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A review of participatory plant breeding and lessons for African seed and food sovereignty movements
There is growing awareness of the unique and important role smallholder farmers around the world play in conserving, using and enhancing biodiversity. Conventional breeding has created a separation between farmers and specialised breeders. Participatory plant breeding (PPB) is a field of action developed over the past 25-30 years to overcome...
2018 - African Centre for Biodiversity
Ouvrage
Food Plants for Healthy Diets in Rwanda
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...
Rwanda
2018
Revue spécialisée
IFISH5: Connecting the Dots
The largest conference on occupational safety and health in the fishing industry returns after a gap of nine years
2018 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Vidéos
Filtros de aguas grises: El problema del agua
El agua es esencial para la vida del ser humano; sin embargo, en algunas comunidades es un recurso con acceso limitado, especialmente durante el verano.
Por esta razón, la FAO y el Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería y Alimentación (MAGA), impulsan en Guatemala la implementación de filtros artesanales de aguas grises....
Guatemala
2018 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Article de revue spécialisée
Competitividad de la exportación de la soja en el Paraguay
El objetivo de este trabajo de investigación fue evaluar la competitividad de las exportaciones del grano de la soja en el Paraguay en el periodo de 2005 a 2014. Se utilizó el modelo Constant Market Share para tal fin, con la base de datos de UNContrade; el modelo descompone en tres efectos el...
Argentina
2018 - Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias - Universidad Nacional de Rosario
Revue spécialisée
Samudra Report No. 78, January 2018
Comment/Editorial: On Land, at Sea, Lives Matter, India - Natural Hazards: In the Eye of the Storm by Manas Roshan, India - Cyclone Ockhi: A Stitch in Time by K G Thara, Puerto Rico - Hurricane María: Mortal Embrace by María Suárez Toro, Analysis - Decent Work: Freedom from Modern...
2018 - ICSF
Article de revue spécialisée
Puerto Rico/Hurricane Maria: Mortal Embrace
Conflicting forces of nature, alongside the ecological intervention of traditional fishermen, helped mitigate the destruction wrought in Puerto Rico by Hurricane María
Puerto Rico
2018 - ICSF
Article de blog
Turkey's Newest Farmers
For refugees from Syria who have been in Turkey for years already with no income, a job can mean the world. It means buying winter clothes for your children, getting them to school and even just being able to feed the family. It means no more endless days of wandering...
Türkiye
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Fiche d'information
Lebanon and FAO
FAO assistance in Lebanon is shaped by the 2016-2019 FAO Country Programming Framework (CPF), which is centered on two main government priority areas of technical cooperation: Expanding economic and livelihood opportunities for the benefit of local economies and the most vulnerable communities; Improving the performance of the agriculture...
Lebanon
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Note/document d'orientation
Enabling regulatory frameworks for contract farming
FAO’s previous contribution to the development of contract farming saw the publication in 2015 of the UNIDROIT/FAO/IFAD Legal Guide on Contract Farming, which focused on the bilateral relationship between an agricultural producer and a contractor. This Legislative Study develops that research and focuses on the regulatory frameworks for contract farming,...
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Bulletin d'information
Yemaya Newsletter No.56, January 2018
From the Editor, America - The Caribbean Islands: Celebrating Women in Caribbean Fisheries by The Gender In Fisheries Team (GIFT), Profile - K.C. Rekha: Seagoing Fisherwoman from Kerala, India by Amrutha K.J., Africa - Tanzania: Networking for Strength by Editrudith Lukanga, Milestones - Global Gender Gap Report by Venugopalan N,...
2018
Rapport
Impact Stories from MTCP2 Pacific
The following are stories about farmers and farmer organizations in the Pacific. They reflect some of the impacts of a five-year funding programme (2014-2018) that has changed the way farmer organizations operate in the Pacific Islands. Stories like these have become common in farmer organizations across the region. What follows...
2018 - Pacific Farmers Organization
Article de revue spécialisée
Short food supply chain: characteristics of a family farm
Short Food Supply Chains (SFSCs) provide a dependable substitute for conventional supply chains, as their food reflects the characteristics of “local”, “natural”, “healthy” and “reliable”. For the family farmer, the short chains constitute anexcellent way ofdiversifying their produce, gaining higher added value and thus warranting steadier revenues. This paper thus aims to discern the...
2018 - Academia
Site web
Creating Entrepreneurs in Food project website
Creating Entrepreneurs in Food aims to boost innovation and entrepreneurship in rural communities. The project is led by the project coordinator Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, Ireland working in partnership with the University of Bedfordshire in the UK, CEJA in Belgium and the Polish Beef Association, Poland.
The project will examine short...
European Union
2018 - Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, Ireland
Rapport
Panorama de la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional en América Latina y el Caribe 2018
Desigualdad y sistemas alimentarios
El informe, conocido abreviadamente como Panorama, cumple una década analizando los desafíos de la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional en la Región, y se ha consolidado como la principal publicación regional en la materia. El informe es una fuente de información y de propuestas en materia de políticas. El mismo brinda...
2018 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Vidéos
Agroecology for Africa
A 5 min stop-motion animation exploring agroecology in Africa and its contribution to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.
2018 - Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA)
Article de blog
EU, protect our peasants and food systems!
The 2 billion people working in rural areas are claiming their rights to dignity and our right to healthy diets. A UN declaration on their rights is the most powerful legal instrument against abuses like landgrabs, biopiracy and labour exploitation. It would be the solid foundation in defence of healthy,...
2018 - FIAN
Article du bulletin d’information
Sobrevivência da agricultura familiar está ligada ao trabalho das cooperativas
Os problemas enfrentados para produzir e vender sozinho são os mesmos da maioria dos agricultores familiares do país. Segundo a presidente do Conselho Regional da Associação Brasileira do Agronegócio (Abag) em Ribeirão Preto Mônika Bergamaschi, uma das organizadoras da Agrishow, o caminho para reduzir esses impactos está justamente no cooperativismo.
“Hoje,...
Brazil
2018 - Conselho Regional da Associação Brasileira do Agronegócio (Abag)
Article de blog
Securing land tenure rights for farmers in Sierra Leone
Protecting farmers’ access to land and natural resources
In Sierra Leone, the livelihoods of many people depend on having secure and equitable access to and control over natural resources. However, increased pressure on land, forestry and fisheries compounded by weak tenure governance has led to ownership disputes. The Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land,...
Sierra Leone
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Ouvrage
Feminist practices for economic change
In this publication, the authors share the results of this process. They begin with an introduction to the context of the region and the principles that guide us. They then present the methodological practices they used to build rural women’s autonomy and agroecology.
Brazil
2018 - Sempreviva Organização Feminista
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