A report by the Malabo Montpellier Panel calling on policymakers to rethink and reorient African food systems. Drawing upon the experience of four countries – Ghana, Malawi, Morocco and Rwanda – the report Connecting the Dots: Policy Innovations for Food Systems Transformation in Africa presents five recommendations to elevate policymaking...

Las plantas de banano en su fase productiva deben soportar un determinado peso ejercido de forma gradual sobre el pseudotallo y en su parte basal a nivel del suelo proporcionado por el racimo, desde su ubicación y durante su proceso de llenado en la parte superior de la planta. Existe...

Over the past thirty years, an increasing number of states have passed good laws that significantly strengthen the tenure rights of their citizens. However, due to multiple barriers, a high percentage of many nations’ citizens are either unaware of their legal rights or unable to use national laws to protect...

Free online farm conference in English “Launching Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA) in Ukraine” will be organized on February 27th by the NGO “Permaculture in Ukraine” in collaboration with the “Visegrad and Beyond Permaculture Partnership”, The Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) e.V., The Department of Agriculture, South Westphalia University of Applied Sciences, and German CSA network SOLAWI. We invite CSA...

Pour faciliter la commercialisation des produits biologiques, AGRECOL Afrique a publié un manuel sur qui vise à contribuer à la valorisation des connaissances produites par les acteurs de l’agriculture biologique au Sénégal. Le document basé sur des expériences de terrain permet également à renforcer les capacités des praticiens et agents...

Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which: identify highly nutritious local food plants, explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way, detail the nutritional value of the plants and describe why human bodies require those nutrients. The resources created by FPS allows people to better...

Romanian beekeeping faces a lot of challenges nowadays due to the problems related to climate change, the use of pesticides in agriculture, but also to the pandemic crisis. In this context, organic beekeeping represents an important alternative to traditional apicultural practices. The purpose of the study was to present the...

Es la labor más importante durante todo el ciclo de vida de la planta; consiste en eliminar las partes vegetales que no son necesarias o que dificultan el desarrollo y producción, con el fin de conformar la estructura del árbol para que exprese su capacidad productiva. Fuente principal Modelo productivo para el...

Las zonas de laderas o montañas de la región sur de la República Dominicana, resultan muy afectadas periódicamente por los efectos negativos de los fenómenos naturales (precipitaciones abundantes, huracanes y vientos), por esta razón, esta región ha sido considerada de alta vulnerabilidad; ya que no se cuenta con instrumentación ni...

In taking a comprehensive approach to issues of tenure, the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests (VGGT) offer an opportunity to promote systemic governance reform and respect for land and resource rights, while clarifying the different roles of States, businesses and social actors....

This short article is based on the Ugandan book “Food and Nutrition in Uganda”. The author contends that while our political leaders and agricultural extension workers have long concentrated on reducing poverty and increasing food production, nutrition has been neglected. Food security is expected as long as large quantities of...

Este 15 de abril de 2021 se realizará la III Reunión Hemisférica de Ministros (as) y Secretarios (as) de Agricultura del hemisferio. Al igual que las convocadas el año pasado, por los gobiernos de Chile y México, en esta ocasión el país que liderará será Perú a través del Ministerio...

The European Organic Congress 2021 will take place online, live from Lisbon, on 16-18 June 2021 This year’s Congress, with the title “Organic’s contribution to the European Green Deal” aims to inspire the participants by focusing on how the agri-food sector’s initiatives enhance the transition towards a more sustainable food system,...

Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing is a serious threat to sustainable fisheries, marine ecosystems and the livelihoods of legitimate fishers globally. To address it, the Common Oceans ABNJ Tuna Project is exploring ways to strengthen and harmonize the use of monitoring, control and surveillance tools, and combat IUU fishing...

Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which: identify highly nutritious local food plants, explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way, detail the nutritional value of the plants and describe why human bodies require those nutrients. The resources created by FPS allows people to better...

We can easily see the truth of the maxim “necessity is the mother of invention” – or rather “ingenuity” in the case of Osman Majid, a young video dealer, locally known as a Deejay (DJ), who lives in Nathenje, a small town on the outskirts of Malawi. Unlike most other...

This open access book develops a framework for advancing agroecology transformations focusing on power, politics and governance. It explores the potential of agroecology as a sustainable and socially just alternative to today’s dominant food regime. Agroecology is an ecological approach to farming that addresses climate change and biodiversity loss while...

The Rapid Assessment of the Impact of COVID-19 on Food Supply Chains in the Philippines Report is a publication prepared by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) with technical support from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Department of Agriculture (DA). The study...

Africa has the world's youngest population, with an estimated 420 million young people aged 15 to 35. That's a lot of young individuals entering the labor force who are looking for work. Agriculture might meet this demand, but it is generally perceived by young people as filthy, labor-intensive employment with...

Forest and farm producers’ livelihoods are threatened by a complex risk context, where environmental change is accelerating (climate change, degradation of natural resources) and chronic and episodic stressors and disturbances (poverty, pests, economic shocks) are occurring outside of the range of past experience. Forest and farm producers’ livelihood systems are...