La demanda creciente de alimentos, así como las exigencias en calidad y las fuertes restricciones en el uso de productos fitosanitarios, se consolidan como algunos de los retos que afronta la agricultura y que, paralelamente, impulsan un mercado para los insumos de origen biológico (Ruales y Barriga, 2020). Al respecto,...

Results of various studies in the UK suggest that there are several advantages to more complex mixtures, including: 1) Greater resilience to variable conditions caused by extreme weather such as drought and flooding; 2) A reduction in overall weed biomass and suppression of both early and late weeds; 3) Opportunities...

Improved feed diversity and more resilient feed production, less dependent on soybean imports. This strategy helps to mitigate droughts effects, through an “avoidance strategy”, with production of forage during seasons less likely to be affected by such phenomenon. Other benefits include improved soil biodiversity and soil health, reduced leaching during...

Women constitute a substantial proportion of the agricultural workforce; yet they quite often face significant barriers to accessing information, resources and technology that could improve their farming practices and enhance productivity and farm income. This good practice note examine the challenges that women farmers face, as well as how innovative...

Climate change has made droughts ever more frequent and severe in many parts of the world. For many small-scale forest and farm producers, this has made it harder to find enough pasture for their animals to graze on. In northern Tanzania, Maasai families have struggled as their main source of...

Mobile housing for laying hens can contribute to improving animal welfare and the quality of the eggs while reducing impact on the environment. However, their uptake remains limited as they also present a number of risks, such as vulnerability to predators. A German Operational Group based in Rhineland-Palatinate designed, tested...

In the Philippines, climatic unpredictability has been one of the main factors causing fluctuations in forage production; as a result, an efficient feed preservation strategy must be used. This study assessed the effect of various levels of L. plantarum as Napier silage inoculant on sheep's feed intake and growth performance. Using a...

T his paper presents five main findings and key recommendations (see summary in Figure 1) of a dialogue that explored how integrating agroecology† and territorial approaches†† might support and accelerate a systemic transformation at scale in food systems. Agroecology offers values and principles that underpin sustainable solutions to challenges around...

En este webinario, puedes conocer algunas experiencias de resistencias en diversos territorios, frente a la privatización de las semillas nativas, en el Webinario III" Ciclo de Webinarios " 10 años de la #DemandaColectivaMaíz🌽 en perspectiva " Participan: Lucía Sepúlveda [Chile] | Chile Mejor Sin TLC Anabel Pomar [Argentina] | Periodista, productora, investigadora y activista...

The current edition, SAMUDRA Report No. 90, dated December 2023, features a range of articles from Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas, with a special focus on climate change. The editorial Comment that opens the current issue of SAMUDRA Report argues that adaptive social protection and effective fisheries management can be...

Community participation and the use of technology in disaster response as well as the role of local self-government institutions (LSGI) in fisheries management were the highlights of a two-day workshop on Sea Safety and Fisheries Management in the southern state of Kerala. It was organized jointly by ICSF and the...

T his paper presents four main findings and key recommendations of a dialogue that explored the role of agroecology in increasing resilience to agriinput scarcity in the context of the current global food crisis. It aims to support and feed into the Coalition for food systems transformation through Agroecology (Agroecology...

La demi-lune est une technique de récupération des terres encroûtées et qui a pour but de réhabiliter les sols dégradés, de conserver les eaux et de fertiliser les sols en culture pluviale.

Le bassin de collecte d’eau de ruissellement est un ouvrage qui a pour but de stocker les eaux de ruissellement à des fins utiles pour le producteur pendant les poches de sécheresse.

In this video, How I Build Soil in My Garden, Nasira Habib explains how nature works to provide nutrients to plants. She also shares her experience of hot and cold composting. Additionally, she tells about the compost water extract.

One of the most important staple foods, rice, is agronomically- and nutritionally-sound and provides the calories needed by around half the world’s population. There is an urgent need to take all necessary actions to produce rice in a sustainable manner in order to fulfil the future demand for food that...

Soil is our lifeline. It sustains life with a variety of foods, holds and filters water to provide us with clean and safe potable water and maintains ecological balance by storing carbon. But there is so much to understand about soil and how it works. Agroecology is a holistic approach...

Improved feed diversity and more resilient feed production, less dependent on soybean imports. This strategy helps to mitigate droughts effects, through an “avoidance strategy”, with production of forage during seasons less likely to be affected by such phenomenon. Other benefits include improved soil biodiversity and soil health, reduced leaching during...

Farmers are frequently facing agricultural waste production problems (which incorrect disposal may determine a damaging environmental impact) and soil fertility depletion. Sustainable valorization of crop residues could allow recovering valuable components as substrates and nutrients in microbial/enzymatic controlled processes, such as composting.

Millets have finally arrived on the global scene. With 2023 being declared as the International Year of Millets, by the United Nations, the spotlight is on millets. While half a billion people across the globe consume millets as a traditional food, it has taken decades, for it to get its...