The socio-economic value of the role of small family farmers in developing countries is a long debated issue. Conventional thinking, points at the social role of small farmers mainly as absorbers of excess labor in rural areas and suppliers of food. In economic terms the relative production efficiency advantage, is...

For farmers’ organization (FOs) in India, one of the key areas of emphasis in the recent years has been the use of technology by grassroots women to increase efficiency and cost effectiveness of last mile operations and to improve delivery.

A identificação será efetivada a partir de uma alteração na Portaria Nº 7, de 13 de janeiro de 2012, por meio da Subsecretaria de Agricultura Familiar (SAF), vinculada a Secretaria Especial de Agricultura Familiar e do Desenvolvimento Agrário (Sead). A novidade permitirá que produtos feitos por mulheres rurais tenham uma...

Esta publicación es parte de una serie de estudios que tiene como objetivo identificar, sistematizar y difundir las prácticas y conocimientos pertinentes a la agricultura familiar del sector algodonero en América Latina y el Caribe. Su objetivo es componer un conjunto de contribuciones técnicas y didácticas que valoran y dan...

Movilizar los sectores productivos y ambientales, y potenciar el diálogo intersectorial, es fundamental para cumplir las metas de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS), sostuvieron los países de la región reunidos en la 30ª reunión de la Comisión Forestal para América Latina y el Caribe (COFLAC), realizada en Honduras, del 25...

In its final newsletter of 2016, FAO-Rwanda shares valuable updates and inspiring success stories from our One UN nutrition project to reduce stunting and our Rural Women's Economic Empowerment project. This issue also includes highlights from World Food Day and information on the emergency relief work FAO is supporting to...

Agricultores quilombolas estão utilizando a internet para comercializar a produção, gerar renda, incentivar o protagonismo dos trabalhadores rurais nos meios digitais e dar visibilidade às tradições de 15 comunidades remanescentes de quilombolas do Norte e do Noroeste do estado do Rio de Janeiro. Através do site da Rede Produtiva Quilombola eles fecharam contratos...

13 February 2017, Dubai/Rome - Failure to act now to make our food systems more resilient to climate change will "seriously compromise" food production in many regions and could doom to failure international efforts to end hunger and extreme poverty by 2030, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva warned today. "Agriculture...

Smallholder farmers in Gambia are increasingly facing climate related induced disasters and vulnerabilities affecting their lives and livelihoods. During 2010-2012, farmers faced flash floods, periods of drought, disease infestation, saline intrusion, deforestation and massive erosion of their farmlands resulting in crop failure and reduced food security. ActionAid has introduced agroecological...

Successful IFAD-related experiences in these countries that have been emphasised by the IFAD Mercosur CLAEH Programme apply the following instruments: 1. Capital Funds for Organisations (CFOs) using revolving funds to finance operating capital for organisations’ productive projects (Argentina). 2. Savings Deposit Certificates (SDCs) serving as collateral for operating capital credit given by...

Over the last few years, Dr. K.M. Sreekumar has been trying to expose the myth and realities in organic farming. Dr. Rasheed Sulaiman V. recently interviewed Dr. K.M. Sreekumar to know his perspectives on this topic and to get his advice on what position extension workers should take while interacting...

L’élevage constitue une composante indissociable des systèmes agraires oasiens. Par ses revenus complémentaires, les restitutions de matière organique aux sols et la fourniture d’une force de travail, il contribue à la sécurité alimentaire et à la résilience de ces systèmes. Toutefois, ces milieux arides ont subi récemment des changements profonds,...

O setor agropecuário é o único da economia brasileira que vem suportando a crise e continua a crescer. É o setor que tem apresentado bons resultados em todo país. Em Roraima, a agropecuária é responsável por mais da metade da economia e está presente todos os dias em nossas vidas,...

The Omnibus Regulation for agriculture has been adopted on the 13th December 2017, as a separate act from the rest of the proposed Omnibus regulation. It brings several changes in the implementation of the current CAP for the first and second pillars, aiming to simplify the implementation of the policy. New...

This publication was initiated by the FAO Sub-regional Office for Eastern Africa to identify, analyse and document existing watershed management practices in the Eastern Africa sub-region that contribute to climate change adaptation and mitigation. There is opportunity to use this information to inform agriculture and watershed management-related policies, programmes and...

This training manual was developed as a guide in facilitating the training course on Constructive Engagement and Policy Advocacy under the project entitled: “Building capacity of VNFU leaders and staff on policy advocacy” funded by AsiaDHRRA, a member of Agricord. The training manual is intended to guide and assist trainers...

O documento que você tem em mãos é uma compilação de histórias de trabalhadoras rurais que, contra todas as adversidades, conquistaram algo muito maior do que o respeito: seus direitos. Guiadas pelos 17 Objetivos para o Desenvolvimento Sustentável, as matérias foram publicadas entre os dias 1º e 17 de outubro de...

The EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) was developed in the early sixties to translate in policy terms the objectives defined in the Treaty of Rome (1957), and subsequently taken over in the Treaty on the European Union. Like all other EU policies or programmes, the CAP is also subject to...

This article analyses the development of a system for producing and distributing hybrid oil palm seedlings to small-scale famers. The existing seed system had become so corrupted that the seedlings actually planted were largely of unimproved kinds. The article describes institutional experiments carried out by two Innovation Platforms (IPs) in...

This project is designed to enable smallholder farmers to increase their incomes and profitability, and diversify their livelihoods. The project aims to strengthen smallholder institutions, improve agricultural production and marketing, and build capacities for employment and enterprise development. It has four components: Community and livelihood development Agricultural development and diversification Rural financial services Project...