At its 58th session held in Mostar on 16 June  2016, the Government of Federation of BiH considered the Rural Development Program of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina for the period 2016-2020.

Driven by urbanisation and income growth, the West African food economy has radically changed over the past 60 years. The food economy, including all activities involved in producing food, from production to processing, transport and distribution totaled USD 178 billion in 2010, equal to 36% of the regional GDP. Forty...

En el marco de la III Reunión Ministerial de Agricultura Familiar la Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños (CELAC), realizada del 9 al 11 de noviembre en El Salvador, la FAO presenta acciones en marcha y áreas estratégicas de la Iniciativa Regional Agricultura familiar y sistemas alimentarios inclusivos para el...

Association of private farming of the Czech Republic organized an International Conference on family farms and Common Agricultural Policy of EU. The event was held in Brno on 4 - 6th of April 2016. 10 European countries attended the conference. Herewith volume 3. Presentation of Italy

El equipo de género de la Oficina para América Latina y el Caribe de la FAO ha escrito una serie de notas de política, con el ánimo de aportar datos objetivos de la situación de las mujeres y el género en la región sobre las temática específicas del trabajo de...

2015 was a landmark year for the future of the planet and therefore for the future of every woman, man, girl and boy, in all four corners of the world. Two important events - the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit 2015 and COP21 on development and climate change, led to...

About 60 million people across Southern Africa and the Horn, Central America, and the Pacific face worsening hunger and poverty due to droughts and crop failures in 2014/5 that have been exacerbated by the El Niño weather system in 2015/6. This number is likely to rise. This short report gives...

Strong and secure forest tenure for forest dependent communities is a necessary condition for improved income and sustainable livelihoods. However, in many Asian countries community tenure is generally weak and contested. This commonly results in conflict. Strengthening the forest tenure systems is necessary if forest dependent communities are to benefit...

Fruit flies inject their eggs in fruit. A single fruit fly can lay hundreds of eggs, which turn into white worms that eat the inside of fruit. If no action is taken, fruit flies quickly increase in numbers and can destroy your entire crop. Always combine different methods: • Place...

La mégalopole du Caire compte aujourd'hui près de 20 millions d'habitants. En son cœur et dans sa périphérie subsiste une activité agricole organisée sur une base familiale. Ce chapitre éclaire la situation des exploitations, qui contribuent à l'approvisionnement alimentaire du Caire en particulier en produits laitiers et maraichers. Les données...

A través de la iniciativa de estudiantes y docentes de la facultad de Ciencias Agrarias de la Universidad Nacional de Rosario, se inció el proyecto Enredándonos, a fin de establecer un vínculo participativo y de reconocimiento mutuo de la Facultad y de la comunidad de Zavalla, desde la necesidad de...

This article presents findings on the local economy impacts of seven African country SCT programmes evaluated as part of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) “From Protection to Production” (PtoP) project. The countries are Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The PtoP project has facilitated expansion of...

USAID/Sweden FARMA II project is the third generation of USAID and Government of Sweden projects focused on the agricultural sector in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Previous projects assisted Bosnia and Herzegovina to increase sales and exports for certain crops and food products within the agricultural sector.

Boletín que da cuenta de los avances del programa SANA y temas de relevancia para dicha inicitiva. La República Bolivariana de Venezuela y la FAO desde enero de 2015, han puesto en marcha el Programa Regional de Cooperación Triangular Venezuela—FAO para América Latina y el Caribe, SANA dentro del marco de...

The Livelihoods Fund for Family Farming (L3F) proposes a new approach to supply chains in order to address all of these issues simultaneously. We invest in large-scale projects enabling farmers to produce greater yields of higher quality through sustainable agricultural practices. We strengthen the connection between groups of family farmers...

Les populations de Guélakh-Peulh sont exposées aux variabilités climatiques comme la plupart des milieux ruraux du Sahel et du Sénégal en particulier. Ce travail analyse l’évolution des paramètres climatologiques et identifie les stratégies d’adaptation de l’élevage des bovins aux variabilités climatiques dans le village de Guélakh-Peulh. L’étude du climat est...

Fishermen and the local municipality worked together to improve selling conditions for fresh fish in Olt county with a local fish market for 170 fishermen.

As an international organization for public-private cooperation, the World Economic Forum works to address major global challenges through multi-stakeholder dialogue and partnership. The Grow Africa partnership serves as an outstanding example of this approach. Cofounded by the Forum in partnership with the African Union (AU) and New Economic Partnership for...

One of the key questions in food policy debates in the last decades has been the role of cash cropping for achieving food security in low income countries. We revisit this question in the context of smallholder coffee production in Ethiopia. Using unique data collected by the authors on about...

Women cocoa farmers are central to the sustainability of the cocoa supply chain and cocoa growing communities. Although too often unrecognized, women’s labor makes significant contributions to the amount of cocoa produced, which is under increasing demand. Empowering women cocoa farmers not only has a positive impact on the lives...