Propone que en lugar de que las 40 mil hectáreas de la cuarta etapa de Chavimochic sean repartidas entre 10 o 20 grandes empresas, éstas sean distribuidas entre, 400 empresas que manejen, cada una, 100 hectáreas, u 800 que manejen, cada una, 50 hectáreas, o en miles de empresas familiares....

Symbiotic relationships and agricultural practices that reduce external inputs dependency and make feasible familiar farming systems production are necessary and demand differentiated soil, plants and inputs management. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (FMAs) are naturally widespread in soils, being agricultural systems components, infecting and colonising roots of most plants, contributing for their...

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...

This publication contains visual indicators of environmental performance under cropping

In the course of becoming a new EU member state, Croatian pig production systems are being modernized in order to ensure product quality and competitiveness according to European standards. This process involves the modernization and intensification of larger pig farms and the termination of small pig farms. Small‐scale farming, especially...

The objectives of this guide are: 1. to explain what origin-linked quality and the GI concept are; 2. to raise awareness regarding the potential of origin-linked products for rural development and conditions for sustainability; 3. to facilitate implementation of GI processes at local level by providing tools and a concrete...

En el año 2004 y como resultado de la elaboración de un nuevo Plan de Mediano Plazo, el Programa Cooperativo para el Desarrollo Tecnológico Agroalimentario y Agroindustrial del Cono Sur (PROCISUR) promueve entre otras, la creación de la Plataforma Tecnológica Regional de Agricultura Familiar (PTR_AF) con el objetivo de generar,...

Dar voz a las poblaciones rurales, en particular a las mujeres, es el principal objetivo de Dimitra, un proyecto participativo de información y comunicación en la FAO. Dimitra también pretende destacar las contribuciones de las poblaciones rurales a sus comunidades para poner de relieve su papel decisivo en el desarrollo. Este proyecto...

A livelihoods study by SNV in 2007 concluded that it was possible to increase the income of banana producers four-fold by increasing productivity and quality per acre grown by the average household. To take up this method, a robust and effective method of transforming the mindset and practices of farmers...

Esta guía busca orientar procesos de formulación de Planes de Desarrollo Rural Sostenible (PDRS). Ha sido elaborada según un documento que se publicó en el 2005, para la Secretaría de Desarrollo Territorial (SDT) del Ministerio de Desarrollo Agrario (MDA) en Brasil, con el objetivo de tener una nueva visión de...

January 2010 saw the launch of the world's first livestock insurance for remote African pastoralists as a result of years of research.

Thousands of small scale farmers in India commit duicide, because they can no longer solve their debt problems. Two decades ago they took up modern farming and with the help of government subsidies they started growing commercial crops. In the beginning harvests were good, but as time went on, the...

La presente publicación refleja las principales reflexiones y experiencias sobre economía social, puestas en común en una serie de encuentros de formación realizados durante 2007 y 2008 en diversos puntos del país, que reunieron a un conjunto de intelectuales, instituciones, técnicos y organizaciones. Poniendo en relación aspectos conceptuales, análisis de...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM) and United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) began a partnership in 2002 to address barriers to organic trade arising from the proliferation of organic standards and technical regulations. From 2002 to...

In this issue of BAOBAB, we focus on the importance of indigenous knowledge as a key for sustainable agriculture. This knowledge has the potential to play an important role in conserving natural resources, finding food alternatives and reducing the use of chemicals in production of materials. In this issue partnerships...

This first issue after the merger of the old Baobab with the Kilimo Endelevu Africa (KEA) looks at the importance of livestock in the livelihoods of farmers. Livestock is an integral part of most family farms, and fulfills many functions such as food, assets and fertilizer. This issue focuses on...

This issue of Baobab focuses on access to water for sustainable agriculture and livelihoods, its management and policies, or lack of them, which can regulate its effective and efficient use. In a region that highly relies on rainfall for food production, a lot needs to be done in agricultural water...

This issue of the BOABAB focuses on partnerships for learning: forging partnerships, expanding networks, including different stakeholders and meanwhile promoting sustainable agriculture. Not only do the partnerships prove important in farming matters but also in how people effected by HIV and AIDS are able to cope, improve their lives and...

El objetivo del artículo es presentar la experiencia de agricultores mapuche en la creación de su propio sistema de certificación para proteger y controlar el comercio y los atributos agrícolas, gastronómicos y culturales de la quinua. 

El objetivo del presente documento es la sistematización del Plan de Agricultura Familiar, en su componente conocido como PAF-Seguridad Alimentaria, el cual es ejecutado por el Gobierno de El Salvador, a través del Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería (MAG) y el Centro Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria y Forestal (CENTA), con...