Entre los principales mecanismos que utilizan los microorganismos para ejercer su efecto biofertilizante se encuentran la fijación biológica de nitrógeno, la solubilización de fósforo y potasio, la producción de sideróforos, la producción de reguladores del crecimiento, la inducción del crecimiento, el cambio en la morfología de las raíces y la...

Esta edición ha sido posible gracias al apoyo de la Fundación McKnight, una organización familiar con sede en Minnesota, Estados Unidos de Norte América, que busca promover un futuro más justo, creativo y abundante donde las personas y el planeta puedan prosperar. Esta edición especial consta de dos partes. La primera,...

The POLLINATORS CHALLENGE BADGE is designed to help educate children and young people about the importance of pollinators for people and the planet, and how to help safeguard them against extinction. This material is appropriate for use in school classes, Guide or Scout groups or youth meetings generally. It includes...

El Premio "Innovación de políticas públicas para la Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricional" está organizado por el Grupo Especial de Trabajo "Innovación en políticas de Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricional" y la Oficina Regional para América Latina y el Caribe de FAO. Su objetivo es entregar un reconocimiento a investigadores que aportan mediante la...

This policy brief published by International cooperation for development and solidarity (CIDSE) and the Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience (CAWR) of Coventry University has presented a synthesis of research on how to ‘make money move for agroecology’. Drawing on the collective intelligence of leading agroecologists and donors, the policy brief identifies twelve different...

Guided by the Global Action Plan of the United Nations Decade of Family Farming 2019-2028, this publication looks into ways that legislation can best support policy processes aimed at advancing family farming’s contribution to the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals. The publication aims to present some of the laws...

Meet Matthew Hayes, an organic-biodynamic-biointensive farmer originally from the UK, who has lived and farmed in Hungary for the last 25 years. He runs a market garden with his wife Kata in Zsámbok, a village in Pest county to the east of Budapest. In his first Letter From The Farm, Matthew writes...

Because women and girls are already socioeconomically marginalized in many societies, they are especially vulnerable in emergencies. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, women and girls in developing countries face disproportionate hardships, and the progress being made to close existing gender gaps may falter or roll back. For that...

Agroecology is a farming approach that’s inspired by natural ecosystems, combines local and scientific knowledge, and focuses on the interactions between plants, animals, humans and the environment. Given the outsize contributions of conventional agriculture to climate change and biodiversity loss, there’s growing recognition the global food system needs a paradigm...

The witches' broom (Moniliophthora perniciosa) is considered as one of the main threats for cacao production and, consequently, for chocolate production worldwide.. In this work, the genetic diversity and population structure of M. perniciosa were analyzed for 59 isolates collected in five departments of Colombia and using 10 microsatellite markers....

This publication provides an answer to these questions, which were at the heart of strategic conversations initiated by IFOAM EU to foster the further development of the organic movement. One result of these conversations is a shared vision of the European organic movement to 2030 and beyond, described in Part...

En Colombia, el cultivo de guayaba se desarrolla principalmente en los departamentos de Santander, Boyacá, Meta, Valle del Cauca, Caldas, Risaralda, Atlántico y Tolima. Los principales canales de comercialización de la fruta son la venta para consumo en fresco y la producción de bocadillo. Por tal razón, las enfermedades que...

Food systems need to meet food security, nutrition and environmental goals, especially in a world with growing demand and a changing climate. There is now broad consensus on the need to transform current food systems towards more sustainable models. Agroecology is increasingly seen as a framework to transform food systems...

A recent documentary on fisheries and its impacts on the marine environment has grabbed widespread global attention for not only what it says but also for what it does not address. The recently released Netflix documentary Seaspiracy (2021) has sparked a frenzy of discussion in various media outlets and on social...

This practice explains and clarifies the planning process for home-grown school feeding (HGSF) including the needs assessment. In addition, it provides guidance on the design and implementation of HGSF programmes. It clarifies:  the objectives of the programme; the menus it provides; how it ensures food safety and quality; how it links smallholder farmers (and...

La forma de manejo de los árboles que aparecen por germinación de semilla o por rebrote se conoce como regeneración natural. Esta práctica consiste en la asociación de árboles y de cultivo para la conservación de humedad en el suelo y favorecer el desarrollo de la siembra, especialmente en zonas...

Based on surveys and on extensive stakeholder consultation process over four years in 21 European countries, the current increase in production and use of organic seed in Europe seems too slow to reach the goal of 100% organic seed in 2036. • Seed companies need reliable data on the actual demand...

The LIVESEED project investigated how crop breeders and seed producers can combine best practices from across the industry to increase the availability and quality of organic seeds. The results will help meet the EU’s ambitious targets for organic agriculture. Under the Farm to Fork strategy, the European Commission has set a...

La FAO ha desarrollado casos de estudio de gobernanza del agua en seis países de Latinoamérica, en apoyo a la institucionalidad competente, mediante la evaluación de la información disponible y el levantamiento de las percepciones de actores, enriquecido con instancias de diálogo y participación a nivel territorial, nacional y subregional. En...

El objetivo de este trabajo fue caracterizar tecnológica y socioeconómicamente el sistema de producción de ñame (Dioscorea spp) en la región Caribe, se usó el método descriptivo con información de una encuesta estructurada y aplicada a 98 agricultores, así como la técnica de muestreo aleatorio simple. El análisis de datos...