Land and water use, food production, environmental management, transport and distribution, marketing and consumption concern urban and rural areas. Looking at the food system from a city region perspective – the city and its surrounding areas –, can ensure a more sustainable urbanization, and contribute in tackling challenges like urban...

The RBA Project is jointly implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP). Funded by the Government of Switzerland, the Project seeks to improve food security and income-generating opportunities through the reduction of...

A meeting in Nieuwpoort, Belgium on September 1st, organized by Belgian inshore fisherman Jan De Jonghe and attended by a variety of commercial fishermen from the UK, Belgium and Holland as well as staff from the Low Impact Fishers of Europe Platform [LIFE] and researchers from the Marine Institute, highlighted the...

This paper explores how the integration of rice markets in ASEAN countries influences the import, export, production, consumption, and prices of rice in those countries, as well as in the rest of the world. The analysis describes current policies applied to ASEAN rice markets, then evaluates the ten-year impacts of...

Esta publicación presenta los resultados de un estudio de la Red PP-AL sobre las políticas públicas a favor de la agroecología en América Latina y El Caribe. El objetivo era realizar un estudio regional latinoamericano, transversal y comparativo sobre la contribución de diversos instrumentos de políticas públicas, para apoyar la transición...

Better rural development is possible, and local people are willing to deliver, but they need a support. EU and national authorities need to empower villages and small towns with new programmes that are flexible enough to be adapted to the diverse needs of Europe's rural areas. Positive examples should be...

Brief overview of the region (Europe and Central Asia), a breef introduction to the FAO Regional Initiative on Smallholders and Family Farms and the need to develop further approaches to community development planning.

The Oshika peninsula is located within the Miyagi prefecture, one of the 47 prefectures of Japan, and has an extension of about 20 km of coastline, comprised of small bays dominated by rocky or sandy bottom environments. Rivers flow to the ocean from forests with an elevation of up to...

O Programa Cisternas, coordenado pelo Ministério do Desenvolvimento Social (MDS), conquistou, nesta terça-feira (22), o segundo lugar no Prêmio Internacional de Política para o Futuro 2017, da organização alemã World Future Council em parceria com a Convenção das Nações Unidas de Combate à Desertificação. A Etiópia ganhou a premiação como melhor política do...

L'ouvrage « Secret des oasis et du palmier-dattier » entre incontestablement dans la série des « beaux livres » à texte : abondamment illustré, souvent en pleine page, par des photos de qualité, il est construit autour d'un texte technique et qui aborde de nombreux aspects du sujet. Une première partie est consacrée aux oasis...

This report provides information regarding the state of implementation of the current CAP young farmers’ mechanism. The different implementation styles of the Members States are described and the currently implemented policy tools are evaluated. Based on the secondary analysis and case studies, several policy recommendations are formulated, aimed at improving...

A simple, innovative app could become a game-changer for Kazakhstan’s dairy industry – improving the efficiency of the raw milk supply chain. FAO and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) have trained milk procurement managers with Kazakhstan’s top dairy companies on Collect Mobile – an open source application for...

Os municípios brasileiros receberam, ao longo de 2016, recursos de R$ 3,4 bilhões para a alimentação escolar, por meio do PNAE - Programa Nacional de Alimentação Escolar, ação do Governo Federal, através do Ministério da Educação e com a parceria e apoio da Secretaria Especial da Agricultura Familiar e Desenvolvimento...

Entrevista a Luiz Beduschi, Oficial de Políticas en Desarrollo Territorial. El experto analiza la relación entre agricultura y ciudades en América Latina. Cada vez es más evidente las dificultades que el agro enfrenta a su paso por las grandes urbes. Así pues, ¿cuál es la percepción que los habitantes de las ciudades...

Cette fiche du Projet Amélioration de l'emballage alimentaire pour les petites et moyennes entreprises agroalimentaires en Afrique Subsaharienne MTF/RAF/299/IMA descriptive présente les réalisations prévues, les objectifs, les partenaires de mise en oeuvre, les résultats et impacts attendus.

To encourage ways of boosting rural development, the European Commission has launched a call for tender for a pilot project on smart eco-social villages. What are the characteristics, drivers and factors of success for smart eco-social villages? How do we work towards  achieving  villages with a viable economy, attractive living conditions...

We analyze allocative efficiency of major input factors for farmers in Kenya. Marginal value products are estimated for land, labor, inorganic fertilizer and seeds, at the farm household level and compared with marginal costs as approximated by their prevailing market prices. Price efficient and inefficient farmers are identified and equivalent...

Farming organically, using indigenous crops, can contribute to food security and be part of a climate change solution.In this video, organic farmers in Kenya share their experiences with drought, and the benefits organic farming provides for them to building healthy soils and continue producing food.

El Fondo Internacional de Desarrollo Agrícola (FIDA), en acuerdo con la Dirección Nacional de Coordinación y Administración de Proyectos (DINCAP) del Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería (MAG), ha encargado la realización de este trabajo, que consiste en el relevamiento de la situación crediticia actual de las organizaciones de la agricultura...

In a meeting with the FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva today in New York, the President of the 72nd Session of the UN General Assembly, Miroslav Lajčák, recognized FAO as “well-aligned” with the UN General Assembly priorities, such as migration, sustaining peace and climate change. Graziano da Silva congratulated Lajčák...