This document prepared by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) identifies strategic opportunities with the goal of contributing to the transformation of rural Lesotho towards a more resilient and economically productive environment that allows its population to sustain their livelihoods and overcome poverty and malnutrition. It sets out to identify initiatives which can co
Labor, land, and funds are keys to revitalizing rural areas around the world. Previous studies have focused on the impacts of funds on agricultural production, but placed little emphasis on its role in agricultural land-use transformation. Thus, this study explores the quantitative relationship between agricultural credit and farmland abandonment from the perspective of rural revitalization.
Sustainable rural development (with the development of social functions) is currently one of the basic objectives of the rural areas policy in Poland.
In many African countries and especially in the highlands of Ethiopia—the investigation site of this paper—agricultural land is highly fragmented. Small and scattered parcels impede a necessary increase in agricultural efficiency. Land consolidation is a proper tool to solve inefficiencies in agricultural production, as it enables consolidating plots based on the consent of landholders.
In 2017, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Papua New Guinea (PNG) commissioned a gender assessment of the agriculture and rural sector in Papua New Guinea.
The Agriculture Census 2019, the sixth in its series, is an agricultural statistical venture of Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS). Not only has Bangladesh recorded persistent economic growth of 7.86 to 8.13%, but it has also achieved a substantial reduction in poverty rate. Bangladesh retains a strong commitment to social cohesion and to a progressive development agenda.
In an agrarian economy like Bangladesh, the importance of land in the production process need not be overemphasized. Personal possession of land is considered to be a symbol of social prestige and security. Land plays a very important role in both income generation and social life in various ways.
Date: 3 août 2019
Source: Farmlandgrab
L’International Land Coalition (ILC) s’est plongé dans le rapport sur le développement rural 2019 du FIDA afin de mieux comprendre le lien entre les jeunes, la terre et le développement durable.
O processo de luta e construção do Assentamento Palmares II, o maior do estado e um dos maiores do Brasil, teve início em 1994, quando cerca de 2.500 famílias sem-terra ocupam uma área sob concessão da empresa Vale S. A., sendo em seguida despejadas.
Este 5 de dezembro é o Dia Mundial do Solo. Sob o tema: "Mantenha o solo vivo, proteja a biodiversidade do solo", a Organização das Nações Unidas para Alimentação e Agricultura, FAO, destaca a importância deste recurso para sustentar ecossistemas saudáveis e o bem-estar humano.
