Brazil has a long tradition of agricultural policies. Brazil has utilised public procurement programmes and maintained buffer stocks since the Convention of Taubaté (1906), by which the state held coffee purchases from large landowners to regulate international prices. In the “Estado Novo” period (1937- 1945) various public institutions were created,...

This Special Issue, a product of the SIMRA project and its Thematic Session organised at the 125th Anniversary IUFRO Congress in 2017, is a contribution to advancing and exchanging scientific knowledge of social innovation in the context of forestry. A purpose of the Issue is to promote social learning, contribute...

The latest meeting of the dedicated ENRD Thematic Group (TG) – 6 March 2019 in Brussels, Belgium – explored how to design and use the future CAP Strategic Plans and other funding mechanisms to support Smart Villages in the next programming period.

Dizem os antigos, que o paladar tem memória. E é a partir da memória que mulheres pescadoras de Miracema do Tocantins estão regatando os ensinamentos dos antepassados e encontram no peixe a saída para sair da linha da pobreza. A técnica da Secretaria da Agricultura, Pecuária e Aquicultura (Seagro), lotada na...

A Cooperativa de Jovens de Água Fria, na Bahia, é composta por agricultores familiares que têm pouco ou nenhum acesso à tecnologias de softwares de código aberto e de blockchain, que funciona como um livro contábil público que guarda os registros das transações online.  Recentemente a Cooperativa teve acesso à essas...

The selected examples include dissemination of agricultural innovation, food production, short supply chains, organic production, reduction of environmental degradation, rural entrepreneurship, and promotion of the countryside.

Coating seed with good microbes and organic fertilizer protects crops from diseases and gives them a healthy start. You can also prepare your own organic solution with cow dung, cow urine, lime, cow milk or yoghurt and water.

With the help of multiple partners, FAO has developed a global analytical framework for the multidimensional assessment of the performance of agroecology: the Tool for Agroecology Performance Evaluation (TAPE), which aims to:  · Inform policy makers, development institutions, and other stakeholders by creating references to the multidimensional performance of agroecology and...

The Second Report of the State of the World’s Animal Genetic Resources (AnGR) and analysis of Sub-regional reports on AnGR in Asia and the progress report of Global Plan of Action for AnGR in Southwest Pacific suggested that vigorous efforts still need to be made to strengthen the main elements...

En este video se muestra el proceso de germinación de la semilla de aguacate.

This year, on 8 March, International Women’s Day (IWD), seven women engaged in seafood communities and promoting gender equality, released an opinion piece titled ‘Boosting women in seafood and ending gender inequality’.

Cairo, 25 June, 2019 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), today held a regional workshop as part of the project “Use of Non-conventional water in Agriculture in Support of Sustainable Agri-aquaculture Development in Desert and Arid Lands in the Near East and North Africa region, the Cases...

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...

Five groups engaged in organizing women in fishing from different parts of India recently got together to share their experiences

Kampong Cham, Cambodia – One hundred fifty kilometers from Phnom Penh is the village of Sambo Village Sambo Village in Sopheas Commune, Steung Trong District, Cambodia. Most of the villagers grow paddy and cassava for a living. Additionally, they also grow a few bushes of lemongrass for family consumption. Seeing the...

Further to his message of encouragement, the Commissioner pointed to the reality of the CAP not being the sole answer to the challenges rural women face. Other EU funds also need to ensure they address the specific challenges and needs of women in rural areas. Read more on the ENRD work done under...

29 May 2019, Rome / Cairo - The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) today launched the United Nations' Decade of Family Farming and a Global Action Plan to boost support for family farmers, particularly those in developing countries. 

From child bride and adolescent mother to community leader, the journey of 48-year--old TapasiDolui, President of the women’s wing of Dakshinbanga Matysajibi Forum (DMF), a registered trade union of fisherfolk in West Bengal, India, though daunting and full of challenge, is an inspiration to women everywhere...

Pela primeira vez, o Programa Nacional de Agricultura Familiar (PRONAF) concedeu crédito para custeio de manejo florestal comunitário familiar. Os recursos irão contemplar mais de 30 famílias da Reserva Extrativista Verde para Sempre, do Pará.  A concessão foi possível após a elaboração de uma planilha de risco técnico agrícola para o custeio...

Com a participação de produtoras rurais de todo o Estado, o Governo do Tocantins, por meio da Secretaria de Agricultura, Pecuária e Aquicultura (Seagro) lançou a campanha #MulheresRurais, Mulheres com Direitos, nesta quinta-feira, 9, no auditório Jaburu, na 19ª Feira de Tecnologia Agropecuária do Tocantins (Agrotins 2019), com a presença...