Aquaculture is vital for feeding the world's expanding population and the conference is considering a range of issues and opportunities ranging from traditional family farming in vulnerable communities to cutting-edge technology.  Themes to be discussed at the conference include: innovation, genetic resources, biosecurity, the social and human dimension, value chains...

The transformation of food systems is a burning topic across the globe, in response to concerns about the nutritional, environmental and equity impacts of our current system. Food system transformation is inextricably linked with efforts to eradicate hunger and poverty, since the livelihoods of a large share of the world’s...

In a joint statement released today, FAO, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), and the World Health Organization (WHO), committed to strengthening multi-sectoral coordination and efforts to combat health threats associated with interactions between humans, animals, and the environment across Europe and Central Asia. This message was reiterated in a virtual...

Agriculture, forestry and fi shery statistics provides a selection of recent, topical data. Information is presented for the European Union (EU) and its Member States, and is supplemented (when available) with data for the United Kingdom, EFTA members, candidate countries to the EU and potential candidates. This publication aims to...

Introduction. Currently, the mixteca oaxaqueña shows a great deterioration of its ecosystems mediated by a continuous caprine overgrazing in vulnerable areas, therefore it is indispensable to understand the grazing habits of caprine. Objective. Identify dietary preferences of goats to manage the conservation of the areas with the greatest deterioration in...

Las bacterias son extremadamente versátiles metabólicamente, pues pueden tomar diversas fuentes de carbono para su multiplicación, respirar anaeróbicamente y usar múltiples donadores orgánicos e inorgánicos de electrones, entre otras capacidades. También son capaces de interactuar con especies mayores, como hongos, animales o plantas, y estas interacciones pueden ser positivas, neutras...

La variedad de berenjena C015, fue obtenida de una colecta realizada en fincas de productores del Caribe Colombiano, específicamente en el Valle del Sinú, Sabanas Colindadas de Córdoba, Sucre y Bolívar, y Zona Bananera del Magdalena. Se caracteriza por tener frutos alargados de color lila, con rendimiento promedio de 31,43...

Propuesto en Nicaragua, aplicado en Zacapa y Chiquimula en proyectos de agroforestería como respuesta al problema de la baja producción y altos costos en maíz y fríjol identificado en DRP (1999 y 2000), con evaluación participativa realizada en 2002 a través de PROZACHI 2.

In the Adjumani and Amuria districts of Uganda, women are responsible for 75% of agricultural labour. Only 30% have rights over the land that they farm.  Male ownership of property is culturally ingrained in these communities. Women only have secondary rights through their male family members, which are often lost through...

Understanding how the Papua New Guinea (PNG) agricultural economy and associated household consumption is affected by climate, market and other shocks requires attention to linkages and substitution effects across various products and the markets in which they are traded. In this study, we use a multi-market simulation model of the...

International cereal prices followed mixed trends in April. Prices of maize increased mostly on tightening supplies, but those of wheat remained steady due to generally adequate export availabilities. By contrast, international prices of barley and sorghum fell slightly, while those of rice declined further on currency movements and slow trading...

Water, energy and food are essential for human well-being, poverty reduction and sustainable development. The term ‘nexus’ has been used in a variety of contexts with the aim of advancing the understanding of how sectors are inter-linked, how sector policies impact each other and, in turn, to inform coherent cross-sectoral governance....

La variabilidad en la distribución espacial de los sistemas productivos agrícolas en genera l ha dif icultado el desarrollo de acciones institucionales, regionales y locales que permitan la gestión y la solución concreta a limitantes de cualquier orden, asociadas al desarrollo de actividades en localidades particulares (Instituto Colombiano de Desarrollo...

Variedad de berenjena con frutos de color morado - oscuro a negro, con peso promedio de fruto de 307 gramos. Obtenida de la selección directa en campo de agricultores, presenta frutos de alto valor comercial, con un inicio de floración 45,9 días después del trasplante, con un tiempo de cosecha...

Este curso forma parte de una serie de cursos en la que se presenta la metodología para la evaluación de daños y pérdidas de la FAO, que se ha elaborado para ayudar a los países a generar datos precisos e integrales para el sector agrícola, en respuesta a los desastres...

Debido a los altos costos de los fertilizantes químicos, la fertilización representa una de las partes más importantes de los gastos de los agricultores. Por esta razón es fundamental la búsqueda de alternativas viables, sostenibles y sustentables que puedan ayudar a solucionar esta problemática. Una de estas alternativas es la...

The holistic gardening project in Emuhaya, Western Kenya, is attracting local and international acclaim. Bio Gardening Innovations (BIOGI) is equipping smallholder farmers to break away from monocultures and create thriving, overflowing “food forests” on their farmland.

In 2021, the United Nations Secretary-General will convene the Food Systems Summit to advance dialogue and action towards transforming the way the world produces, consumes and thinks about food guided by the overarching vision of a fairer, more sustainable world. The Secretary-General will also convene the High-Level Dialogue on Energy...

El equipo de género de la Oficina Regional de la FAO para América Latina y el Caribe ha considerado la necesidad de fortalecer las capacidades técnicas de gobiernos, sociedad civil e instituciones responsables de políticas, planes y programas de protección social para la integración efectiva del enfoque de género en...

Gender equality is a key to eliminating poverty and hunger, as it has been demonstrated by the FAO throughout its research worldwide. As part of the FAO efforts on generating evidence and knowledge, and in compliance with the FAO Policy on Gender Equality, the purpose of the Country Gender Assessment...