Before submitting the project, Agroserv Ltd  - from SLOVAKIA, had 2 466 hectares of agricultural land at its disposal, but nevertheless, its capacities were not fully used: the machines and the technologies used were obsolete, whereas the company did not have the capacity to  manage efficiently animal production and the...

Ownership of assets is important for poverty alleviation, and women’s control of assets is associated with positive development outcomes at the household and individual levels. This research was undertaken to provide guidance for agricultural development programs on how to incorporate gender and assets in the design, implementation, and evaluation of...

Somos la Tierra es una campaña multimedial para visibilizar la importancia de la agricultura familiar en la Argentina. Fotografías, filmaciones, entrevistas e investigaciones realizadas en decenas de viajes, miles de kilómetros recorridos, multiplicidad de voces, diferentes culturas y costumbres, gran cantidad de productos, paisajes impactantes, problemáticas comunes y particulares, viejos...

Eyes on Their Finger Tips deals with the traditional marine wisdom of a set of people and the rarest of rare experiences they have had at sea. Through these numerous chapters he takes us into the seas of the fishers. It is a voyage which we cannot make in reality....

As the World Forestry Congress convenes in Durban, South Africa, forest producers should be embraced and inserted at the center of strategies to protect forests, and to ensure that the strategies benefit both local people and the global environment.

Using traditional recipes and qualitative raw materials proved to be a successful choice for a new bakery in the Přílepy village, Czech Republic. The business led to the creation of jobs and became a place of meeting and leisure for locals.

Las zonas rurales andinas de América del Sur son el hogar de las etnias ancestrales nativas como quechuas y aymaras y Huancas. Estos custodios del patrimonio cultural andina, a través de su biodiversidad en los cultivos y el conocimiento local, demuestran que las tecnologías antiguas pueden contribuir a la reducción...

Intense watershed management and water harvesting in the state of Tigray, northern Ethiopia, have transformed the area beyond recognition and increased food security and enhanced resilience to floods and droughts. A new way of thinking about watershed management and the efforts of local farmers have contributed to the success of...

En Tunisie, le gouvernement vient d’annoncer l’effacement de dettes d’agriculteurs et de pêcheurs. Cette mesure, qui s’appliquera automatiquement aux petits producteurs dont la dette ne dépasse pas 3000 dinars concernera 54 000 d’entre eux.

Los Boletines Informativos de Proyectos (BIP) tienen como propósito fortalecer la comunicación y procesos de información con todos nuestros socios y contrapartes, así como con organizaciones e instituciones públicas y privadas, dando a conocer proyectos y detalles referidos a avances en su implementación y los resultados alcanzados. En esta ocasión,...

An ambitious five-year project on integrated natural resources management in drought-prone and salt-affected areas is on its way to take-off, thanks to US$ 11 million in financing from the Global Environment Facility (GEF). The FAO project will assist Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkey and Turkmenistan in tackling challenges related to desertification, land...

This report is the outcome of a series of six fishworkers’ consultations, organised to discuss the relevance and implementation of FAO’s Small-Scale Fisheries Guidelines (SSF Guidelines), and my sincere thanks are due to the fishers and fishworkers - both men and women - who attended the consultations in Kakinada (Andhra...

As professional car mechanic, Vasile Mătrășoaie worked in the former Suceava car repair enterprise, and after work, he took pleasure in growing vegetables. He was even selling to his colleagues the seeds he was planting in order to make some money. This was his beginning in a field in which...

El boletín, correspondiente al segundo trimestre del año 2015, da a conocer las actividades más importantes llevadas a cabo por la Representación de FAO en Ecuador durante los meses de abril, mayo y junio. En el documento se destaca el evento de lanzamieno del Programa de Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricional...

This article provides an introduction to the topic of stakeholder involvement in rural development policy and sets the scene for the rest of this EU Rural Review. It clarifies the importance of stakeholder involvement and how and why the EU is prepared to invest so much to support it. It...

La Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO) señaló hoy que la protección social y la agricultura familiar son la receta para romper el círculo de la pobreza rural, pues la mejor inversión está en el campo. La batalla para acabar con el hambre y la...

 Egypt will start buying local wheat from farmers at the average global price starting next season changing the way it subsidises its wheat growers, the cabinet said in a statement on Thursday. In previous years Egypt annually fixed a local procurement price for Egyptian wheat that is above global prices in...

En esta ocasión presentamos el primer BIP del proyecto “Emprendimientos juveniles exitosos con el uso de tecnologías de información y comunicación” que se desarrolla en los municipios de Rurrenabaque y San Buenaventura de los departamentos de Beni y La Paz, en Bolivia. El propósito del proyecto es fortalecer las capacidades...

The olive grove of Amfissa is a traditional, non-aligned cultivation of olive trees in Central Greece. Trees are very old  - 70% of them are more than 150 years old - they have deep pleats on their trunks and a well-developed crown and, in some cases, they are over 10...

El Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos, basado en el principio 14.3 del Código de Buenas Prácticas Estadísticas del Ecuador y siguiendo su política de transparencia, informa a sus usuarios que se produjo un error de estimación en la publicación de la Encuesta de Superficie y Producción Agropecuaria Continua (ESPAC)...