Se presenta con mayor frecuencia en suelos muy ácidos y húmedos, ricos en materia orgánica. Se asocia a suelos con bajo contenido de fosfatos. El manejo de la plantación también es un factor determinante para el desarrollo de la enfermedad. Más Información: Bibliografía completa de la corporación Editorial Agrosavia Repositorio Institucional (BAC) Podcast Dimensions Agriperfiles Google Scholar LaReferencia Redalyc Redcol ResearchGate WhastApp Noticias científicas AGROMETRICS CRIS...

Over the last 5 years, SSP has developed a robust model to transform marginalized rural women working as mere labourers working in their family-owned farms to changemakers in agriculture. These women are bringing in food security, improved livelihoods, and means to conserve water for their families and the community at...

The State of the World’s Trees, published in September 2021, shares the results of the Global Tree Assessment (GTA) - the first conservation assessment of all of the world’s trees. The results tell us that 30% of all tree species - more than 17,500 species - are threatened with extinction....

Farmers and media practitioners – both need access to reliable sources of information to do their work well. Farmers must have appropriate information and opportunities to learn so that they can make better informed decisions to cope with daunting challenges, such as climate change.

Agribusiness TV is a web TV which aims at using videos as a promotion tool to (re)valorise agriculture and make the sector more attractive to youth by showcasing success stories of young agricultural entrepreneurs and their innovations in Africa. With a population of over a billion, of which 70% are aged...

Vingt-deux (22) études de cas et exemples. Voilà ce qui est exposé dans le livre de la FAO intituilé  « Innovations et leçons en matière de financement des chaînes de valeur agricoles ». Ces expériences correspondent à une diversité de méthodes, d’outils, de contextes et de groupes cibles du financement qui permettent de...

Las arvenses o mal llamadas “malezas” son plantas que en un momento dado pueden interferir en el desarrollo del cultivo. Método Manual Se emplea el machete, pero el plateo se debe realizar con la mano a 1 m de distancia desde el pseudotallo. Se recomienda en época seca, en arvenses...

Este trabajo está dirigido a tomadores de decisión no tradicionales del área de la política pública climática como es el caso de los ministerios de finanzas y planificación de América Latina y el Caribe. El objetivo consiste en ilustrar cómo se puede lograr una política climática eficaz y, al mismo...

Agroecology increasingly has gained scientific and policy recognition as having potential to address environmental and social issues within food production, but concerns have been raised about its implications for food security and nutrition, particularly in low-income countries. This review paper examines recent evidence (1998–2019) for whether agroecological practices can improve human food...

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.

Agroecology Map is a free platform for mapping agroecology initiatives in Brazil. Through the exchange of knowledge and practices, the open-sourced technological platform brings people from the countryside or in the city together to strengthen or and create new, collaborative networks that enhance the sharing of agroecological experiences. The initiative emerged during the preparatory course for...

Both are primitive small-framed short-tailed heritage sheep but there the similarity ends as they have unique physical appearances and flavours. Unlike the North Ronaldsay, the ancestors of the Orkney Boreray could not access the beach, so their flavours are influenced by rough pasture as opposed to the North Ronaldsay diet...

This Manifesto on Forgotten Foods1 is the result of a broad and intensive consultation process carried out in Africa, Asia-Pacific, Europe and the Middle East (see Annex 1 for the roadmap). It was facilitated by GFAR as part of its Collective Actions to Empower Farmers at the Center of Innovation;...

Small-scale fishers, fish workers and their communities are currently facing the threat of the COVID-19 pandemic which is affecting the entire value chain and the livelihoods depending on it. At the same time, there may be promising practices and opportunities that may contribute to the prosperous future of the sector....

The process for developing national action plans on family farming in selected countries in Europe and Central Asia has begun with support from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The documents will provide a context-specific framework in Albania, Kyrgyzstan, and the Republic of Moldova, promoting inter-institutional...

On 8 March 2021, the United Nations and the world celebrate International Women’s Day, reflecting on progress made towards gender equality and women’s empowerment. Women in rural areas in Europe and Central Asia are still not equally represented in rural institutions and manage only 6.5 percent to 31 percent of agricultural...

Access Agriculture has won the prestigious International Innovation Award for Sustainable Food and Agriculture in the category “Award for innovations that empower youth in sustainable food systems” based on its model of young entrepreneurs.

The Water Team at FAO RAP aims to address systematic water challenges faced by agricultural production in the Asia Pacific Region. The key drivers of water degradation and scarcity in the Asia Pacific Region are increased agricultural production and climate change due to increasing populations, urbanization, and economic growth. 

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. The links to different language versions are given below each section.

This Handbook, developed by ICSF and Crocevia, describes the components of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and provides an overview of its programmes, targets and commitments on aquatic, marine and coastal biodiversity. Using illustrative examples, the Handbook aims to help fishing communities and their supporters to understand the important...