Until now, there has been little information available to the international community regarding the state of forests in the Caucasus and Central Asia. Today, however, the UNECE/FAO Forestry and Timber Section has released the first regional overview of the forest sector in these countries since they became independent in the 1990s.

Initiated by FAO in Asia, in1989, the Farmer Field School (FFS) is one of the most successful approaches developed and promoted by FAO over the past three decades, empowering farmers to become better decision makers in their own farming systems. FFS is an interactive and participatory learning by doing approach...

L’histoire des Plantes Aromatiques et Médicinales (PAM) est longue et se mêle à celle de nos civilisations. En effet, depuis toujours l’Homme a eu recours aux plantes et à leurs vertus thérapeutiques. Ces organismes végétaux, grâce à leur "spécialisation chimique" sont capables de synthétiser une extraordinaire diversité de composés aussi...

Turkey is home to a great variety of biodiversity and ecosystems. The country’s diverse geographic features range from the Black Sea Mountains to the Mediterranean plains, from eastern highlands to Aegean coastline, with three biogeographical regions. For centuries, Turkey’s ecosystems and biodiversity have been the basis of sustainable agricultural practices...

As mulheres representam 31% dos cargos de comandos - com a tecnologia o campo deixou de ser braçal. Elas são administradoras de fazendas de cítricos, de gado.

Engaging young women and men in an agricultural sector characterized by an ageing labour force is crucial to ensure sustainable food security, reduce youth unemployment and combat unplanned migration. By harnessing their innovative potential, utilizing new technologies and techniques and taking advantage of new opportunities in emerging value chains, young...

El Gobierno paraguayo dio un paso importante con la promulgación de la Ley “De Defensa, Restauración y Promoción de la Agricultura Familiar Campesina”. La Ley Nº 6286 promulgada el 17 de mayo de 2019, reconoce a las actividades productivas realizadas por la agricultura familiar campesina y establece los criterios para...

La Agricultura es la ciencia y el arte de trabajar adecuadamente el suelo y la vegetación, para obtener los productos (vegetales y animales) que el ser humano necesita, de manera ética, económica y sustentable, o sea cuidando de no agotar el suelo y entendiendo a éste como un “bien” limitado...

La alimentación suscita el interés de la ciudadanía, las empresas, las comunidades, el mundo de la investigación… Así, se han adoptado muchas iniciativas que contribuyen a la aparición de Sistemas Alimentarios Territorializados. El análisis de una veintena de ellas en Francia y España destaca tres desafíos principales que resultan fundamentales...

La innovación se impone como una palabra clave en las políticas públicas y acciones de los Estados para acompañar al sector agropecuario. Las instituciones de ciencia y tecnología, así como también los servicios de extensión agropecuaria, son convocados para orientar las transiciones tecnológicas, económicas y sociales, y generar en interacción...

The reports includes data and information from State ministries, irrigation schemes, enterprises and to audit such data and information through observational transects, field observations, farmer interviews and independent key informant interviews. The combined quantitative and qualitative information, from both primary and secondary sources, allowed the teams to assess the 2018/19...

The study on the state of forests in the Caucasus and Central Asia aims to present the forest resources and the forest sector of the region, including trends in, and pressures on the resource, to describe the policies and institutions for the forest sector in the region and to list...

Este año, la Oficina Regional para América Latina y el Caribe de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura ha querido rendir cuenta y dar a conocer el trabajo conjunto que desarrolla día a día con los 33 Estados Miembros de la región para avanzar...

Soil organic carbon (SOC) is the amount of carbon stored in the soil. SOC releases nutrients for plant growth, enhances the health of soil and acts as a barrier against harmful substances. SOC is being threatened due to the intensification of cropping systems, higher temperatures and changes in rainfall, amongst...

For as long as he could remember, Benito González from western Mexico had struggled to make ends meet and lived on the margin of society. As many indigenous peoples – anywhere – do. His life started to change for the better in 2016, when the Government of Mexico and FAO made...

Indigenous cocoyams in Burundi have the potential to increase food and nutrition security and contribute to improved livelihoods, but farmers’ capacity to meet the growing demand for them has been constrained by a lack of good quality seed and technical knowhow. The Good Seed Initiative targeted both seed and cocoyam...

As mulheres rurais são essenciais para a produção de alimentos. Porém, muitas vezes são invisíveis e trabalham em propriedades rurais familiares sem receber nenhum tipo de remuneração, pois seu trabalho é considerado apenas uma ajuda. A colombiana Sandra Mendoza é uma dessas mulheres. Há alguns anos, Sandra herdou de seu pai uma...

El estado de la biodiversidad para la alimentación y la agricultura en el mundo ofrece una evaluación de la biodiversidad para la alimentación y la agricultura (BAA) y su gestión en todo el mundo, basándose en la información proporcionada en 91 informes de países (preparados por más de 1 300...

Desde el Centro de Información de Actividades Porcinas (CIAP) se revisaron resultados económicos de modelos productivos porcinos y se observó que las pérdidas de mayor magnitud y duración sucedieron en sistemas que no pudieron optimizar sus manejos productivos. Según las mediciones mensuales de resultados económicos de modelos productivos porcinos, el precio...

Alarmed by the continuing threat of infectious diseases that can spread between animals and humans in Asia and the Pacific, three international organizations have announced they are increasing their coordination to respond more effectively across the region. From rabies to zoonotic influenza, zoonotic diseases pose a threat to human and animal...