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Article de blog
Fish drying method changes lives in Burundi
FAO project to introduce simple raised drying racks improves livelihoods and nutrition for communities along the shores of Lake Tanganyika and beyond
Burundi
2014
Directives
Aksakals’ guide on Community-based Landscape Restoration (CLR)
A century ago forests covered large foot hill chains in Uzbekistan and provided manifold benefits. Currently, only 7.3% of Uzbekistan is forested. Specifically villages below mountains or lower ranges suffer from mud flows after hails and even slight rains. Climate change will fuel the serisks, e.g. by increase of hails....
Uzbekistan
2014 - ICARDA
Article de revue spécialisée
Difusión de seis nuevas variedades de papa en Boyacá y Cundinamarca (Colombia) entre 2003 y 2010
Entre los años 2003 y 2005, la Universidad Nacional de Colombia, sede Bogotá, ha liberado al mercado de Boyacá y Cundinamarca seis nuevas variedades de papa tetraploide: Pastusa Suprema, Esmeralda, Betina, Punto Azul, Rubí y Roja Nariño. A pesar de que actualmente todas ya se encuentran en el mercado en...
Colombia
2014 - Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia
Ouvrage
Adaptación en ecosistemas de montaña
Las montañas proporcionan diversos servicios ambientales como agua, energía, suelo y biodiversidad y son de vital importancia no solo para las poblaciones locales sino también para los ecosistemas y las poblaciones que se encuentran a menor altitud. Por consiguiente, el impacto del cambio climático en los ecosistemas de montaña está...
2014 - Soluciones prácticas
Article de revue spécialisée
Perceptions of drought among rural farmers in the Savelugu district in the northern Savannah of Ghana
Drought is one of the most constraining climate extremes to livelihoods particularly in dryland environments. Effective adaptation to drought is partly dependent on farmers’ perceptions and how these are harmonised with scientific knowledge systems into local adaptation policies and strategies. This paper examined the perceptions of drought among farmers in...
Ghana
2014 - University of Ghana
Article de blog
New initiative enables Somali farmers to produce food assistance
For the first time, Somali farmers are turning themselves into suppliers of high-quality food assistance for their fellow Somali people. European Union, Austria and United Nations food agencies are backing landmark initiative
Somalia
2014
Rapport
Apple-producing family farms in South Tyrol
An agriculture innovation
Apple production in South Tyrol is a true illustration of a vibrant agricultural innovation system. It is a collaborative and pluralistic structure that comprises private and public actors, different tiers of producer organizations, cooperatives, research, extension and advisory services, all geared towards integrating small-scale apple producers in a highly productive, profitable and efficient system.Today,...
Italy
2014 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Ouvrage
Mulheres rurais e autonomia
Formação e articulação para efetivar políticas públicas nos Territórios da Cidadania
O Estado Brasileiro assumiu o compromisso de reduzir as desigualdades de gênero no nosso país reconhecendo as particularidades do meio rural. Para isto, desde 2003 vem implementando um conjunto de políticas e programas que buscam garantir direitos à cidadania e ao desenvolvimento econômico, bem como, promover a autonomia das mulheres...
Brazil
2014 - Ministério do Desenvolvimento Agrário (MDA), Brasil
Ouvrage
Les Droits d’abord, les Droits toujours : Les pecheurs artisans et leurs communautés du point de vue des droits humains - Série d’articles extraits de la revue Samudra
Malgré leur importante contribution à l’éradication de la pauvreté, à la sécurité alimentaire, les pêcheurs et autres travailleurs de la pêche artisanale continuent à être marginalisés à divers niveaux. C’est dans ce contexte que le Comité des pêches (COFI) de l’Organisation des Nations Unies pour l’alimentation et l’agriculture (FAO) a...
2014 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Vidéos
The good honey from Pastor Kamara
Pastor John Kamara, Musaia, Koinadugu Province, Sierra Leone.Through the narrative of his life, Pastor Kamara tells the story of the development and improvement of honey business in Sierra Leone. From the struggle to make a living collecting honey in the traditional way to the success of producing raw honey with...
Sierra Leone
2014 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Rapport
Methodology and Tests for the World Agriculture Watch
Project Findings and Recommendations
The World Agriculture Watch (WAW) aims to generate and disseminate improved knowledge of rural and agricultural transformations, putting national and international stakeholders in a better position to build dialogue and policy. The WAW will provide a global platform for facilitating the acquisition and sharing of relevant data and information in...
2014 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Bulletin d'information
La CONAPAC a déposé un cahier de plaidoyer au Parlement
Comme décidé lors de la table-ronde sur la Déclaration de Maputo, tenue du 20 au 24 septembre 2014 à Kinshasa, la CONAPAC a mis en branle son plaidoyer en vue de l’augmentation de la part du budget national réservée à l’agriculture à au moins 10 %. Un cahier de plaidoyer...
Democratic Republic of the Congo
2014 - Confédération Nationale des Producteurs Agricoles du Congo (CONAPAC)
Article de blog
Agricultores familiares alimentan el mundo
En la República Dominicana existen 347,563 explotaciones agrícolas, de acuerdo a datos de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO). De estas fincas, 281.526 son unidades familiares, lo que equivale a un 81% de predios agrícolas en manos de familias.
A nivel mundial existen 570...
Dominican Republic
2014 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Étude de cas
Sub-urban food production systems in a Swiss agglomeration
The example of the milk supply chain in Bern
The growing number of local agriculture initiatives and their diversity reflects the population's need to reconnect with basic values and their raising concern about sustainability. Alternative forms of (sub-) urban agriculture, such as direct selling, basket delivery services and community-supported agriculture (CSA) are developing. Are these initiatives specific, regarding “resilience”...
Switzerland
2014 - Rethink
Document technique
Hacia una agricultura familiar más fuerte
Voces en el Año Internacional de la Agricultura Familiar
De las 570 millones de granjas que hay en el mundo, más de 500 son granjas familiares, lo que hace de la agricultura familiar el principal modo de producción agrícola del planeta. Las granjas familiares producen alrededor del 80% de los alimentos del mundo en términos de valor, y tomadas...
2014 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Site web
Save and Grow: A policymaker’s guide to the sustainable intensification of smallholder crop production
This new edition of Save and Grow comes following the Rio+20 Conference in June 2012 and the launch of the Zero Hunger Challenge by the United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon. The challenge has five elements: guarantee year-round access to adequate food, end stunting in children, double small farmer productivity, foster...
2014 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Rapport
Ciudades en la Transformación Rural
La transformación rural es un proceso de cambio social integral mediante el cual las sociedades rurales diversifican sus economías y reducen su dependencia de la agricultura; llegan a ser dependientes de lugares distantes en materia de comercio y en la adquisición de bienes, servicios e ideas; se mueven de aldeas...
2014 - Centro Latinoamericano para el Desarrollo Rural (RIMISP)
Document de travail
Loan Demand and Rationing among Small-Scale Farmers in Nigeria
The credit market serving agriculture in Nigeria is encumbered by operational and administrative inadequacies and the discriminatory tendencies of financial institutions. The government has implemented policies to redress the situation, but small-scale farmers have not benefitted from these incentives to any reasonable degree. This makes it imperative to examine the...
Nigeria
2014 - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Étude de cas
Sikkim Himalaya-Agriculture
Improving and Scaling up of Traditionally Managed Agricultural Systems of Global Significance the
The proposed GIAHS project, Sikkim Himalaya-Agriculture is a part of globally significant biodiversity hot spots of the world within the greater quadri-national junction of Khanchendzonga landscape in the Eastern Himalayas. The region is an assemblage of sacred landscapes called Demazong (the valley of rice) or the Shangrila (the hidden paradise...
India
2014 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Comptes rendus de conférence
Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture: Contributing to food security and sustainability in a changing world
Given the importance of the sustainable use of biodiversity for food and agriculture, and the critical role of biodiversity and ecosystems in sustainable intensification of agricultural production, this publication addresses these issues, and by doing so also contributes to furthering the implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity’s Programme of...
2014 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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