The farm "Monte das Faias" with an area of 130 ha, start a new life through a project involving a young farmer, namely – breeding of  Miranda Race donkeys (breed only local Portuguese kind), with a view  to produce, process and commercialize  jennet milk. This innovative project is based on exploiting...

"Este número especial de LEISA Revista de Agroecología proporciona una visión general de la importancia de la agricultura a pequeña escala y de un enfoque agroecológico de la agricultura, analizando en detalle cuatro áreas clave: seguridad alimentaria, reducción de la pobreza, energía y el cambio climático."

Seed security initiatives are proliferating in both developmental and crisis contexts but the field as a whole is weak in critical thinking. Two gaps in particular are explored in this paper: the need to set explicit seed security goals and the need to ensure balance among the security elements of...

La política indígena gubernamental se propone entregar “tierras con desarrollo”, es decir, asegurar la provisión de servicios básicos, asistencia técnica y fomento productivo, además del acceso a la tierra. Como una contribución al logro de este objetivo, esta publicación presenta un análisis de los nudos críticos que actualmente dificultan una...

After years of war and social unrest, Iraq is facing a number of challenges that are common to all sectors of the economy, amongst which the most important are the deteriorated state of the social and economic infrastructure, the disruption of the social fabric of the society and the increased...

Based on the authors’ own research, and on a review of literature on the subject, we propose a conceptualization of two types of family farming, peasants and capitalized non-peasants family farmers. The focus is placed on partial monetization of the production model. The existence of a monetary and a non-monetary...

Esta serie de estudios de caracterización sociodemográfica de las juventudes rurales tiene como objetivo aportar con información actualizada sobre este sector de la población tanto a nivel nacional como municipal o distrital, a modo de servir como insumo para el Programa, operaciones del FIDA, así como otros organismos involucrados en...

A través de este reporte, la FAO y el Programa de Desarrollo Agropecuario Sustentable (PROAGRO, ejecutado en Bolivia por GIZ), presentan los resultados de sus esfuerzos aunados para acrecentar las capacidades de los países para enfrentar el cambio climático, mediante el desarrollo de herramientas que apoyen la toma de decisiones relativas...

La evaluación de impacto del proyecto, en el que se compara la población participante con un grupo de control, indica que el 80% de las familias involucradas considera que su alimentación es buena o muy buena, comparado con el 55% del grupo de control, lo cual se confirma, entre otros,...

GIAHS are found throughout the developing world, linked to centers of diversity.  Agroecosystems cover more than one quarter of the global land area, reaching about 5 billion hectares. Agroecosystems are ecosystems in which people have deliberately selected crop plants and livestock animals to replace the natural flora and fauna.  

Para contribuir a resolver los principales problemas o a mejorar la situación del sector forestal identificados por los estudios nacionales, este documento propone una serie de posibles acciones orientadas a mejorar la estructura organizativa del sector forestal, sea a nivel del propio sector público, del sector privado, y de la...

Currently, family farming has taken visibility both in academic works and in the design of public policies. Even though are recognized own characteristics which differentiate it from the business production, they are presented according to the type of production and the territory where they are inserted, particularities that allow defining...

“KM 0” is a branding initiative to promote local sourcing. It brings together stakeholders from the entire chain of actors involved in the production, processing, sales, marketing and consumption of fisheries products from the Minho Lima area. This project aims to promote local sourcing through the branding of local products and...

Initially, Farming Systems Research took the farm as a starting point for an analysis of a broad range of issues linked to agricultural production. Soon afterwards, it was recognised that to understand farming, the scale of analysis needed to be broadened, to capture the interactions between farms and their natural,...

Consolidar una política en Alimentación Escolar (AE) clara que logre unificar y orientar en una sola dirección, las directrices a ser aplicadas a nivel nacional, de manera que cada departamento o entidad la pueda ejecutar en forma independiente pero sujeto a la política; Definir e identificar, de manera clara, los...

Aohan Bannery is located in the southeast of Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China. It is the interface between China’s ancient farming culture and grassland culture. From 2001 to 2003, carbonized particles of foxtail and broomcorn millet were discovered by archaeologists in the “First Village of China”, Xinglongwa in...

En la 10ª edición de "El estado de los bosques del mundo" se desarrolla una verdad fundamental: los bosques, la actividad forestal y los productos forestales contribuyen de forma decisiva al desarrollo sostenible. El estado de los bosques del mundo se publica cada dos años. El estado de los bosques del mundo...

Cooperation between the water sector and forest sector at national and at regional level is a prerequisite for tackling the challenges of integrated water resources management and sustainable rural development. The current lack of cooperation between the forest sector and the water sector in the South Eastern European Region is hampering...

Este material hace parte de la sistematización del Proyecto FAO “Fortalecimiento de organizaciones indígenas altoandinas y rescate de sus productos tradicionales” (2007-2011), financiado por el Programa de Cooperación de Nueva Zelandia, con el ánimo de fortalecer las capacidades nacionales para rescatar, sistematizar, difundir, adaptar y replicar algunos de los procesos...

The report stresses progress in linking research innovations to results in farmers' fields in a number of areas. These research-for-development initiatives are testing technology and policy packages with farmers in their production situations. For example, in sub-Saharan Africa ICARDA leads the wheat component of the regional initiative on Support to...