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Bulletin d'information
European farmers & agro-cooperatives livestock campaign 2016-17
The EU livestock sector - especially pigs dairy, cattle, sheep & goats, poultry & eggs - is being hit by increasing challenges ranging from upcoming climate change policy, health issues, animal welfare constraints, trade issues, with a decline in EU meat consumption expected by 2025. Yet eating beef, veal, lamb,...
European Union
2016 - COPA & COGECA
Article de blog
Spring planting gets under way in Serbia, with help from the EU, FAO
Just in time for spring sowing season, FAO delivered over 67 tonnes of maize, alfalfa and red clover seed to more than 4 500 farmers in 17 municipalities in eastern, central and western Serbia. Farmers received seeds and fertilizer during March and April and immediately got down to business –...
Serbia
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Article de blog
Women in Kyrgyzstan receive dairy cows, agricultural machinery
Fifty-four dairy cows were handed over to selected rural women in the Issyk-Kul province of Kyrgyzstan last week. Provision of the livestock – together with several units of agricultural machinery – was made possible thanks to the financial support of the Government of Switzerland.
The handover event was attended by representatives...
Kyrgyzstan
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Pratiques
Intensive stall-fed system for rearing goats
Indoor housing is a convenient practice for raising livestock. If stalls are constructed in an appropriate way, they can fulfill several functions. This practice describes in detail how to construct a goat shed and a feeding trough. The feeding trough is constructed outside the stall, making it easier to clean...
India
2016 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Événement
Traditional international agriculture exhibition “Ka pasesi… 2016”
Traditional international agriculture exhibition “Ka pasesi… 2016” will take place at Aleksandras Stulginskis University (Akademija, Kaunas dist., Lithuania) on March 31 – April 2, 2016.
Lithuania
2016
Vidéos
Workshop on Formation of Community Forestry Practitioners
Workshop on Formation of Community Forestry Practitioners' Network (CFPN) in Myanmar
Myanmar
2016
Article de blog
Denmark cuts food waste by 25%
The Scandinavian kingdom has cut food waste by 25% in just five years, thanks to a new approach to damaged and out-of-date food.
he Danes have successfully changed the way they look at out of date produce. In doing so, they have reduced the amount of food they throw away by...
Denmark
2016 - EurActiv
Vidéos
Conservation Generation
The Colorado River irrigates 15 percent of the nation’s crops, making Western agriculture an issue that is crucial to the lives and dinner plates of all Americans. Conservation Generation is a new short film by the National Young Farmers Coalition that offers a look into the lives of four young...
2016 - National Young Farmers Coalition
Bulletin d'information
Bulletin d’Information du bureau de la FAO en Mauritanie. N°1, Mai 2016
Dans le cadre du renforcement de la résilience à travers l’amélioration des moyens d’existence des communautés pastorales, la FAO met en œuvre, depuis 2014, une activité de production locale et d’utilisation de Blocs Multi-nutritionnels (BMNs) dans ses zones d’intervention notamment dans les Wilayas du Trarza, Brakna, Gorgol et Assaba. Dans...
Mauritania
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Article de blog
The French Community Supported Agriculture movement (AMAP) facing domestic challenges, hopes for European support
The French AMAP movement is 15 years old, and accounts for over 2,000 groups and 250,000 consumers nation-wide. Even with such a long background, the debates between “Amapians” are almost as passionate as they were when the first AMAP groups were founded in May 2001 in the Provence Region.
France
2016 - URGENCI
Divers
El derecho de los pueblos indígenas a la educación
Este año, el Día Internacional de los Pueblos Indígenas está dedicado al derecho a la educación
2016 - United Nations
Pratiques
Green manuring in sugarcane production for soil improvement and water efficiency
Usually, there is a common practice to raise green manure as an intercrop in sugarcane and to incorporate it as mulch 45 to 50 days after sowing. The present practice, however, shows a modified method by introducing some practices based on close observations in a sugarcane production site in Tamil...
India
2016 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Conférence/Réunion
Farmer’s Empowerment and Solidarity
The Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) participated in the just concluded 6th global farmers’ forum held at the headquarters of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in Rome, Italy on February 15-16, coinciding with its tenth anniversary.
Farmer leaders, accompanied by technical staff, represented AFA as a...
2016 - IFAD
Événement
10th European Organic Congress
Transforming food and farming through organics
Almost a decade after the first Congress, IFOAM EU is celebrating its 10th European Organic Congress in the Netherlands this April 2016. The theme of this year’s Congress is transforming food and farming through organics. We want to look at how organic and agro-ecological approaches can really lead future agri-food...
Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
2016
Article de blog
EU's implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
The EU has played an active role throughout the process and is committed to implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the SDGs within the EU and in development cooperation with partner countries. The Agenda reflects many of the EU's priorities for sustainable development, as set out in our...
European Union
2016 - European Commission
Article
Construction de la qualité de la clémentine de Corse sous Indication Géographique Protégée. Analyse des pratiques agricoles et du système sociotechnique.
While global changes affect each single agricultural area, we wonder to what extent Geographical Indications can sustain the typicity of terroir products? To tackle this question, we investigated the factors influencing the quality of Corsican clementine under a Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) by using a multi-level approach, from the farmer's...
France
2016
Projet
Youth mobility, food security and rural poverty reduction
The FAO Youth Mobility, Food Security and Rural Poverty Reduction (RYM) project aims at mitigating distress economic mobility in Tunisia and Ethiopia. With the support of the Italian Development Cooperation, the project will promote innovative mechanisms and rural development strategies with the objective of mitigating distress migration for rural youth...
Ethiopia - Tunisia
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Vidéos
Revitalizing small scale agriculture in Zimbabwe Conservation Agriculture using the 2 wheel tractor
In Zimbabwe, small-scale farmers are contributing immensely to the agricultural production of the country. Since Independence, they have been the main players in the production of crops like cotton and maize and have lately even taken over tobacco production. They are not only growing food to feed themselves; they also...
Zimbabwe
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Article de blog
Les jeunes et le secteur rural : les victimes du chômage au Maroc
Le premier trimestre est souvent encourageant mais pour celui-ci ce n’est pas du tout le cas. Surtout en termes d’emplois. Et le secteur agricole et celui qui en souffre le plus. En milieu rural, l’agriculture a enregistré d’énormes pertes d’emplois, établissant le nombre de chômeurs au niveau national de 1,16...
Morocco
2016
Article
Inflection Point: Unlocking growth in the era of farmer finance
Learning Lab & Initiative for Smallholder Finance
Following decades of more singular approaches to providing smallholder farmers with financial services, the smallholder finance industry is now marked by a more diverse set of actors – financial service providers, funders, market and research platforms, and technical assistance providers – yielding new approaches to collaboration and greater access to information...
2016 - Rural and Agricultural Finance Learning Lab
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