Mozambique has a population of about 25 million people. Most live in rural areas and rely on farming for all or part of their household income. Located on Africa’s south-eastern seaboard, the country encompasses biodiversity sites of great significance. Today agriculture is said to account for 25% of Mozambique’s gross domestic...

Alrededor de 150 personas procedentes de 21 países europeos, y representantes formales de todas las redes de ámbito estatal que están constituidas, participaron del 16 al 18 de septiembre en el III encuentro europeo de movimientos de agricultura sostenida por la comunidad (ASC), que se celebró en Ostrava (República Checa)....

Located about 70 km north east from Hanoi, Vietnam, the villages of Xuan An and Ngoc Son (Bac Giang province) include 285 households. Rice is the main staple crop. Local rice and vegetable production strongly relies on synthetic inputs specifically Nitrogen fertilizers and pesticides which increase production costs and raise...

A comissão organizadora do evento Brasília Agroecológica 2017 definiu o tema que vai representar os quatro congressos simultâneos agendados para setembro do próximo ano na capital federal: "Agroecologia na transformação dos sistemas agroalimentares na América Latina: memórias, saberes e caminhos para o Bem Viver". O tema busca contemplar a programação unificada...

Em um cenário onde quem exerce influência política são os grandes proprietários de terra, agricultores familiares encontram nas cooperativas uma for- ma de se fazerem ouvir. Falta de informação, assessoria técnica e valorização são alguns dos enfrentamentos diários dos pequenos produtores. É na organização coletiva que muitos vêm conseguindo escoar a produção...

Mountain people learn, live, love and unite for life – to awaken and search for the treasure within the mountain. By combining our wisdom, we can co-exist and develop to our fullest potential, working towards holistic dignity and sustainability. This initiative involves 1,144 families, mainly concentrated in Mae Win, Mae...

Integrated Pest Management (IPM) has been known for some decades but is often used and understood in different ways by different people. In other words, all available control options (e.g. cultural, physical, biological, chemical) should be considered and applied reasonably by farmers. Nevertheless, IPM is not simply a toolbox and integration...

Uma pesquisa do Centro de Apoio e Promoção da Agroecologia (Capa), instituição executora de contrato de assistência técnica e extensão rural (Ater) da Sead, apontou que houve ampliação da diversificação entre agricultores familiares produtores de tabaco. “Havendo segurança de que outro sistema produtivo possui maior viabilidade, troca-se de sistema”, conclui o levantamento,...

Productores de 14 países demandaron políticas concretas para potenciar la producción ecológica y la alimentación saludable al cierre del VII Encuentro Latinoamericano y del Caribe de Agricultura Ecológica y Orgánica que tuvo lugar en Rurrenabaque, Beni. Más de 200 productores reunidos en el municipio beniano reclamaron a los gobiernos de la región...

Rapidly increasing on-farm biodiversity is a matter of urgency in an era of climate change. Farmers often have limited access to genetic resources. Not only do they need greater access to the genetic material in research stations and gene banks, they also need to collaborate with scientists who are willing...

Video que muestra la relevancia de recolección de aguas lluvia, a través de cisternas, en territorios con escasez hídrica como en el semiárido brasileño. La recolección les permite disponer del recurso y regar sus plantaciones todo el año.

Effective management of water resources on irrigated lands, monitoring of irrigated and arid pastures, water conservation in irrigated agriculture, and the influence of agroforestry and protective afforestation on water conservation were the focus of the roundtable held here today at Timiryazev Agricultural Academy. Co-organized by the FAO Liaison Office with the...

For more than a decade, Main Street Project has been working to create new possibilities for the growing numbers of rural Latino immigrantsstranded in low-wage farming and food industry jobs with no benefits and no future. In 2010, Main Street Project set out to create a new regional food system...

Copa and Cogeca launch new #EUFarmRecipes book, each recipe with a story to tell, to show consumers that farmers and their cooperatives are the first producers of food

Kenya is withholding approval for field trials of genetically modified (GM) maize because some officials argue that a ban on GM imports applies to controlled growing tests as well, according to a person familiar with the deliberations. Talks involving representatives from the health and environment ministries and the Kenya’s...

The North American CSA community, taking a clue from the rapid growth of CSAs in new areas of the world (France, UK, all of Europe, China), is proposing the adoption of a CSA Charter that provides a definition of what CSA is all about. Together, regional networks and independent CSAs will launch...

More than a thousand smallholder farmers from predominantly tribal Sundargarh district have been supported to adopt or extend locally appropriate, low-cost, sustainable farming practices to improve food and nutritional security and increase income.  The Centre for Integrated Rural and Tribal Development (CIRTD), a long term partner of ActionAid India in Sundargarh...

Está aberto o edital de seleção pública nº 2017/030 Ecoforte Redes, que tem como objetivo a seleção e o apoio a projetos territoriais de redes de agroecologia, extrativismo e produção orgânica, voltados à intensificação das práticas de manejo sustentável de produtos da sociobiodiversidade e de sistemas produtivos orgânicos e de...

A Organização das Nações Unidas (ONU) declarou 2017 como o Ano Internacional do Turismo Sustentável para o Desenvolvimento. Segundo a instituição, será uma ótima oportunidade para promover o papel do turismo no crescimento econômico, inclusivo e sustentável e na defesa dos valores culturais. Da parte que nos cabe, é fácil...

Agriculture in Senegal is predominantly rain-fed and so erratic weather patterns present an everincreasing risk to smallholder farmers across the country. Late onset of rain can lead to a reduced growing season; unexpected torrential rain and flash-flooding can lead to farmers losing scarce resources of seed, other farm inputs and...