After two decades of radical political transition, strong structural reforms, the Albanian olive and olive oil industry is showing positive signs. The olive sector is becoming one of the most important sectors. Approximately one third of the farmers in Albania are involved in this sector.

Avicultura Campesina is an agroecological chicken cooperative in Palencia, in northern Spain, set up by three small-scale chicken farmers, Cristina, Arturo and Jeromo. Based in the villages of Amayuelas de Abajo and Castrillo de Villavega, the group have also formed a cooperative to buy their own slaughterhouse, so that they...

La manifestation "Innover pour améliorer les performances de l'irrigation", organisée par l'Association Française pour l'Eau, l'Irrigation et le Drainage (AFEID) sous l'égide de la Commission Internationale des Irrigations et du Drainage (CIID) est la rencontre de plusieurs évènements mobilisant les acteurs mondiaux de l'irrigation dans leur grande diversité, pour faire de Montpellier, le temps...

A paper published in the journalAgricultural Systems analyzes the impact of agricultural water interventions (AWI) on farm incomes by using the Kothapally watershed in Andhra Pradesh in India as a case study. AWI refers to strategies and techniques such as on-site soil and water conservation strategies, irrigation and damming of rivers....

This Ph.D. work aims at exposing, and giving sense to the dynamics of agrarian change in Southern Thailand where rubber is a major crop. It intends to provide elements for decision makers to reflect on the future directions of the Thai rubber economy. I applied a sequence of multivariate analysis...

A recent study commissioned by the Tanzania Organic Agriculture Movement found that the country’s organic farmers are receiving insufficient support from the state. With benefits to consumer health, the environment and the national economy, the organic sector should not be undervalued. The same can be said for the nutritional needs...

Este número incluye: Más políticas públicas para el desarrollo rural Con una amplia participación se realizó el segundo encuentro de Mesas de Desarrollo Rural en Cerro Largo Más de 1000 mujeres rurales presentes en "Somos Mujeres Rurales" Fueron aprobados todos los perfiles presentados en el "Somos de acá... Ganadero Familiar"  

Documentaries on the Best Practices in Rural Development carried out by young farmers that have been granted support under EU Rural development policies.

Added value to improve Agriculture and Farmers’ living standards. A journey through the activities of the Food Security through Commercialization of Agriculture Project (FSCA) in the Gambia, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Senegal and Sierra Leone.

L’Afrique dispose encore d’espaces et de ressources sous exploités. La mise en valeur de nouveaux espaces agricoles est le fait d’exploitations agricoles familiales qui se modernisent, s’agrandissent et essaiment par l’installation de jeunes agriculteurs qui créent de nouvelles exploitations familiales, de tailles suffisantes pour être viables et rentables. Pour soutenir cette dynamique...

Viento en popa. Así es como avanza el proyecto Agroforestería para la biodiversidad y otros servicios ecosistémicos, cuyo principal objetivo es promover, entre productores y organizaciones locales de La Montañona, en el norte de El Salvador, la adaptación y diseminación de sistemas de producción basados en agroforestería, como opciones eco-eficientes...

Land and soil degradation, malnutrition in various forms, innovation in family farming, and social protection for rural people head the agenda of a two-day session of FAO’s European Commission on Agriculture, which opens in Budapest tomorrow. More than 30 countries from across Europe and Central Asia are expected to participate....

This video shows the intense global campaign coordinated by the World Rural Forum The central objective of the IYFF+10 initiative will remain improving public policy in favor of Family Farming. This campaign, recently launched by the FRM, will have, within its broad framework for action, three main components: promotion of National...

Cooperativismo, nuevas oportunidades y generación de ingresos: tres pilares que resumen el protagonismo juvenil en el desarrollo avícola de la región, a través de la Cooperativa de Avicultores de Galinha Caipira e Agricultura Familiar do Estado da Paraíba LTDA (Coopeaves) del municipio de Monteiro, en Paraíba (Nordeste del Brasil). La mayoría...

Con el objetivo de compartir la visión y los logros de la Revolución Agraria nacional en materia de atención integral a la familia campesina, la República Bolivariana de Venezuela estuvo presente en la reciente reunión del Grupo Técnico de Agricultura Familiar de la Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños (CELAC),...

Ethical purchasing groups, known as GAS (Gruppi di Acquisto Solidale) first appeared in Italy in the 1990s. GAS are groups of consumers who purchase collectively and directly from producers who are chosen on the basis of sustainable production principles. GAS groups were born from the desire to build a healthy...

El documento analiza la pertinencia y factibilidad de tres canales de comercialización, mediante la generación de circuitos cortos, para productos de la Agricultura Familiar Campesina en el contexto nacional: mercados campesinos, tiendas de productos campesinos y venta a hoteles, restaurantes y catering. Estos modelos permiten disminuir la cadena de intermediarios,...

Weather variability poses numerous risks to agricultural communities, yet farmers may be able to reduce some of these risks by adapting their cropping practices to better suit changes in weather. However, not all farmers respond to weather variability in the same way. To better identify the causes and consequences of...

Esta publicación presenta un conjunto de materiales e ideas para contribuir al desafío de avanzar en la implementación de las Directrices Voluntarias sobre la Gobernanza Responsable de la Tenencia de la Tierra, la Pesca y los Bosques en el contexto de la seguridad alimentaria nacional, en adelante DVGT. El diseño...

Given the links among soils, land use, climate change and food security, land degradation today is receiving increased attention. FAO member countries have made it a central topic for the forthcoming session of the European Commission on Agriculture (22-23 September, Budapest, Hungary). Soil degradation is defined by FAO as a change...