Susie Yeo, Second Year Apprentice at the UCSC Farm and Garden, explains how to broadcast and drill seeds in a flat .

Natural farming being recognised as an important pathway for achieving sustainable development goals, a study was undertaken to understand the potential of natural farming as a sustainable agricultural model. The field assessment revealed that natural farming systems contribute highly to the environmental/ecological dimensions of sustainability of farmers while there is...

El IMCA con el apoyo financiero de Acting For Life y DKA y en convenio de asociación con la alcaldía de Guacarí, contribuye a la visibilización de la importancia de ser campesino/a donde la identidad de las comunidades campesinas de Guacarí, se relaciona estrechamente con la tierra y con las...

The Inter-réseaux Développement rural – IRAM – Ambre conseil/CERFRANCE – CIRAD group was mobilised by the French Development Agency (Agence Française de Développement, or “AFD”) in order to spark discussion on agricultural advisory services. The objective is to provide the AFD with elements for strategic reflection and encourage discussions with...

Esta guía ha sido pensada como un documento que sintetice parte del contenido del curso en línea desarrollado durante 2021, de manera de brindar a defensores y defensoras ambientales los conocimientos y las habilidades necesarias para capacitar a sus propias organizaciones y/o comunidades sobre el Acuerdo de Escazú. Para esto,...

The Global Livestock Environmental Assessment Model is a GIS framework that simulates the bio-physical processes and activities along livestock supply chains under a life cycle assessment approach. The aim of GLEAM is to quantify production and use of natural resources in the livestock sector and to identify environmental impacts of livestock...

The recent escalation in conflict in Ukraine is affecting the food security of the most vulnerable rural households. According to the United Nations (UN) Flash Appeal, given the scale and direction of the ongoing hostilities, 18 million people are projected to be affected, including up to 6.7 million projected to...

Para iniciar un cultivo de fríjol voluble, es necesario identificar los gastos en que se incurre durante su producción. 

Estimating gross primary production (GPP) is important to understand the land-atmosphere CO2 exchange for major agroecosystems. Eddy covariance (EC) measurements provide accurate and reliable information about GPP, but flux measurements are often not available. Upscaling strategies gain importance as an alternative to the limitations of the use of the EC....

La agricultura familiar tiene un rol preponderante en la dinamización de los circuitos cortos de comercialización como instrumentos para la transformación de los sistemas alimentarios. Para aprender más sobre este tema, el proyecto Sembrando Capacidades, en alianza con el programa Organizaciones de Agricultores de países de África, el Caribe y...

Since 2008/2009, conservation agriculture (CA) cropland area has been expanding globally at an annual rate of more than 10 M ha per year. In 2015/2016, the total CA cropland area was 180.4 M ha, corresponding to 12.5% of global cropland area. In 2018/2019, the total cropland area was 205.4 M...

This study focuses on how we can effectively maintain and enhance forest biodiversity in Europe. It looks at what is at stake, the current external and internal threats to forest biodiversity and makes recommendations for how we should respond – both in terms of forest management, and also in terms...

The agricultural sector contributes approximately 10–20% of the total anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions. Consequently, climate change can negatively affect crop yields and livestock production thus threatening food security, especially in a vulnerable continent like Africa. This review provides an overview of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) practices and their impacts on...

This two-lesson course focuses on the impact of climate change on rural livelihoods and how climate change and variability interact with other factors to drive migration. It considers the conditions necessary for migration to be an adaptation strategy to climate change that can ultimately strengthen resilience, so that migration is...

Este documento elaborado en el marco del Proyecto “Caracterización de gestiones económicas de sistemas de producción agropecuarios de pequeña y mediana escala” (vigente desde enero del 2020) presenta estimaciones sobre comportamientos de resultados económicos de modelos productivos y tiene como propósito aportar información que favorezca la inclusión de productores, mejore...

Small-scale forest and farm producers are building climate resilience in their communities and with the right support can make a difference at scale to maintaining forest and farm landscapes in the face of climate change.The message came this week at the close of the International Conference for Sharing and Learning...

Planificación del cultivo, requerimientos ambientales. Recuerde considerar en su planificación la topografía, vías de acceso, cultivos anteriores, distancia al trapiche, época de siembra. Lo anterior aportará a una buena productividad y mejores ingresos.

Este trabajo se ha elaborado para orientar a los profesionales y técnicos encargados de la supervisión del proceso de producción de semilla de maíz certificada, especialmente de las labores de inspección en el campo. La guía presenta cuatro secciones interrelacionadas, siembra, cosecha, post cosecha y asesoría. En la primera sección,...

The new global report ‘’Voices from the ground 2: transformative solutions to the global systemic food crises’’ of the Working Group on Global food governance (CSIPM ) in cooperation with the CSIPM Secretariat and with support from the different regional task teams sheds light on global action taken since 2020. It underlines...

Interview with marine biologist and fisheries scientist Ray Hilborn on how area-based conservation measures can be made more inclusive of sustainable fisheries