Within Maasai pastoralist communities, milk provides a rich source of nutrients and income, especially for women, and plays a central role in cultural and religious ceremonies. Having milk means having livestock, and having livestock means the continuation of the Maasai people. While a vital nutritional and cultural resource, milk is...

The European organic movement’s vision for food and farming is of a fair, environmentally conscious, healthy, and caring system widely adopted in Europe by 2030. To make it happen, we need to take stock of what organic has become, to lead change and stimulate interactions with other like-minded organisations and...

On May 23, a broad alliance of Danish trade unions, educational- and advisory institutions, and business organizations representing thousands of farmers, restaurants, and food companies launched a joint proposal for the upcoming Danish Climate Plan. The national climate goal in Denmark is one of the world’s most ambitious: a reduction in climate...

When Ana María Castro decided to use up her savings to buy a desolate piece of land, her husband had his doubts. What could she possibly grow in that soilless gravel pit? Her reply: “Let me be. I want my plot of land.” As a woman in rural El Plantel, Honduras, Ana María...

In September 2019, the High Level Political Forum noted that the world is “off track” to meeting the Sustainable Development Goals. This echoed the main finding of the first edition of this report, issued in July 2019, that the world was not going to meet most of the food and...

Krishi Vigyan Kendras have been instrumental in helping farmers adopt integrated systems on the farm, thereby helping them produce more and earn more. Lyngrah’s farm, now a model farm, serves as an example of such support provided by KVK. Shri Wallam Kupar Lyngrah, a dedicated progressive and innovative farmer, hails from...

The “SSF University” is designed to build capacity of small-scale fishers and fish workers on select topics, to share knowledge and to promote the exchange of best practices throughout the Mediterranean and Black Sea region.  This initiative responds to the recommendations within the Regional Plan of Action for Small-Scale Fisheries in...

Agave proviene de la palabra griega αγαυή que significa “noble” o “admirable,” es una sucuenta desértica perenne común, de gruesas hojas carnosas y espinas puntiagudas. Las plantas de agave evolucionaron originalmente en México, el suroeste de los Estados Unidos y en Centroamérica, pero también pueden ser encontrados actualmente en las...

The area of Bamyan in central Afghanistan is located right in the middle of what was known as the Silk Road and used to be a strategic resting point for travellers and merchants. It was meeting point of cultures and once a hub of Buddhism, but today it is more...

An agroecology project from Tanzania found significant improvements in the diversity of children’s diets and food security for households after farmers learned about sustainable crop-growing methods, gender equity, nutrition and climate change from peer mentors. The investigator of the project said, “We found that this intervention approach of combining agroecology...

Cette note valorise les présentations et les discussions d'un wébinaire organisé par le GRET en Janvier 2021 sur le sujet de l'amélioration de la sécurité alimentaire et nutritionelle en Afrique de l'ouest dans le cadre de la convention Programme ASANAO.    

El mapeo de las iniciativas de agricultura familiar es una herramienta que busca entregar una visión completa sobre el panorama de cada país de América Latina y el Caribe. Este resumen presenta una categorización de las distintas leyes que se implementaron e implementarán.

La etapa posterior a la cosecha y de paso el cambio de estación son generalmente el momento en que apicultores ven un aumento en las labores productivas y de comercialización, pero también es importante no descuidar la preparación de las colmenas para entrar a la etapa de invernada, preparando de...

The ENRD Contact Point organised a workshop to explore LEADER's positive, long-term impacts in rural areas and discuss how its added-value can be maximised in the future through better partnerships, local development strategies, and local projects and initiatives under the CAP Strategic Plans.  The event took place online as a webinar.  The event...

Boletín Territorio y Libertad. Número #2. Soberanía y autonomía alimentaria. PARTE 1. Editado por el Grupo de Trabajo CLACSO Estudios críticos del desarrollo rural

The SALSA project has closed a long-standing gap in research by looking into the status of small farms in different regions of both Europe and Africa. Its findings should help these farms live up to their true potential. Thirty reference regions, 25 of them in Europe and five in Africa. That’s...

En San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, es probable que se ignore que uno de los motivos de los incendios forestales es precisamente la deforestación o tala, para la construcción desmedida de casas o fraccionamientos sobre tierras fértiles, esto no solo provoca sequías, también es factor para que los incendios vayan...

Organic monogastric agriculture is challenged because of a limited availability of regional and organic protein-rich ingredients to fulfill the amino acid requirements. The development of novel feed ingredients is therefore essential. The use of starfish (Asterias rubens), mussel (Mytilus edilus), insect, green and brown seaweed, and forage crop extracts exhibits...

The study area pertains to the Chocó Biogeography, one of the most biodiverse areas in the world, where around 40,000 ha of rainforest has been cleared for oil palm plantations. We surveyed the ant species' richness and diversity in four differently disturbed areas in Tumaco, Colombia, using pitfall traps and...

Public policies are essential for family farmers to lead the transformation towards sustainable food systems.The public policy cycle model is a useful tool to analyse complex public policy processes. It can help actors to better engage in policymaking processes for family farming. In this example, the public policy cycle model...