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Farming in a changing climate
The publication contains success stories and describes a methodology that FAO and partners were using in Zimbabwe to manage climate-related risks to crop production and post-harvest handling. It features a description of the Learning Centre approach and captures the voices of farmers who benefited from the project.
Zimbabwe
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Miscelánea
Promoting a New Crop among Farmers in Khordha District
Khordha is one of the 33 districts of Odisha (India) which has a favourable climate for cultivating cereals, pulses, oilseeds and different vegetable crops. Many varieties of vegetables are grown during the winter (Rabi) season. Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK)-Khordha, under the administrative control of ICAR-Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture, is...
India
2017 - AESA
Hoja informativa
New Entrants with no Farming Background
Generational renewal on farms addresses both farm succession and set up. This trend has been researched through a LEADER-funded project with the title “Creation of farming activity by entrepreneurs outside the family framework: specific needs, levers of action, complementarity between the different support tools” implemented in France by the Jeunes...
France
2017 - ENRD
Artículo de revista
Le baromètre 2017 des agricultures familiales
Les modèles agricoles sont plus que jamais mis en débat, au Sud et dans les pays du Nord. Défis Sud poursuit son ambition d’éclairer les enjeux sous-jacents aux divers modèles agricoles en publiant un baromètre annuel des agricultures familiales. Approchées et interrogées tant dans leurs dimensions quantitatives que qualitatives, les...
2017 - SOS Faim Belgium
Artículo de revista especializada
Dynamique centrifuge du maraîchage périurbain de Lomé (Togo) en réponse à la pression foncière
Cette étude, menée à l’est de la ville de Lomé (capitale et plus grande ville du Togo), met en évidence la dynamique spatiale des cultures maraîchères en réponse à la pression foncière. Des images satellitaires TerraMetrics des archives Google Earth des années 2002, 2008 et 2014 ont été retenues pour...
Togo
2017 - Université de Lomé
Boletín informativo
Yemaya, No. 55, September 2017
From the Editor, Africa - Ivory Coast: Brighter future by Beatrice Gorez, Profile - Breaking boundaries: A 69-year-old Talaimannar fisherwoman breaks social boundaries by Daya Neththasinha, Asia - Sri Lanka: A double struggle by Cornelie Quist, Milestones - Towards gender-equitable fisheries by Venugopalan N, Asia - India: Roadmap for survival...
2017
Artículo de boletín informativo
Profile: breaking boundaries: A 69-year-old Talaimannar fisherwoman breaks social boundaries
Every morning Helan Jasitha Fernando gets up at 2 am and walks five kilometres from her home to her fishing hut. Dressed appropriately for fishing, she puts all her equipment into her canoe and uses her bamboo paddle to propel herself and her vessel around seven kilometres out to sea,...
Sri Lanka
2017
Artículo de blog
An online market to connect small farmers with urban consumers
Adelaide.Farm is a project that built up an online market for small farmers to connect with the urban consumers in south Portugal. Through the website, the consumers can buy products (from a responsible agriculture) and even have an online vegetable garden, while the farmers can sell their products at fair...
Portugal
2017 - Euromontana
Documento de trabajo
Fostering food purchase programmes in widespread poverty contexts
Targeting smallholders within the PAA Africa Programme in Niger
Institutional procurement programmes are spreading throughout Africa, as they offer opportunities for economic inclusion in rural areas by enhancing market access. They can also contribute to increasing income levels, strengthening households’ investments and improving food and nutrition security, in line with the human right to adequate food (De Schutter 2014)....
Niger
2017 - International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (IPC-IG)
Informe
EU support to young farmers should be better targeted to foster effective generational renewal
EU agriculture is facing a decreasing farming population. The overall number of farmers in the EU-27 has rapidly decreased in the last decade, falling from 14.5 million in 2005 to 10.7 million in 2013, i.e. a reduction of one fourth in less than a decade. All age groups of farmers...
European Union
2017 - EUROPEAN COURT OF AUDITORS
Documento/nota de orientación
The impact of disasters on agriculture
Addressing the information gap
The number and frequency of recorded natural disasters, along with the associated impact and damage to livelihoods and economies (local, national), are increasing significantly. Natural disasters often destroy critical agricultural assets and infrastructure, disrupting production cycles, trade flows and livelihoods means. This affects food security and causes additional disruptions throughout...
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Boletín informativo
SACAU Newsletter (January 2017)
SACAU CEO Ishmael Sunga represented African agriculture on a global platform when he joined leaders from across the globe in Davos-Klosters in Switzerland. The World Economic Forum’s 47th annual meeting took place from 17th - 20th January 2017 and focused on “Responsive and Responsible Leadership. SACAU participated in discussions on...
2017 - Southern African Confederation of Agricultural Unions (SACAU)
Artículo de blog
Food, ecosystems, equality – can we have it all?
Sustainable landscapes are essential for our future. A major international gathering will this week look at how to speed up action for more resilient, equitable, productive and climate-friendly landscapes. IIED and partners have recently launched a new project that will use innovative ways of working to promote these outcomes in Africa....
2017 - International Institute for Environment and Development IIED
Sitio web
Observatorio ConectaDEL
A lo largo de las dos últimas décadas, los diferentes programas de apoyo al desarrollo productivo y empresarial por parte del FOMIN/BID y de otros organismos de cooperación al desarrollo en América Latina y el Caribe, se han focalizado en el fortalecimiento del tejido de microempresas y pequeñas y medianas...
2017 - Observatorio ConectaDEL
Artículo de blog
Agricultura familiar recebeu R$ 197,5 milhões em 2016
Recursos beneficiaram quase 30 mil pequenos produtores vinculados a associações e cooperativas de 477 municípios
No último ano, a comercialização de produtos da agricultura familiar recebeu apoio de R$ 197,5 milhões da Companhia Nacional de Abastecimento (Conab), por meio do Programa de Aquisição de Alimentos (PAA).
Desse montante, cerca de R$ 184 milhões (95,16% do total) foram destinados à Compra com Doação Simultânea (CDS), pela qual...
Brazil
2017 - Companhia Nacional de Abastecimento (CONAB)
Artículo de blog
FAO value chain study points to opportunities for Albanian women
Starting or participating in an agrifood business could make good sense for women in poor rural areas of Albania. A new study commissioned by FAO – and presented at a conference here today – identifies several business ideas and examines value chains and markets with potential for improving women’s incomes....
Albania
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Artículo de blog
Seguro da Agricultura Familiar cobre mais de 150 culturas
O Seguro da Agricultura Familiar (SEAF) foi criado com o objetivo de promover a produção agrícola, apoiando o agricultor para que possa plantar com segurança. É direcionado a produtores que conduzem sua lavoura como um empreendimento viável, integrado ao mercado e acessam o crédito do custeio agrícola do Programa Nacional de Fortalecimento...
Brazil
2017 - Secretaria Especial de Agricultura Familiar e do Desenvolvimento Agrário (SEAD)
Acto
‘Web debate’ on June 1: IUU and SSF.
The third web-debate will take place on Thursday, June 1, 2017 at 10am Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)*. The debate will center around illegal,unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, a high priority topic in fisheries governance that has received international attentions and is included in Sustainable Development Goals (SDG Target 14.4). That being...
2017
Informe
Report on workshop on enhancing capacities of women fishworkers in India for the implementation of the ssf guidelines, 21–23 November 2016, Ashoka Hall, Asha Nivas Social Service Centre, Chennai, India
The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) Trust organised a national workshop on ‘Enhancing capacities of women fishworkers in India for the implementation of the SSF Guidelines’ in Chennai, India, on November 21-23, 2016. There were 63 participants from nine coastal states of India—participants from Gujarat could not attend....
India
2017
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Inclusive finance and inclusive rural transformation
This paper provides an overview of concepts, issues and research on the relationship between financial inclusion and inclusive rural transformation. When considering how the growth of demand for financial services is related to the broader processes of structural and rural transformation, the evidence shows that agricultural credit provides positive returns,...
2017 - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
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