crop area diversification, and income diversification in Sub-Saharan Africa using nationally representative panel data for Nigeria and Uganda.
Nigeria - Uganda
2018 - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Artículo de revista especializada
Soberanía alimentaria entre derechos del buen vivir y políticas agrarias en Ecuador
En la nueva Constitución, Ecuador incluyó la soberanía alimentaria entre los derechos del buen vivir; es decir, colocó la cuestión agroalimentaria en un horizonte alternativo al régimen alimentario corporativo, priorizando la garantía del derecho universal a la alimentación. De esta forma, se ha planteado la centralidad de los sistemas alimentarios...
Ecuador
2018 - Revista THEOMAI / THEOMAI Journal Estudios críticos sobre Sociedad y Desarrollo
Artículo de blog
Más oportunidades, más sostenibilidad
Cada año se celebra el Día Internacional de la Mujer Rural el 15 de octubre, fecha establecida en el 2007 por la Asamblea de las Naciones Unidas para reconocer a la “la función y contribución decisivas de la mujer rural, incluida la mujer indígena, en la promoción del desarrollo agrícola y rural,...
2018 - Proyecto +Algodón, Iniciativa regional de Cooperación Sur-Sur Trilateral, ejecutada en el marco del Programa de Cooperación Internacional Brasil-FAO
Artículo
Great expectations in the Med & Black Sea
Deep rooted problems, great expectations: can the ministerial declaration and regional plan of action signed recently in Malta turn the tide of fortune for small-scale fisheries in the Mediterranean and Black Sea?
2018 - Low Impact Fishers of Europe
Artículo de blog
Montenegro looks to Austria to develop recipe for food, agriculture and tourism
Montenegro is looking to strengthen the links between agriculture, food and tourism, uniting its mesmerising coastline and spectacular mountains with its traditional foods – ranging from speciality cheeses and cured hams to bitter greens and crisp wines.
As part of this agritourism push, at the end of June a Montenegrin delegation...
Montenegro
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Hoja informativa
Sun-dried fish production to build resilient coastal communities in Somalia
In May 2017, following decades of civil war and political upheaval, coupled with persistent and worsening drought effects, nearly half of the Somali population (6.7 million people) faced acute food insecurity. With one of the least-developed fisheries sectors – averaging one per cent of the county’s annual gross domestic product...
Somalia
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Artículo de boletín informativo
Seafood Industry: Gender inequalities and the path forward
A survey among seafood professionals, while revealing gender inequalities across the seafood industry in most countries, also provides pointers for positive change.
2018 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Libro
E-Agriculture in action: drones for agriculture
Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are playing an increasing role in addressing problems faced by agriculture. The challenges faced by agriculture from climate change alone are enormous and the need for the farming communities to adapt and become resilient is key to feeding the world’s growing population. Harnessing the growth...
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Declaración
LIFE writes to ICCAT’s Chair
An invaluable opportunity for a more sustainable and fair BfT fishery
2018 - Low Impact Fishers of Europe
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