This info sheet presents the key concepts related to Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS), where they are found, why they are suitable for smallholder farmers and the benefits. This info sheet was prepared under the FAO Technical Cooperation Programme (TCP/RAS/3510) on “Small-Scale Farmer Inclusion in Organic Agriculture Development through Participatory Guarantee...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation (MWRI) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation (MALR), has launched the project “Support sustainable water management and irrigation modernization for newly reclaimed areas”. This project will set up and...

Dans cet article, la pluriactivité décrit une situation dans laquelle un agriculteur n’est pas entièrement investi (en termes de force de travail et/ou de capital) dans les activités agricoles. La pluriactivité est parfois appelée agriculture à temps partiel, ou travail hors ferme (Mishra et Goodwin, 1997). L’article est divisé en...

The factsheet gives some highlights of the impact of FFF support in Kenya, as well as some achievements by the numbers, and some lessons learnt. Summary of the impact in Kenya: •46 percent to 65 percent jump in average incomes for hundreds of thousands of forest and farm producers through strengthened Forest and Farm...

Una campaña de incidencia es una estrategia de acción para influir en el ámbito de la política y de la opinión pública. Tiene la característica de que combina distintas actividades, sostenidas durante un periodo de tiempo y realizadas por un grupo amplio de personas que trabajan a nivel local, regional...

La Fundación Microfinanzas BBVA atiende a más de un millón de mujeres en América Latina, para que sean más independientes económicamente, puedan progresar y sacar adelante a sus hijos. Fundación Microfinanzas BBVA, en el marco de la campaña regional #MujeresRurales, #MujeresconDerechos nos presenta #HistoriasqueEmpoderan.  Encontrará historias de mujeres rurales en el canal: #MujeresRurales,...

147 tons of marine litter fished from the Baltic: Polish small-scale fishers show leadership in dealing with ghost nets

The Smallholder Farmers’ Data portrait is a comprehensive, systematic and standardized data set on the profile of smallholder farmers across the world. This Factsheet generates an overview on how small family farmers in Ethiopia live their lives by using the Data Portrait, putting an emphasis on the constraints they face, the...

More and more farmers in some of the poorest areas of southern and central Kenya are working their land and selling their produce as a group, based on agreements with buyers. This way of farming gives poor farmers more negotiating and market power, and helps them better plan what and...

Fundación Microfinanzas BBVA, en el marco de la campaña regional #MujeresRurales, #MujeresconDerechos nos presenta #HistoriasqueEmpoderan.  Los más de 2 millones de personas a las que atiende la Fundación Microfinanzas BBVA son los verdaderos protagonistas de esta historia. Para conocer historias reales de mujeres rurales siga el canal: #MujeresRurales, Mujeres con derechos 

El sello Manos Campesinas® busca visibilizar la producción campesina acreditando cuatro atributos que los consumidores reconocen como campesinos: origen campesino, producto artesanal, sano y que fomenta el desarrollo local. A dos años de funcionamiento se levantó información desde grupos focales sobre las motivaciones de los productores para participar en el...

A los fines comparativos del estudio, se plantean dos sistemas de producción de cerdos de escalas semejantes (120 madres) que difieren en su tecnología de proceso, nivel de productividad y de inversión. Los sistemas intensivos en contraste con los túneles de cama profunda presentan un mayor nivel de inversión, mejores índices...

Niman Ranch Farmers John W. and Beverly Gilbert of Iowa Falls, IA have a profound message: “Farming—properly structured and informed—has the potential to mediate climate change, rebuild rural America, address nutritional injustice, help with income inequality and general divisiveness, give meaning and structure to our lives, and provide a means for family members...

This video describes the Integrated Country Approach, an FAO’s youth project in Uganda which provides strategic technical support to the government of Uganda in developing youth inclusive National Policies and Strategies for Youth Employment in Agriculture. The project also supports evidence generation, dialogues and training. Through capacity building, the ability...

Gaps in crop water-productivity and yield of small irrigated fields are estimated to be around 40 percent. To realize higher productivity gains, a package of interventions is required, not just a single one. The synergic combination of advances in affordable technology and optimal management of production factors has proven successful...

O Programa Acessa São Paulo existe desde o ano 2000 e foi ampliado para os assentamentos rurais estaduais e tem como missão promover a inclusão digital e o acesso ao conhecimento, por meio da internet. Estão em funcionamento 463 unidades em todo o território paulista. Nos 18 anos de sua existência, o...

Sahelian pastoralists use mobility, diversification, and even pluriactivity as main adaptation strategies to the asymmetrical distribution of multifaceted resources. Complex relations vis-à-vis this risky environment hide slowing transitions from a traditional inward-looking to an outward-looking economy, which is characterised by increasing use of a remunerated workforce. The growing commodification of...

Los hijos de los emprendedores a los que atiende la Fundación Microfinanzas BBVA ya están accediendo a la universidad.  

The agreement between the Blue Craft Club and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) targets the promotion of the initiative of women and youth to invest in the artisanal fishing sector in the Haouaria region. This agreement was signed as part of FAO's Blue Port project,...

A Organização das Cooperativas Brasileiras (OCB) divulgou suas Propostas para um Brasil Mais Cooperativo. O documento contém as contribuições do cooperativismo para a Presidência da República. O material possui cinco eixos temáticos e 23 propostas que reconheçam o cooperativismo como uma ferramenta de transformação socioeconômica, por meio da geração de trabalho,...