Achieving healthy diets, adequate nutrition, good health and wellbeing for all in a sustainable manner while managing responsibly natural resources are at the core of the 2030 Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals. Economic growth and rising incomes have nearly eliminated hunger and undernutrition in Europe and Central Asia. However, malnutrition...

Proyecto en el que participan: INTA AMBA. la Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias (UNLZ), la Universidad Nacional Arturo Jauretche de Florencio Varela, productores familiares y una empresa metalúrgica. "El cerdo criollo costero (CCC), forma parte de la cultura popular de la provincia de Buenos Aires. Se utiliza para producir carne y chacinados...

Our journal, with the word “agroecology” in the title, is an indication that the field of agroecology has emerged as an important approach for moving food and farming systems toward sustainability. We have become a site for the publication of participatory, action-oriented, and transdisciplinary research that has a goal of...

O Centro de Monitoramento Remoto (CMR) da Funai é um portal na web desenvolvido para monitorar as ocorrências de desmatamento e degradação nas terras indígenas e acompanhar as mudanças de uso e ocupação do solo. O CMR utiliza imagens de satélite (Landsat-8) para gerar informações diárias das terras indígenas localizadas...

El informe de investigación Kuña ha yvy. Desigualdades de género en el acceso de la tierra en Paraguay expone las principales brechas que afectan a mujeres rurales, campesinas e indígenas cuando buscan acceder a la tierra y a otros recursos productivos. “Entre 1940 y 2008, las mujeres apenas recibieron el 13,6%...

The two women in this story are among 8,000 Afghan milk farmers, mostly women, who were introduced to the business through the dairy cooperative movement. Founded by FAO in 2002, the movement is expanding steadily and is now based on thriving co-operative-managed enterprises, thanks to the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation...

Las Directrices Voluntarias, formuladas por medio de un proceso participativo y con el aporte de distintos gobiernos y la sociedad, aportan a la comprensión del estado de la política vista desde una perspectiva orientadora agroambiental y de sus enlaces intersectoriales actuales y potenciales, con el fin de que puedan ser...

Les indications géographiques (IG) bénéficient aujourd’hui d’un contexte favorable, tant au niveau international qu’à l’échelle du Continent africain. Le Sénégal, qui fait partie des pays membres de l’OAPI (Organisation Africaine de Propriété Intellectuelle), présente un potentiel de produits traditionnels dont la qualité est liée à l’origine. Le sel du Lac...

Aquí encontrarás información práctica sobre oportunidades y servicios brindados por varias organizaciones que invierten en los jóvenes para impulsar la innovación y el desarrollo rural en tu territorio. Podrás fortalecer tus capacidades y conseguir asesoría personalizada para llevar adelante tus actividades productivas o tu propio proyecto de empresa. Y como en nuestro...

The EU needs to think beyond subsidies for farmers if it wants to address some of its biggest problems.

Istanbul, like many other cities, is under heavy pressure from urban development projects. In the face of this threat, the DÜRTÜK collective supports small scale farmers in and around Istanbul by organising reliable demand for the produce from urban gardens, and by building a supportive community around them. This initiative...

La filière ananas est l’une des 13 filières agricoles prioritaires que le gouvernement du Bénincherche à développer avec le soutien des partenaires techniques et financiers du pays. Sa croissance favorise l’amélioration des revenus de la population active rurale. La présente étude vise à mesurer l’efficacité technique des producteurs d’ananas. La...

Este trabalho apresenta os resultados de um estudo sobre políticas pú- blicas a favor da agroecologia na América Latina e Caribe e seus principais efeitos em escala nacional, regional ou territorial. A pesquisa foi realizada entre 2015 e 2016 pela Rede Políticas Públicas e Desenvolvimento Rural na América Latina (Rede...

In poor households in Bangladesh, women participate in aquaculture much less than men. To increase women’s involvement, the USAID-funded Aquaculture for Income and Nutrition project has introduced gill nets, which enable women to quickly and easily harvest small fish from their household pond. This has helped increase households' access to...

Small-scale fisheries make an important contribution to nutrition, food security, sustainable livelihoods and poverty alleviation of coastal areas. This paper deals with the integration of small-scale fisheries in coastal communities, their contribution to sustainable development, and some methodological approaches that can be used to carry out this kind of analysis....

El presente documento se hace eco, en una primera parte, de las Recomendaciones Generales emitidas por el Comité para la Eliminación de la Discriminación contra la Mujer que abordan temas y áreas de interés específico sobre las mujeres indígenas y/o afrodescendientes. Se incluye un breve resumen sobre la necesidad de...

Los lineamientos de INDAP buscan poner en el centro de interés a los pequeños agricultores. Para concretarlos, el acompañamiento directo a los campesinos y campesinas del país juega un rol esencial. En esa perspectiva, es destacable la evolución programática que ha experimentado INDAP a lo largo de los años, que...

O III Encontro de Produtores de Informação Visando à Agenda 2030 reuniu cerca de 300 técnicos de instituições do governo federal para avançar na elaboração dos indicadores globais para acompanhar os 17 Objetivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável (ODS) no Brasil. O evento, organizado pelo IBGE em parceria com a Secretaria de...

In Ghana 70 per cent of the population are smallholder farmers who depend on the land for their basic needs. Growing competition for this resource is having significant impacts on rural livelihoods and governance as land changes hands. This study highlights the key drivers of pressure on rural land and...

This edition of the ENRD’s EU Rural Review focuses on re-imagining the opportunities for rural business development and change. Without seeking to ignore the many challenges facing Europe’s rural areas, we explore some of the latest thinking and practice in how rural entrepreneurship can be supported to take advantage of...