Food education represents a factor of great importance to change malnutrition conditions, especially with regard to children, for a better quality of life based on the supply of accessible, low-cost foods with higher nutritional value. In view of such need, family farming represents a great potential to revert the malnutrition scenario, and the Food Biofortification project, led by Embrapa Food Agroindustry, is an alternative to offer technologies with nutritional added value aimed at family far

Status: Completed     Start date: Fri Jun 22 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2012

Family farming is an economically important segment nationwide, but has many weaknesses of social and technological order. Parallel to this, concerns about the negative environmental impacts of agriculture, livestock and forestry are getting increasingly important on the agenda of society, and the use of inadequate agricultural practices is one of the main causes of degradation of cultivated areas. Given the growing worldwide demand for food, fiber, wood and biofuels, and the consequent need for

Status: Completed     Start date: Thu May 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2014

The Serra Geral Territory, located in the north of the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, is composed of 16 municipalities and has an area of ​​20,581.20 km ², a total population of 285,678 inhabitants (2010 Census, IBGE), 105,196 of them living in rural areas, which correspond to 36.82% of the total. The main business of productive inclusion of the 41,011 family farming establishments, resulting in diversified economy in the rural sector, are dairy cattle, cotton farming, fruit growing of native

Status: Completed     Start date: Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2012

This project is a result of the demands made by the farmers from the Rio Capim Pole (the counties of Irituia, Concórdia do Pará, Mãe-do-Rio and São Domingos do Capim), which are involved in fish farming. This pole is characterized by the existence of group actions done by farmers and local institutions, which have the goal to strengthen the balance between family farming and environmental preservation (agroecology), the fish farming being part of this context as an expanding productive system. T ...

Status: Completed     Start date: Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2008

Brazilian family farming is characterized by its diversity, which is associated with the various elements of its historical background. Considering the importance and the need to hold and share new Family Farming values, we emphasize the role of experimentation and systematization to give visibility to experiences and foster an articulated network involving a proposal for a solidary sustainable development. Valuing and, above all, raising awareness of this potentiality is essential for the estab

Status: Completed     Start date: Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2012

No Brasil, um grande número de agroindústrias familiares elabora suco de uva ‘caseiro’ ou ‘colonial’ pela técnica da panela extratora por arraste de vapor. O produto é vendido em feiras de agricultura familiar e para consumidores do entorno de cada propriedade produtora, contribuindo, de forma importante, para a renda da pequena propriedade rural. A referida panela, embora seja um equipamento de preço bastante acessível, resulta na elaboração de suco com incorporação de água, proveniente do vapo ...

Status: Completed     Start date: Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2016

This project was carried out in the region of Pernambuco known as Sertão and in the north of Bahia in order to train rural leaders, extension workers and agricultural technicians in silviculture of multiple-use forest species and agroforestry systems, as well as notions of ecology and the environment. Through courses and training, agents were trained to develop and implement a sustainable management plan for the caatinga area in small and medium rural properties in the Brazilian semiarid regi

Status: Completed     Start date: Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2008

This project aims to recover legal reserve areas (ARL) or areas of permanent preservation (APP), in regions of family agriculture at the Brazilian Oriental Amazon, in the hopes of reducing impacts resulted from agricultural and forest practices. The project aims to train at least 150 family farmers in management of natural resources in areas which are close to bodies of water, and also to recover and monitor these areas' environment. The project will be developed in micro-basins of the Bragança, ...

Status: Completed     Start date: Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2009

In the greatest part of the Brazilian Amazon, family farming is practiced with the system of forest slash and burn. This practice is questionable due to the consequential loss of nutrients, the emission of harmful gases into the atmosphere and the risk of uncontrollable fires. This agricultural system keeps productivity levels which decrease with the succession of fires and short set-aside periods. Systems of integrated management of natural resources which involve mitigating technologies of env

Status: Completed     Start date: Thu Apr 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2010

The artisanal cheese production stands out as an important activity for income generation of family farmers in different regions of the country, such as the Coalho Cheese produced in the Northeast, the Colonial Cheese in the South and, more specifically, the Minas Artesanais cheese types, such as Canastra and Serro, produced in the State of Minas Gerais. However, among the main obstacles related to production and marketing in the formal market, stands the possibility (or not) to reconcile legal

Status: Completed     Start date: Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2015