What is the state of play for rural Europe? Are rural places still lagging behind – forgotten, disadvantaged and in need of extra supports? Or is there a rural renaissance of sorts occurring, from smart villages to innovation hubs? Life is becoming increasingly unaffordable and, in many ways, unbearable in cities...

The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization has urged countries of the Greater Mekong Sub-Region (GMS) to be vigilant in their inspection and monitoring of cross border trade of animal products as transboundary animal diseases (TADs) continue to pose health risks. Representatives from China, Cambodia, Myanmar, Lao PDR, Thailand and Viet Nam, as well as delegates from FAO, the World Organisation for...

A one-week training course will be organised in the framework of the H2020 EU-funded project Social Innovation in Marginalised Rural Areas (SIMRA) (www.simra-h2020.eu) at the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Zaragoza (IAMZ-CIHEAM) on 18-22 November 2019 to address the importance of social innovation in less-favoured rural areas. Social innovation has been...

Este compendio se compone de diferentes partes: – Una introducción general. – Una primera parte, relativa a los principios metodológicos generales, a saber: • los principios y desafíos de la evaluación,  • las diferentes situaciones de uso y los distintos objetivos de la evaluación, • los efectos y los criterios de evaluación propuestos en el...

The SEMA II project on multifunctional agriculture gathers case studies and training material on how farmers can divserify their activities. It is accessible to everyone and the information is posted as video clips to make it more engaging.

The Government of Myanmar and the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today signed a multi-year framework agreement that will create an enabling environment to improve nutrition and food security in Myanmar, while safeguarding and sustainably managing the use of natural resources. The Country Programming Framework (CPF) was signed by U...

Spring is in the air, and a seed is germinating and fighting to grow. On its own, it begins to make its way, breaking earth, little by little, following the rhythms of the sun, it will go on growing. But it needs water to sprout and grow. And if the...

Women in fisheries and aquaculture are witnessing a curious paradox today. While on the one hand, women’s lack of visibility, capacity and resource access is being discussed increasingly and in ever-widening spaces, there is arguably little evidence that the response of national and international policy is in any way proportionate...

The Pilot Project on Smart Eco-Social Villages, initiated by the European Parliament, has been carried out by a consortium consisting of Ecorys, Origin for Sustainability and R.E.D. under the responsibility of the European Commission (Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development). The potential effect of this Pilot Project is to shape...

  Más de 250 participantes de 66 países del mundo, representantes de gobiernos, organismos internacionales como la FAO, FIDA e ILC, asociaciones agrarias y de desarrollo rural, centros de investigación, cooperativas, sindicatos y otras organizaciones de la sociedad civil se dieron cita durante la VI Conferencia Global de la Agricultura Familiar,...

Según Calzada et at., 2018 el 70% del stock de porcinos se localiza en la región Centro de Argentina. Es en este contexto que a partir del 2015 y en el marco de los proyectos presentados en la 8va, 9na y 10ma convocatoria se comenzó un trabajo de identificación, reconocimiento...

Women in fisheries and aquaculture are witnessing a curious paradox today. While on the one hand, women’s lack of visibility, capacity and resource access is being discussed increasingly and in ever-widening spaces, there is arguably little evidence that the response of national and international policy is in any way proportionate...

In December 2018, the United Nations General Assembly declared 2020 as the International Year of Plant Health (IYPH). The year is a once in a lifetime opportunity to raise global awareness on how protecting plant health can help end hunger, reduce poverty, protect the environment, and boost economic development.

A recently-concluded meeting of the Women in Fisheries Network-Fiji calls for sex-disaggregated data on the participation of women in the fisheries sector

O percentual de participação dos orgânicos nas compras feitas pela Companhia Nacional de Abastecimento (Conab), no Programa de Aquisição de Alimentos (PAA),  triplicou nos últimos cinco anos. Segundo a Conab, no ano passado, 6% dos alimentos adquiridos nas modalidades executadas pela Companhia eram orgânicos. Em 2013, esse índice era de 2,2%. De 2013 a 2018,...

Solidaridad organized several events during International Women's Day to highlight the contributions women make to all our lives. Check out the enthusiasm of women farmers and read the story of one woman who took matters in her own hands.

This report provides an extensive and detailed guide for the factors that need to be addressed in order to achieve gender equality and women’s empowerment, in regards to the changing landscape of family norms. Policies and laws must be adopted to support these diversities, in particular to hold national governments...

What are mycorrhizal fungi? Mycorrhizal fungi form symbiosis with > 90% of land plants They live in the soil and colonize plant roots Mycorrhizae provides better absorption of nutrients and increased water uptake to the plant in exchange for carbon supply They cannot function without living plants Plants control the symbiosis, root exudates trigger spore...

Una de las causas del cambio climático y la pérdida de biodiversidad es la agricultura intensiva, el modo en el que producimos los alimentos. La llave para ver cómo podemos mejorar nuestra alimentación sin destruir el planeta, la "agroecología" propone una producción de forma sostenible. Emma Siliprandi, Oficial de Agricultura de...

The 7th Global Conference on Gender in Aquaculture & Fisheries (GAF7) showcases progress towards and challenges to gender equality