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Innovative Short Food Supply Chain management
Short Food Supply Chains (SFCs) have potential to improve farm incomes, promote sustainable farming systems and contribute to local economic development. There are many different forms of SFC in Europe, but they share a common characteristic of reduced numbers of intermediaries between the farmer or food producer, and the consumer....
European Union
2015 - European Commission
Artículo de revista
Bringing ‘life’ back to our food system
By prioritising human and non-human life over economic profit, and cooperation over competition, citizens of the city of Cordoba have been able to transform their food system into a thriving network of local food producers and consumers. Women have been at the forefront of this movement.
By prioritising human and non-human life over economic profit, and cooperation over competition, citizens of the city of Cordoba have been able to transform their food system into a thriving network of local food producers and consumers. Women have been at the forefront of this movement.
Spain
2015 - ILEIA, Center for Learning on Sustainable Agriculture
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Innovations Instead of Assistance for Farming
For several years, insuring harvests against the climate hazards that regularly destroy farmers’ crops in developing countries has for several years been a major tool in the fight against poverty, mainly in Africa and Asia, where between 400 and 500 million farmers survive on very low incomes. This system, which...
2015 - EurActiv
Vídeo
The land, a common good
Land as a common is an exploration of Terre de liens, an original organisation of the contemporary rural world. Through testimonies of various people involved in Terre de liens - farmers, board members, volunteers, staff members-, we discover an innovation in-the-making. Throughout the film, the farmers deliver their own vision...
France
2015 - Access to Land
Conferencia/Reunión
Workshop on food safety to improve public health and international trade
Globalization and increased regional trade among countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States has meant a shift – from foods produced and consumed locally to greater food diversity and more foods traded internationally. As a result, countries are eager to increase their knowledge of international food safety standards and procedures.
To...
2015 - FAO/WHO Codex Trust Fund
Boletín informativo
Tenth Ukraine-EU Dialogue on Agriculture
The Tenth Ukraine–EU Dialogue on Agriculture took place on 21 April 2015 in Kyiv. The Ukrainian delegation was headed by the Deputy Minister of Agricultural Policy and Food in charge of European integration Ms. Vladyslava Rutytska, the EU delegation by the Deputy Director General for Agriculture and Rural Development Ms....
Ukraine
2015
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Cash Crop report 2015 : key results of the 2014 agri benchmark farm comparison
This report takes a closer look at the following topics: (1) Economics of global wheat production, (2) How profitable is irrigation in corn, (3) On-farm competitiveness of rapeseed vs. sunflower and soybeans and (4) Economics of rice production in typical farms in Africa and Asia.
Germany
2015 - agri benchmark
Conferencia/Reunión
The Present and the Future of Family Farming in Europe and Hungary
The aim of the Ministry of Agriculture with the conference is to present the current situation of family farms internationally and in the Carpathian-basin, and to seek appropriate tools and methods which could successfully support family farms.
Hungary
2015 - Ministry of Agriculture of Hungary
Revista especializada
Les territoires ruraux en Méditerranée, quelles politiques publiques pour accompagner les dynamiques de développement ?
Loin de renvoyer uniquement à des espaces marginalisés, les territoires ruraux des pays du sud de la Méditerranée sont le théâtre d’initiatives et d’innovations aux formes multiples qui contribuent à dynamiser les économies nationales, et en particulier le secteur agricole. Dans cette perspective, l’amélioration des politiques publiques qui accompagnent ces...
2015 - Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes (CIHEAM)
Artículo de revista
The faces at the frontline
Working with principles of agroecology, women around the world are pioneering new practices in food and farming. Farming Matters proudly presents Esther, Ann, Allu, Lilian, Elizabeth, Mariama and Esther.
The biggest challenge we face now is the limited awareness of ecological practices and lack of land for smallholders. We are very much against the current push for hybrids and GMOs and the dependence that comes with them. Thus we call upon our government to declare Tanzania free of such...
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) - Ecuador - India - Netherlands (Kingdom of the) - Senegal - Uganda
2015 - ILEIA, Center for Learning on Sustainable Agriculture
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Fundatia ADEPT Transilvania 10 Years Report
Fundatia ADEPT has been working since 2004 to protect the nature-rich, farmed landscapes of Transylvania, and to support the traditional farming communities who have created them over centuries and who maintain them today.
ADEPT’s aim is to give these landscapes and communities an economic future and relevance in the 21st...
Romania
2015 - Fundatia ADEPT Transilvania
Documento de la Conferencia
High Nature Value (HNV) farming profitability
Agricultural production systems that provide environmental public goods, such as High Nature Value (HNV) farming, are in decline in most EU Member States. The principal drivers of this decline are various socio-economic forces that originate from both within the agricultural sector and the wider rural economy. These pressures are likely...
European Union
2015 - Eip-AGRI Agriculture & Innovation
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Eating from the Farm
the social, environmental, and economic benefits of local food systems
In 2007 our planet reached a remarkable milestone, with the world urban population overtaking the number of people living in the countryside. In Europe 68% of the population already live in urban areas. Scientists predict that as the world population increases (with estimates suggesting it is likely to reach 10...
2015 - Friends of the Earth Europe (FoEEurope)
Sitio web
Europe, Central Asia struggling with malnutrition in many forms
More than 55 percent of adults in Europe and Central Asia are overweight or obese. Millions are anaemic, or suffer from iodine, zinc and Vitamin A deficiencies. In children, malnourishment persists at alarming rates in many countries, leading to stunted growth and other problems.
An FAO paper published in advance of...
2015 - FAO
Artículo de revista
The Future of the Romanian Rural Household From the Perspective of Agricultural Censuses
The development of agriculture in nowadays circumstances cannot be merely assessed from the perspective of agriculture as a main branch of national economy, but further from a social point of view which is highly significant as it represents the traditional small farm households which provide the basic necessaries for the rural population...
Romania
2015
Artículo de revista
Construcción de calidad em sistemas agroalimentarios localizados (Sial)
A tendência de padronização de produtos agropecuários decorrente da globalização tem estimulado uma contratendência de valorização de produtos típicos de um território onde uma qualidade específica, resultante de um processo de construção social e de inovação, constitui um mecanismo de persistência de uma atividade econômica e uma vantagem competitiva em...
France
2015 - Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento
Artículo de revista
The Role of Short Food Supply Chains in the Development of Small-Scale Local Producers, Case Study: Harghita County
Currently, short food supply chains represent a viable alternative to the conventional globalized supply chains, thus gradually becoming a more and more proeminent actor in the global logistics sector. The previously mentioned short food supply chains are in general extremely varied both in terms of nature and practices, benefiting producers as well as...
Romania
2015
Hoja informativa
Protecting the rich biodiversity of Transylvania and using it to benefit local communities
South-eastern Transylvania is one of Europe’s most important natural and cultural landscapes, supporting many rare habitats and fauna and flora species including some of the most significant areas of wildflower-rich grasslands in Europe. This high nature value farmed landscape is the result of good husbandry over hundreds of years, and...
Romania
2015 - ADEPT Fundation
Sitio web
Artisanal Fisheries
Traditional fisheries involving fishing households (as opposed to commercial companies), using relatively small amount of capital and energy, relatively small fishing vessels (if any), making short fishing trips, close to shore, mainly for local consumption. In practice, definition varies between countries, e.g. from gleaning or a one-man canoe in poor...
2015 - The Fish Project
Vídeo
Le Réseau AMAP Ile-de-France
Depuis 2004, le Réseau AMAP Ile-de-France accompagne le développement du mouvement des AMAP dans la région. Il soutient aussi depuis 2009 l'installation de nouveaux paysans en agriculture biologique de proximité, avec ses partenaires du Pôle Abiosol.
France
2015 - AMAP
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