Following the approval of the Global Soil Partnership by FAO Conference in 2012, the Regional Soil Partnerships (RSPs) were established to activate an interactive consultative process with national soils entities working on soil functions and processes, including cross-cutting dimensions related to desertification, climate change and biodiversity particularly linked to policies...

The joint FAO/UNEP workshop on Sustainable Value Chains for Sustainable Food Systems was organized by the Sustainable Food Systems Programme and held on 8–9 June 2016 at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy. The workshop considered potential contributions of the organization, functioning and governance of food value chains to the sustainability of food systems....

In October 2017, the Agency for Accelerated Regional Development (AFARD) signed a 2-year (2017 - 2019)grant funding agreement with Manos Unidas for the implementation of Jangokoro Food Security Project in Jangokoro Sub-County, Zombo district, West Nile region, Uganda under the contract number UGA/68355/LVIII D (62).The overall goal is, “to contribute...

Ainda que no meio rural o trabalho seja feito majoritariamente por homens, a Empresa de Assistência Técnica e Extensão Rural de Rondônia (Emater/RO) investiu em um projeto de Ater só para mulheres. Uma ação que revolucionou a vida de agricultoras dos municípios de Ouro Preto do Oeste, Teixeirópolis, Nova União,...

Video sobre la experiencia en Agricultura Familiar en Alajuela, Costa Rica. Producido por el Ministerio de Agricultura de Costa Rica y la oficina nacional de la FAO.

The Soil Health Card scheme is an initiative launched by the Government of India in February 2015. A soil health card is intended to provide each farmer with information regarding the status of his/her soil as well as providing advice on fertilizer usage and other nutrient recommendations that maintain soil health in the long...

This document provides a summary of the presentations, discussions, conclusions and recommendations of the Near East and North Africa Regional Consultation Workshop on the Implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication, held in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman, on...

This publication is a collection of articles written by economists, sociologists, and gender specialists and practitioners from twelve post-Soviet countries in Eastern Europe, South Caucasus and Central Asia. It is unique in its effort to review and analyze the issues that are at the intersection of gender equality, social protection...

The agriculture sector is the largest employer in developing countries of Asia and in Pacific Island Countries (PICs). Smallholders, landless and marginal farmers and their families, who comprise the main category of the rural self-employed in the sector, face a large number of economic, demographic, social and technical constraints. Strengthening...

This publication is designed to provide readers with a compilation of facts and figures about German farming, allowing them to form their own opinions about farming and farming-related issues. The aim is to promote readers’ understanding by describing modern farming methods without ignoring controversial issues.

Caracterizar la situación de la juventud en términos de empleo rural digno fue el objetivo de un seminario celebrado el 23 y 24 de mayo de 2016, en el Hotel Garden Hill, en Port-au-Prince en Haití. Participaron la Organización del Fondo Internacional de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y...

This guide is based on information from the Food Plants International (FPI) database developed by Tasmanian agricultural scientist Bruce French.  The source material and guidance for the preparation of the book has been made possible through the support of Food Plants International, the Rotary Clubs of District 9830, particularly the...

What is successful access and benefit sharing’ for smallholder family farmers? This contribution argues it is not about legal contracts or mechanisms that regulate the international transfer of plant genetic resources. It is about farmers’ access to seed diversity and the ability to share in the benefits of the continuing...

Following the declaration of a drought situation in the region of the Greater South of Madagascar, the vulnerability of the rural population has reached an alarming level. A project for emergency agricultural rehabilitation of farming households and vulnerable producers has been implemented to allow them to recover quickly from the loss...

Ethiopia’s economy is rapidly transforming. However, the extent to which this is affecting off-farm income and labor markets in rural areas is not well understood. Based on a large-scale household survey in high potential agricultural areas, we find that total off-farm income (defined as wage and enterprise income) makes up...

Sous l’effet conjugué de politiques publiques généreuses, notamment en matière de réalisation d’infrastructures, et de dynamiques locales novatrices, le paysage des oasis a, dans certaines régions, profondément été modifié. C’est le cas de la wilaya de Biskra en Algérie où, depuis une vingtaine d’années, des palmiers en monoculture et des...

A nationwide programme to transfer government-owned forest land to local communities is changing lives in The Gambia while promoting the sustainable management of its forests. As communities manage forest affairs and benefit from the proceeds from forest resources, more forest-friendly livelihoods such as beekeeping and soap making are boosting incomes...

The collapse of the socialist block in 1989 generated a deficit of energy, supplies and chemicals, and forced significant changes in the ways in which food was produced and distributed in Cuba. Due to these deficits, in the 90´s Cuba moved from being the largest consumer of agrochemicals in Latin...

Ministers of Agriculture from OECD countries and partner economies around the world will meet at OECD headquarters in Paris on 7-8 April 2016, to discuss Better Policies to Achieve a Productive, Sustainable and Resilient Global Food System. Ministers will explore the new policies needed to achieve this widely shared interest,...

To commemorate the International Year of Family Farming, the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF), Chennai and the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nation (FAO) Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok, organised an Asia-Pacific Regional Consultation at Chennai in August 2014. Several background papers were prepared for...