Documentaries on the Best Practices in Rural Development carried out by young farmers that have been granted support under EU Rural development policies.

A dynamic subtropical climate, abundant and diverse flora, and highly-valued native honeybees are just a few of the natural advantages that have made beekeeping a centuries-old tradition in Azerbaijan’s Caucasus Mountains. Yet despite these auspicious conditions, Azerbaijan’s beekeeping sector is performing below expectations and far from its full potential. Production levels...

At least nine countries in the region stand united on the need to restore limited soil resources and stop alarming soil degradation trends. The “Izmir Communique’” and a related draft five-year implementation plan for the Eurasia region were adopted at the Second Plenary Meeting of the Eurasian Soil Partnership earlier...

This paper provides a kind of memoir of the fifteen-year history of IFAD’s Regional Program for Mercosur. Its pages and headings contain matters related to the context of the region and the countries it comprises; to its changes, to a description of and to the role played by the various...

La mise en oeuvre de politiques spécifiques à l’agriculture familiale, à côté d’une politique agricole plus « classique », permettrait-elle de mieux soutenir les exploitationsfamiliales ouest-africaines ? La question des « politiques duales » fait débat. Plusieurs acteurs donnent ici  leur point de vue sur cette question.

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC magazine teamed up with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to produce a year-long series of stories and photos about food in 2014. Starting next week, Budapest will be host to an exhibition of photos and graphics from ‘ ‘The Future of FOOD’ looks at food from...

El desarrollo rural se encamina hacia esfuerzos colectivos enfatizados en los territorios que valorizan sus especificidades locales mediante acciones de empoderamiento comunitario. La nueva ruralidad hace referencia a las dinámicas del sector rural que se ajustan a las exigencias de un mundo globalizado, que le abre puertas al mundo de...

Este artículo destaca que fortalecer y dar sostenibilidad a la agricultura familiar como motor de desarrollo de los territorios rurales en América Latina y el Caribe fue el principal acuerdo de la II Reunión Ministerial de Agricultura Familiar de la Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños, CELAC. Durante la reunión, desarrollada...

Lately, Romania registered an increase in demand on the vegetables and fruits market. Analysts say that consumers ask for vegetable and fruits which are produced in Romania, as they are considered healthier and more tasteful. A study published at the beginning of this year says that seven out of ten...

This edition opens with a critical issue: the Ebola crisis and how Dimitra clubs are helping contain the threat of the epidemic in Senegal. The Dimitra approach not only allows to inform and raise awareness in rural communities, but above all ensures a space for communication, where everyone can express...

In the 21st century, few are able to step outside on a warm summer morning and hear hens clucking contentedly and cattle lowing in the field. Nor are they able to walk to the garden and pull up fresh carrots, harvest succulent lettuce and pick tomatoes from the vine. This...

This guide is based on information from the Food Plants International (FPI) database developed by Tasmanian agricultural scientist Bruce French.  The source material and guidance for the preparation of the book has been made possible through the support of Food Plants International, the Rotary Clubs of District 9830, particularly the...

El ingeniero Carlos Senigagliesi, coordinador de la carrera de Agronomía de la Unnoba, junto al ingeniero Carlos Calcaterra (Inta), describieron los objetivos del proyecto de investigación “Sustentabilidad de la Agricultura Familiar del noroeste de la provincia de Buenos Aires”, iniciativa que fue acreditada por la Universidad Nacional del Noroeste en...

Production of high quality organic aromatic plants allowed a group of 12 farmers to work collaboratively in the face of tough market conditions, thus modernizing agricultural production, improving quality of products and increasing farmers’ incomes. Twelve farmers formed the Cooperative of Agricultural Producers  Fafe (COFAFE) to collaborate in the production...

Durante la jornada, las autoridades trabajaron sobre los objetivos de la FAO en Argentina, en lo que serán acciones conjuntas con el Gobierno Nacional en materia de seguridad alimentaria. En ese marco, el representante de FAO destacó “los logros alcanzados por Argentina en materia de seguridad alimentaria y nutricional” y...

In Romania, the transition to a market economy meant a change in the relationship between the users of land resources (who became land owners) and the resource (the agricultural land, the operation of which was divided among the new owners). In the last quarter of a century, the rural areas...

Este artíciulo indica que el Instituto de Provisión de Alimentos (Proalimentos), entidad adscrita al Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería, Acuacultura y Pesca (MAGAP), adquiere banano verde de micro y pequeños productores para el Programa de Alimentación Escolar. Por su política de compra, se adquiere banano de productores de hasta 50 has;...

Con el objetivo de profundizar el análisis y comprender el impacto de las condiciones y mecanismos de acceso a la tierra en la configuración de las trayectorias y proyectos de vida juveniles, se propuso el estudio cuyos hallazgos aquí se presentan. Para la realización del mismo, se contó con el...

The food security debate has focused largely on the farm sector and on trade. Relatively neglected or ‘hidden’ from mainstream debate are the middle segments (processing, logistics, whole- sale) of agrifood value chains in developing countries—and yet this ‘midstream’ forms 30–40 per cent of the value added and costs in food value...

En el marco del programa nacional llevado adelante por de la Secretaría de Agricultura Familiar (SAF), dirigido al fortalecimiento del sector de la agricultura familiar mediante la instalación de 55 radios en todo el país, en las últimas semanas tres organizaciones tucumanas realizaron las primeras jornadas de formación y recibieron...