This OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2019-2028 foresees that the demand for agricultural products will grow by 15% over the coming decade. The way in which this demand is met will determine the sector’s impact on the natural resource base, notably land, water, and biodiversity. Rising food production also comes with higher...

CEJA, Rural Youth Europe and MIJARC Europe, the three main European organisations representing rural youth and young farmers, launched their 2019 EU elections manifesto today. The document, titled “Empowering Young Farmers and Rural Youth”, was released on the occasion of the “EU Young Farmer Speed Dating” event hosted by CEJA in...

The Om Sleiman farm in the village of Bil'in is part of a burgeoning movement of agroecology and community supported agriculture (CSA) in the occupied West Bank. Depending on the season, the farm grows broccoli, ginger, turmeric, kale and watermelon, as well as other fruits and vegetables. It claims to be the...

The ENRD newsletter provides all the latest rural development news from Europe straight to your inbox once a month. From policy updates to ENRD meetings and from project outcomes to online videos, this new and updated tool aims to provide something for everybody interested in rural development policy in Europe....

This report was prepared under the Asian Development Bank (ADB) knowledge and support technical assistance project for Investment Assessment and Application of High-Level Technology for Food Security in Asia and the Pacific, implemented by the Rural Development and Food Security (RDFS) Thematic Group, Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department (SDCC)....

Agtube is a new social media platform for rural people in developing countries, and all those with an interest in sustainable agriculture around the world. It is a place where you can upload and share your video clips in any language. Agtube is an initiative of Access Agriculture, an international NGO...

La Red PP-Al organiza un seminario tematico al año o una escuela de verano en los cuales los miembros de la Red y los estudiantes involucrados en los proyectos colaborativas participan y refuerzan sus capacidades de analisis de las políticas públicas. Durante el año 2019, el seminario se llamó: Repensar las políticas...

The crisis in the industrial food system is impossible to ignore. For over a decade, study after study has validated the assertion of the Food Sovereignty movement in 2007 - that the corporate food system destroys life. Now Governments are anxious to find ‘innovations’ in agriculture that can overcome this....

The Decade of Family Farming provides an extraordinary opportunity for the United Nations to achieve its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in an inclusive, collaborative and coherent way. Putting family farming and all family-based production models1 at the focus of interventions for a period of ten years, will contribute to a...

It is estimated that about half of the world’s obsolete pesticides can be found in the former Soviet Union, with many of them stored throughout Central Asia. As an important centre for agriculture, particularly cotton production, the subregion was a heavy user of pesticides. What remain are inappropriate burial sites,...

A importância de quintais produtivos para mulheres rurais na agricultura familiar e para a formação das chamadas cadernetas agroecológicas foi tema de encontro técnico realizado pela Secretaria de Desenvolvimento rural de Palmas (Seder) em parceria com representantes da Secretaria da Agricultura, Pecuária e Aquicultura (Seagro) e do Ministério da Agricultura,...

For almost five decades, organic farming associations like the Northeast Organic Farming Association, the Maine Organic Farming and Gardening Association and others across the country have been dedicated to supporting and expanding the community of farmers, homesteaders and conscious eaters who build their lives and livelihoods through agroecology — growing...

As part of our Good Food for All campaign, IFOAM – Organics International wants to showcase sustainable, organic farmers who grow our food and highlight the role they play in achieving zero hunger.

This brochure highlights a number of Operational Groups and other innovative projects and initiatives that are exploring solutions for challenges that collaborative short food supply chains are facing. These projects illustrate successful ways of bringing innovation and collaboration to short food chains, for more impact. This publication also offers inspiration...

Princípios da agroecologia e da produção orgânica de hortaliças e marco legal da produção orgânica no Brasil foram os temas do primeiro módulo da capacitação continuada prevista no âmbito do projeto “Agroecologia e Produção Orgânica – conhecimentos e tecnologias para sistemas produtivos mais sustentáveis”, realizado pela Embrapa em conjunto com...

O agronegócio é um pilar da economia brasileira, respondendo por quase um quarto do Produto Interno Bruto (PIB), com culturas como soja e café de fazendas industrializadas entre as exportações mais importantes do país. Mas o Brasil também tem milhões de agricultores e agricultoras familiares com um faturamento anual total...

A contribuição das mulheres agricultoras para o bem-estar socioeconômico, para a segurança alimentar mundial e para a redução da pobreza é celebrada nesta terça-feira, 15 de outubro, com o Dia Internacional das Mulheres Rurais. Dar visibilidade ao trabalho delas é o principal objetivo da campanha regional “Mulheres Rurais, Mulheres com...

February edition of RNDR newsletter is available in English, and now also in Romanian Topics include: Launch Sub-Measure 17.1, Consultative options sub-measures 5.1.5.2 and 7.4, Newsletter EIPAgri in Romanian, Event ENRD networX, EURIC Competition - Rural Innovation and many other interesting topics.

In this film, farmers from Lower Dzongu, Sikkim, India discuss the importance of traditional seeds for food, life and culture and their plans to establish a community seed bank to help maintain and revive traditional seeds. Video produced as a part of project: Agroecology, Organics and Sustainability Transitions in Sikkim,...

The European City Farms conference took place from 18 – 22 September 2019 in the Netherlands. About 65 participants from Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy, Norway, United Kingdom, Czech Republic, Italy and Ireland took part in a most interesting programme. The theme was ‘Water, go with the flow!’. The Dutch...