The NENA region has some of the lowest levels of freshwater resources in the world, and these mainly underground, non-renewable stocks are being depleted. The amount of available freshwater has reduced by 60 percent in the last 40 years and is expected to fall a further 50 percent by 2050. In...

Este libro, editado por el Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA) en español e inglés, reúne escritos de 28 autores que abordan, desde diversas perspectivas, la situación de las mujeres del campo y su verdadero aporte a la actividad agropecuaria y al desarrollo de los territorios rurales. Su propósito...

El catálogo “Semillas de Identidad 2018” es una muestra de las semillas nativas y criollas que están ofreciendo las Redes de Custodios y Guardianes de Semillas de varias regiones de Colombia. Luego de un esfuerzo de cinco años de iniciar el proyecto de apoyo a las redes de custodios y...

In sub-Saharan Africa, crop diversification features prominently in many countries’ climate change adaptation strategies. This study focuses on the determinants of adoption and on the impact of seven cropping systems in Malawi, Mozambique, and Zambia. The work finds that the selection of a high volatile or low productive cropping system...

Information and communication technologies (ICTs) make a significant contribution to growth and socio-economic development in countries and regions around the globe. The widespread adoption and integration of ICTs has reduced information and transaction costs, improved service delivery, created new jobs, generated new revenue streams, and helped conserve resources. ICTs have...

Africa has the youngest population in the world, with 60 percent of the population under the age of 25. Many young Africans are unemployed and are increasingly migrating away from rural areas in search of employment. Tens of millions of new jobs each year will have to be created in...

Current Europe-wide policies on renewable energy are not linked closely enough to rural development, according to a report by the European Court of Auditors, which took the Commission and member states to task for failing to take local needs into account. The report by the Court of Auditors has warned that...

Due to beneficial characteristics of cassava such as robustness and versatility for multiple uses, it can have a major role in contributing to local food security. The objective of this study was to find out whether and how the cultivation of cassava benefits smallholder farmers in the regions of Dodoma...

Due to the challenging couple years for Malawian farmers, government and other stakeholders have started teaching local farmers on the climate change resilience farming methods that are making a difference in securing small farmers' livelihoods. 

Montenegro is building on its rich cultural and food heritage and well-preserved natural beauty to become a destination for sustainable tourism. The country’s fast-growing tourism industry already accounts for nearly a quarter of Montenegro’s gross domestic product, with most of that tourism concentrated along the Adriatic coast. Keen to attract visitors...

The agriculture sector in the Gaza Strip faces a number of systemic issues; most prominent is the depletion of its coastal aquifer, which is the only source of freshwater. The aquifer is also extremely polluted; and high groundwater salinity leads to poor plant performance for some of the most produced...

Through the contributions of some of the actors that led the campaign for the Declaration of the Decade (governments of Costa Rica and Italy, WRF, COPROFAM) the event will address family farming in the context of the results achieved by the IYFF 2014 and their role within the SDGs framework,...

The first issue of the Eastern Africa Field Schools' Newsletter focuses on the launch of the Eastern Africa Field Schools Support, training on managing the Fall Army Worm and farmer’s testimonies on Field Schools.

Our starting point is that agriculture and food systems’ policies should be aligned to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This calls for deep changes in comparison with the paradigms that prevailed when steering the agricultural change in the XXth century. We identify the comprehensive food systems transformation that is...

La Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y Agricultura (FAO), en colaboración con la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) y con el apoyo de la Agencia Mexicana de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo y la Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID)...

There are multiple constraints which limit the development of more sustainable and resilient urban agriculture in the Gaza Strip (and the West Bank). Current urban development policies, land use classification systems and planning have ignored to recognise urban agriculture as a land use category and urban development strategy. Furthermore, there...

Table ronde organisée à l’occasion des 40 ans d’AVSF sous le haut patronage de Madame Aminata MBENGUE NDIAYE, Ministre de l’Élevage et des Productions Animales Au Sénégal, comme dans toute l’Afrique de l’Ouest et dans le monde entier, la cohabitation de différents systèmes agricoles et d’élevage est un fait : au Sénégal,...

FAO ’s three Regional Initiatives for Europe and Central Asia address interlinked issues to ensure the contribution of agriculture to achieve the universality of the Sustainable Development Goals. For this reason, technical teams in the region and at FAO headquarters work in close collaboration to support countries in achieving their...

This study reviews the literature on the provision of social protection by forest producer organizations, with a specific focus on their role and practices in this regard, the types of benefits they provide, the factors that may enhance or hinder the provision of benefits and the opportunities for taking advantage...

Fragility has become the reality in several countries of the Middle East and North Africa. Armed conflict and forced displacement are taking an enormous toll on human lives, with the region accounting for about 60 percent of the estimated global total of battle-related casualties since the turn of the millennium....