L'Objectif 5 des Objectifs de développement durable (ODD) «Parvenir à l’égalité des sexes et autonomiser toutes les femmes et les filles», connu sous le nom d'objectif spécifique pour l’égalité entre les sexes (stand-alone gender goal), reconnaît le rôle fondamental des femmes dans la lutte contre la pauvreté, ainsi qu’en matière...

El objetivo de este trabajo fue analizar las pérdidas económicas por efecto de las enfermedades en el sistema de producción de búfalos en el departamento de Córdoba (Colombia). Se partió de la información generada en la línea de base, pero con un tratamiento con mayor especificidad en el tema de...

Fisheries and aquaculture responses to emergencies (FARE) are often mistargeted or may undermine the stability of the sector. An understanding of how the different areas of this sector relate to each other and to food security and livelihoods is critical for planning prior to emergencies, mounting an integrated emergency response,...

Es fundamental para mantener la calidad del grano en el proceso de beneficio. Antes de la comercialización se deben eliminar todas las impurezas y los granos defectuosos.

The effects of the COVID-19 epidemic on small-scale fisheries in Istanbul, Turkey, bring out the need to address the structural inequalities and power asymmetries that bind the sector. There have been wide-ranging discussions on the difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic for food production and access to food among small-scale fishing...

Each year, approximately 100,000 Ethiopians flee their country, in search of a better future.  Braving human trafficking and crossing war zones… they risk their lives to escape poverty.  The situation is only worsening with the COVID-19 pandemic,  as many migrants are forced to return home…  while hundreds of others remain stranded in crowded camps at borders. 

Over the past decades, ASA and families throughout Brazil's semiarid region have developed and refined the method of building plate cisterns. This booklet aims to share this experience in cistern construction, enabling other people to benefit from this technology that has changed the scenario and the lives of thousands of...

Youth around the world are leaving agriculture, but many would stay on the farm if they had appropriate technologies and better social services, as Professor Alejandro Bonifacio explained to me recently.

The LIVESEED project, which IFOAM Organics Europe co-cordinates, is contributing to the Organic World Congress (OWC) with a colourful program. Organised 8-10 September 2021 in Rennes, France, the Congress is an excellent opportunity to showcase the project’s results and recommendations.

Capital Growth, a food growing network, presents people with the opportunity to grow food as part of a healthy, resilient food system. During the pandemic in 2019/2020, Capital Growth worked with over 50 gardens to grow food for the local community through their Community Harvest Initiative. This video tells their stories of...

Este sitio web da cuenta del alcance del proyecto Sembrando Capacidades, iniciativa de cooperación sur-sur trilateral, que buscó el fortalecimiento de instrumentos y políticas para la Agricultura Campesina, Familiar y Comunitaria en Colombia, a partir de la gestión del conocimiento y el intercambio de experiencias, presenta en este repositorio web todos los...

Los excesos de lluvia y las heladas meteorológicas son fenómenos adversos en la agricultura, que ocasionan daños irreparables en la fisiología de las plantas, reduciendo la productividad de biomasa de éstas. Con el objetivo de establecer aquellas áreas de mayor amenaza ante tales fenómenos, se realizó el análisis para un...

Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Agriculture, together with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), organised a national dialogue to prepare for the UN Food Systems Summit, a major global event which is planned for September. In over 100 countries around the world, national dialogues and...

La infección causa superbrotacóon o engrosamiento; hojas grandes curvadas, retorcidas y variables. - Podar los árboles de cacao a una altura por debajo de los - Remoción de tejidos enfermos (enterrarlos). - Plantas afectadas seriamente se deben rehabilitar con materiales tolerantes. - Establecimiento de genotipos tolerantes a la enfermedad. -...

Introduction. COVID-19 is a pathology caused by the SARS-CoV2 virus. The World Health Organization has reported more than 94 million cases and two million deaths worldwide. Objective: To describe the seroprevalence, spatial distribution, and clinical and sociodemographic variables of SARS-CoV2 in a community of the Colombian Amazon region. Methods. In...

Supporting nomadic herding and pastoral communities in a changing world.

Ao longo das últimas décadas, a ASA e famílias de todo o Semiárido do Brasil desenvolveram e aprimoraram o método de construção das cisternas de placas. Esta cartilha tem como objetivo partilhar essa experiência na construção de cisternas, possibilitando que outros povos possam usufruir dessa tecnologia que mudou o cenário...

This article offers a well-argued and supported study synthesis in response to the issue, Why didn't AGRA's Green Revolution work in Mali? Is it feasible for African farmers to feed the continent? This is a must-read essay for anybody interested in the situation of Mali and the powerful farmers' movement...

Women farmers, especially female peasant and family farmers are pivotal to build back better food systems. 60% of the world’s food is produced by smallholders on 30% of the global agricultural surface. 50%-80% of this food, depending on the country and region, is produced by women.  SWISSAID and partners launched a qualitative...

Agroecology Newsletter of January 2021.