Each year, rural areas lose a promising share of their workforce, as youth leave their homes and migrate to cities or move abroad in search of a better future. By addressing the links between distress migration and rural development, FAO is making a difference in Ethiopia.

Viva Maria hoje começa com aspas: “Trabalhar é uma coisa, ser homenageada é outra. Hoje, estou sentindo que nós mulheres, trabalhadoras rurais estamos sendo celebridade. Agradeço muito!” Essas foram as palavras da embaixadora do Norte, Maria Julia Serrim, uma das trabalhadoras homenageadas durante a cerimônia de lançamento da Campanha # Mulheres rurais,...

The circular economy is based on “sharing, leasing, reuse, repair, refurbishment, and recycling” of products and materials in an ideally closed loop. The goal is to reduce waste by keeping products and materials within the economy. The necessity for a more circular economy will only increase with increasing pressure on...

La presente “Guía para la Generación Participativa de Políticas Públicas Diferenciadas para la Agricultura Familiar” aborda el proceso de formulación de políticas públicas diferenciadas para la agricultura familiar, mediante el uso de herramientas y mecanismos orientados por el ciclo de políticas públicas, a partir de experiencias de construcción participativa y...

El presente informe recopila la experiencia de realización del Foro Taller: “Innovaciones Sociales para la Agricultura Familiar”, realizado entre el 2 y el 4 de agosto de 2017 en la Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira, en las instalaciones del Bloque Interdisciplinario, Jardín Botánico y Facultad de Ciencias Ambientales. Este evento fue...

Nesta quinta-feira (23), a Secretaria Especial de Agricultura Familiar e do Desenvolvimento Agrário (SEAD) lançou a campanha Mulheres Rurais, Mulheres com Direitos 2017. Objetivo é garantir direitos e valorizar o trabalho das mulheres de zonas rurais - entre as ações, estão os mutirões de documentação, que devem beneficiar 100 mil...

Himalayan Permaculture Centre (HPC) is a grass-roots NGO registered at national and district level. It has a focus on remote/poor/resource depleted farming communities in Surkhet & Humla districts of Western Nepal, and especially marginalised populations (women & low-caste), using low-tech appropriate technologies to increase domestic farm productivity through reducing costs...

This course examines the challenges facing agriculture and food production systems and presents a common vision and coordinated approach towards sustainable food and agriculture developed through intensive consultations and discussions among agriculture specialists. It illustrates in detail the five key principles that allow the transition toward a more sustainable and...

El Ecuador, al igual que en el resto de los países de la región y el mundo, se enfrenta ante un enorme desafío de salud resultante de una dieta desequilibrada a causa del consumo deficiente o excesivo de nutrientes, es decir, de malnutrición y su doble carga. Por un lado,...

In the largest ocean in the world, the people of the Pacific face growing threats to their marine resources due to growing populations, overfishing, pollution, and climate change. Over half of the Pacific island population rely on coastal fisheries as the main source of food and income. With the support of...

Aiming to boost short food supply chains in Europe, a newly launched Horizon 2020project – SKIN – will work to create a knowledge and innovation network and foster demand-driven, bottom-up innovation. The project will bring together food producers and consumers into a permanent association of stakeholders, working to improve the efficiency...

O representante da Organização das Nações Unidas para Alimentação e Agricultura (FAO) no Brasil, Alan Bojanic, defendeu hoje (23) maior presença das mulheres nos espaços de poder e nas tomadas de decisões, visando a proteger os seus direitos, que muitas vezes não são reconhecidos. A afirmação foi feita durante o...

For over a decade ActionAid Mozambique (AAMoz) has worked with strategic partner organisations in the south and north-east of the country to promote agroecology initiatives with 80 farmers’ associations consisting of over 8000 farmers. 96% of the members are women and 30% of them young people, cultivating an average of...

The Family Agriculture Yearbook in Spain has become a referenceFor all the professionals who follow the agrarian activity in Spain. The theme that is developed in the 2017 edition, "Agriculture, development and innovation in rural territories. The risks of depopulation: Where there is agriculture, there is life ", has a...

Based on two case studies (dairy value chain in Kenya and Morocco), the study provides a methodological framework and analyze the enabling institutional factors for the development and thriving of producer organizations.

The High Level Panel of Experts for Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE) is the science-policy interface of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS), which is, at the global level, the foremost inclusive and evidence-based international and intergovernmental platform for food security and nutrition (FSN). The HLPE reports serve as...

Cinco agricultoras rurais foram escolhidas como embaixadoras das cinco regiões do Brasil. A cerimônia de entrega das placas alusivas à homenagem foi realizada durante o lançamento da Campanha #Mulheres Rurais, Mulheres com Direitos, da FAO/ONU em parceria com a Reunião Especializada Sobre Agricultura Familiar do Mercosul (REAF), e sob a...

In the world of agriculture, all too often we stop cultivating a vegetable or raising an animal breed simply because they are not profitable enough. The economic market is oriented to maximizing yields at all costs, concentrating on a small selection of the most “productive” species. Though it may warrant...

Natura 2000 is the largest network of protected areas in the world. People living in and around Natura 2000 areas utilise these for a variety of economic activities. Designation of Natura 2000 areas often creates additional restrictions though, sometimes leading people to perceive Natura 2000 as a burden. One solution...

A branding campaign and a dedicated website to promote Natura 2000 products with the aim of showcasing their socio-economic benefits and triggering new partnerships between site managers, farmers and local businesses has been launched.