Este estudio de caso describe la estrategia de equidad e igualdad de género que tiene como objetivo desarrollar los capitales o activos de hombres, mujeres y jóvenes rurales como una apuesta para el desarrollo humano sostenible e inclusivo en los Territorios según el Programa Agroambiental Mesoamericano- MAP. También habla de las acciones promovidas con mujeres y jóvenes para desarrollar iniciativas empresariales vinculadas a cadenas de valor prioritarias en el Territorio: Hortalizas, Café, Lácteos, Forestales, etc. y lecciones aprendidas.
Esta publicación es el resultado de un proceso de sistematización participativo facilitado por el Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT) para el Programa de Gestión Rural Empresarial, Sanidad y Ambiente (PROGRESA). En este documento se comparte la experiencia de la implementación de 8 iniciativas de negocios con mujeres como actoras directas en las cadenas de valor de ganado y hortalizas en los municipios de El Jícaro, Jalapa, Palacagüina, Telpaneca, Ciudad Darío y la Concordia
Este diagnóstico de capacidades de género se realizó para identificar cuáles son las capacidades de género existentes en los socios de LAF en Nicaragua, en sus zonas de intervención. Los resultados permitirán formular respuestas adecuadas de desarrollo de capacidades de género para incrementar la habilidad de los diferentes socios del programa, para que de manera efectiva y eficiente, puedan desarrollar funciones, resolver problemas, así como establecer y lograr objetivos con enfoque de género.
Strengthening the abilities of smallholder farmers in developing countries, particularly women farmers, to produce for both home and the market is currently a development priority. In many contexts, ownership of assets is strongly gendered, reflecting existing gender norms and limiting women’s ability to invest in more profitable livelihood strategies such as market-oriented agriculture. Yet the intersection between women’s asset endowments and their ability to participate in and benefit from agricultural interventions receives minimal attention.
The world’s population is likely to reach 9 billion by the middle of this century. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) believes that 60 per cent more food will be needed by 2050 to sustain all these people. Where possible, this food should be produced where it is needed – in developing countries.
Les changements climatiques sont intimement liés à l’agriculture et à la sécurité alimentaire. En effet, on peut considérer l’agriculture à la fois comme acteur, victime et sauveur des changements climatiques. Malgré ce triple rôle évident, l’agriculture n’apparait pas en tant que telle dans les négociations.
The study describes the historic development of the Danish Agricultural Advisory Services (DAAS). This is the case of a national advisory system owned and managed by the farmer organizations and financed with public subsidies combined with farmer/user payments, gradually developed to full user payment. The links and relations between the empowerment of farmers and their organizations, their evolving roles in advisory systems, and the innovative financial mechanisms in extension, especially pull-mechanisms, are analyzed.
This paper contributes to the ongoing discussion in the scientific literature on the advantages and disadvantages of privatization of extension and advisory services and the shift from thinking in terms of the traditional Agricultural Knowledge System towards a broader Agricultural Innovation System.
This report explores the role of rural networks in enhancing innovation processes, questioning the features of the agricultural/rural networks could enhance farmers’ ability to co-innovate in cooperation with other actors. The prospect of this investigation is also to provide interesting and significant experiences that constitute examples for the ‘European Innovation Partnership’ by increasing farmers’ capacities to create, test, implement and evaluate innovations in cooperation with other rural actors.
The report synthesises the research conducted under the PRO AKIS project for the topic "Designing, implementing and maintaining agricultural/rural networks to enhance farmers’ ability to innovate in cooperation with other rural actors".