El suelo es considerado un recurso natural no renovable (fao, 2015). Por tanto, es necesario realizar prácticas que permitan su cuidado y a la vez la producción de mango de azúcar. Más Información: Bibliografía completa de la corporación Editorial Agrosavia Repositorio Institucional (BAC) Podcast Dimensions Agriperfiles Google Scholar LaReferencia Redalyc Redcol ResearchGate WhastApp Noticias científicas AGROMETRICS CRIS AGROSAVIA: https://vivo.agrosavia.co/

Control oportuno de arvenses que pueden servir como hospederos alternos y conservación de benéficos. Uso de entomopatógenos como Bacillus thuringiensis para el control de larvas. Uso de control químico bajo la recomendación de un especialista. Más Información: Bibliografía completa de la corporación Editorial Agrosavia Repositorio Institucional (BAC) Podcast Dimensions Agriperfiles Google Scholar LaReferencia Redalyc Redcol ResearchGate WhastApp Noticias científicas AGROMETRICS CRIS AGROSAVIA: https://vivo.agrosavia.co/

A model for cross-over designs with repeated measures within each period was developed. It is obtained using an extension of generalized estimating equations that includes a parametric component to model treatment effects and a non-parametric component to model time and carry-over effects, the estimation approach for the non-parametric component is...

El Curso “Innovación y Sostenibilidad en la Agricultura Familiar”, se enmarca en la Plataforma Técnica Regional para la Agricultura Familiar en alianza con los proyectos “Sembrando Capacidades” (ABC, MAPA Brasil, MADR Colombia y FAO) y Farmers Organizations for African, Caribbean and Pacific countries FO4ACP (FIDA, UE, OACPS, PROCASUR y FAO). Esta plataforma...

Automation has been shaping world agriculture since the early twentieth century. Motorized mechanization has brought significant benefits in terms of improved productivity, reduced drudgery and more efficient allocation of labour, but also some negative environmental impacts. More recently, a new generation of digital agricultural automation technologies has appeared, with the...

Organic farming is a farming method that uses natural substances and processes to produce food. This means that organic farming has a low environmental impact. In accordance with the EU regulation for organic production, it is very restrictive on the use of different synthetic products and prohibits the use of...

The occasion was the 35th Session of the Committee on Fisheries (COFI-35), the intergovernmental forum of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The purpose was to review and discuss issues and challenges related to fisheries and aquaculture. Campaigners for the rights of small-scale fishers and Indigenous...

This is the second of a series of two e-learning courses on Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and Nutrition. In this course, you will learn an approach to integrate nutrition into SME business models, in order to make food systems more nutrition-sensitive.

Many assume world hunger is due to "too many people, not enough food." This trope has persisted since the 18th century and moves us away from addressing the root causes of hunger and malnutrition. The world produces enough food to provide every man, woman and child with more than 2,300...

Episode 18 of Food for Europe takes a long look at agriculture in the Czech Republic, following its assumption of the six-month rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union. Like all EU member states, Czechia is trapped in a storm of events outside its control, with farmers badly hit...

In recent years, agricultural advisory services have been the subject of renewed interest at the level of agricultural policies and development aid. Numerous development actors have taken up the issue of advice to farmers: professional agricultural organizations, government agencies, investors, agri-providers, NGOs, telephone companies, etc. Questioning the meaning of agricultural advisory...

This guide is based on information from the Food Plants International (FPI) database developed by Tasmanian agricultural scientist Bruce French.The source material and guidance for the preparation of the book has been made possible through the support of Food Plants International, the Rotary Clubs of District 9830, particularly the Rotary...

Women-led cooperatives have played a role in improving women farmers’ technical know-how, leadership capacities, business skills, and advocacy skills. Women members of Yen Duong Cooperative in Vietnam were trained in agroforestry production, handicrafts making, and tourism and actively participated in advocacy and policy-making activities in their locality. They have successfully...

¿Y usted ya comió? La mística de Doña Celestina   Conocí a Doña Celestina -una mujer de sombrero alto, encantadora a la vista, voluptuosa, de ojos chinos y manos cálidas como su fogón- en un viaje a Pechuquiz.   Pechuquiz es una planicie en el distrito de Frías del departamento de Piura, zona costeña y...

Los sistemas alimentarios se enfrentan a múltiples desafíos de sostenibilidad derivados de la presión demográfica, el cambio climático, la pérdida de biodiversidad y problemas de malnutrición. Sin embargo, la agricultura familiar ha venido poniendo en práctica soluciones innovadoras a estos desafíos. Para aprender sobre este tema, el proyecto Sembrando Capacidades,...

This paper looks at the potential of agro-ecology for farming systems in India in order to achieve sustainable and inclusive development of agriculture in the country. It situates the potential of agro-ecology within the larger structural transformation context of the rural, agricultural and smallholder Indian economy, arguing that the preponderance...

The following Statements were made by the International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) at the Thirty-fifth Session of the Committee on Fisheries (COFI) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) during 5-9 September, 2022

The Farm to Fork strategy under the European Green Deal identifies the excess of nutrients in the environment as a major source of air, soil and water pollution, negatively impacting biodiversity and climate. The European Commission aims to reduce nutrient losses by at least 50%, while ensuring there is no...

This article contains compelling and inspiring stories of agroecology as a science, a practice and a movement in Latin America, Colombia.  In 2004, five agronomy students in Fusagasugá, two hours south of the Colombian capital, Bogotá, set out to create a peasant and environmental movement, to protect the land and...

With a little support and guidance, farmers can transform their lives and become resilient to changes in weather and markets. The case of Pitar Sabar shows how a tribal farmer with the support from WOTR, changed the way he farmed and enhanced the income levels, besides becoming a resource person...