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SEAD apresenta balanço dos programas da agricultura familiar
A Secretaria Especial de Agricultura Familiar e do Desenvolvimento Agrário (Sead), instituída pelo Decreto nº 8.780, de 27 de maio de 2016, apresentou, na manhã desta quinta-feira (2/2), os resultados dos primeiros seis meses de gestão. A pasta integra a Casa Civil da Presidência da República e tem como missão...
Brazil
2017 - Secretaria Especial de Agricultura Familiar e do Desenvolvimento Agrário (Sead)
Artículo de blog
Inspirational ideas: From great soil comes great food – a farmers’ story
Andy Cato is a farmer who combines modern animal traction, beef cattle and crops on his farm in the Southwest of France. He shared the story of his experiments to improve his soil and his farm’s productivity, finding ways to limit tillage in the context of organic agroforestry production with...
France
2017 - Eip Agri
Documento/nota de orientación
Strengthening sector policies for better food security and nutrition results
Fisheries and aquaculture
One hundred million people worldwide earn an income from fisheries and aquaculture and many more rely on fish for a nutritious diet. The policy agenda of the sector tends to be oriented towards commercial interests. Often, food security, nutrition and livelihoods concerns are not well factored into fisheries-related policy measures...
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Manual
Rutuba ya udongo
Soils are a non-renewable resource on which 95% of our food supply depends. Short-sighted chemical fertilizer applications in conventional farming are depleting soils at an alarming rate. Instead of using potent chemicals that degrade soil, organic farmers continuously give back to the soil, maintaining soil health and fertility for future...
2017 - Tanzania Organic Agriculture Movement (TOAM)
Documento/nota de orientación
Incentivizing sustainable wood energy in sub-Saharan Africa
A way forward for policy-makers
Woodfuel contributes to more than half of energy consumption in 22 countries of sub-Saharan Africa, and over two-thirds of the households in Africa use wood as their main fuel for cooking, heating and water boiling. While its use is expected to further increase due to population growth and urbanization, there...
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Artículo de blog
Innovation and digitization key for strong and sustainable rural areas
Climate and environmental action, developing the circular and bio- economy, creating high quality jobs in the agriculture sector, for all these issues, involvement of rural areas is crucial to deliver real results. However, speaking at the Agri Innovation Summit 2017 on 12 October, Commissioner Phil Hogan explained that "this potential...
European Union
2017 - European Commission
Artículo de revista especializada
Fiji: Women, entry points for gender
Gender mainstreaming processes to achieve the Fiji government’s commitments to gender equality are still not well integrated into the government institutional structure, planning, and budgetary processes. Despite considerable progress made in the various sectors, gaps in the implementation or achievement of government policy on gender are numerous, and need to...
Fiji
2017
Artículo de revista
Lucha por la emancipación en el semiárido brasileño. Las políticas públicas y las luchas por la emancipación de la agricultura familiar: reflexiones desde la región semiárida de Brasil
La creación del Programa Nacional de Fortalecimiento de la Agricultura Familiar (PRONAF) en 1995 fue un hito en la legitimación oficial de la agricultura familiar; no obstante, fue solo desde 2003, a raíz de la prioridad política que el gobierno otorgó a erradicar el hambre en el país, que un...
Brazil
2017 - AS-PTA Agricultura Familiar y Agroecología
Hoja informativa
Favoriser les investissements productifs afin de créer des emplois agricoles et non-agricoles décents pour les jeunes ruraux dans les zones du Sénégal enclines à la migration
Cette fiche de présentation du projet informe sur les zones d'intervention, les objectifs, les activités prévues et les résultats et impacts.
Senegal
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Artículo de blog
Biofach America Latina estimula novos mercados e amplia negócios
Um levantamento feito pela Secretaria Especial de Agricultura Familiar e do Desenvolvimento Agrário (SEAD) mostra que empreendimentos brasileiros que participaram da Bio Brazil Fair | Biofach America Latina em 2015 passaram a comercializar seus produtos em mercados diferentes e mais distantes de seus locais de produção. De acordo com técnicos...
Brazil
2017 - Secretaria Especial de Agricultura Familiar e do Desenvolvimento Agrário (SEAD)
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Alternative formation of rural savings and credit cooperatives and their implications
Evidence from Ethiopia
What is the optimal size and composition of Rural Savings and Credit Cooperatives (RuSACCOs)? With these broader questions in mind, we characterize alternative formation of RuSACCOs and their implications in improving rural households’ access to financial services, including savings, credit and insurance services. We find that some features of RuSACCOs...
Ethiopia
2017 - International Growth Centre (IGC)
Libro
Progressing towards climate resilient agriculture
This booklet highlights 10 success stories, catalysed by CCAFS research and partnerships in South Asia, that are having an impact on building climate-smart agricultural (CSA) systems in the region. The success stories presented here, exhibit evidence on how agriculture can be transformed to become resilient and productive, thereby, protecting the...
2017 - CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)
Aprendizaje en línea
Gestión de riesgos sanitarios e invasiones biológicas para la Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricional (SAN)
Modalidad: Autoaprendizaje | Desde el 08-04-16 hasta el 31-12-17
Una emergencia provocada por una enfermedad animal o por la presencia de una especie exótica invasora (EEI) puede generar graves consecuencias socioeconómicas, medioambientales, sobre la salud humana y los valores culturales, que incluyen formas tradicionales de uso de los recursos.
En este sentido, es importante identificar el riesgo...
2017 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Informe
Report of the International Symposium on Agroecology in China
The "International Symposium on Agroecology for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems in China" was organized in August 2016 by the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), FAO, and Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences (YAAS), with the support of the Government of France. The symposium Gathered 221 participants from 25 countries (representing...
China
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Artículo de blog
Inspirational ideas: Delivering Farm Profitability and Better Environmental Performance
Farms in Northern Ireland face a series of challenges due to the crisis in farm profitability which saw farm incomes drop by 16% in 2014/15 and a devastating 46% in 2015/16. Low prices threaten many farms since low profitability makes it less appealing for the next generation to take over.
In...
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2017 - Eip Agri
Documento de la Conferencia
The VGGT and SDGs in the context of LANDNET
Over the past 15 years, in Central and Eastern Europe, a strong informal network of land tenure and land management professionals interested in and working with land consolidation, land banking, land market development and other similar topics has emerged. The process has mainly been driven and also partly funded by...
2017 - LANDNET
Miscelánea
Mujeres y realidad en Bogotá
La vida de las mujeres rurales en los cerros orientales de Bogotá (Colombia), en veredas como Los Saches, el Verjón Bajo, Fátima o el barrio San Luis, es afectada por la presión inmobiliaria, los decretos de delimitación forestal dictados sin recorrer el territorio, la siembra de especies no nativas, e,...
2017 - Iniciativa Basada en Compromisos "Mujer Rural y Derecho a la Tierra" - ILC LAC
Acto
III Foro de Parlamentarios de la Pesca y la Acuicultura de América Latina y el Caribe
El Foro de Parlamentarios de la Pesca y la Acuicultura de América Latina y el Caribe (FOPPACALC) es un mecanismo promovido por la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO) que tiene por objeto fortalecer, desde los espacios legislativos, las acciones y políticas para incrementar...
2017 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y Agricultura (FAO)
Vídeo
FAO towards intensification of production and value chains in Mozambique
Farmers from Manica Province, Gondola district in Mozambique welcomed FAO mission in support to Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development in Mozambique. The mission focused on identifying priorities that promote sustainable proven innovative practices and principles of production and post-production processes (responding to the Regional Initiative 2 – RI2) over the...
Mozambique
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Informe
Family farming in the Americas
Guiding principles and concepts of IICA’s technical cooperation
Family farming (FF), a social category made up of individuals living in the rural milieu who work the land for productive and reproductive purposes, mainly with other family members, has assumed considerable importance as a social entity in a number of countries. Several definitions of FF are currently in use,...
2017 - Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)
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