This issue of Farming Matters addresses the intersection of agroecology, food sovereignty and the climate crisis. Climate change is a political problem that highlights the need for systemic change to the way food is produced, processed and distributed. From agroecological practices that build resilience, to social movements that resist land grabbing,...

The 8th NRNs’ meeting discussed new networking tools and methods to support the implementation of the Cork 2.0 Declaration in Rural Development Programme (RDP) delivery. The meeting used a methodology called ‘Innovation Camp’ to develop new ideas for the rural networks to achieve their goals in practice. Participants worked in six...

PIFON recently released its Annual Report 2016 documenting its activities implemented in 7 of its member countries of Fiji, Tonga, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, PNG, Samoa and newly joined TimorLeste, it also reports on the finances for 2016. The report covers the progress of all the activities associated with its two...

Les modèles agricoles sont plus que jamais mis en débat, au Sud et dans les pays du Nord. Défis Sud poursuit son ambition d’éclairer les enjeux sous-jacents aux divers modèles agricoles en publiant un baromètre annuel des agricultures familiales. Approchées et interrogées tant dans leurs dimensions quantitatives que qualitatives, les...

El Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia contará con una instancia certificadora pública para la producción orgánica, anunció Hugo Bosque, asesor del Ministerio de Desarrollo Rural y Tierras (MDRyT), en la apertura del VII Encuentro Latinoamericano y del Caribe de Agricultura Ecológica y Orgánica (ELAO) que se realiza del 22 al 25...

A new approach to farming is needed to safeguard human health and avoid rising air and water pollution, high greenhouse gas emissions and biodiversity loss, a group of 20 leading agronomists, health, nutrition and social scientists has concluded. Rather than the giant feedlots used to rear animals or the uniform crop...

In this video we travel to West Stara Planina, Bulgaria, in the south-eastern corner of Europe. We will learn how High Nature Value grasslands are preserved in this country by enthusiastic farmers like Pavlin Antonov, who apply rotational mob grazing to ensure the best production and environmental value in his...

Haller Farmers App puts 60 years of farming expertise into the hands of thousands of smallholder farmers. Haller Farmers App shares farming knowledge based on what has been tried and tested at the Haller Training & Demonstration Farm and then implemented successfully on the ground by our communities. Our vision...

Filmed on Achill Island in September 2015 this video highlights the Natura 2000 habitats Machair Grassland and Upland Heath, both present on the Island. Supporting the type of traditional extensive farming that is practiced here is essential for maintaining these habitats. Taking a more targeted approach to agri-environment schemes can...

Escrita en el 2014, que fue dedicado por las Naciones Unidas a la agricultura familiar, esta obra adquiere particular relevancia. Retoma los enfoques más utilizados para analizar y comprender la agricultura familiar — y recuerda con acierto desde su título, que existe una multiplicidad de agriculturas familiares. Resulta primordial definir...

This issue of Farming Matters looks at the growing number of initiatives that aim to revive the potential of traditional plant species, and illustrates that these plants can strengthen resilient family farming rooted in agroecology and diversity. Traditional plants and crops strengthen nutrition, culture and food sovereignty and thereby build resilience...

O Cadastro Nacional de Cultivares Locais, Tradicionais e Crioulas foi criado com objetivo de apoiar o uso, manejo e conservação de cultivares locais, tradicionais e crioulas, no contexto das políticas de democratização do acesso a sementes, preservação da agrobiodiversidade e adoção de práticas agroecológicas. O Cadastro foi instituído na SAF por...

Este material didáctico sobre Producción Ecológica se enmarca como una de las acciones a desarrollar de estos programa formativos, con el objeto de proporcionar una herramienta útil de trabajo tanto a los alumnos y alumnas que asistan a estos cursos de agricultura ecológica como a los docentes en esta materia....

The campaign Hands on the Land wants to relate the struggles for land and food sovereignty between the South and the North. The campaign works to give strength and visibility to the voices of small-scale food producers, on issues related to the control of land, fisheries, seeds and food production....

Agricultores familiares dispõem de uma linha de crédito específica com recurso do Governo Federal. O Programa Nacional de Fortalecimento da Agricultura Familiar (Pronaf) financia projetos individuais ou coletivos, que gerem renda aos agricultores familiares e assentados da reforma agrária. E 2016, foram disponibilizados R$ 300 milhões para o Pronaf. E, agora,...

The economic contraction in Honduras during the 1980s led to a decline in agricultural research and the disappearance of agricultural extension from public sector services. This left the private and not-for-profit sectors to deliver fee-based extension services. These were inaccessible to most family farmers cultivating the steep, marginal hillsides of...

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development was launched at the 70th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in October 2015 while the goals under the 2030 Agenda are universally applicable, it is expected national targets are determined in line with global targets. These should take into account different baseline...

La production industrielle d'huile de palme s'est étendue à travers le monde au cours du dernier siècle, en Asie d'abord et en Amérique latine ensuite. Le développement de palmiers à huile à haut rendement et l'émergence de nouvelles techniques de transformation—qui ont modifié le traditionnel liquide rouge et visqueux en...

Fundatia ADEPT Transilvania is a landscape stewardship NGO, registered as a charity in 2004 in Romania and in the UK. ADEPT has been working for 10 years to protect the nature-rich, farmed landscapes of Transylvania, and to support the traditional farming communities who have created them over centuries and who...

Para promover a inclusão produtiva e levar diretamente ao agricultor tecnologias nas cadeias de caprinos e ovinos e de sementes agroecológicas, a Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa) implementará o Programa de Apoio à Inovação Social e ao Desenvolvimento Territorial Sustentável (InovaSocial), com financiamento de R$ 30 milhões do Banco...