IYFF Campaign Updates 2011
The IYFF campaign continues to ramp up with more and more organizations and states signing up and pledging support. Join us in this campaign to make Family Farming an important focus worldwide and a viable alternative to corporate farms. Here are the latest updates sent by Mr. Jose Osaba of the WRF. 315 farmers and […]
FAO Policy Guide Highlights Role of Small Seed Enterprises to Secure Food Security
Another interesting read from FAO about the role of small seed enterprises to secure food security. Thanks to Mr. Osaba of WRF for the share. The guide highlights successes from Brazil, India and Cote d’Ivoire, underscoring the importance of a favorable policy environment that promotes quality control and certification systems, private sector support, flexible legislation […]
Support for the IYFF Campaign continues to grow
Support for the International Year of Family Farming continues to grow worldwide. Among the latest endorsers are the Department of Agriculture of the Philippines and the Pan-African Farmers Association. We need your support dear readers, to encourage your states and governments to endorse this very noble campaign! Kindly visit the IYFF website for more information […]
Filipino rice farmers’ socioecon status is improving
FarmFriday shares this interesting newsbit we picked up from PhilRice about a research they conducted that showed Filipino rice farmers have steadily improved their socio-economic status over the past 10 years or so. Any reactions? There is a steady improvement in the social and economic status among Filipino rice farmers and their household for the […]
International Agri Policy marginalizes farmers
FarmFriday shares this interesting newsbit from IPS. This highlights again the need to support agriculture in general and smallholder farmers in particular. IPS|By Stephen Leahy How’s this for short-sighted: A billion people go hungry every day, food prices have climbed 30 to 40 percent, climate change is reducing agricultural production – and for the past […]
Report on the Future of Family Farming Conference
FarmFriday shares this nugget. Available for download is the report of the ileia organised conference on the Future of Family Farming. ileia organised a conference on the Future of Family Farming, on the occasion of its 25th anniversary. Keynote speakers like Camilla Toulmin from the UK, K.S. Gopal from India and Olufunke Cofie from Ghana […]
IFAD President pushes for more efforts in linking smallholder farmers to private sector
FarmFriday highlights this is very interesting newsbit from IFAD with its President Kanayo F. Nwanze pushing for more efforts to linking smallholder farmers to the private sector: “In Davos, I intend to show business leaders how linking smallholder farmers to the private sector is key to building the economy of developing countries. The private sector […]
IYFF Campaign Update December 2009 – A dream nearer each day
Towards The Celebration Of The International Year Of Family Farming-IYFF. A dream nearer each day José María Zeberio-Executive Secretary of the World Rural Forum-WRF REPORT ON THE IYFF Before the end of 2009 we wish to update our report on the IYFF. In the world today there are 3,000 million people who live in the […]
Latest IYFF Brochure
WRF has released the latest brochure of the Campaign for an International Year of Family Farming. Click to download
Enduring Farms: Climate Change, Smallholders and Traditional Farming Communities
Thanks again to our friend Jose Osaba for sharing this interesting book from TWN. “THE world is now facing a new era of climate change and the impacts of climate change are already being felt everywhere, particularly in the developing countries and small islands. The local knowledge systems and agricultural practices and techniques adopted by […]
