How much do poor rural households rely on environmental extraction from natural ecosystems? And how does climate variability impact their livelihoods? This paper sheds light on these two questions with household income data from the Poverty and Environment Network pantropical data set, combined with climate data for the past three...

A raíz de la investigación enmarcada en la celebración del Año Internacional de la Agricultura Familiar 2014, se adelantaron estudios de caso vinculando tanto instituciones académicas (Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia, UNIMINUTO, Instituto Mayor Campesino –IMCA-, Corporación Universitaria Santa Rosa de Cabal – UNISARC-, Universidad de Caldas –U de C-) como organizaciones...

Agriculture is a devolved power in all 3 cases in the UK (Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland); English agricultural matters are run by an England-only administration (Defra) but under the control of UK Ministers and the UK parliament. The environment is similarly devolved, but habitat conservation status for Article 17...

Important social and agrarian changes are taking place on the agricultural plain of the Saïss in Morocco. Rural young men and women are key players in this process. In this article, we use the experiences, aspirations and dreams of rural young people in the Saïss to describe and discuss current...

Con este concurso se espera dar un reconocimiento a los pequeños productores de comercio justo, miembros de CLAC, que contribuyen para la adaptación o mitigación del cambio climático, divulgar los trabajos realizados para aumentar el intercambio de conocimiento entre productores a través de las herramientas virtuales Progreso Network y Cla@se...

The aim of the project Protein Tips was to increase the amount of locally produced fodder, as a response to climate change, in order to reduce the need to import soy beans for protein fodder. Research showed that the use of locally produced protein fodder crops could considerably improve the...

Experiencia en el establecimiento de granjas agro acuicolas de truchas en el altiplano de Guatemala en contribución a la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional en el marco de la Agricultura Familiar.

Using small-scale fisheries as an illustrative case, this publication explores how social protection interventions can be used to reduce the vulnerability and strengthen the resilience of households and communities that depend principally on renewable natural resources to sustain their livelihoods and food security. It identifies and reviews existing social protection...

Georgia’s dairy farmers face huge challenges to modernise and increase production – not least following the signing of a free trade agreement with Europe. The EBRD, and the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations are on board to lend a hand.

In September 2015, family farmer Jyoti Fernandes spoke at a Policy Debate in the European Parliament. The video is embedded below and a full transcript of the talk is available here. Being part of the UK Landworkers’ Alliance and the European Coordination of La Vía Campesina (host of the debate),...

La campagne CULTIVONS, en Afrique de l’Ouest, se joint à la mobilisation du 17 avril, journée mondiale des luttes paysannes lancée par Via Campesina, et soutient les différentes initiatives prises dans les pays de la sous-région à cette occasion. CULTIVONS est une campagne globale coordonnée par Oxfam. Présente en Afrique de...

Declining soil fertility, escalating costs of farm inputs and lack of capacity are persistent problems that farmers in eastern Africa continue to grapple with. Such factors have resulted in high levels of poverty and food insecurity due to poor performance of the agriculture sector. Climate change adds a big blow...

An ongoing locust plague is threatening the livelihoods and food security of 13 million people in Madagascar. To address this major issue, the Ministry of Agriculture of Madagascar and FAO developed a “Three-year emergency Programme in response to the locust plague” comprising three successive locust campaigns (2013–2016).

The advantages of cooperatives, groups and organisations of producers.

La declaración final del V Encuentro Internacional de Agroecología, Agricultura Sostenible y Cooperativismo, que culminó este 27 de noviembre en La Habana, estimó como estratégico la continuidad de las relaciones intergeneracionales, con énfasis en la formación vocacional de los niños y adolescentes. En el documento, se manifiesta también la preocupación ante...

This paper aims to disseminate information on suitable technologies for developing a healthy and safe fertilizer product for use in family orchards. The manual presents the vision of FAO regarding agriculture: Sustainable Intensification of Agricultural Production, with higher production from the same land surface while conserving resources, reducing negative impact...

Su poder nutritivo, su pureza, la adaptabilidad de su cultivo y fundamentalmente su vigencia en el tiempo, son los atributos que hacen de la quinua un alimento de excelencia y que alienta a pequeños productores de Salta y Jujuy a tomar el desafío de revalorizar su producción y de llegar...

Pastoralists produce food in the world’s harshest environments, and pastoral production supports the livelihoods of rural populations on almost half of the world’s land. They have traditionally suffered from poor understanding, marginalization and exclusion from dialogue. The Pastoralist Knowledge Hub is an initiative bringing together pastoralists and the main actors working...

This paper provides estimates of investment costs, both public and private, required to eliminate chronic dietary energy deficits, or to achieve zero hunger by 2030. This target is consistent with achieving both Sustainable Development Goal 2, to eliminate hunger by 2030, and Sustainable Development Goal 1, to eradicate poverty. The...

All EU citizens benefit from Rural Development Programme (RDP) actions and the 2014-2020 programming period involves new emphasis on improved implementation opportunities that can boost the range and reach of RDP benefits. The following overview article identifies some of the main issues that can help improve the effectiveness of RDP...