Alfred Grand is an organic arable farmer near Tulln, Austria. Minimising tillage and using a rotational cropping system on his 90 ha farm is what he swears by to increase organic matter in his soil. He is part of the Austrian Operational Group BIOBO. Since 1998 Alfred has reduced tillage and...

Aunque las mujeres tienen una participación significativa en las actividades económicas rurales de América Latina y el Caribe, a menudo su trabajo es invisibilizado en las encuestas y los censos nacionales y agropecuarios, así como en sus propias comunidades. Además, las mujeres reciben una doble carga laboral, siendo responsables de trabajo...

Diets vary greatly from place to place based on food availability, eating habits and culture. Yet, when it comes to food, there is a lot that we know about what is and what is not good for us and this is true no matter where we live. Societal changes, however,...

President Emmanuel Macron launched the General State of Food (GSF), an investigation into the French agrifood system in the second half of 2017. Bringing together different food and farming stakeholders, the aim was to combat the various crises in the agricultural sector and work to build a healthy, sustainable and...

Efforts to build resilience and improve food security, nutrition and livelihoods in the Near East and North Africa (NENA) region are often challenged by the continuous threat of transboundary plant (including forests, hereinafter ‘plant’), animal and fish pests and diseases. Increased movement of people, plants and animals, accentuated by conflicts...

Some 5 000 northern Montenegrin farmers still make the traditional dried beef Crnogorska Goveđa pršuta, which, along with the Montenegrin dried and smoked sheep meat Crnogorska Stelja, is poised to receive geographical indication (GI) status, an origin-based label that signals quality, authenticity and tradition. This development is the result of work...

FAO in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources of Uzbekistan organized the International Conference on Development of Organic Agriculture in Central Asia during 22-24 August 2017 within the framework the project TCP/UZB/3501. The major objectives were to bring together experiences in Central Asian and neighbouring countries, discuss...

Over 2.5 million hectare of forest landscape will be restored by countries in the Caucasus and Central Asia under the Bonn Challenge by 2030. The commitment was made by Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan at the first Ministerial Roundtable on Forest Landscape Restoration and the Bonn Challenge in...

Millions of small-scale farmers and foresters will be able to better protect their lands from the impacts of climate change, and improve their livelihoods thanks to renewed global efforts announced last two weeks ago on the side-lines of World Forest Week (COFO24). The Forest and Farm Facility initiative - a partnership...

Against this background, and as a follow-up to the “Conference on the role of interbranch organisations in the food supply chain”, the department for agriculture and rural development  organised this conference on “The contribution of producer organisations to an efficient agri-food supply chain” with around 200 invited participants – technical...

A team of experts from the National Sanitary Veterinary and Food Safety Authority of Romania (NSVFSA) participated this week in the first workshop of a series of activities aimed at strengthening the national capacities of the Republic of Moldova in assessing risks related to food safety. The five-day workshop is one...

How have farmers, entrepreneurs, social movements, and innovative political actors managed to move away from or circumvent industrial agriculture and move towards a sustainable food system? This report describes seven case studies of agroecological transition to draw insights on how the lock-ins of industrial food systems can be overcome, where the key leverage points for transition...

El propósito del Manual es generar una guía conceptual y práctica para enfrentar desde diversas dimensiones el proceso denominado Transición Agroecológica, que permitirá apoyar y conducir dentro de un contexto real y concreto, a las comunidades, organizaciones o productores individuales, de la mayor parte de la zona de producción agrícola...

As a first step towards the evaluation of the EU promotion policy for agricultural products, the European Commission has published a summary of the planned assessment, the so-called evaluation roadmap. The aim is to inform and seek feedback from citizens and stakeholders on the different steps of the evaluation. The European...

New research exploring women’s roles in fishing families officially gets going, as the Women in Fisheries project launches its new website. In the UK their vessels make up 80% of the nation’s fishing fleet yet they receive only 4% of the total national fishing quota. On the other side of the...

The Second Africa Congress on Conservation Agriculture will be held on 9-12 October 2018 in Johannesburg, South Africa.   The aim of 2ACCA is to bring together expert knowledge, information, and insights from practitioners from across different sectors and interests groups at all levels of agriculture development in the public, private and...

Faced with a complex and uncertain future, the coming years are even more so for mountains that contend with rising temperatures, dwindling natural resources, and rapidly increasing outmigration. Therefore, the need to focus on affordable and replicable solutions that can affect significant change is more important than ever. The solutions...

Neste relatório, o Ipea apresenta a proposta de adequação das metas globais da Agenda 2030 para o Desenvolvimento Sustentável à realidade brasileira, em cumprimento à atribuição recebida da Comissão Nacional dos Objetivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável (CNODS), e em sintonia com a sua missão de fornecer suporte técnico e institucional às...

Le Baromètre de l’économie verte du Sénégal est une analyse détaillée de l’état de la transition vers une économie durable et inclusive du Sénégal. Elle revient par exemple sur le programme de création d’opportunités d’emplois verts qui vise le secteur de l’agriculture, aux côtés de celui de l’industrie et des...

Mauritania’s attainment of food security is hindered by structural food Mauritania deficits, recurrent drought and environmental degradation. This makes it difficult for vulnerable households to access food and aggravates the prevalence of food insecurity and malnutrition for many Mauritanians. In this context, the RIMA analysis explains why and how some...