El 80% de los alimentos que comemos son producto del trabajo los agricultores familiares: agricultores, pescadores en pequeña escala, pastores, silvicultores, agricultores de montaña, pueblos indígenas… Producen nuestros alimentos mientras cuidan del planeta. Para seguir alimentando al mundo necesitan acceso a las infraestructuras, la innovación, los mercados, la información, políticas...

A wide range of actors were brought together by FAO’s virtual regional dialogue on scaling up the response of food and agriculture sectors to the COVID-19 crisis with the ultimate goal of protecting livelihoods and transforming food systems. As a baseline, the UN Agency presented its Regional Response Plan providing evidence-based solutions...

Almost one-third of people in Europe and Central Asia live in rural areas, and in many countries, farm structures are dominated by small family farms cultivating less than 5 ha each. Their resilience and strength are crucial not only for rural development, but also for providing nutritious produce from sustainable...

Parties at the 13th Conference of the Parties (COP13) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in 2016 called for the mainstreaming of biodiversity across the agriculture sectors. FAO offered to act as the Biodiversity Mainstreaming Platform (the Platform) to facilitate dialogue and exchanges between governments and other stakeholders regarding the sustainable use, management and...

Biodiversity decline in agricultural landscapes has been problematic for decades in Slovenia, and extensive grasslands are one of the most threatened habitats in the country. The LIFE project “Conservation and Management of Dry Grasslands in Eastern Slovenia” (also known as ‘LIFE to grasslands’) addresses biodiversity conservation in agricultural environments.

Cette fiche technique présente différentes méthodes pour l'extraction du miel et de la cire d'abeille. Les méthodes traditionnelles sont revues de manière critique et contrastées avec d'autres méthodes facilement applicables et/ou des instruments comme le cérificateur solaire, la méthode du bain chaud (bain marie) et la méthode Ocloo (nommée après...

Le terme «pesticide» est un terme qui englobe une gamme de produits utilisés pour éliminer les parasites, notamment les insecticides, les herbicides, les fongicides, les insecticides et les rodenticides. Ces pesticides sont toxiques et peuvent être très nocifs pour la santé et l’environnement (en particulier pour les abeilles). Mais la...

The seed replacement rate in Nepal is very low and this should be increased to at least 25 to 33 percent from the current level of 4.7 percent in the country. Farmers have been growing deteriorated seeds of crop varieties for many years, without replacement. Farmers prefer local varieties in...

The tropical Andes play a fundamental role for the food security of communities in the region. In the past, Andean agriculture could maintain a diversity of crops; however, the effects of climate change added to socio economic pressures have severely degraded these fragile ecosystems, with impacts not only on the...

Local associations or farmers groups, if appropriately trained and empowered, can play a key role in disaster risk management. This practice helps in including the concept of Community-Based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM) in the overall context of Farmer’s Cooperatives (FC) development. This has resulted in establishing local capacities for DRM...

Jamaican small farmers implement hedgerow/alley cropping to mitigate the impacts of hydro-meteorological hazards. The hedgerows/alley cropping system is the growing of crops, usually food crops, in an alley formed by trees or woody shrubs that are cut back at crop planting and maintained as hedgerows by frequent trimming during cropping...

Consumers are dramatically changing their food purchasing habits in response to the evolving COVID-19 pandemic (Kolodinsky, Sitaker, Chase, Smith, & Wang, 2020; Schmidt et al., 2020; Worstell, 2020). In part this is due to growing public awareness that food supply chains, which normally operate largely  unnoticed and with great efficiency,...

Resilience of food systems is being tested by the COVID-19 disruption. As with any severe disruption, collapse of some systems, innovation in others, and total reorganization of some will occur. Direct delivery of food, online farmers markets, community supported agriculture operations (CSAs), backyard food production, expansion of seed producers and...

The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), the Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS), and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) are organizing The Horn of Africa and Sahel Virtual Knowledge Share Fair: Promoting innovation to build resilience against climate shocks. The virtual event will...

Following the outbreak of coronavirus, the European Union's agri-food sector is showing its resilience and continues to provide Europeans with high quality and safe food. Nonetheless, farmers and producers are facing difficulties and increasing pressure. Ensuring food security and an effective food supply chain across the continent remains one of...

Los sistemas agroalimentarios en América Latina vienen enfrentando diferentes retos asociados al clima, principalmente cambios en la temperatura media y los patrones de las lluvias, los cuales ponen en juego la productividad de diferentes sistemas agrícolas y por ende la disponibilidad futura de alimentos. Sumado a lo anterior, la reciente...

Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento (Mapa), por meio da Secretaria de Agricultura Familiar e Cooperativismo (SAF), anunciou nesta quarta-feira (13) um novo canal exclusivo e gratuito no WhatsApp para que agricultores familiares comuniquem o órgão federal sobre possíveis perdas de alimentos ocasionadas por problemas na comercialização em função da Covid-19. Para acessar a nova ferramenta, chamada Disque Perdas de Alimentos, basta clicar aqui ou salvar o número (61) 9873-3519 na agenda de contatos do telefone e enviar um “Oi” por mensagem no WhatsApp. O atendimento será iniciado automaticamente com o envio de perguntas essenciais para que a situação do agricultor familiar seja analisada. Segundo o secretário de Agricultura Familiar e Cooperativismo do Mapa, Fernando Schwanke, o objetivo do canal é garantir que as informações cheguem ao órgão de forma rápida e organizada para que novas medidas sejam avaliadas.  

Aquaponics is the integration of recirculating aquaculture and hydroponics in one production system. In aquaponics, the aquaculture effluent is diverted through plant beds and not released to the environment, while at the same time the nutrients for the plants are supplied from a sustainable, cost-effective and nonchemical source. This integration...

In Nepal, monsoon rains start around July and end between October and November. Livelihoods of rural populations heavily rely on monsoon rains. However, highly variable and erratic rainfall pattern often causes droughts and floods. To manage the risks of these climate extremes, community action planning is being developed to promote...

Water in Nepal is not scarce in absolute terms, and most areas receive about 1 500 mm of precipitation each year, while certain areas may receive up to 5 000 mm. However, many parts of the country still experience water shortages, in particular during the pre-monsoon season (March to May)....