To evaluate the behavior of West African ewes and their lambs this study was conducted at the Sheep Station, Agronomy School-Universidad Central de Venezuela, using 12 West African ewes, primiparous (P) and multiparous (M), located in individual pens with their lambs. From the moment of birth, ewes and lambs were...

In a world of cultural differences, is there one thing that can bind everyone together? Well, we all need to eat. Drink too, in fact. Interestingly enough, the drink most often chosen around the world after water, is tea. It is loved by millions from India to England, Afghanistan to...

The EU-funded LIVESEED project, launched in 2017, wanted to tackle the issue of organic seed availability and quality from a variety of angles, from market aspects through to regulation. “We wanted to know for example, how transparent the market is,” explains project coordinator Ágnes Bruszik from the European Office of the...

Focused on gender equality, analysis and mainstreaming, the training provided an opportunity for 12 females and 18 males Solomon Islands Government staff from the ministries of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL), Women, Youth, Children and Family Affairs (MWYCFA), Public Service (MPS) and Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR) to learn more about...

En la República Dominicana los suelos dedicados a la producción de cultivos tales como plátano, banano, maíz, habichuelas, yuca, batata, vegetales de varios tipos y frutales, durante un periodo largo de tiempo han provocado la degradación de los suelos. Como resultado de esta acción la productividad de mucho de los...

Highlights of the month   New approvals during the month of December preliminary closure (PC): USD 94 million.  Largest approved project in December PC: Monitoring land and water productivity by Remote Sensing (WaPOR phase 2) funded by the Government of the Netherlands for USD 19.9 million. The top 10 contributors (excluding multilateral funds) accounted for 67 percent of...

The aim of this report is to analyse recent agricultural policy developments in the countries/territories of the Western Balkans (WBs) and Turkey and their state of harmonisation with the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) of the EU. The report provides both comparative cross-country analyses and a more detailed assessment in the...

Dans sa rubrique tribune, la revue en ligne « cointribune » expose et défend l’idée selon laquelle la cryptographie des aliments peut jouer un rôle fondamental dans l’atteinte de la    souveraineté alimentaire en Afrique.  L’auteur de la réflexion, Mikaia Andriamaha pense que le « crypto étiquetage » peut retracer le parcours d’un aliment quelconque, de la...

Transforming our global food systems is central to meeting the largest challenges faced by humanity, including climate change, biodiversity loss, food insecurity and risks to future pandemics. The current food system is responsible for a third of greenhouse gases, 80% of deforestation, 70% of terrestrial biodiversity loss, and has been...

The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) has just published the latest issue of SAMUDRA Report, its triannual journal on fisheries, communities and livelihoods. The current edition, SAMUDRA Report No. 85, dated May 2021, features a range of articles from Africa, Asia, South America and the Caribbean, specifically from...

Aunque los sistemas silvopastoriles son una opción para mejorar competitividad y productividad de la ganadería, son escasos los estudios que evalúan su establecimiento y manejo en el trópico alto colombiano en donde operan sistemas de producción de leche especializada. El objetivo fue evaluar la disponibilidad y la calidad del forraje...

The Dry Corridor is a strip of territory that streteches across Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala. More than 10 million people live there, many of whom are engaged in agricultural activities, especially the small production of basic grains. It is an area highly vulnerable to extreme climatic events, where...

During the last decades, soil organic carbon (SOC) attracted the attention of a much wider array of specialists beyond agriculture and soil science, as it was proven to be one of the most crucial components of the earth’s climate system, which has a great potential to be managed by humans....

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Republic of Korea, through its Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS), today signed a new Framework Arrangement which establishes overarching terms and conditions that will govern the cooperation through voluntary contributions and facilitate future negotiations between MFDS...

Humanity’s chance of achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) within the next decade will be largely determined by critical decisions over the next 12 months. What we eat and how our food is produced needs to be at the centre of global action. Last week, at the Pre-Summit...

La agricultura familiar representa más del 80% de las explotaciones agrícolas en América Latina y el Caribe, llegando a ocupar entre el 12 y el 67% de la superficie agropecuaria. Así también, es la encargada de producir más del 70% de los alimentos en la región (FAO, 2014). La reseña...

Un buen programa de alimentación de rumiantes en el trópico, debe estar fundamentado en los pastos y forrajes, siendo los mismos el alimento más económico. Los pastos de corte como son: Merker (Pennisetum ssp.), Tanzania (Panicum máximum Cv. Tanzani), Caña de Azúcar (Saccharum officinarum) y Sorgo Forrajero (Sorghum vulgare) poseen...

La alimentación adecuada del ganado es muy importante para obtener la máxima producción de leche. Las vacas, a través de la acción de comer, ingieren alimentos que están compuestos por nutrientes, encargados de mantener sus actividades rutinarias como caminar, comer, beber, rumiar, parir o producir leche. Los alimentos para el...

Scientists say that these next ten years will count the most in the fight against climate change and biodiversity loss. 2021 marks the start of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, and this is our opportunity to turn the tide to prevent, halt and reverse degradation of ecosystems  Ecosystem restoration means repairing...

The aim of the research was to attempt to ascertain and better understand the marketing practices of agricultural mechanization hire service enterprises (AMHSEs) in development contexts. The research approach taken was mainly qualitative and abductive. It took an exploratory, historical and descriptive approach and was based on two literature research...