While the year began slowly, the total value of EU agri-food trade (exports plus imports) for January-July 2021 stood at €183.8 billion, a 3.2% increase on the corresponding period last year. Exports were almost 6% higher at €111.4 billion, with imports dropping marginally by 0.2% to €72.4 billion. This reflects...

The European database for organic seed has been developed within the EU project LIVESEED. Its objective is to create more transparency for the EU member states and for seed suppliers regarding available offers of organic seeds, and to increase the supply of organic seed in the EU member states and...

Food processing, packaging, transport, household consumption and waste disposal are pushing the food supply chain to the top of the greenhouse gas emitters list, according to a  new study led by the UN agriculture agency, presented on Monday at the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow. In its analysis, the Food and...

Within the framework of the EU’s Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Action Plan, the FAO-EU FLEGT Programme partnered with Action for Sustainable Development (ASD) to increase legal compliance and the participation of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Cameroon’s domestic legal timber market. Through combined efforts, ASD...

La teoría de la nueva ruralidad se origina en las profundas transformaciones sociales, económicas y culturales que han experimentado los espacios rurales de América Latina y el Caribe en las últimas décadas. Constituye un nuevo patrón de comprensión de la ruralidad del que se derivan novedosos enfoques de medición y...

Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which: identify highly nutritious local food plants, explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way, detail the nutritional value of the plants and describe why human bodies require those nutrients. The resources created by FPS allows people to better...

Food sovereignty is a vision for democratic control over food and agricultural systems. The Narrative Collective of the United States Food Sovereignty Alliance compiled a series of stories that explore the concept of food sovereignty. These stories highlight food sovereignty in action, what the struggle looks like, and how it’s already taking shape. With...

The livestock farming sector is under stress as fewer and fewer people are willing or able to become livestock farmers. Contributing to the decline in attractiveness of the profession are, among other factors, agricultural crises, higher consumer expectations, and difficult working conditions. Agroecology is a sustainable solution that can maintain...

Smart Farming, the resource efficiency programme run by the Irish Farmers’ Association in partnership with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), will host an online seminar “Sources and Solutions”: The link between our soils and water quality this Wed from 8.30pm. During the seminar, a series of short information videos will be launched on how farmers can...

FISH4ACP is an initiative of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) aimed at making fisheries and aquaculture value chains in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific more sustainable. It aims to enhance the productivity and sustainability of the small pelagics value chain in the Zambian waters of...

The realization of the contribution of peasant agriculture to food security in the midst of scenarios of climate change, economic and energy crisis, led to the concepts of food sovereignty and agroecologically based production systems to gain much attention in the developing world in the last two decades. New approaches...

This recent edition of the EU Rural Review contains an interesting mix of articles and perspectives looking at the future resilience of rural areas in digital, environmental and social terms.   The content builds on the outcomes of the ENRD work on the Long Term Rural Vision and of Rural Vision Week. Authors highlight that, to deal...

The FAO-EU Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Programme has supported the development of e-commerce platforms, which helps incentivize legal timber trade on both domestic and export markets, and protect livelihoods. These platforms have become even more relevant in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, encouraging business continuity by...

FISH4ACP is an initiative of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) aimed at making fisheries and aquaculture value chains in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific more sustainable. FISH4ACP is implemented by FAO and partners with funding from the European Union (EU) and the German Federal Ministry...

Los dos primeros años el cultivo deben tener 30% de luz y 70% de sombra. Después del tercer año, se debe tener 70% de luz y 30% de sombra. El cultivo de cacao requiere de suelos con buenas propiedades físicas y químicas para garantizar el desarrollo del sistema radicular. No...

The European Commission has provided support to the agri-food sector throughout the Covid-19 crisis through increased flexibility and specific market measures. More recently, the package of support measures for the wine sector was extended until mid-October 2021. This summer, the EU is seeing adverse weather conditions from floods to heat waves. Farmers are among the...

This video depicts the first session of the second day of the regional consultation on ‘’Engaging with Academia and Research Institutions (ARIs) to support Family Farmers and Food System Transformation during and post COVID-19 Pandemic in Asia’’ held on  8 and 9 December 2021.  The session on 'Enhancing rural communities’ initiatives and development,...

This course provides an overview of adaptation and mitigation strategies that can be implemented in response to climate change impacts on the fisheries and aquaculture sector.

Ma Thi Ninh thought farming would be relatively easy. The Yen Duong area of Viet Nam where she lives has excellent, arable land and offers many sought-after products, including organic sticky rice, seasonal vegetables and bamboo used for traditional handicraft products. But once she started to farm and trade in...

This study attempts to look at the value chain of dried fruits in Fiji with particular emphasis on the market overview in order to identify possible market and marketing opportunities of dried fruits for FRIEND (Foundation for Rural Integrated Enterprises N Development) an NGO who is interested to begin commercial...