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Mapping the development of agroecology in Europe - Volume 1
his first book volume collects country reports produced by the AE4EU Horizon 2020 project and the European Association Agroecology Europe which involved a large number of organisations, as well as more than 25 "mappers" who conducted the work in different European countries. Among them were many members of the Agroecology...
Albania - Austria - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Bulgaria - Croatia - Germany - Greece - Italy - Malta - Montenegro - North Macedonia - Romania
2023 - Isara Agro School for Life
Report
Conservation Agriculture and Biodiversity Report
Moving towards the preservation and improvement of biodiversity in agricultural ecosystems
European and world agriculture is at a critical juncture. According to the FAO, about 33% of the world’s soils are degraded, with intensive agriculture (maximising agricultural production on a given area of land with excessive use of inputs, intensive tillage and monocultures) being one of the main drivers. Biodiversity loss...
2023 - European Conservation Agriculture Federation
Journal article
Effect of soil water on flowering and pod-set in chickpea: implications for modelling and managing frost and heat stress
Phenological development is critical for crop adaptation. Phenology models are typically driven by temperature and photoperiod, but chickpea phenology is also modulated by soil water, which is not captured in these models. This study is aimed at evaluating the hypotheses that accounting for soil water improves (i) the prediction of...
2023
Case study
On the road to greater yields
Agricultural mechanization boosts production and incomes for Zambia's smallholder farmers
In many parts of the world, agricultural mechanization is an underutilized means of producing food. Done sustainably, mechanization has the potential to raise productivity, improve working conditions and incomes, generate new entrepreneurial opportunities, allow for more careful crop and livestock management and reduce food losses and waste. Yet, many barriers...
2023 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Case study
Cultivar un mejor futuro
Este documento recopila las experiencias de agricultores familiares y asociaciones de productores aliados del programa Mesoamérica sin Hambre AMEXCID-FAO en El Salvador, que han diversificado su producción e incrementado sus ingresos, logrando mejorar así la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional de sus familias y sus comunidades. Estas historias son un ejemplo...
El Salvador
2023 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Practices
Inspirational idea: Controlling wireworms in potato production
Austrian Operational Group looking for alternative, environmentally friendly control methods.
Wireworms, the larvae of click beetles, cause major losses in potato production across Europe. The situation in recent years seems to be worsening due to climate change as Johannes Mayer, Austrian potato farmer explains: “Wireworm damage is more significant in drier...
Austria
2023 - EIP-AGRI
Video
Restoring land and livelihoods with beekeeping in Tanzania
In northern Tanzania, recurring drought in recent years caused by climate change has put pressure on communities who make their livelihoods by keeping cattle. A group of Maasai women have turned to producing honey from beehives in the forest to generate additional income. This has enabled them to pay for...
United Republic of Tanzania
2023 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Journal article
Effects of conservation farming practices on agro-ecosystem services for sustainable food security in Bangladesh
In South Asia, the long-term provision of agro-ecosystem services is threatened by accelerating climate change and undesirable farming practices. Conservation farming could help ensure sustainable ecosystem services and food security. This study was conducted in nine purposively selected districts in west and northwest Bangladesh. Data on conservation farming practices were...
Bangladesh
2023 - Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University Bangladesh
Policy brief/paper
Public Food Procurement as a Powerful Tool to Boost Territorial Food Systems
This policy brief provides recommendations on how to achieve these objectives with a focus on three key areas: 1. How to link small-scale farmers with the public plate; 2. School meals as a powerful tool to address social equity (all school children and young people), health (tackling fast-growing child obesity)...
European Union
2023
Fact sheet
Fiche technique sur le compostage du fumier pour en faire de l'engrais puissant
Fiche technique sur le compostage du fumier pour en faire de l'engrais puissan. Le compostage rend les éléments nutritifs facilement disponibles pour les plantes. Il limite les risques d’asphyxie pour les plantes tout en évitant les risques de propagation des adventices, des ravageurs, des moisissures et des maladies.
Burkina Faso
2023 - Conseil National de l’Agriculture Biologique au Burkina Faso (CNABio)
Fact sheet
Contexto de cadena aguacate
En esta ficha de contexto se mencionan los aspectos importantes de la cadena de aguacate enfocados a su marco productivo, regional, económico, comercio internacional, así como sus perspectivas y tendencias frente al mercado, dando a conocer su entorno de Ciencia y Tecnología e Innovación.
Colombia
2023 - Corporación colombiana de investigación agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)
Journal article
Farmers’ perception and management of water scarcity in irrigated rice-based systems in dry climatic zones of West Africa
Water scarcity threatens irrigated agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Knowledge of farmers’ perceptions and drivers for decision-making in view of coping with water scarcity is so far lacking but needed to improve local technologies and frame policies fostering their adoption. Here, for the first time, we investigated farmers’ perception of...
2023 - Agronomy for Sustainable Development
Video
The Relevance of Soil Fertility in Organic Agriculture
The Green Innovation Centres are part of the special initiative "One World without Hunger" of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and are implemented in the partner countries by the Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ). The project aims to support Green Innovation Centres in promoting organic...
2023 - Naturland e.V.
Journal article
Accounting for diversity while assessing sustainability: insights from the Walloon bovine sectors
Livestock production is confronted with significant challenges across all dimensions of sustainability. There is an urgent need to identify sustainable livestock systems that are environmentally friendly, economically viable for farmers, and socially acceptable. To this end, diversity assessments and data-driven indicator-based sustainability assessments can be helpful tools. These two mutually...
2023
Blog article
Utiliser l’urine pour rendre les systèmes alimentaires en Afrique subsaharienne plus durables – la revue Eurasia
L’installation de systèmes de collecte d’urine dans les zones urbaines au sud du Sahara rendrait ces collectes plus durables. C’est ce que prouve une étude menée par quatre chercheurs du Cirad, de l’IRD, de l’université Boubacar Ba de Tillabéri (Niger) et de Joseph K. Zerbo, de Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), publiée...
2023
Video
Organic compost in coffee production
Mario Contreras, an advisor on organic coffee production in Honduras, shares his knowledge on the benefits of organic farming as well as the organic composting method used in coffee production for soil fertility.
The Green Innovation Centres are part of the special initiative "One World without Hunger" of the German Federal Ministry for...
2023 - Naturland e.V.
Journal article
Using machine learning with case studies to identify practices that reduce greenhouse gas emissions across Australian grain production regions
It is difficult to identify farm management practices that consistently provide greenhouse gas (GHG) abatement at different locations because effectiveness of practices is greatly influenced by climates and soils. We address this knowledge gap by identifying practices that provide abatement in eight case studies located across diverse conditions in Australian’s...
Australia
2023
Journal article
Growth performance of goats (Capra hircus L.) on forage legumes mixed with guinea grass (Megathyrsus maximus)
Proper feed optimization is vital for the health and growth of goats, with fodder quality being a central factor. This study evaluated the impact of feeding goats guinea grass mixed with various tree legumes on their growth and feed consumption. Nine upgraded goats were used for this research, divided equally...
2023
Video
How to manage Fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda Smith on smallholder farms - Short version
This video focuses on the three basic pillars of agroecological approaches, a pest control strategy embedded in integrated pest management (IPM) which focusses on: (i) management of healthy plants; (ii) enhancing the biodiversity of the agricultural environment; and, (iii) what responses to use when these fail.
2023 - CIFOR-ICRAF
Journal article
El calentamiento global está afectando a todos los cerdos del mundo
Uno de los animales de granja que más se ven afectados por el calentamiento global son los cerdos. En este trabajo, se explorará por qué los cerdos son más susceptibles al calor que otros animales, cómo identificar a un cerdo con estrés por calor y cómo pueden los cerdos mantener...
Mexico
2023
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