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Material de comunicación de la Alianza Mundial de los Suelos

Este repositorio cuenta con una serie materiales comunicacionales elaborados por la Alianza Mundial por el Suelo de la FAO, en varios idiomas para difundir información relevante y que la comunidad en general, pueda aprender más sobre este tema.  
2024 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)

Magazine article
ISAN Magazine

For Sustainable Food Systems - May 2024, Issue 10
ISAN Magazine Issue 10 brings you stories about the benefits of biodiversity in agricultural systems, stories from Zimbabwe about how to enhance agrobiodivesity for improved food security and community-based climate change adaptation approaches, as well as profiling knowledge products on enhancing soil fertility developed by farmers in the Southern African...
2024

Book
Social protection as a pathway to sustaining peace

Global crises are becoming the new normal. From climate change to the contemporary food price crisis, vulnerable populations – and especially rural people – are facing increasingly difficult odds of flourishing. Such challenges are even more pronounced where there is conflict, whose multidimensional nature demands to direct more attention to...
2024 - FAO

Audio
Greening the Sahel

magine a thin green line of hope stretching 8,000 km across northern Africa, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea. This is the Great Green Wall: an African-led land restoration project that aims to hold back encroaching desertification in the Sahel. In this episode, we take a close look at...
2024 - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

Fact sheet
Transforming rural Africa: Trends and experiences in rural communication services

This study examines the role of RCS in rural transformation and family farming in Africa and provides regional insights. Through case studies and a review of communication and ICT trends and policies, it makes the case for participatory, farmer-centred communication approaches and delivery mechanisms aligned with local socioeconomic realities. It...
2024 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Report
Aquaculture insurance for small-scale producers

The FAO Innovation for Blue Transformation Series introduces relevant policy initiatives, mechanisms, and tools available to promote innovation and technical solutions that can accelerate aquatic food system transformation. The series shares brief and practical knowledge needed for sustainable and resilient aquatic food systems that can nourish the world’s growing population,...
China - Thailand
2024 - FAO

Book
Scoping review on the role of social protection in facilitating climate change adaptation and mitigation for economic inclusion among rural populations

Rural populations, especially small-scale producers and women, are disproportionately impacted by climate change since their livelihoods depend largely on natural resources and weather patterns. This paper reviews the available evidence on the role of social protection programmes in facilitating climate change adaptation and mitigation, with a specific emphasis on economic...
2024 - FAO

Case study
Nouvelles réglementations pour un cacao zéro déforestation : quels coûts et impacts pour les coopératives ?

La production de cacao a fortement contribué à la déforestation, cause majeure d’accélération du changement climatique et de l’effondrement de la biodiversité. Pour endiguer ce phénomène, l’Union Européenne a adopté en 2023, un règlement qui interdit l’importation de produits ayant contribué à la déforestation à compter de 2021, applicable dès 2025....
2024 - Agronomes et Vétérinaires Sans Frontières (AVSF)

Report
Rural communication services for family farming in Asia and the Pacific: Regional consultation and forum

The Global Action Plan of the UN Decade of Family Farming (UNDFF 2019-28) recognizes the need to promote rural communication services (RCS) to advance sustainable food systems. RCS comprise demand-led communication processes, media applications and institutional arrangements to respond to the needs of family farmers and rural populations in a...
2024 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Book
Enhancing diets and resilience: Results from a rapid assessment and microsimulation study of a pilot project in a Cash+ pilot in Armenia

This report presents the results of a mixed-method rapid assessment that provides both indicative quantitative information and in-depth qualitative analysis on the household-level impacts of the Cash+ pilot. The Cash+ approach has been developed to reap the benefits of integrating cash transfers with productive support interventions and skills training. The...
Armenia
2024 - FAO

Book
National-level models to support the use of evidence in agrifood systems policy

In the context of global challenges such as climate change, conflict and environmental crises, all of which are exacerbating poverty and hunger around the world, there is a need for urgent action informed by the best available science and evidence. This background paper to the guidance that FAO is developing...
2024 - FAO

Journal article
Predicting animal abundance through local ecological knowledge: An internal validation using consensus analysis

Given the ongoing environmental degradation from local to global scales, it is fundamental to develop more efficient means of gathering data on species and ecosystems. Local ecological knowledge, in which local communities can consistently provide information on the status of animal species over time, has been shown to be effective....
2024 - CIFOR-ICRAF

Newsletter article
Alaska’s empty nets, ageing fleets

Stocks of fish and crab have collapsed in Alaska, devastating both commercial and subsistence fishers.
Climate change used to be something fishers in Alaska talked of as a concern for the future. No longer. That future is now. Alaska has witnessed, almost overnight, collapses in both fish and crab stocks. The cod of the Gulf of Alaska; the Bering Sea king crab and snow crab;...
United States of America
2024 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)

Book
Agricultural producer organizations in the West Bank and Gaza Strip

An assesssment of their agribusiness capacities and institutional enviroment
Strengthening agricultural producer organizations (POs) and cooperatives has been recognized as a key way forward to support farmers in the West Bank and Gaza Strip (WBGS) and, in turn, promote food security, income generation and private sector development. Agriculture in the WBGS is characterized by smallholdings; there are just over...
Gaza Strip - Palestine
2024 - FAO

Report
Rural communication services for family farming in Africa: Regional consultation and forum

This report summarizes the results and takeaways of online consultations and a virtual Regional Forum on RCS for Family Farming in Africa, organized by Yenkasa Africa, a regional communication initiative, in collaboration with FAO, farmers’ organizations, rural institutions and communication networks. 
2024 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Book
Fish silage production by fermentation

A manual on how microbial fermentation can turn fish waste into a valuable feed ingredient or fertilizer
This publication is a practical manual that will guide the reader through the main principles of producing fish silage by fermentation and explain each step of the fermentation process needed to successfully become a fish silage producer. Fish, including shellfish, are highly nutritious and in much demand all over the...
2024 - FAO

Report
Inégalité Foncière

Quels sont les facteurs à l’origine des pressions inédites sur les terres agricoles dans le monde et comment en assurer un accès équitable ?
La crise financière de 2008 a déclenché une immense vague d’accaparement des terres. Depuis, les pressions exercées sur les terres agricoles subsistent. 15 ans plus tard, les prix des terres ont doublé à l’échelle mondiale et les agriculteur·rice·s subissent des pressions de toutes parts. En plus des pressions causées par l’accaparement...
2024 - International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems (IPES FOOD)

Report
Rural communication services for family farming

Results of a global forum
The Global Action Plan of the United Nations Decade of Family Farming 2019–2028 (UNDFF) recognizes the need to promote rural communication services (RCS) to advance sustainable food systems. RCS comprise demand-led communication processes, media applications and institutional arrangements to respond to the needs of family farmers and rural populations in...
2024 - FAO

Fact sheet
Developing Gender Transformative Approaches to Strengthen Women’s Land Rights in Bangladesh. Foundational Gender Analysis

Gender Transformative Approaches address root causes of gender inequality by fostering lasting changes in decision-making and resource control, offering a strategic framework to enhance women’s empowerment in accessing and managing land and production means, as well as natural resources.
Bangladesh
2024 - CIFOR-ICRAF

Report
Rural communication services: Trends and experiences in Asia and the Pacific

This study examines RCS trends in family farming and rural transformation in Asia and the Pacific through case studies emphasizing the need for participatory, farmercentered communication. The study concludes with recommendations for embedding RCS into family farming policies and programmes, fostering development opportunities for family farmers and rural communities in...
2024 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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