Policies to stimulate the modernization have not achieved the small family farm producers, and many of them have started to consider the agroindustrialization as a productive alternative as well as  a  source  of  family  income.  However,  the  challenge  is  the  commercialization  of these products,  considering  that  most  of  these  negotiations ...

Durante el 2010 las agencias de extensión del INTA trabajan en red en la provincia de Córdoba con el cultivo de papa (Solanum tuberosum) variedad Calén INTA (tubérculos oval alargados, calibre grande, piel lisa, carne crema y alto rinde) para la producción de papines con la participación de familias e...

Este número de Mundos Rurales incluye artículos sobre: Cambios necesarios en tiempos de cambio climático Gestión del bosque en el Norte Amazónico de Bolivia Miradas a un año del inicio de los Asentamientos en Pando Implementación de las Autonomías Indígena Originario Campesinas en Potosí Autonomías interculturales, democráticas y productivas El conflicto potosino desde las perspectivas vivenciales Marcha...

Rice is the staple food of about half of the world’s population, the majority of which is located in Asia. Rice supplies as much as 80% of the daily caloric intake of the teeming population of Asia, where two-thirds of the world’s impoverished population lives. It is estimated that 2.3...

La agencia de extensión INTA La Carlota (Córdoba) desarrolla trabajos dentro de su área de influencia referidos a enmiendas orgánicas en una secuencia de cultivos hortícolas en forma coordinada con una familia vinculada al Proyecto Pro-Huerta; y en el marco del PNTER 3331 de Producción Agroecológica, Prohuerta. El objetivo principal de esta experiencia es...

In  the  face  a  complex  food  problems  consists  of  a  scenario  of  nutritional  transition  and  a productive  model  guided  by  the  industrialization  of  agriculture  and  food,  causing  the marginalization of most family farmers, in Brazil there is political and social actions that tend to destabilize  supply  chains  dominate.  In  the ...

Este número de Mundos Rurales incluye artículos sobre: Charagua, líder en las reivindicaciones del pueblo guaraní, avanza a la Autonomía Indígena. Vivencias en elecciones Largo camino para ejercer el derecho Amazonía: día esperado, entre incertidumbre y esperanzas Asentamientos humanos en Pando: explorando mejores condiciones de vida Pese a la Constitución y las leyes, las mujeres...

Sustainably managed forests have multiple environmental and socio-economic functions important at the global, national and local scales, and play a vital part in sustainable development. Reliable and upto-date information on the state of forest resources - not only on area and area change, but also on such variables as growing...

Women fishworkers in India, as in other parts of the world, play critical roles within the fisheries and fishing communities, roles that are often not recognized or supported. Women are particularly active in postharvest fisheries; in marine fishing communities in India, for example, women comprise about 75 per cent of...

“Recasting the Net: Defining a Gender Agenda for Sustaining Life and Livelihoods in Fishing Communities” is a workshop that was meant to reflect on what needs to be done to develop a ‘gender agenda’ for sustaining life and livelihoods in fisheries. It was also organized against the backdrop of the...

The study aimed at examining how the policies and regulations in place (or lack thereof) impact on smallscale banana farmers in Isingiro district and share possible solutions with the government, farmers, interested donors and other stakeholders.

This is the report on the workshop on “Small Indigenous Freshwater Fish Species: Their Role in Poverty Alleviation, Food Security and Conservation of Biodiversity”, organized by the ICSF in collaboration with the Inland Fisheries Society of India (IFSI). The workshop was a forum for exchange of views on the role...

A new kind of sustainable intensified agriculture based on CA is emerging and new production systems often also include trees grown as hedge rows to control grazing and provide habitats and fuel, or include trees as strip crops with annual crops rotated in adjacent strips. Trees in crop-livestock systems often...

The workshop “Enhancing Women’s Roles in Fisheries in India” was organized by the ICSF between 1-3 February 2010 in Navi Mumbai, India. The workshop was meant to discuss and analyze the role of women in fisheries, and reflect on issues facing women in fishing communities and organizations in India.

Sixty delegates from Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia and India met at Lombok, Nusa Tenggara Barat (NTB, West Nusa Tenggara) province, Indonesia, during 2-5 August 2009, for the workshop on “Customary Institutions in Indonesia: Do They Have a Role in Fisheries and Coastal Area Management?”. The workshop was organized by...

Pineapple is by far the most important crop within the horticultural sub-sector of the Ghanaian economy. The crop employs over 15,000 individuals out of which 40% are women and generates rural incomes of over 6 million USD. Large and medium commercial farms account for about 70% of production with the...

同世界上大多数地方一样，利比里亚妇女们承担着照顾家庭的重任。尽管当地土地肥沃、森林资源丰富，然而农村居民几乎就没有决策的权利，好的机会总是被强势的群体（主要是男性非法伐木者）所掌握。在此背景下，许多发展组织通过对妇女群体展开教育和培训来解决她们面临的粮食需求问题。

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and partners in southern Africa are promoting conservation agriculture as one of the options for more sustainable farming. This technical brief describes the principles of conservation agriculture and its benefits.

The reporting framework for FRA 2010 is based on the thematic elements of sustainable forest management acknowledged in intergovernmental forest-related fora and includes variables related to the extent, condition, uses and values of forest resources, as well as the policy, legal and institutional framework related to forests. More information on...

The Hunger Free Latin America and the Caribbean Initiative is a commitment from the countries and organizations of the region, supported by the Food and Agricultural Organization from the United Nations (FAO), to contribute to creating the conditions that will allow eradicating hunger permanently by 2025. The Initiative started during the Latin American Summit...