In the wake of the celebrations of the International Year of Family Farming, a series of events are being organized throughout Portugal (more info here).

The Sociedade Portuguesa de Estudos Rurais (SPER); the Associação Portuguesa de Economia Agrária (APDEA); the Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra (ESAC); the Direção Regional de Agricultura e Pescas do Centro (DRAPC); the Associação para o Desenvolvimento e Cooperação (ACTUAR) and the Confederação Nacional da Agricultura (CNA) are organizing the Seminar ‘Policies for the Sustainability of Family Farming’  at ESAC’s Auditorium (in Coimbra), next 4th June 2014, with the presence of several researchers and practitioners.

Admission is free, but registration is required and it’s limited to the capacity of the Auditorium. Applications will be accepted until 30th May 2014.

More info and a detailed programme can be found here.

2014 is the International Year of Family Farming. You can read more about it at FAO’s website.

In Portugal, the Portuguese Society for Rural Studies (SPER), jointly with other national entities, will also be celebrating it. More info at the DGADR website.

The book, edited by Elisabeth Kastenholz, Celeste Eusébio, Elisabete Figueiredo, Maria João Carneiro (all part of the Rural Matters team) and Joana Lima, contains the main findings of the ORTE Project and can be freely downloaded at the University of Aveiro repository.