Both the IPCC and IPBES claim that a “transformative” change that can still reverse the catastrophic trends through an agroecological approach. Within this context, this fact sheet, elaborated by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) calls for an increase in awareness among decision-makers of the significant potential of agroecology to tackle challenges...

The Pan-African Parliamentary Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition (PAPA-FSN) training facilitated by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) brought experts from FAO to promote a multisectoral approach to enhance the work of parliamentarians towards fostering an enabling environment to eliminate hunger. The training took place...

La debilidad de los sistemas de información hidrometeorológica en la región del Gran Chaco es uno de los principales obstáculos para la identificación de áreas de mayor vulnerabilidad a un clima cambiante y para la gestión inteligente de la variabilidad climática.Gran Chaco PROADAPT junto con una diversidad de aliados ha trabajado para...

The acceleration of ecological crises has driven a growing body of thinking on sustainability transitions. Agroecology is being promoted as an approach that can address multiple crises in the food system while addressing climate change and contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals. Beyond the more technical definition as, “the ecology...

Este documento es una guía para la aplicación de la metodología de análisis costo beneficio (ACB), en particular para la evaluación de medidas de adaptación al cambio climático en el sector agropecuario en Uruguay. Esta metodología permite hacer evaluaciones ex ante de alternativas de políticas, programas o proyectos de inversión,...

Agroecology and Rural Livelihoods Groups (ARLG) does transdisciplinary and participatory action research (PAR) in agroecology in the United States and Latin America. Research and teaching efforts focus on developing and applying transdisciplinary approaches that analyze interactions between agriculture, livelihoods, and environmental conservation in tropical and temperate rural landscapes. Most of this...

The workshop explored how to ensure the most effective contribution of current RDPs and future CAP Strategic Plans to support the implementation of EU biodiversity policy, by encouraging dialogue and facilitating exchanges among the relevant agriculture and environmental actors involved in biodiversity conservation in rural Europe. Through presentations and group...

An IPCC Special Report on climate change, desertification, land degradation, sustainable land management, food security, and greenhouse gas fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems

The WFP Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean and the FAO Subregional Office for Mesoamerica, both located in Panama, organized the "Workshop on Exchange of Experiences in Community Resilience for Food and Nutrition Security" in September 2016 in Colombia. The aim was to exchange knowledge, experiences and tools...

Small-scale farmers, particularly women, face challenges that affect their seed sovereignty such as lack of access to quality seed, the infl ux of fake seeds in the markets, and increasing pressure from multinational corporations. With all these challenges it is diffi cult to increase production and productivity to achieve food...

Malawi is vulnerable to the devastating impacts of climate change, owing to its significant exposure to climate variability and environmental degradation as a result of human activities over the years. In a bid to enhance resilience among rural subsistence farmers, who make up 70 percent of total population of about 17...

Petit village rural de 5 500 habitants - Aujourd'hui, nous vous proposons un document exceptionnel :   1) pour la qualité de l’établissement crée (rien y manque) - et son emplacement en brousse, loin de tout autre centre de santé 2) pour des raisons de proximité : le lien professionnel entre le président du...

El objetivo de esta publicación es documentar y sistematizar la evidencia disponible en los países de América Latina y el Caribe sobre la relación de la ganadería y el cambio climático con la seguridad alimentaria y la nutrición, resaltando las innovaciones de producción pecuaria con bajas emisiones y el sustento...

"Entre Semiáridos" é uma memória dos sentimentos e aprendizagens geradas pelas trocas de saberes entre campesinos e campesinas das regiões do Sahel, na África; do Corredor Seco, na América Central; e do Semiárido brasileiro.  

Desertification can be prevented. The same strategy that helps to prevent desertification is also effective in addressing problems caused by drought and other forms of land degradation that cause problems with food production from the affected lands.  This article presents the concept of Sustainable Land Management in fighting desertification and lists...

Agriculture and forestry have to meet the changing needs of society both in terms of consumption and with regards to the environmental issues related to primary production (e.g. biodiversity, habitats, water quality and quantity, climate change, air quality). A deeper understanding of ecological principles is changing perceptions on the functioning...

El Proyecto “Fortalecimiento de capacidades en la medición y reporte de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible en los países de América del Sur (TCP/RLA/3611)” de la Oficina Regional de la FAO para América Latina y el Caribe ha ayudado a los países sudamericanos a desarrollar sus capacidades para informar sobre...

On Dec. 17, the United Nations General Assembly took a quiet but historic vote, approving the Declaration on the Rights of Peasats and other Peole Working in Rural Areas by a vote of 121-8 with 52 abstentions. The declaration, the product of some 17 years of diplomatic work led by the...

Este documento tiene como principal motivación comenzar a explorar la relación entre cooperativismo agrario y desarrollo territorial en Uruguay. Con este objetivo, en primer lugar, se realiza una presentación teórica sobre las características del enfoque del desarrollo territorial poniendo en evidencia los importantes puntos de encuentro que existen con el cooperativismo....

The 2019 Global Food Policy Report reviews major food policy developments and events from the past year. In this eighth annual report, leading researchers, policymakers, and practitioners examine what happened in food policy in 2018 and why, and look ahead to 2019.In 2018, many regions of the world faced increasing...