CIHEAM Press Review

Two rel­a­tives with the dream of cre­at­ing world-class extra vir­gin olive oil, the fam­ily olive groves and the unique ter­roir of Crete, are the main ingre­di­ents of Silvergreen, which crafts olive oil from an indige­nous Cretan cul­ti­var.
“Silvergreen is Andreas and Emmanuel,” said Emmanuel Vantarakis, one of the two cousins behind the com­pany. ​“Of course, our fam­i­lies are always next to us, pro­vid­ing a help­ing hand in the har­vest and sup­port­ing us all the way.”

Smallholder farmers produce up to 80 percent of the food supply in Asian and sub-Saharan African countries.

L'Initiative nationale pour le développement humain (INDH), a mis en place plusieurs projets dans le cadre de son appui aux petites entreprises agricoles au niveau de la province de Tata.

Selon des données de la Division de l’action sociale de la province, ces projets visent à améliorer les conditions de travail des petites entreprises, ainsi que d’encourager les initiatives des jeunes et les idées innovantes .

The rules governing pitkala middlemen who auction farmers’ produce are set to be overhauled after tensions boiled over last month. 
The government plans on contracting these middlemen, previously self-employed, to provide the auctioning service for farmers twice a week.  
In April, Times of Malta reported how all of Malta’s registered pitkala had their licences suspended after they refused to put a guarantee in place to stop farmers from being left in the lurch. 

While the majority of olive oil production still comes from traditional growers in the Mediterranean, newer farms are focusing on more efficient orchards and experiencing a steady growth in production.

Mohammad Ali Neimeh's — better known as Abu Kassem — life revolves around Za’atar, Lebanon wild thyme plant. During the Israeli occupation of South Lebanon, he needed to change the way thyme was grown, out of fear he would be shot or shelled trying to get to his plants in the wild. The changes that he implemented have seen huge changes in the way that thyme is now grown in Lebanon. This is his story.

Filmed & edited by Nay Aoun

As the first African-American woman elected to Congress from North Carolina, I served for 10 years in positions on the House Agriculture Committee and as the ranking member of the Operations Oversight, Nutrition, and Forestry Subcommittees. Combined with my subsequent tenure as the Assistant Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN, I understand the critical need for investment in small and future farmers, and how connected their growth and ability to thrive is to healthy food, healthy people, and robust rural communities.

The African Development Bank signed on Tuesday 23 November with the Kingdom of Morocco a loan of 114,03 M€ intended to finance a part of the Programme of Support for the Inclusive and Sustainable Development of Agricultural and Rural Areas (PADIDZAR).

In the early hours of the morning, most of us wake up rushing through our routine and throwing ourselves at work before we even have the chance to refresh our minds, souls, and bodies. For Wael Basheer Abdel Halim, founder of WiiWii’s Farm, however, the mornings are for answering the calls of nature; the birds, […]

The world's smallholder farmers produce around a third of the world's food, according to detailed new research by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Five of every six farms in the world consist of less than two hectares, operate only around 12 percent of all agricultural land, and produce roughly 35 percent of the world's food, according to a study published in World Development.

“Wake up before it’s too late.” Small farms are the only way to feed the world. “The time is now to switch back to our natural farming roots.” These are dire warnings from the U.N. in a 2015 report. Monocrops and GMOs are not the only answer and are not enough to feed the world. There must also be a supplemental food source to feed the planet. That food source is small farms. We have to grow our own food. This is something that farmers, ranchers, and homesteaders have known since the beginning of modern agriculture.