An online anthology produced by Greenpeace consisting of writing, films, animation and poems that document efforts of ocean protection. Be it the seven year-old Kylian who helped stop the spread of an oil spill in Mauritius, or Madame Kokoly, an artisanal fisher who relies on the ocean for survival or Aurelie,...

World Fisheries Day is a time to reiterate the rights of small-scale fisherfolk and Indigenous Peoples to secure food sovereignty. We, in the International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty (IPC), represent small-scale fisher people including Indigenous Peoples from the four global movements, the World Forum of Fish Harvesters and Fish Workers...

Es ampliamente conocida la importancia del nitrógeno en el crecimiento y desarrollo de las especies vegetales, pues lo necesitan en cantidades relativamente grandes (75-150 kg de N ha˗1); sin embargo, su disponibilidad en el suelo es baja debido a las condiciones de este y al clima, por lo cual, en...

Since the 1970s, cotton has been a driving force in the transformation of agricultural production systems and a key element in local economies in the savannah areas of West and Central Africa (WCA). However, the sustainability of cotton-based production systems is often debated because of their effects on soils and...

This text describes how to make a protective suit for beekeeping and the materials needed. The protective suit is composed of an overall covering the whole body and a removable veil. It provides excellent protection when working with bees that are moderately or very aggressive. 

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, through the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) Programme, will organise the International Symposium on Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems and Family Farming from 18th to 20th of October 2021.  The Symposium will focus on how the main features of GIAHS sites and the UN Decade of Family Farming action...

This monthly e-newsletter gives a bird’s eye view of all the exciting updates from Access Agriculture, a world-leading organisation for quality agricultural training videos in international and local languages, working across the Global South.

Vitamin A deficiency is the leading cause of preventable blindness in children globally and an important contributor to the burden of night blindness in pregnant women and severe illness and death in children under the age of five. Southern Africa is not spared.  In Zimbabwe, nearly one in five children under...

Thethird ‘’Asia-Pacific Urban Forestry Meeting (APUFM)’’ kicked off virtually and will last until 29 October 2021. The event is organized by FAO with the support of UNEP, UN-Habitat, IUCN, and the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration. Over 450 technical experts, scientists, practitioners, policy makers, NGOs, international organizations and other stakeholders have registered...

Peer-to-peer learning can be very effective in sharing knowledge and experience, and encouraging the adoption of new practices and technologies among farmers including youth. FAO training approaches, like the Junior Farmer Field and Life Schools (JFFLS), encourage youth facilitators to share their knowledge in the respective communities, mobilizing and sensitizing...

The Global Framework for Action to Cope with Water Scarcity in Agriculture in the Context of Climate Change (in short, the Global Framework on Water Scarcity in Agriculture, WASAG) has been designed to bring together key players across the globe and from different sectors to tackle the collective challenge of using water better in...

Las prácticas de Agricultura de Conservación (AC) requieren un nivel crítico de cultivos de cobertura y manejo de los residuos de cultivos para mantener o mejorar las propiedades químicas, físicas y biológicas del suelo y prevenir la degradación del mismo. En muchas partes del mundo, la producción de cultivos y...

La actividad de fabricar puros tiene más de 50 años, y es principalmente desarrollada en las comunidades de la parte alta de Zacapa. Surgió como alternativa para el aprovechamiento de los excedentes del cultivo de tabaco generados en la parte baja de Zacapa.

This training guide was written by the members of AVSF (employees and volunteers)who are deeply concerned about the growing use of pesticides and veterinary products in developing countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, many of which are no longer authorized in developed countries due to their high toxicity. This situation has...

El Proyecto Sembrando Capacidades es una iniciativa de cooperación Sur-Sur trila-teral celebrada entre el Ministerio de Agri-cultura y Desarrollo Rural de Colombia (MADR), el Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería y Abaste-cimiento de Brasil (MAPA), la Agencia Brasileña de Cooperación (ABC) y la Organización de Na-ciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la...

Since 2010 all of FAO’s work is guided by a Strategic Framework prepared for a period of ten to fifteen years, reviewed every four years.  The Strategic Framework 2022-2031 was developed in the context of major global and regional challenges in the areas of FAO's mandate, including the COVID-19 pandemic. It was developed...

According to a new multi-agency report coordinated by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), changing precipitation patterns, rising temperatures, and more extreme weather contributed to rising food insecurity, poverty, and displacement in Africa in 2020, compounding the socioeconomic and health crisis triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic.  The State of the Climate...

A Rede Brasileira de Pesquisa em Soberania e Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional (Rede PENSSAN), realizou em 2021 o Inquérito Nacional sobre Insegurança Alimentar no Contexto da Pandemia da Covid-19 no Brasil, cujos resultados estão sendo agora divulgados. Os resultados do inquérito mostram que nos três meses anteriores à coleta de dados, menos...

The Roundup includes recent publications, films added to our Documentation centre, meetings coming up, websites  which are important to small-scale fisheries, flashback of editorial from old issues of samudra report related to the theme  and Endquote from the world of literature related to fisheries. 

Retrouvez notre conférence organisée le 11 mars 2021 avec Pierre-Marie Aubert, chercheur, coordinateur de l’initiative Agriculture européenne à l’Iddri (Institut du Développement Durable et des Relations Internationales) : L'agroécologie pour nourrir l'Europe d'ici 2050, le scénario TYFA "Ten Years For Agroecology"