The Regional Initiative works with governments in the region to facilitate access of producers to different assets (such as land, water, energy, and infrastructure) and rural financial services (loans, savings, insurances) as well as non-financial services (technical assistance, innovation and knowledge). One key aspect of its work is to strengthen...

  This paper investigates how household agricultural involvement affects food consumption and dietary diversity in rural Malawi. Ceteris paribus, a 10 per cent increase in on-farm income share increases food consumption per capita by 2.9 per cent, calorie intake per capita per day by 1.7 per cent, and leads to small...

n order to market their agricultural produce abroad, countries must comply with stringent safety standards. Phytosanitary controls, as they are called, check for the presence of plant diseases and pests and are mandated by the World Trade Organization.

This video tells the inspirational story of an entrepreneurial farmer and successful family farm in Brazil.

Individual Transferrable Quotas (ITQs) have caused no end of controversy in the small-scale and coastal fisheries (SSCF) sector worldwide. The most recent reform of the CFP stirred up such controversy but rejected the imposition of obligatory Transferable Fishing Concessions (TFCs) – ITQs by another name. However, TFCs remain an integral part...

Tras cinco décadas de guerra, Colombia está comenzando a transitar una nueva realidad luego de cuatro años de negociaciones entre el gobierno de Juan Manuel Santos y las FARC, en La Habana. El motor de la guerra fue la lucha por la tierra. Este artículo fue publicado en el Portal Rebelión,...

En toda América Central y la Región de Los Andes, una gran proporción de agricultores producen café y cacao para mantener a sus familias. Sin embargo, los árboles viejos y improductivos, plagas y enfermedades, patrones climáticos erráticos, junto con sistemas de mercado ineficientes y modelos de comercialización de bajo valor,...

This side event is a contribution to the recommendations made by the 32st Session of the Regional Conference for the Near East to provide support for the Regional Initiative on "Building resilience for improved food security and nutrition in the Near East and North Africa" as a vehicle through which,...

El CIMMYT se presenta en la Conferencia Agrícola de Oxford para exponer estrategias de intensificación sustentable en la agricultura mundial.

National rural networks (NRNs), group administrations and organisations active in rural development. NRNs were introduced for the first time in the EU rural development policy of 2007-2013 and have been carried over into the 2014-2020 programming period. NRNs can either operate as a specific intervention within a single Rural Development...

El secretario de Agricultura, Ganadería, Desarrollo Rural, Pesca y Alimentación, José Calzada Rovirosa, afirmó que México está llamado a ser protagonista en la producción de alimentos a nivel global, en un contexto y visión de un país altamente productivo, competitivo y exportador. Los pronósticos de los organismos internacionales indican el enorme...

Instancia de conversación y colaboración que ha sido coordinada por 28 entidades en base a las ODS. En este sitio encontrará información de quienes lo organizan, lo que se persigue y el programa del evento. La Organización de Naciones Unidas promulgó en septiembre del 2015, los 17 Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS), como una apuesta...

Esta guía ha sido diseñada con el objetivo de desarrollar en los pueblos indígenas capacidades para la gestión de sus bosques de forma eficiente y competitiva, pero respetando sus propios intereses como pobladores, administradores y usuarios de los bosques y sus recursos, así como su identidad cultural marcada por tradiciones...

The objective of the workshop was to share with policy makers and other national partners in Tunisia, the preliminary scenarios and results of ICARDA’s research about “the impact of pressure on water resources and its effect on food security in Tunisia”. This research is being conducted as part of the...

The study had the major objective of identifying and documenting climate-smart agriculture initiatives, technologies, practices and stakeholders in the Eastern Africa Sub-region with a special focus on Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda, so as to produce a report that would enable stakeholders to understand the opportunities and constraints associated with adopting...

Le Mali a célébré hier la journée du paysan. Pour cette 12ème édition, les échanges ont porté sur la sécurisation du foncier. La question préoccupe le monde paysan qui attend des autorités des propositions concrètes. Le président de la République pointe du doigt la mauvaise gestion des terres par les autorités...

ombres y mujeres que se extienden por las diferentes agriculturas y ganaderías que reflejan la enorme variedad de paisajes y realidades productivas de un país tan diverso como España, en el que conviven las llanuras cerealistas de las mesetas, el binomio clásico mediterráneo de viñedo y olivar, el vergel de...

This flyer explain the new National Land Cover database supported by FAO in Lesotho and funded from the European Commission Humanitarian Aid Department (ECHO) and the Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC). The land cover database covering the entire territory of Lesotho is developed through multi-spectral image fusion (or pan sharpening) technique...

This report is intended to examine the current and changing dynamics of succession planning in Australian farming families and the potential impact these changes will have on regional communities and the broader economy. Our survey enabled a close analysis of generational change regarding preferences and attitudes towards succession planning. Results...

Timed to follow the release of Defra’s 25-year food and farming plan to boost the growth of the UK’s food and farming, being released early this year, focusing on growing exports and trade, increasing competitiveness, technology innovation, investment and developing skills and employment within the industry. The agenda will also include...