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...

Naning Suprawati is the eldest daughter in a family of farmers and while she never argued with her father, she had always known that she wanted something different than the two options her father laid out for her. Suprawati went on to major in education in university but when she started...

Last week, two major international scientific groups, the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published their first joint report on Biodiversity and Climate Change written by 50 of the world's leading experts on the subject. The report highlights the...

La crianza de ganado bovino, ovino y caprino requiere de agua para el abastecimiento de los animales. Las fuentes de agua más usadas por los pequeños productores pecuarios son manantiales, arroyos y pequeños ríos. Con el cambio climático, las sequías son más prolongadas y frecuentes provocando el agotamiento de las...

With the development of food tech, more and more services in short food circuits are provided via computerized tools: production monitoring, plot management, product catalog management, online sales via e-commerce tools, invoicing, accounting, etc. Today, these tools operate globally in a logic of silos and despite the existence of some Application...

The 2020 report on the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the Asia and Pacific region, provides an update on progress towards the 2030 targets (SDGs and WHA) at the regional and country level. Selected indicators look at undernourishment, food insecurity, childhood stunting, wasting and overweight, adult overweight, child...

La Federación Agraria Argentina expresó el 18 de marzo su profunda preocupación ante las fuertes mermas que se confirman en las cosechas —especialmente de los pequeños y medianos productores agropecuarios que representa— que son consecuencia de la sequía y la falta de precipitaciones en momentos claves de la producción. Esta...

Agroecology Newsletter of May 2021.

Es la intencionalidad de este libro es la de proporcionar un marco de análisis común para la acción colectiva agroecológica. Se trata de proporcionar los argumentos epistemológicos y teóricos que empujan hacia la construcción y desarrollo de este campo para tratar de hacer operativa la lucha por la sostenibilidad agraria...

Dans son Bulletin de veille N°412 du 05 août 2021, lnter-Réseaux -Développement rural  partage les grandes lignes d’une séries d’études, de rapports et de vidéos sur la situation alimentaire en Afrique de l’Ouest. Ce document de 4 pages alerte sur la hausse des denrées alimentaires dans la région. L’organisation s’interroge sur...

El mapeo de las iniciativas de agricultura familiar es una herramienta que busca entregar una visión completa sobre panorama de cada país de América Latina y el Caribe. Este resumen presenta una categorización de las distintas leyes que se implementaron e implementaran.

This action sheet is part of a series of action sheets developed under the seven key priority areas of the FAO COVID-19 Response and Recovery programme, the FAO umbrella programme designed to proactively and sustainably address the socio-economic impacts of the pandemic. Each action sheet includes a project proposal in support of countries...

Esta maravilloso taller te va ayudar a saber qué darle de comer a tus gallinas, cómo saber si está poniendo huevos, cómo hacer sus bebederos de forma fácil y práctica, además de que conocerás nuestra increíble Granja Regenerativa, donde producimos el huevo que te ofrecemos en Vía Orgánica

La Agricultura Familiar es un actor fundamental en la transformación de los sistemas alimentarios y el logro de los ODS. Es una forma de organizar la producción agrícola, forestal, pesquera, ganadera y acuícola, gestionada y administrada por una familia y depende principalmente del capital y la mano de obra de...

Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing is a major threat to fisheries’ sustainability. It occurs in all types of fishing. It impacts fish stocks, vulnerable marine ecosystems, and the livelihoods of millions of people who depend on fishing for food and income. The damage caused by IUU fishing is serious,...

Two major international scientific groups, the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published their first joint report on Biodiversity and Climate Change written by 50 of the world's leading experts on the subject. The report highlights the inherent connections...

Dr. Million Belay and Bridget Mugambe co-wrote an op-ed on Scientific American pleading Gates to let the continent's food producers and consumers chart their paths toward sustainable and healthy farming practices and diets. They reiterate, "We welcome investment in agriculture on our continent, but we seek it in a form...

La ocurrencia de inundaciones en zonas bajas de la República Dominicana, como es el caso de localidades de la Región Sur (Barahona, Neiba, Jimaní, San Juan, otras) y la Región Noroeste (Monte Cristi, Valverde), provoca daños considerables a la producción pecuaria. Dentro de los efectos negativos más comunes causados por...

Endorsed following a five-year, inclusive multi-stakeholder consultation and negotiation process, the CFS Voluntary Guidelines on Food Systems and Nutrition (VGFSN) provide guidance on aligning policies, laws, programmes and investment plans to address hunger and malnutrition in all its forms using a holistic food systems lens. The Guidelines aim at promoting policy...

This action sheet is part of a series of action sheets developed under the seven key priority areas of the FAO COVID-19 Response and Recovery programme, the FAO umbrella programme designed to proactively and sustainably address the socio-economic impacts of the pandemic. Each action sheet includes a project proposal in...