During the last two decades there is a growing awareness of the importance of introducing organic agricultural production in Serbia due to issues of health, environmental protection and need for more sustainable agriculture. There is a need for education of small farmers on the possibilities of organic production and significance of information technologies for education, production and marketing. This paper aims to examine the perception on the possibilities of organic production and ICT use concerning their level of education.
La sécheresse qui sévit dans le Sahel depuis les années 1970 a fortement réduit les productions dans les principaux secteurs d’activités que sont la pêche, l’élevage et l’agriculture. Dans le Delta Intérieur du Niger au Mali (DIN), la pêche dont le développement est intimement lié aux fluctuations inter-saisonnières et interannuelles de la crue du fleuve Niger, est en crise. Les prises ont diminué de moitié, beaucoup de pêcheurs sont partis, certains ont adopté des pratiques non durables et les règles sociales subissent d’importantes modifications.
El PEP-ARROZ se constituye en una “carta de navegación” u “hoja de ruta”, con las orientaciones estratégicas para mejorar la competitividad de la cadena de arroz, a fin de establecer prioridades, definir acciones, negociar y asignar recursos y tomar decisiones.
El objetivo general del proyecto es contribuir al fomento agroalimentario y competitividad del subsector frutícola de Panamá, generando beneficios socioeconómicos importantes para la población rural y urbana, en el marco de la implementación de estrategias nacionales de desarrollo sostenible de la agricultura, seguridad alimentaria y exportaciones.
En el proyecto se han analizado el eslabonamiento de la producción primaria con la producción agroindustrial, a fin de definir una estrategia de diversificación horizontal y valor agregado para penetrar a nichos específicos de buenos precios en el mercado internacional, focalizada en la consistencia de la calidad, confianza y garantía en las exportaciones. Con ese propósito se ha estructurado dos sub-áreas: a) Políticas de Beneficiado e Industrialización; y b) Políticas de Comercialización y Promoción Interna, cada una con objetivos específicos, acciones y medidas de política. 34.
Agriculture is the back bone of Indian economy. Time bound high-quality agro services are essential for the growth of agriculture in our country. The present study was conducted among the beneficiary farmers Agro Service Centres in Kerala, during the year 2018-19. The sample of the study comprised 120 farmers from purposively selected 26 Agro Service Centres. Performance effectiveness of Agro Service Centres was measured in terms of Performance Effectiveness Index (PEI).
This synthesis report presents the outputs of the workshop organised by CTA at its headquarters in Wageningen, The Netherlands, 15-17 July 2008. The outputs are presented in two main parts, each corresponding to one of the workshop objectives, and ends with a section on the way forward as suggested by the workshop participants. It also includes a first attempt to come to a consolidated generic framework on AIS performance indicators, based on the outputs of the different working groups.
Following the remarkable success of performance testing in the commercial sector, the Agricultural Research Council's Animal Improvement Institute (ARC–AII) initiated a beef cattle performance testing scheme for smallholder farmers in 1996. The scheme, which became known as Kaonafatsho ya Dikgomo (Sotho for animal improvement), has been running well in the Northern and North West Provinces and is set to spread gradually to the rest of the country.
Discussions on food security in the Global North have raised questions about the capacity of peri-urban organic agriculture to provide sufficient healthy food for the urban market. Dealing with food security requires more attention to how to protect peri-urban organic farming systems from urban pressures while strengthening the sustainability of local food systems.
El informe estudia el contexto macroeconómico y hace análisis sectoriales agrícola. Discute la agricultura, la ganadería, la pesca y los bosques. Trata del Bienestar rural y la institucionalidad. Habla de políticas y discute la situación y perspectivas de la agricultura familiar en América Latina y el Caribe.