Women in rural Bangladesh rarely get an opportunity to work outside their homes and earn their own income. Now hundreds of thousands of women are being employed on construction sites across the country, helping to build and maintain infrastructure in their communities whilst working their way out of poverty.

À l’occasion d’une nouvelle législation dont le but est de soutenir le bio, ils ont adopté une mesure autorisant les agriculteurs bio à vendre les graines issues de leurs récoltes « maison ».

A sort video about Thongmung Organic Farming Group in Vientiane Capital

he Seeds of Hope project improves climate change resilience, food security and sovereignty and autonomy of small farmer communities in North India. It relies on the recognition of women’s traditional knowledge. The project is led in partnership with the association Navdanya, founded by Dr Vandana Shiva. Direct beneficiaries include 745...

With the support from GRET and Towards Organic Asia, the working team from Mekong Young Organic Farmer Alliance traveled across Mekong region, met young farmers, and made a video to share their inspiring story. Here is a story from Vietnam

Convocatoria de Fontagro ​(Mecanismo de Cooperación entre países de América Latina y el Caribe y España), que desde el pasado 1 de Marzo y hasta el 30 de Abril de 2018 está abierta, denominada “Escalamiento de Innovaciones para el mejoramiento de la agricultura familiar en América Latina y el Caribe”....

Libro resumen de la 1era Conferencia Regional del Grupo de Investigadores en Políticas Públicas de la Agricultura Familiar (GIPPAF) de la REAF Mercosur. La presente publicación, representa la consolidación del trabajo iniciado en Posadas, y busca seguir estrechando lazos y comenzar a materializar el desarrollo de investigación de carácter regional, además...

The following video is the story of Mr Ko Kyaw Kyaw, a farmer in Maubin Township, Ayeyarwady, Myanmar. Short movie produced by Towards Organic Asia (TOA) with support from ALiSEA Small Grant

Young Organic Farmers, The Journey of Hope #2 : The Spirit of Young Entrepreneur in Cambodia is about fresh graduates in Cambodia who instead of migrating to the city for jobs, they head back home and create jobs for themselves and people in the community.

Agriculture is the mainstay of the Kenyan economy and contributes over 45 percent of government revenue. The agricultural sector is the largest employer, representing 60 percent of total employment. Overall, approximately 80 percent of rural women are employed in agriculture. However, the percentage of agricultural land held by women remains...

On the eve of the first World Bee Day, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has urged countries and individuals to do more to protect bees and other pollinators or risk a sharp drop in food diversity. Bees are under great threat from the combined effects of climate change, intensive...

Awra Amba is an intentional community of around 500 people founded in northern Ethiopia to combat poverty, exploitation and gender inequality. At the heart of this magnanimous project is a simple question: why should any one human being exploit another? This is the question that the founder of Awra Amba, Zumra...

L’analyse et la quantification des performances de la petite agriculture familiale (PAF) constituent un enjeu au regard de la transition agroécologique. Cet article utilise une méthode combinant enquêtes auprès d’agriculteurs de la PAF de Guadeloupe, typologie et évaluation, à l’échelle de l’exploitation, des avantages qu’ils tirent de pratiques agroécologiques en...

The Thirty-first Session of the FAO Regional Conference for Europe which took place for the first time in the Russian Federation concluded its work today after three days of intense discussions. It was the fifth in a series, following on the heels of spring regional conferences for Africa, Latin America...

In the span of a few decades, the world has witnessed a technological revolution, which has generated economic and social change at an unprecedented pace. Today, an app on your smartphone can help raise awareness of a social cause worldwide and help a farmer activate the sprinklers to water her...

CVC stated its satisfaction with the Commission’s proposal to limit financial aid to 60,000 EUR per farm, but added that it is important to take the active farmers who work there into account, as well as the economic and social conditions of the workers and day labourers.  Moreover, cuts to the...

Manejos agronómicos adecuados, permitirían incrementar rendimiento y mantener calidad durante la poscosecha. El objetivo fue evaluar el efecto de sistemas de producción, forma de sujeción y días de almacenamiento en el rendimiento y pérdidas poscosecha, durante otoño e invierno, en la Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, UNR. Se analizaron 3 factores:...

ActionAid joins growing global calls to ‘scale-up’ and ‘scale-out’ agroecology. As governments and donors meet at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) 2nd International Symposium on Agroecology we urge them to join forces to support agroecology on a large scale. At least 500 million family farms produce about 80...

Agroecology can offer an important vehicle to reduce poverty and inequality, by contributing to decent work and addressing a fundamental human need – access to food. 

Good rangeland governance is critical in sustainable conservation of pasture lands. The role of social practices – including broad participation and the chance to voice specific concerns – is central to achieving good rangeland governance. Together with targeted investments, they are essential in improving rangeland governance.