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Learning from the way peasants assess their farm
Whereas yield increases are considered central in modernised agriculture, they can be seen as just one element of impact in peasant family farming.
In assessing their farms, peasants depart from the specificities of their farm, the ecosystem in which it is embedded, and the community, markets and family dynamics in which...
2016 - Cultivate!
Vidéos
Well dried seed is good seed
Farmers face great difficulties with drying their seeds because seed absorbs moisture from the soil. As a result, seed quality deteriorates, and no-one can expect good yields by using poor quality seed. In this video you can see how farmers of Maria village solved this problem. Now they are no...
Bangladesh
2016 - Access Agriculture
Article de revue spécialisée
Beyond ‘voting with your chopsticks’: Community organising for safe food in China
This paper describes the recent emergence of alternative food networks in China in the context of widespread food quality concerns. Drawing on interviews and public blog posts, we illustrate how participants in these networks are moving beyond instrumental market relations and developing the collective agency necessary to participate in shaping...
China
2016 - Wilfrid Laurier University (Canada)
Rapport
Promotion of non-wood forest products-based micro-enterprise in the Near East and North Africa Region
Regional Workshop Report
The Near East and North Africa (NENA) region has limited forest resources with limited potential for timber production. However, NENA forests has huge potential for the production of a wide range of NonWood Forest Products (NWFPs) and the utilization of NWFPs by local communities for food, fodder, medicine and income...
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Article de blog
Ukraine and FAO sign 4-year cooperation agreement
Under the terms of an agreement, FAO will work with Ukraine to help the country improve its business climate, develop the agri-food production chain, facilitate access to markets, improve food security, carry out land reform, better manage natural resources and cope with climate change.
The “FAO Country Programming Framework for Ukraine...
Ukraine
2016 - Food and Agriculture organization of the United Nations
Article de blog
AfDB President offers roadmap towards agriculture transformation at TICAD Summit
The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, has outlined a roadmap towards the transformation of agriculture in Africa. The President laid emphasis on combating malnutrition in children, turning African farmlands into major suppliers of food for export and putting funds at the disposal of local banks to...
2016 - African Development Bank (AfDB)
Article de revue
Participatory Guarantee Systems - A platform for knowledge exchange
The significance and value of local and traditional farmers’ knowledge on improving agricultural practices is gaining more and more recognition. Participatory Guarantee Systems have been shown to hold great potential, to encourage knowledge sharing between farmers, and thus contribute to nurturing farmers’ knowledge.
India
2016 - Leisa India
Article de blog
Pesticide manufacturers’ own tests reveal serious harm to honeybees
Unpublished field trials by pesticide manufacturers show their products cause serious harm to honeybees at high levels, leading to calls from senior scientists for the companies to end the secrecy which cloaks much of their research.
European Union
2016 - EurActiv
Vidéos
Reviving soils with mucuna
In the coastal savanna of West Africa, farmers explain how a mucuna cover crop helped to revive their highly degraded soil, and suppress the noxious weeds Striga and Imperata. They show how to grow it to benefit your maize and cassava, and why discussing land tenure in your community really...
Togo
2016 - Access Agriculture
Événement
Expositores participam de oficina de capacitação para a Biofach
Nos dias 13 e 14 de dezembro começa a Oficina de Capacitação para a feira Biofach, que acontece em fevereiro de 2017 na Alemanha. O evento acontece em Brasília e os agricultores familiares que levarão os produtos para o evento receberão orientação para alavancar as vendas.
Além de técnicos da Secretaria Especial de...
Germany
2016 - Secretaria Especial de Agricultura Familiar e do Desenvolvimento Agrário (SEAD)
Article
Traditional and new women’s roles in rural areas
Entering Poland to European Union which resulted in accepting The Common Agricultural Policy caused a variety of changes in polish villages and countries. Previous problems of rural areas like fragmentation and low efficiency of farms, bad financial situation of inhabitants, high rate of unemployment, relatively low educational level and lack...
Poland
2016
Article de blog
Reports confirm the importance of the two specific CAP schemes to support Outermost Regions and Small Aegean Islands
The POSEI scheme in the EU outermost regions* is vital to address their particular agricultural challenges, notably in bridging the difference in costs and prices relative to mainland Europe and in maintaining agricultural production, according to a new report published today. Looking at the scheme from 2006-2014 – at a cost...
2016 - European Commission
Article
Avances en producción porcina ecológica
La producción porcina ecológica permite la obtención de productos de alta calidad mediante la utilización de técnicas que respetan ampliamente el medio ambiente y el bienestar animal, y puede ser una alternativa viable para ganaderos que ven comprometido su futuro en el mercado convencional. Además, estas técnicas pueden ser interesantes...
Spain
2016
Vidéos
WORKSHOP Participatory research design - SUSTURBANFOODS
ustUrbanFoods “Integrated sustainability assessment of social and technological innovations towards urban food systems” is a Marie Skolodowska-Curie Action (MSCA) individual fellowship. The project has a duration of 24 months and is funded by the European Commission. SustUrbanFoods aims to develop an interdisciplinary methodological framework to assess the sustainability of urban...
2016
Événement
Civil society groups to seek consensus on FAO regional issues
To make sure civil society has a voice at the upcoming FAO Regional Conference for Europe, a special civil society consultation will take place on 2-3 May in Antalya, Turkey, immediately before the Conference.
Participating civil society organizations will discuss cooperation with FAO’s Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia, results...
Türkiye
2016 - Food and Agriculture of United Nations
Article de revue
Adding value throughout food and drink supply chains
The concept of added value in food and drink supply chains is not new, but it is re-emerging as a highly popular tool for promoting rural development. The value of a product or service can be increased at different stages of its production or delivery by the addition of features...
European Union
2016 - ENRD
Article de blog
Engrandecer Europa con los territorios rurales. Estrategia EU-Rural 2030
Europa está en el centro de un rápido proceso de cambio a nivel planetario, marcado tanto por las mutaciones económicas como por los desafíos medioambientales a escala global. Para responder a todo esto, muchos Estados optan por un fortalecimiento de sus políticas urbanas, considerando que las dinámicas económicas descansan en...
Spain
2016 - La Unión de Pequeños Agricultores y Ganaderos (UPA)
Note/document d'orientation
Changes in Ghanaian farming systems
Stagnation or a quiet transformation?
This research was designed to understand better the patterns of agricultural intensification and transformation occurring in Africa South of the Sahara using the Ghanaian case. The paper examines changes in farming systems and the role of various endogenous and exogenous factors in driving the conversion of arable lands to agricultural...
Ghana
2016 - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Article de blog
The Commission increases the budget for promoting EU agricultural products
The Commission adopted the 2017 promotion strategy for EU agricultural products with a total budget of €133 million compared to the €111 million available for 2016. This amount will co-finance several programmes, most of which will target third countries and regions, including China, Middle East, North America, South-East Asia and...
European Union
2016 - European Commission
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Asia and the Pacific's Blue Growth Initiative
The world’s marine and freshwater ecosystems – the Blue World – provide essential ecosystem services, biodiversity, food and livelihoods for hundreds of millions of people. The concept of a "blue economy" came out of the 2012 Rio+20 Conference. It is based on the premise that healthy and sustainable ocean ecosystems are more productive...
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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