What are mycorrhizal fungi? Mycorrhizal fungi form symbiosis with > 90% of land plants They live in the soil and colonize plant roots Mycorrhizae provides better absorption of nutrients and increased water uptake to the plant in exchange for carbon supply They cannot function without living plants Plants control the symbiosis, root exudates trigger spore...

Una de las causas del cambio climático y la pérdida de biodiversidad es la agricultura intensiva, el modo en el que producimos los alimentos. La llave para ver cómo podemos mejorar nuestra alimentación sin destruir el planeta, la "agroecología" propone una producción de forma sostenible. Emma Siliprandi, Oficial de Agricultura de...

The 7th Global Conference on Gender in Aquaculture & Fisheries (GAF7) showcases progress towards and challenges to gender equality

Agricultural practices contribute considerably to emissions of greenhouse gases. So far, knowledge on the impact of organic compared to non-organic farming on soil-derived nitrous oxide (N2O) and methane (CH4) emissions is limited. We investigated N2O and CH4fluxes with manual chambers during 571 days in a grass-clover– silage maize – green...

Kampong Chhnang, Cambodia – The residents of Boeng Leach Village, Sethey Commune, Samaki Meanchey District, Kampong Chhnang mostly grow rice and crops, and raise animals for a living. Their farming tends to rely on traditional methods. There is only limited use of modern techniques and therefore the yields are minimal....

Lands turn to desert due to a number of reasons, but much of the desertification that is occurring around the world today is caused by human activity on lands that are extremely vulnerable to overexploitation and improper agricultural methods. The following are some of the primary causes and effects of desertification...

In this report, the HLPE explores the nature and potential contributions of agroecological and other innovative approaches to formulating transitions towards sustainable food systems (SFSs) that enhance FSN. The HLPE adopts a dynamic, multiscale perspective, focusing on the concepts of transition and transformation. Many transitions need to occur in particular...

Dans le Sud de Madagascar, AVSF a contribué à travers 2 projets à la promotion de l'agroécologie, au développement de l'agriculture familiale et l'amélioration de l'accès aux services de proximité et de l'accès à l'eau.

FAO enters a new phase to assist the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) in Europe and Central Asia through a workshop today in Ankara. Participants will validate an action plan that goes more in-depth on how to implement the 21 SDG indicators related to FAO’s mandate and their own data needs. In the...

Brazil has a long tradition of agricultural policies. Brazil has utilised public procurement programmes and maintained buffer stocks since the Convention of Taubaté (1906), by which the state held coffee purchases from large landowners to regulate international prices. In the “Estado Novo” period (1937- 1945) various public institutions were created,...

This Special Issue, a product of the SIMRA project and its Thematic Session organised at the 125th Anniversary IUFRO Congress in 2017, is a contribution to advancing and exchanging scientific knowledge of social innovation in the context of forestry. A purpose of the Issue is to promote social learning, contribute...

The latest meeting of the dedicated ENRD Thematic Group (TG) – 6 March 2019 in Brussels, Belgium – explored how to design and use the future CAP Strategic Plans and other funding mechanisms to support Smart Villages in the next programming period.

Dizem os antigos, que o paladar tem memória. E é a partir da memória que mulheres pescadoras de Miracema do Tocantins estão regatando os ensinamentos dos antepassados e encontram no peixe a saída para sair da linha da pobreza. A técnica da Secretaria da Agricultura, Pecuária e Aquicultura (Seagro), lotada na...

A Cooperativa de Jovens de Água Fria, na Bahia, é composta por agricultores familiares que têm pouco ou nenhum acesso à tecnologias de softwares de código aberto e de blockchain, que funciona como um livro contábil público que guarda os registros das transações online.  Recentemente a Cooperativa teve acesso à essas...

The selected examples include dissemination of agricultural innovation, food production, short supply chains, organic production, reduction of environmental degradation, rural entrepreneurship, and promotion of the countryside.

Coating seed with good microbes and organic fertilizer protects crops from diseases and gives them a healthy start. You can also prepare your own organic solution with cow dung, cow urine, lime, cow milk or yoghurt and water.

With the help of multiple partners, FAO has developed a global analytical framework for the multidimensional assessment of the performance of agroecology: the Tool for Agroecology Performance Evaluation (TAPE), which aims to:  · Inform policy makers, development institutions, and other stakeholders by creating references to the multidimensional performance of agroecology and...

The Second Report of the State of the World’s Animal Genetic Resources (AnGR) and analysis of Sub-regional reports on AnGR in Asia and the progress report of Global Plan of Action for AnGR in Southwest Pacific suggested that vigorous efforts still need to be made to strengthen the main elements...

En este video se muestra el proceso de germinación de la semilla de aguacate.

This year, on 8 March, International Women’s Day (IWD), seven women engaged in seafood communities and promoting gender equality, released an opinion piece titled ‘Boosting women in seafood and ending gender inequality’.