27 artisanal fish farmers trained in financial management and revolving funds. As part of the activities to strengthen the capacities of small-scale fish farmers through the Social Protection for Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture in Colombia (SocPro4Fish) project, the Marine and Coastal Research Institute (INVEMAR) and the Food and Agriculture Organization...

In March 2023, civil society organisations and farmers met with thePortfolio Committee on Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Developmentto share views on agroecology and to promote a call from 58 organisationsfor a national agroecology strategy.In support of the process, the ACB conducted a detailed review of 22 key policies across...

L’utilisation des pesticides en agriculture représente un enjeu majeur et complexe à l’échelle mondiale. Ces substances ont été conçues et déployées pour améliorer la productivité des cultures et leur qualité sanitaire mais leur utilisation est de plus en plus controversée. Quels sont les pesticides utilisés en agriculture ? Quelles sont...

In part two of our webinar 'Introduction To Irrigation For Small Scale Farmers', you get to see the question and answer session after the presentation taking place in part one.

The conversion of agricultural waste into organic fertilizer through vermicomposting is a sustainable waste management solution and an income source for organic fertilizer producers. Most of the agricultural waste in Iran is burned, triggering an array of negative consequences. Vermicompost production at the farm level is rarely practiced in Iran,...

Visual narratives using the 10 Elements of Agroecology can guide the holistic visioning needed to better understand transformative change and plausible transitions towards sustainable agriculture and food systems. By sharing similar underlying storylines, assumptions and responses to drivers of change, visual narratives may foster the convergence of transitions into typologies that...

“As the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) continues to warn us, we need to act now: the coming years are crucial for the future of our planet,” comments Edie Mukiibi, president of Slow Food. “The best way to celebrate International Mother Earth Day on April 22 is to acknowledge this...

This publication provides information on the main outcomes of the Regional Consultation among Regional Fishery Bodies in the Indian Ocean (Maputo, Mozambique, 22–24 June 2022), and of the Regional Consultation among Regional Fishery Bodies in the Eastern Central Atlantic Ocean (Accra, Ghana, 30 November to 2 December 2022) that were...

City farms are environmental and agriculture projects, working within a framework of sustainable development, where children, young people and adults can learn about the urban and rural environments and their inter-relationship with plants and animals, the importance of the seasons and the relationship between these. City farms bring visitors in...

Food systems are intimately linked to our lives – through the food we eat, our nutrition and health, our livelihoods, jobs, and the environment and natural resources of the planet. The main challenge for food systems is to produce nutritious food for all while preserving our biodiversity and environment and...

Agroecology has evolved and is promoted as an integrated pathway for the development of food and agriculture systems in ways that address the interacting social, economic, and environmental challenges of current dominant systems. Agroecology is usually described and defined by a set of principles that can be adapted and implemented...

It was a good day. Sun and cloud were playing hide and seek creating a komorebi (sunbeam) effect in the forest near Syaubaari, Jhumlawang, where my dad and I were looking for edible wild mushrooms. It had rained the night before, so the ground was damp and squishy, giving leeches...

Le sous-secteur de la pêche continentale guinéenne est doté d’un potentiel important mais peine à marquer ses repères en raison de la faiblesse des moyens d’actions et du manque d’intérêt qui lui est porté. Le présent rapport, initié par la FAO/NFIFL, tient lieu de profil de pêche continentale de la...

These guidelines cover the transportation process for cattle, pigs, goats, sheep and poultry, with an emphasis on land transportation, following two guidelines on Climate-smart livestock and Backyard farming and slaughtering (FAO, 2021a; 2021b). It also examines how pre-slaughter treatment, stunning and slaughter can compromise animal welfare by exposing livestock to...

FiBL turns 50! On the 1st of February 1973 the Swiss Foundation for the Promotion of Organic Agriculture (Schweizerische Stiftung zur Förderung des biologischen Landbaus) was established, thus laying the foundations for FiBL. It’s an occasion to take a look back: Browse through our image gallery on FiBL's history from...

Les agricultures méditerranéennes ont connu plusieurs sécheresses et vagues de chaleur en 2023. Les pluies sont arrivées trop tardivement au Maghreb et dans la péninsule ibérique. Ailleurs, en Italie, Grèce, Slovénie et Croatie, des excès d’humidité ont pu être observés. Enfin, plusieurs canicules – exceptionnellement tardives pour certaines – ont...

Introduction: Today, agriculture and livestock farming are facing environmental, social and health challenges. The agroecological transition is a possible response to these challenges. It requires changes in practices but also an evolution in farmers' ways of thinking and relationships with living things. Some diagnostics of farms, such as the global analysis...

  On a working day of June 2018 under my previous organization, I visited Shibuyunji district to conduct my usual technical support to the extension staff as well as project beneficiaries. Having had a short meeting with the extension staff, we immediately proceeded into the field to conduct on-site visits. I...

This paper focuses on the dynamics of pastoralist herd mobility in West Darfur State, Sudan, a region affected by persistent conflict. The paper examines the annual cycle and seasonal trajectories of mobility for camels, cattle, and sheep, comparing mobility patterns by livelihood specialisation and reviewing the mobility of multi-species herds....

The Guidance document: “Advancing end-to-end traceability along capture fisheries and aquaculture value chains” responds to a critical need for consensus towards establishing end-to-end traceability through globally agreed and standardized understanding of the critical tracking events (CTEs) along the fish value chain, as well as sources of key data elements (KDEs)...