En 2008, le Maroc a adopté le Plan Maroc Vert, qui vise à faire de l’agriculture un des moteurs de croissance de l’économie nationale dans les quinze prochaines années. Pour atteindre ses objectifs ambitieux, le Plan Maroc Vert cible les exploitations familiales de petite et moyenne taille et les exploitations...

Tunis September 1, 2016: The regional workshop on the use of gender statistics in the field of agriculture and the plans to integrate the gender issue in agricultural statistics was launched on Thursday, September 1st 2016 by Mr Taieb Baccouche, Secretary General of the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU), in the...

Food production in Syria has hit a record low as widespread insecurity and unfavourable weather conditions in parts of the country continued to hamper access to land, farming supplies and markets, making it ever more difficult for farmers to maintain their livelihoods and feed the war-torn country. The latest Crop and...

La restructuration de l'agriculture, en place depuis 1980, a conduit à une recomposition sociale des exploitations, en particulier dans les zones irriguées. Cette recomposition repose sur un accès différent aux ressources de production et aux opportunités sociales. Notre article analyse les formes sociales dans l 'agriculture à travers l' étude...

Responding to emergencies and disasters, whether natural or human-induced, has become an increasingly important part of the mandate of international organizations over the past decades. This trend is likely to continue into the future, particularly as the impacts of climate change, and the increase in episodes of conflict, become more...

NENA forests has huge potential for the production of a wide range of NWFPs and that the utilization of NWFPs by local communities for food, fodder, medicine and income generation have been practiced for millennia. The workshop will allow participants to develop a regional project which will contribute to poverty reduction...

The document provides an overview of the situation that small-scale fishers in developing countries face in terms of: financial and economic performance of fishery enterprises; vulnerabilities and poverty; adaptations to a changing environment including, climate variability and change; and access to technology, infrastructure, financial services and social protection schemes. It...

The Near East and North Africa (NENA) region has limited forest resources with limited potential for timber production. However, NENA forests has huge potential for the production of a wide range of NonWood Forest Products (NWFPs) and the utilization of NWFPs by local communities for food, fodder, medicine and income...

A staggering 70% of the food we consume worldwide is produced by smallholders. Peasant and indigenous communities, who produce a great deal of this food, have been developing and saving seed for millennia—from Guatemala through Senegal to Nepal. However, today seeds are under threat everywhere. Laws are increasingly limiting what...

In Egypt, an agro-industrial company, in association with a non-governmental organization, began setting up milk collection centres within producers’ organizations in 2011. The project was very active in the Beni Suef Governorate. This article analysesthe milkshed evolution overthe past 50 years and the projectimpact. Using interviews and historical data, a...

Ce colloque est une manifestation qui fait partie de la mobilisation scientifique qui va précéder la tenue de la COP 22 climat, qui aura lieu en novembre 2016 à Marrakech  au Maroc. Il est organisé par le réseau « eau et climat au Maghreb » qui regroupe 12 universités et 15 laboratoires...

Cet article présente l’évolution de la situation de l’aquaculture en Afrique du Nord au cours des 20 dernières années, ainsi que les potentialités et contraintes spécifiques à chaque pays. Ce travail est un des produits du projet européen Aquamed (2011–2013). L’analyse des évolutions du secteur, y compris les capacités de...

FSIS/FSIN is a national platform to strengthen and improve food security information generation, management, dissemination, sharing and exchange for policy-makers, senior managers and national and states stakeholder groups working in support of food security improvement and sustainable agricultural development.  FSIS/FSIN of Sudan has been developed (http://FSIS.sudanagriculture.net/) as an integral component in...

La présente étude de cas décrit un modèle particulièrement innovant de fourniture de services financiers aux ménages ruraux les plus pauvres dépendant de l’agriculture – le modèle Tamwil El Fellah (TEF), société créée par le Groupe Crédit Agricole du Maroc (GCAM). TEF s’est fondée sur la longue expérience du financement du...

Les ressources en eau en Méditerranée sont rares, inégalement réparties et se caractérisent par une grande variabilité temporelle et des sécheresses récurrentes au cours des dernières décennies. De plus, il est reconnu que la région Méditerranéenne sera largement impactée par le changement climatique. Les pays méditerranéens étant déjà confrontés à d’importants...

In Lebanon, food culture is an integral part of the local identity. Though much of the culinary repertoire is the same, different communities have their own local dishes and cooking techniques that highlight their distinctive traits. Farming activities and food preserve making are at the centre of the Lebanese rural...

The market was established in 2013 through collaboration between the Environment and Sustainable Development Unit of the American University of Beirut and The Food Heritage Foundation; and is supported by Waterfront City Cares.On average, 15 producers and farmers from across Lebanon regularly participate in Souk aal Souk, offering to the...

La manifestation "Innover pour améliorer les performances de l'irrigation", organisée par l'Association Française pour l'Eau, l'Irrigation et le Drainage (AFEID) sous l'égide de la Commission Internationale des Irrigations et du Drainage (CIID) est la rencontre de plusieurs évènements mobilisant les acteurs mondiaux de l'irrigation dans leur grande diversité, pour faire de Montpellier, le temps...

In addition to their social, environmental, health and religious importance, palm groves formed over the decades a source of livelihood for an important segment of Iraqi farmers, especially after the orchards became shelter to another crop of high economic return (citrus), contributing to achieve self-sufficiency until the late nineties. of...

La manifestation "Innover pour améliorer les performances de l'irrigation", organisée par l'Association Française pour l'Eau, l'Irrigation et le Drainage (AFEID) sous l'égide de la Commission Internationale des Irrigations et du Drainage (CIID) est la rencontre de plusieurs évènements mobilisant les acteurs mondiaux de l'irrigation dans leur grande diversité, pour faire de Montpellier, le temps...