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Reduce Rural Poverty

Ending poverty and hunger are at the heart of FAO's work and they are central goals of countries worldwide. By 2030, UN member countries have committed to eradicating extreme poverty and hunger for people everywhere. As a partner in this objective, FAO is helping countries develop and implement evidence-based pro-poor...
2022 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO

Journal article
Determinants of farm-level adaptation strategies to flood: Insights from a farm household-level survey in coastal districts of Odisha

Farmers choose different strategies to cope with disasters. The scientific information on what adaption strategies do farmers across different socio-economic and regional strata choose to cope with disasters can help policymakers to make informed farm-level support interventions. Odisha is a flood-prone state in eastern India. The flood adaptation strategy choices...
China
2022 - Institute for Social and Economic Change, India

Video
For feminist agroecologies

What is the story behind the food you eat? What if people actually valued all the underpaid and unpaid labor that goes into food? What if women were not doing most of the work? And if women and girls weren’t the last ones to eat? What if it weren't mostly...
2022 - Agroecology Now

Technical paper
Promouvoir l’agroforesterie à base de palmiers à huile :un atout pour la durabilité de la filière

Le développement massif des palmeraies industrielles et villageoises s’est réalisé en suivant un dispositif de plantation en culture pure du palmier à huile (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.). Cependant, divers systèmes de culture alternatifs ont émergé, dans lesquels sont associés des cultures et des animaux à diverses phases du cycle de culture...
2022 - CIRAD

Video
¿Cómo mantener las condiciones del invernadero?

Mantener las condiciones adecuadas de un invernadero es muy importante para la productividad de un cultivo, el investigador de AGROSAVIA Cristian Dominguez, nos da tips para poderlo implementar.   Más Información: Bibliografía completa de la corporación Editorial Agrosavia Repositorio Institucional (BAC) Podcast Dimensions Agriperfiles Google Scholar LaReferencia Redalyc Redcol ResearchGate
Colombia
2022 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)

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2nd meeting of the Thematic Group on Strengthening the position of farmers in the organic food supply chain

As acknowledged by the Action Plan for Organic Production in the EU, organic farming can be characterised by its scattered nature, with producers having limited access to markets. Imbalances in the food chain can limit the bargaining power of organic farmers even as the overall market share of organic products in the...
2022 - EU CAP Network

Video
Building sustainable livelihoods in Ghana

Tele-Bere, a community-focused organization, is helping smallholders to boost their incomes, market their sustainable forest products, and more. It is a member of the Trillion Trees: Sahel and Great Green Wall community and a Forest and Farm Facility partner.
Ghana
2022 - World Economic Forum

Blog article
Changement climatique et océan : quel avenir pour les poissons ?

Les poissons sont particulièrement sensibles aux variables environnementales qui peuvent générer des modifications de leur comportement et de leur fonction physiologique (croissance, alimentation, maturation, reproduction). L’augmentation de CO2 aquatique conduit également à une diminution de l’oxygène disponible dans l’eau. Or les poissons soumis à une hypoxie (diminution de la concentration en...
2022

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Seed systems in emergencies

This animated video explains the significance of seed systems in emergency context and why it is crucial to strengthen and rebuild seed systems after disaster. The video gives examples from a project in response to cyclones Idai and Kenneth in southern African countries in 2019.
2022 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Report
Drought in numbers 2022

The report, an authoritative compendium of drought-related information and data, helps inform negotiations of one of several decisions by UNCCD’s 196 member states, to be issued 20 May at the conclusion of COP15.
2022 - United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD

Blog article
Pacific countries highlight the benefits of safe food for better health

World Food Safety Day is celebrated annually on 7 June to draw attention and mobilize action to prevent, detect and manage foodborne risks and improve human health. Coordinated jointly by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and World Health Organization (WHO), under the theme for this...
2022 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Journal article
The gendered motives and experiences of Canadian women farmers in short food supply chains: Work satisfaction, values of care, and the potential for empowerment

In many industrialized countries, there is a strong presence of women farmers in alternative food networks, including within short food supply chains. Studies attribute this phenomenon to the values of care underpinning such initiatives, the possibility for participating women farmers to pursue their own projects (empowerment), and the development of...
Canada
2022

Guidelines
Guide sur la gestion des forêts et de l’eau

De nombreuses personnes dans le monde ont des difficultés à avoir accéder et à obtenir de l'eau propre pour répondre à leurs besoins de base. La disponibilité de l'eau est un facteur majeur limitant la capacité de l'humanité à répondre aux futurs besoins alimentaires et énergétiques mondiaux (D'Odorico et al....
2022 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Report
Mapping Rural Development: How to use GIS to monitor and evaluate projects

If a picture is worth 1,000 words, then a map must surely be worth far more. Especially if it is a map enriched with data – one that shows what and where activities are planned, are happening, and have been achieved. This practical manual provides guidance on how to use geographic...
2022 - IFAD

Blog article
Restauration des terres dégradées, sécheresse, Grande muraille verte : ce qu'il faut retenir de la COP15 Désertification

Pas moins de 38 décisions ont été adoptées pendant la COP15 Désertification, qui s’est achevée à Abidjan, en Côte d’Ivoire, vendredi 20 mai dans la soirée. Parmi les engagements les plus saillants, il y a notamment l’objectif de restauration d’un milliard d’hectares de terres dégradées d’ici à 2030. Les 196...
2022

Newsletter
Ordenación Forestal Sustentable y Conservación de Bosques en la Perspectiva Ecosocial

En este Segundo Boletín Informativo del proyecto ‘Ordenación Forestal Sustentable y Conservación de Bosques en una Perspectiva Ecosocial’, se muestran algunos de los resultados de las nuevas estrategias y prácticas de Manejo Forestal Sostenible y Manejo Sustentable de la Tierra implementadas en la reserva forestal Imataca, donde se destacan las...
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
2022 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)

Blog article
Pourquoi il est si important de préserver la santé de nos sols

Nous n’en sommes pas forcément conscients, mais le sol est avant tout un milieu vivant, qui contient plus d’un quart des espèces animales et végétales connues sur notre planète. Chaque mètre carré abrite des milliers d’animaux invertébrés tels que les vers de terre ou les fourmis, plusieurs dizaines à plusieurs centaines...
2022 - The conversation

Technical paper
Reseña de Agricultura Familiar -Mecanismo para Bosques y Fincas

La reseña actualiza la información sobre la situación de la agricultura familiar en los países, ofrece una mirada crítica desde la perspectiva de los diferentes actores acerca de los avances y desafíos a los que se enfrenta. En particular, hace un acercamiento a las políticas públicas y planes de acción...
2022 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)

Blog article
Sécurité alimentaire en Afrique : Entre atouts et paradoxes

La crise économique, principalement due à la guerre russo-ukrainienne menace le monde à divers degrés. En Afrique, c’est le secteur agricole, qui représente en moyenne 23% du PIB et mobilise 55% de la population active, qui est le plus menacé du fait de la pénurie des engrais sur les marchés...
2022

Video
¿Cómo tener un manejo adecuado del cultivo de tomate?

El manejo adecuado del cultivo de tomate es un aspecto que garantiza el rendimiento de este sistema productivo. El investigador, Jorge Jaramillo nos cuenta qué se debe tener en cuenta para ponerlo en práctica.   Más Información: Bibliografía completa de la corporación Editorial Agrosavia Repositorio Institucional (BAC) Podcast Dimensions Agriperfiles Google Scholar LaReferencia Redalyc Redcol ResearchGate
Colombia
2022 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)
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