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Note/document d'orientation
Contract farming and peasant livelihoods
The Case of Sugar Outgrower Schemes in Manhica District, Mozambique
The focus of the study was to investigate the effect of contract farming on peasant livelihoods in Manhica district, Mozambique. A mixture of approaches which combine qualitative and quantitative methods were used in the study. The results show that small scale farmers have no control over cane prices and there...
Mozambique
2018 - Sam Moyo African Institute for Agrarian Studies (SMAIAS)
Ouvrage
Potentially Important Food Plants of the Democratic Republic of Congo
Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which:
identify highly nutritious local food plants,
explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way,
detail the nutritional value of the plants and
describe why human bodies require those nutrients.
The resources created by FPS allows people to better...
Congo
2018
Rapport
What Works in Rural Advisory Services?
Global Good Practice Notes
The Global Good Practices (GGP) Initiative of the Global Forum for Rural Advisory Services (GFRAS) aims to bridge the existing knowledge gap regarding what works in RAS by looking at experiences of existing good practices and evidence at a global level to create a set of concise briefs – Global...
2018 - Global Forum for Rural Advisory Services (GFRAS)
Note/document d'orientation
The role of local communities, smallholders, and indigenous peoples in REDD+ implementation
Local communities, smallholders and indigenous peoples play an essential role in the sustainable management of land and forests and, as such, in mitigating and adapting to climate change. They are the guardians of approximately one-third of the world’s forests and have customary rights over a large proportion of forest lands...
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Fiche d'information
Livestock and agroecology
Livestock are found in all regions of the world and supply a wide range of products and services such as meat, milk, eggs, fibre, hides and skins, natural fertilizers, fuel, transport and drought power. They are kept by more than half of rural households and are essential to livelihoods, nutrition...
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Bulletin d'information
Resultados económicos de modelos productivos porcinos - Informe Nº28 - Noviembre 2018
Este documento elaborado en el marco del Proyecto "Gestión productiva y económica de pequeños y medianos emprendimientos porcinos de Argentina y Uruguay vinculados al CIAP" presenta estimaciones sobre comportamientos de resultados económicos de modelos productivos y tiene como propósito aportar información que favorezca la inclusión de productores, mejore la calidad...
Argentina
2018 - Centro de Información de Actividades Porcinas (CIAP)
Partie d’un ouvrage
Políticas públicas para la agricultura familiar en Brasil y Argentina
Reflexiones sobre su implementación en el período 2002-2016
Con temporalidades diferentes, en Brasil (desde mediados de la década de 1990) y en Argentina (desde mediados de la década pasada, 2000-2010) se han puesto en marcha un cúmulo de políticas públicas para el sector ahora denominado “agricultura familiar” (AF). Ello ha generado diferentes debates en el terreno académico. Por...
Argentina - Brazil
2018 - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Técnicas (CONICET)
Ouvrage
Anuario 2018 - Agricultura Familiar en España
EL FUTURO DE LA POLÍTICA AGRARIA COMÚN (PAC)
En la edición 2018 el Anuario de la Agricultura Familiar vuelve a acoger relevantes reflexiones de más de 40 autores y autoras representativos de distintas sensibilidades y ámbitos de estudio. También aglutina más de 300 datos estadísticos de la agricultura, la ganadería, la distribución y el consumo de alimentos en...
Spain
2018 - UPA
Document technique
EIP-AGRI Brochure Organic is operational
European agriculture faces increasing restrictions on the use of external production inputs, such as artificial fertilisers, pesticides and antibiotics. Organic farmers have experience in dealing with these issues, which is why organic farming may open new avenues for soil management strategies, weed and pest control, and livestock health and wellbeing,...
European Union
2018 - Eip Agri
Bulletin d'information
PEGASUS Newsletter
PEGASUS is a European research project aiming to develop innovative approaches and new ways of thinking about the way farmland and forests are managed in order to stimulate a long-lasting improvement in the provision of public goods and ecosystem services from agricultural and forest land in the EU.
The PEGASUS project is already...
European Union
2018 - PEGASUS
Rapport
The regional assessment report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services for Asia and the Pacific
Within the scope outlined in the generic scoping report for the regional and subregional assessment of biodiversity and ecosystem services (decision IPBES-3/1, annex III), particular challenges found across the Asia-Pacific region include climate change (particularly sea-level rise, increased intensity of extreme storm events, ocean acidification and glacier retreat), population growth,...
2018 - IPBES
Document technique
Legal pluralism, women’s land rights and gender equality in Mozambique
Harmonizing statutory and customary law
Throughout history, land has been considered a main source of wealth, social status and power. This publication analyses the impacts of legal pluralism on women's land rights in Mozambique arguing that despite Mozambique's progressive legal framework, efforts are still needed to fully achieve gender equitable and socially just outcomes on...
Mozambique
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Étude de cas
Production of on-farm fertilizers
A practical case in the Midwest
Producing on-farm fertilizers based on local organic residues is an empowering action for family farmers. For this reason, we conducted the project “Development of alternative fertilizers to support the agroecological management of family-based agriculture production systems in Goiás, Midwest Brazil”, from June 2014 to May 2017, aimed at developing and...
Brazil
2018 - Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation
Article de revue spécialisée
Crossroads at sea: Escalating conflict in a marine protected area in Malta
his article illustrates how the creation of a Marine Protected Area (MPA) in Malta is failing to adequately include stakeholders in the configuration of conservation targets and measures, leaving local fishers increasingly disempowered. Through a series of interviews and long-term participatory observation, it has been found that the leaders who represent local...
Malta
2018
Manuel
Televisión comunitaria
Canal 22, voz e imagen, de la autonomía
Un canal de televisión comunitaria es un medio de comunicación local. Sus contenidos son propuestos y producidos por la comunidad de acuerdo a sus necesidades e intereses.
Somos un proyecto de comunicación alternativa, localizado en la costa norte nicaragüense, que promueve la información en distintos idiomas (miskitu, criollo, mayagnas y español)...
Nicaragua
2018 - Iniciativa basada en compromisos (CBI) "Mujer Rural y Derecho a la Tierra"
Article de blog
FAO report details gender inequalities in rural Georgia
Breeding livestock, producing crops and household goods, fetching water and firewood, housework, cooking for family, looking after children, caring for the elderly and sick members of the family – this is the short list of rural women’s obligations in Georgia.
However, the contribution of women to agricultural production remains invisible and...
Georgia
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Site web
New "Grow No Thrown campaign promoting the initiatives from the agriculture sector for fighting food waste
COPA COGECA new project GrowNoThrown promoting various initiatives from the farming sector fighting Food Waste in EU
European Union
2018 - Copa & Cogeca
Article
Agroecology: Innovating for sustainable agriculture & food systems
A background paper for decision makers
There is an international consensus about the unprecedented and pressing challenges that the world is facing in the 21st century, such as hunger and how to feed a growing population, eroding livelihoods of smallscale urban and rural food producers and workers, diet-related diseases, natural resource depletion, environmental degradation and climate change (FAO, 2017). It is also recognized worldwide that...
2018 - Friends of the Earth International
Article
Integrated Shed Houses for Topical Farming
Champasack, Laos – In recent years, the shed house was introduced to farmers as an alternative technology for growing vegetables during rainy season because the shed house is roofed with transparent plastic. However, due to the use of plastic, the temperature in the house increases, which is not suitable for...
Lao People's Democratic Republic
2018 - Lao Farmer Network (LFN)
Divers
Five finalists and their projects from the 2018 European Innovation Award for Women Farmers
The Women’s Committee of Copa is organising the fifth Innovation Award for Women Farmers! The theme of this year’s edition is “Innovative solutions for farming sustainability”. The prize is awarded on the basis of criteria such as the use of new know-how, new methods or new forms of technology in...
European Union
2018 - Copa & Cogeca
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