MARIKINA CITY, PHILIPPINES – The lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic presented an opportunity for farmers groups/cooperatives in the Philippines to sell their produce directly to consumers. On 3 May 2020, with the help of PAKISAMA, one of AFOSP-APFP partner organizations in the Philippines, their member organization Kababaihang Dumagat ng Sierrra Madre...

In recent years, the interests on the social world and the physical world of indigenous peoples have been on the increase, resulting in a gradual growth of literature on indigenous or tribal peoples of the world. Such works have provided an understanding on the situation of indigenous peoples. However, more...

There are 476 million indigenous peoples around the world, constituting 6.2 percent of the global population and, according to different sources, representing more than 19% of the extreme poor (ILO, 2019) of the world. Half of this population are women (approximately 240 million). Even though indigenous peoples represent 19 percent of...

Half of the 1.5 billion people globally who rely on forest landscapes for subsistence and cash income are women. Many see the benefits of participating in various forest and farm producer organisations (FFPOs). These include both general community, smallholder farmer and indigenous people’s organisations and more specific women-only groups –...

In February 2020, more than 100 participants from nearly 30 countries gathered together for a week-long global learning exchange on agroecology.  The practitioners work at the intersection of policy, scientific research, grassroots movement-building, and natural farming practices. They were joined by 18 donors, a half-dozen advisors, and other agroecology allies.  The...

La Alianza Mesoamericana de Pueblos y Bosques (AMPB) es un espacio de coordinación e intercambio de autoridades territoriales que administran o influyen sobre las principales masas boscosas de Mesoamérica. Gobiernos indígenas y organizaciones forestales comunitarias que en la Alianza buscan fortalecer su propio diálogo, enfocado en la gestión comunitaria de sus recursos...

The Reduction of Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+) mechanism faces implementation challenges related to tenure security and governance institutions. In response, multiple regional climate mitigation initiatives have emerged. In Peru, indigenous networks have created their own Indigenous Amazonian REDD (RIA), an initiative aiming to strengthen property rights for...

The Too Big to Ignore (TBTI) Digest contains all of the project's recent activities and outputs.

The Too Big to Ignore (TBTI) Digest contains all of the project's recent activities and outputs.

Myanmar falls within the center of the genetic diversity of many economically important crops, including wild and cultivated rice (Oryza sativa L.). However, the majority of the genetic resources of Myanmar, particularly local varieties, and their distribution remain poorly understood. The present study was conducted to investigate the on-farm varietal diversity...

During the 2015-2020 period, the Ecuador country office of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) implemented the "GEF Conservation and Well-being in Napo project". This initiative was part of an agreement between the provincial government of Napo and Ecuador's Ministry of Environment, and was funded by...

Introduces key debates and concepts about pastoralism, and explores the varying ways that pastoralists respond to uncertainty around the world. Based on the work of the PASTRES programme, the course is aimed at students, practitioners and policy-makers. It is divided into 13 parts with a lecture, suggested readings and questions in...

En 2017, para dar continuidad a muchos años de colaboración entre el FIDA y Slow Food en temas de seguridad alimentaria, pueblos indígenas y jóvenes, el FIDA aprobó el proyecto Empoderar a los Pueblos Indígenas y a sus Comunidades para Defender y Promover el Patrimonio Alimentario, que Slow Food implementó durante los tres años siguientes. Su...

En América Latina hay más de 800 pueblos indígenas que agrupan a 45 millones de personas y si bien durante las últimas décadas, como resultado de las luchas indígenas, se han producido avances en las políticas de reconocimiento de los derechos colectivos a través de la adopción de instrumentos del...

Lockdowns to contain the novel coronavirus in Asia have made farmers and indigenous people more vulnerable to losing their land, according to land rights activists who are backing new technologies to help track the growing number of conflicts. (Shutterstock/S Curtis)

Since 2006, Terre & Humanisme and its local partners have been training agroecology facilitators in several West African countries, the Mediterranean region and France. These facilitators in turn support farmers' organisations and farmers committed to  agroecological approach. Within the framework of the three-year program "Agroecology for Food Sovereignty and Adaptation to Climate Change in...

La investigadora del IDAES y CLACSO, Karina Bidaseca, lidera un relevamiento online para comprender cómo se han reorganizado las vidas de las mujeres en mayor situación de vulnerabilidad en Argentina, a partir de la pandemia. La iniciativa tiene el apoyo de la Unidad COVID-19. Estudios previos muestran que han aumentado...

No es la primera vez que los pueblos originarios de América Latina enfrentan una amenaza de grandes dimensiones como las epidemias y las pandemias. La historia de su conquista y colonización está atravesada por ello. Sin embargo, las condiciones específicas en que librarán esta batalla son diferentes, pues están profundamente...

En agosto 2019, la Embajada de Suecia en Colombia solicitó la Oficina de Evaluación de la FAO (OED) a realizar una evaluación final de dos proyectos en forma conjunta para proporcionar recomendaciones que pudieran apoyar tanto a la Embajada de Suecia y FAO Colombia a implementar un nuevo proyecto, “Transformación...

Without a single doubt, sustainability holds the key to food security along with education, woman empowerment and gender equality. Sulemana Hibbatullah Wunpini is a gender activist fighting for women and girls’ rights while seeking for equality. She constantly seeks for opportunities to speak in public for everything she stands for...