El gobierno uruguayo se ha propuesto exigir a los productores un Plan de Uso y Manejo Responsable del Suelo a nivel predial. Siguiendo lo dispuesto en la Ley Nº15.239, a través del Artículo nº 5 del Decreto Nº405/2008, se determina que los planes, avalados por un asesor técnico Ingeniero Agrónomo...

Oliver De Schutter speaks about sustainable food systems at a conference in Wageningen, the Netherlands. “Agroecology is really common sense. It means understanding how nature works, to replicate the natural workings of nature on farms in order to reduce dependency on external inputs. Agroecology preserves the ability for future generations...

On 14 January 2014, DG AGRI and the EIP-AGRI Service Point organised a workshop, which focussed on the practical aspects of the Horizon 2020 calls for multi-actor projects and thematic networks related to agriculture and forestry. The workshop was kicked off by DG AGRI director Jose Sousa Uva who gave...

Este documento es el resultado del Programa Cohesión Territorial para el Desarrollo. El documento está organizado en cinco secciones. En la sección 2 se presentan antecedentes sobre la evolución de la discusión sobre la AF en el país. La sección 3 contiene la metodología incluyendo una discusión de las fuentes de...

IFPRI’s flagship report examines the major food policy issues, developments, and decisions of 2013. It puts into perspective the year’s food policy successes and setbacks, and suggests how to advance policies that will improve the food situation for poor people in developing countries. Contributions by IFPRI researchers and other leading food...

On the occasion of the International Year of Family Farming (IYFF), this number drew attention to the important role of family farming and the key challenges and priorities for the future. Find out the differences, and the different programs and activities on family farming all over the world. This and much...

The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) is a non-profit, scientific facility that conducts research on the most pressing challenges of forest and landscapes management around the world. With our global, multidisciplinary approach, we aim to improve human well-being, protect the environment, and increase equity. To do so, we help...

Los territorios rurales atraviesan procesos de envejecimiento y una de las causas principales es la emigración de los jóvenes a los centros urbanos. Las razones para dejar el campo y la agricultura son en parte las barreras que enfrentan al insertarse social y productivamente en sus comunidades y el acceso...

The expansion idea for the business came from the two managers of the company Ocean Orchids, after reaching the area of 1.6 ha cultivated in 2005. The need to obtain a bigger production due to the quantity of bloomed orchids requested for weekly, led to taking the decision of building...

During the next 7 years, the new CAP is going to invest almost EUR 28 billion in the UK farming sector and rural areas. Among the key political priorities defined at European level are jobs, sustainability, modernizations, innovation and quality. In parallel, flexibility is given to the UK to adapt...

FAO is working towards increasing the resilience of people and their livelihoods to natural hazards, human-induced disasters and protracted crises that impact agriculture, nutrition, food security and food safety.

El Instituto de Desarrollo y Medio Ambiente IDMA es una organización no gubernamental, sin fines de lucro, fundada el 13 de marzo de 1984, con la finalidad de aportar desde los ámbitos locales y regionales al desarrollo nacional; hacia la consecución de un modelo de desarrollo sostenible que permita mejorar...

El territorio colombiano por estar ubicado en la zona tropical, presenta condiciones ambientales y climáticas complejas, asociadas con una enorme diversidad biológica y sociocultural de las poblaciones que habitan en estos ecosistemas. Desde épocas ancestrales los pueblos originarios han convivido armónicamente con sus territorios, mediante la “lecturaleza”, que les ha...

Lors de la 28ème session de la Conférence Régionale de la FAO pour l’Afrique tenue à Tunis du 24 au 28 mars 2014, les hauts dirigeants des gouvernements africains ont manifesté le rôle primordial que les petits exploitants agricoles jouent dans la lutte pour éradiquer la faim et la malnutrition...

World Food day was celebrated in Turkey on 16 October with numerous events taking place across the country.  The official celebration took place in collaboration with the Turkish Food and Beverage Industry Employers Association (TUGIS) on 16 October in Istanbul with the high-level participation of Mehdi Eker, Minister of Food,...

This Report presents the results of the 2011-2012 Agriculture and Livestock Survey (ALS) in Small Scale Commercial farms (SSCF) conducted by the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency.

According to the country’s Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics, around 51 per cent of the population living in rural areas in Upper Egypt is poor. The factsheet focuses on this topic, arguing that although most people in Upper Egypt depend on agriculture for their livelihoods, smallholder farming in...

El objetivo de la plataforma es "Generar, adaptar, validar y transferir capacidades tecnológicas e institucionales, entre los países participantes, para la inclusión y el desarrollo sustentable de la agricultura familiar". Sus áreas de trabajo son: Identificación y desarrollo de atributos de diferenciación por calidad en la AF que permita la valorización...

El presente documento se dirige a todas las organizaciones e instituciones públicas, privadas y de la sociedad civil involucradas o interesadas en el tema, y ofrece elementos para la reflexión y la toma de decisiones. Después de presentar brevemente los objetivos y retos del AIAF, proponemos algunas respuestas a la...

Farming in Nigeria largely takes place in peasant and small scale physical labour-fed farms where productivity diminishes with age. Given depleting productivity accounted for by loss of agility due to advancement in age and general insufficiency of capital, avenues capable of sufficiently salvaging this dearth must, therefore, be explored. The...