Growing sustainable tropical crops in an outermost region  of the European Union: that’s what Julien Villard has been doing since 2016. He left his job as a civil engineer on the European mainland and became a farmer in French Guiana. He set up Villandia Farm, 3 hectares of land where...

​Para mantener una colmena con buen estatus sanitario y con buenos índices productivos es fundamental la evaluación nutricional y suministro de recurso en caso de ser necesario. Bajo las actuales condiciones climáticas y disminución de recursos entre algunas floraciones se hace necesaria la alimentación artificial de las familias. La alimentación...

La roya del cafeto (Hemileia vastatrix Berk & Br) es la enfermedad foliar más importante del cultivo del café. A pesar de estar presente en casi todas las zonas cafeteras de República Dominicana, su importancia es mayor en las zonas de altura media y baja, donde se ve favorecida por...

La apertura de la agenda académica de la XVII Reunión Técnica Nacional de Palma de Aceite se realizó con el Módulo 1, Nutrición y manejo del agua, factores determinantes en el cultivo de palma de aceite, a través de una charla magistral realizada por Nolver Arias, Coordinador del Programa de  Agronomía,...

Biogas production in small-scale plants is considered to be an appropriate technology for energy supply to rural households. It is being beneficial to the environment through replacement of traditionally used cooking fuels (fuelwood and liquified petroleum gas) and so possibly resulting in the reduction of global warming potential. The problem...

On 30 June 2021, the European Commission put forward a long-term Vision for the EU's rural areas, identifying the challenges and concerns that they are facing, as well as highlighting some of the most promising opportunities that are available to these regions. Based on a foresight exercise and wide consultations with citizens as well...

El “Programa de investigación y formación en sistemas agroecológicos andinos”, impulsado por la alianza entre la Fundación McKnight y CLACSO, tiene como objetivo promover el conocimiento, la formación y la investigación participativa sobre las prácticas de la agricultura familiar. Esto, a través de la integración de principios agroecológicos en la...

Value chain development can make significant contributions to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) because it is a powerful approach to address root causes and binding constraints that impede the sustainable development of food value chains. The first step in value chain development is selecting those value chains that, when upgraded,...

Fishing and aquaculture provide a vital source of food, employment, trade and economic well-being for people throughout the world, for present and future generations, and should therefore be conducted in a responsible manner. The Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries (the Code) sets out principles and international standards for responsible...

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The EIP-AGRI Focus Group on Climate-smart (sub)tropical food crops in the EU discussed farming practices that increase the sustainability and resilience of farming systems that can help to make (sub)tropical cropping systems in the outermost regions of the EU and in continental Europe economically viable and more resilient to their...

 The Working Group I contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report addresses the most up-to-date physical understanding of the climate system and climate change, bringing together the latest advances in climate science, and combining multiple lines of evidence from paleoclimate, observations, process understanding, and global and regional climate simulations.   

Cotton is one of the most common fabrics in the world, from its origins in ancient India to the modern garments many of us wear today. This durable, versatile and naturally organic fabric is made from the white, fluffy fibres around the seeds of cotton plants.  However, the backstory of cotton...

El semillero es el lugar de inicio de la vida productiva y reproductiva de la planta, constituido por una infraestructura, debidamente delimitada y protegida de la intemperie, adecuado para depositar las semillas y brindarles los cuidados necesarios para una buena germinación desde la emergencia de las plántulas, sus primeros estados...

Measures adopted around the world to contain the COVID-19 outbreak helped curb the spread of the virus and lowered the pressure on health systems. However, they also affected the global trading system, and the supply and demand of agricultural and food products. In response to concerns over food security and...

La producción de frijol (Phaseolus vulgaris) es influenciada por muchos factores bióticos y abióticos que interaccionan durante su ciclo de crecimiento. Las enfermedades son uno de los mayores factores bióticos que afectan la producción de frijol. Muchos de los organismos que causan estas enfermedades son portados por las semillas derivadas...

En la República Dominicana, la ocurrencia de altas precipitaciones e inundaciones propias de la época ciclónica, causan daños muy importantes en los sistemas de producción de plátano y banano. Entre ellos, el incremento de enfermedades como la Sigatoka negra. Esta enfermedad produce necrosis y muerte acelerada de las hojas, provocando...

We connect universities and research institutions! The platform aims to strengthen the capacities and cooperation of young teachers, researchers and masters and doctoral students at selected Ukrainian universities by creating a platform – AgriSciences Platform for sharing information on Agrarian Sciences.

Dentro de 30 años se espera que la población mundial ronde los 9 700 millones de habitantes. Para abastecer a la población, se prevé que se necesitaran el doble de los alimentos que hoy se producen. Se trata, sin lugar a dudas, de la mayor demanda de recursos en la...

Public support mechanisms for agriculture in many cases hinder the transformation towards healthier, more sustainable, equitable, and efficient food systems, thus actively steering us away from meeting the Sustainable Development Goals and targets of the Paris Agreement. This report sets out the compelling case for repurposing harmful agricultural producer support to...