If managed sensibly, inland water bodies can go a long way to provide India with a sustainable future and food security for its population. Fish production in India registered a remarkable 16-fold increase during the last six decades to reach 12.59 mn tonnes (MT) in 2017-18, propelling the country to the...

La emergencia producida por la pandemia del COVID-19 genera efectos diversos en el sector de la agricultura y en el mundo rural, los cuales son todavía muy inciertos. Las principales tendencias muestran diversos grados de impacto, tanto en la oferta como en la demanda de alimentos. Como parte de los...

The Haller Foundation is a UK based charity that was set up in order to educate rural farmers in East Africa on sustainable pioneering farming techniques to maximise their food production and to help build self-sustaining communities. Since our launch back in 2004, we have worked with over 25,000 people...

Every step in the grain’s value chain contributes to the nutritive value of the final product. We created an infographic explaining what farmers, processors, traders, transporting companies and consumers can do to preserve the highest nutritional content of traditional grains when they reach the plate.

Frequent landslides in mid-hill districts in Nepal have caused damage to productive land at the lower basin and affected human settlements and agriculture activities both upstream and downstream. Extensive areas of productive land were left fallow because of their vulnerability to landslides, and many settlements were displaced, mostly from the...

This practice describes how water logging tolerant wheat varieties can mitigate the impact of water-logging and drought spells on wheat crops through the introduction of more hazard resilient varieties and innovative cultivation technologies. This practice aims to mitigate the impacts of drought spells on wheat crops through the introduction of...

This practice describes the most common diseases attacking sweet potato in sub-Saharan Africa. It will help the farmers to identify them and to treat the plants.

Las diez medidas propuestas buscan tres objetivos: i. Que todos los hogares, especialmente aquellos en condición de pobreza extrema e inseguridad alimentaria severa, accedan a una alimentación suficiente y nutritiva. ii. Que todas las empresas y actores del sistema alimentario puedan realizar sus tareas sin interrupciones. iii. Que los países cuenten con suficientes...

La situación de emergencia por la enfermedad covid-19 ha retrasado el proceso editorial, ya que algunos artículos llegaron tarde y el mismo equipo editorial de LEISA está limitado a actuar solo remotamente. También consideramos que las muchas circunstancias de esta condición de salud, que afecta a la mayoría de los...

This study assesses the economic security of the city of San Jorge, Samar, Philippines, in terms of livelihood, income, and health in order to analyze the extent of the effect of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) on the populace. The study evaluates the responses provided by the government, private nongovernmental organizations...

Las metas de la Agenda 2030 de Desarrollo Sostenible relacionadas con la seguridad alimentaria y la nutrición no podrán alcanzarse mientras en algunos territorios de América Latina y el Caribe sigan viviendo poblaciones con niveles de malnutrición que, como mínimo, duplican los promedios nacionales. A menudo, las oportunidades económicas en...

I want to tell the whole world to switch to organic farming. There is nothing to fear and you will find it highly beneficial.” Meet Muhammad, a farmer from Pakistan who has been farming organically for many years now

The food policy world has been abuzz with talk of transforming food systems. It’s part of growing recognition that we’re way off course to meet the second Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) – to end hunger, improve nutrition and green agriculture. The coronavirus pandemic has put added strain on food systems, especially in terms...

In this issue: El derecho como herramienta para reducir la pérdida y el desperdicio de alimentos: la experiencia en América Latina, Food for Thought on Food Fraud, Les mécanismes d’incitations financières en faveur de la transition agro-écologique, Reducing Food Loss and Waste with Legislation

More than the COVID-19 pandemic itself, the lockdowns to prevent its spread have harder hit Nigeria’s unorganized small-scale fishers. The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally struck all facets of life in affected countries and the small-scale fisheries (SSF) of Nigeria are no exception. The pandemic has hit the country’s small fishers both...

A video about the Impact of COVID-19 on small holder farmers in Laos

The acute food insecurity forecasts for 2020 were produced before COVID-19 became a pandemic and do not account for its likely impact in food crisis countries. The combined effects of conflict, macroeconomic crisis, climaterelated shocks and crop pests, including fall armyworm and desert locusts, were likely to ensure that Yemen...

Viral honeybee diseases are spread throughout the world. They can cause serious economic losses if combined with other bee diseases. Their impact is usually underestimated by beekeepers. Following is a list of the main honey bee viruses and a brief overview of the symptoms of the main viral diseases of...

The losses caused by seasonal floods in the agricultural sector in the Juye county, in the southwest of the Shandong Province, have increased during the last decade. The Juye county is the lowest lying area of a topographical depression zone in the region. Rain water from the nearby other six...

Northwestern Bangladesh is increasingly exposed to drought, climate variability and slowly increasing temperatures. Strategies enhancing the ability to withstand the negative impact of natural trends and hazards on agriculture are a means to strengthen the livelihoods of the two thirds of the population employed in this sector. One such strategy...