Life in rural areas has its beauties and hardships. Yet, Qyaram Khachatryan said he would never want to exchange his village life in northern Armenia for living in a city, even after he lost virtually everything in the devastating earthquake of 1988. Lost everything but his good spirit and hope,...

Did you know that more than half of the world’s fish and other aquatic food for human consumption comes from aquaculture? In fact, the farming of fish and shellfish (aquaculture) has been the fastest growing food production activity in the world in recent decades. This growth is expected to continue.What are the benefits...

La Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA), desde su creación en 1993, ha gestionado y ejecutado una agenda de investigación asociada a las políticas y directrices del gobierno nacional, los requerimientos de los territorios y las prioridades de los productores que los representan. Más Información: Bibliografía completa de la corporación Editorial Agrosavia Repositorio Institucional...

All six dimensions of food security and nutrition are affected by climate change and climate variability: availability, access, utilization, stability, agency and sustainability. The impacts of climate change on agricultural production trickle down to additional risks to the food security and nutrition of people who are directly dependent on agriculture for their livelihoods.  FAO’s work on Climate Risk...

Family farming organisations and research networks that gathered in Derio (Spain) on 4-5 October designed a series of activities to promote that family farming is placed at the centre of research. For two days, representative family farming organizations from 5 continents such as AFA, COPROFAM, PDRR, PIFON, PROPAC and ESAFF met in the city of Derio, Basque Country,...

Communities living in Northern Ghana face a complex situation due to a lack of livelihood options in the semi-arid area. Listen to the latest episode of Let’s Talk Trees to find out more. Eric Bayala and Houria Djoudi explore the problem and possible solutions to this longstanding issue through the...

With the current conflict in Ukraine and food security now being a major political question (e.g., Aubert et al. 2022, Dankevych 2022a, Dankevych 2022b, Glauber & Laborde 2022), this briefing explains how organic contributes to sustainable food security, summarising the most relevant and recent scientific publications that critically assess the...

Farmers are increasingly recognized as the designers of their own production systems and face challenges that call for context-specific innovations. Co-designing innovations with farmers are one way to tailor options to local constraints and resources. However, studies on how farmers implement agroecological practices after a co-design process are rare, especially...

Con la ayuda de un programa lúdico, con los naipes del “chin chon”, la FAO y distintas entidades públicas y privadas impulsan el modelo en chacras de menor escala. El caso de Natalia Córdoba y el testimonio de su experiencia. Natalia Córdoba produce verduras en 25 hectáreas ubicadas al sur de Córdoba...

En el presente documento se hace una compilación de información producto de resultados de investigación cuyo objetivo principal fue la caracterización agronómica fisicoquímica, funcional y análisis sensorial de 22 genotipos regionales denominados TCS 01, 02, 04, 05, 06, 08, 10, 11, 12, 13, 19, 20, 40, 41, 42, 44, 45,...

The first UN Food Systems Summit will have a long-lasting impact on a global scale, despite the other historic events of 2021. This echoes across Europe and Central Asia, giving an impulse to a side event at the Regional Forum on Sustainable Development on the role of sustainable food systems in building back better in Europe...

The ability of forests and trees to mitigate and adapt to climate change is affected by various policies, often under the authority of different institutions. Listen to an in-depth interview with Alexandre Meybeck from the CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry (FTA) and the U.N. Food and Agriculture...

Intensive agriculture has led to several environmental impacts, such as soil erosion, water scarcity, and pesticide pollution. Despite the increasing research advocating greener agriculture, the transition into sustainable agriculture practices has been slower than expected. Then, why are we stuck in this transition? In this scientific essay, we aimed to...

En el presente documento se hace una compilación de información producto de resultados de investigación cuyo objetivo principal fue la caracterización agronómica fisicoquímica, funcional y análisis sensorial de 22 genotipos regionales denominados TCS 01, 02, 04, 05, 06, 08, 10, 11, 12, 13, 19, 20, 40, 41, 42, 44, 45,...

La lectura de este documento le permitirá tener una visión sencilla pero amplia del cómo se ha venido construyendo el proceso agrícola, industrial y cultural, cuáles son los logros y problemas, y con mayor importancia los desafíos futuros. Este esfuerzo mancomunado que arranca hace años con unos pocos, y que...

La caracterización de los consumidores de leña en los asaderos de los departamentos del Meta, Cundinamarca y Casanare tiene como objetivo detectar las variables relevantes de la demanda y su conducta en el mercado. Para eso se realizaron 97 entrevistas semiestructuradas a propietarios y administradores de restaurantes que utilizan leña...

El Boletín Agroclimático Nacional es elaborado por la Mesa Técnica Agroclimática Nacional, liderada por el Ministerio de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural-MADR, en alianza con la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura – FAO y el Instituto de Hidrología, Meteorología y Estudios Ambientales-IDEAM y el apoyo...

In this paper, the authors use conceptual insights from the actor–network theory (ANT) to explore the role of agroecological innovation systems (AeISs) in the reconfiguration of agricultural practices toward sustainability. AeISs are actor networks involving a diversity of individuals (e.g., farmers, traders, experts) and organizations (e.g., cooperatives, rural development agencies,...

Este documento aporta información agronómica valiosa que atiende las necesidades, fortalezas y debilidades de algunas prácticas realizadas en el cultivo de plátano (Musa AAB) en el país y contextualiza las actividades propuestas con un enfoque de crecimiento verde para incrementar la productividad en el uso de recursos y aumentar los...

The war caught Larysa Zueva while she was working a shift at a psychiatric hospital in Mariupol in southeastern Ukraine. She spent more than a month with her grandson in the hospital's shelter with about 200 other people. Despite the attacks, her work at the hospital continued. When the gas...