IIED and partners are reviewing the state of planet and people-positive agriculture in Kenya, Ethiopia, Rwanda and Uganda to identify entry points for environmentally sound agriculture and food systems that create social and economic benefits. The agricultural and agri-food sector is the main employer and an important generator of revenue in...

Matías es un emprendedor innato. A los 16 años empezó a desarrollar sus ideas de emprendimiento que le han permitido evolucionar como todo un empresario.

Fidelina es la segunda hija de la familia González Rojas, de Paraguay. Dedicada trabajadora rural, defensora ambiental y promotora de las buenas prácticas agrícolas, entendió la problemática de disminución de la productividad del suelo de la propriedad de su familia, por la explotación intensiva con el monocultivo y la aplicación indiscriminada de productos...

Since tsetse flies feed mostly on the legs of the largest animals in the herd, an application of pour-on insecticides or sprays restricted to the legs of cows, bulls and draught animals has been shown to be effective in controlling tsetse. This also results in significant cost-saving to the farmer...

A new report from IIED and Hivos calls for a rethink about how sustainable diets can be achieved in low-income countries, with informal food systems central to that goal. COVID-19 has highlighted the global food system’s inequalities, with the disease and the measures to contain it disproportionately affecting low-income communities. The pandemic may trigger a wave of hunger and malnutrition,...

The 2020 celebration of the International Day of Forests with the theme “Forests and Biodiversity: Too precious to lose” at FAO headquarters was a virtual event with video messages from QU Dongyu, Director-General, FAO and Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Acting Executive Secretary of the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity....

Declaración en la cual los Ministros y Secretarios de Agricultura, Ganadería, Pesca, Alimentación y Desarrollo Rural de 25 países de América Latina y el Caribe han acordado informar a la opinión pública sobre las medidas que están tomando a fin de asegurar el abastecimiento de alimentos suficientes, inocuos y nutritivos...

To support rural youth, FAO and its partners have taken action to engage with young rural people and advocate for youth-inclusive responses to COVID-19. Listening to youth voices and bringing them to the forefront, FAO is committed to understanding the challenges and needs of rural youth in their quests to...

Tsetse flies (Glossina sp.) infest over 11 million square km of Africa, and are vectors of Trypanosomosis (or Trypanosomiasis) in both man and domestic livestock. For example, it is estimated that tsetse occur over 7 percent of Zimbabwe and 60 percent of Tanzania and Trypanosomosis has an important negative impact on livestock...

The commonly farmed fish in Uganda, the Nile tilapia, grows very slowly in the cooler regions like Kabale, Kapchorwa and parts of Mbale and Kabarole. In 1957, the mirror carp (simply called Carp), was introduced into Uganda from Asia. Carp, unlike tilapia, takes eight months to attain an average weight...

The ENRD newsletter provides all the latest rural development news from Europe straight to your inbox once a month. From policy updates to ENRD meetings and from project outcomes to online videos, this new and updated tool aims to provide something for everybody interested in rural development policy in Europe....

On Wednesday, 2 June a webinar discussed the challenges and impacts of the lack of producer voice and agency in the design and implementation of the Living Income Differential (LID). It also explored the ways producer organisations and companies are considering to more meaningfully promote producer voice and agency in...

Para contribuir en la divulgación y el cuidado, AGROSAVIA presenta esta cartilla, basada en los lineamientos generales de las resoluciones 666 del 24 de abril y 796 del 20 de mayo de 2020, emitidas por del Ministerio de Salud y Protección Social de Colombia. Aquí se exponen una serie de...

Para la obtención de Agrosavia Estrella (inicialmente registrada como Corpoica Estrella), durante el periodo 2014-2016 se realizó una pea en cuatro ambientes de la subregión Nudo de los Pastos, correspondientes a los municipios de Pasto, Puerres, Córdoba y Gualmatán. Para la prueba, en el periodo 2012-2014 se sembraron ocho clones...

Traditional agricultural adaptation practices in Haiti address the consequences of natural disasters, preventing and mitigating them. One such practice, intended to reduce the impact of droughts, floods and tropical cyclones and storms, is the construction of a granary called “Colombier”. It is a structure built on high posts where grains...

Aquatic animals that can be harvested sustainably from a farmer managed system without regular stocking, are referred to as Self Recruiting Species (SRS). A range of indigenous and introduced fish species, as well as molluscs, crustacea, and amphibians are inevitably present in many rural aquaculture systems, even where attempts have...

In the northern Republic of Ghana, a manually operated press for shea butter extraction is successful and popular among rural women. Shea butter production is an important income earning activity for women in rural areas and for many, it is their only source of income. Shea butter is used for...

Insect pests are the most important production constraints in Uganda. American bollworms, spiny boll worms and pink boll worms are among the ten insect pests, which are feeding and damaging flower buds, flowers, and young and maturating bolls. This is causing plant abortions, amounting to up to 87 percent resulting...

Many African countries, including Burkina Faso, Niger and Senegal, closed their international borders and areas around the big cities because of the global pandemic. This meant that our partners could not leave their own region or city for months. As frustrating as this was, our partners kept finding ways to...

The latest draft of the EU’s Farm to Fork strategy (F2F), obtained by EURACTIV, specifies that mandatory targets for the reduction of use and risk of synthetic chemical pesticides will be established using the existing Harmonised Risk Indicator 1 (HRI1), whose suitability was contested in the past.