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Building subnational capacities in animal health to deliver frontline cross-sectoral health services in Kenya
Operationalizing effective subnational veterinary services as major contributor to disease surveillance, reporting, diagnoses and One Health requires resources and mindset change. Here we describe workforce capacity building in animal health in Kenya and an approach that can be used to skill-up this workforce to respond beyond animal health challenges to...
Kenya
2023 - Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Practices
Farm gate nutrient budgets for organic farming
Farm gate nutrient budgets are an easy and efficient tool to assess the main nutrient flows in and out of the farm. They can reveal whether there is a nutrient surplus or deficit.
2023 - RELACS
Blog article
Digitalisation in the Sahel – Piloting interactive voice response
Digital tools hold the potential to open the untapped potential for agroecology across Africa. One such tool, aiming to reach rural farmers in their own language, interactive voice response, was put to the test in Mali, yielding good results.
Mali
2023 - FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture
Magazine article
Amazonie : entre conservation des forêts et bonnes pratiques agricoles, développer les territoires durablement
En Amazonie, les scientifiques du Cirad et leurs partenaires orientent et accompagnent les initiatives de territoires qui allient agriculture et élevage durables, inclusion sociale, conservation et restauration des écosystèmes forestiers.
2023 - CIRAD
Report
Eggs and larvae of common marine fish species of northwest Africa
This guide presents the egg and larval descriptions of 150 species of fishes belonging to 57 families, which are most likely to be present in plankton samples collected in the continental shelf and oceanic waters off northwest Africa. The guide is structured in two parts. The first introductory part describes...
2023 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Video
Webinar: Trees and veg - Designing your own system
Join Ben Raskin of the Soil Association and Andy Dibben of Abbey Home Farm as they discuss agroforestry systems in horticulture. They'll be taking us through step by step how to design and set up a system that you can apply to your own market gardens and farms. The discussion...
2023 - Organic Growers Alliance
Book
Integrated land use management systems in Uzbekistan – Part 1
Case studies and governance recommendations. Literature review
This is a literature review on land use and integrated land use management systems in Uzbekistan. The review aims to synthesize and examine the state of knowledge and the scope for establishing various integrated resource and land use management strategies such as types of agroforestry systems and integrated pastoral management...
Uzbekistan
2023 - FAO
Article
Predatory mirid Nesidiocoris tenuis (Heteroptera: Miridae) as biological control agent in greenhouse tomato production
Species of zoophytophagous genus Dicyphina, plant bugs (Hemiptera: Miridae: Bryocorinae) are among the most abundant and effective predators of tomato pests. Nesidiocoris tenuis Reuter, 1895 (Hemiptera: Miridae) is the predominant species of Dicyphina sp. and it is considered to be a major natural enemy of insect pests in tomato crops...
2023
Website
Concurso Regional 2023: Soluciones Tecnológicas de Bajo Costo y/o Basadas en Recursos Locales
El Banco de soluciones tecnológicas de bajo costo y/o basadas en recursos locales es una iniciativa del Grupo de Trabajo Temático de Transferencia de Conocimiento y Buenas Prácticas de PLACA.
La segunda edición de este concurso regional busca relevar soluciones tecnológicas de bajo costo y/o basada en recursos locales que contribuyan a mejorar...
2023 - Plataforma de Acción Climática en Agricultura de Latinoamérica y el Caribe
Fact sheet
Contexto de cadena ovino-caprina
En esta ficha de contexto se mencionan los aspectos importantes de la cadena ovino-caprina 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)
Blog article
Accompagner les pratiques agricoles pour mieux préserver la ressource en eau potable et la biodiversité
Agriculteurs, acteurs institutionnels et membres du Cirad se sont réunis pour un atelier d’échange sur les pratiques agricoles pour faire face aux enjeux de préservation des ressources en eau et de la biodiversité. Le but ? Restituer des résultats sur la qualité de l’eau et sur le suivi des populations...
2023 - CIRAD
Fact sheet
Good Gardening and Growing Root and Grain Crops in Zimbabwe
Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which:
identify highly nutritious local food plants,
explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way,
detail the nutritional value of the plants and
describe why human bodies require those nutrients.
The resources created by FPS allows people to better...
Zimbabwe
2023 - Food Plant Solutions
Fact sheet
Leafy Greens and Vegetables of Zimbabwe
Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which:
identify highly nutritious local food plants,
explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way,
detail the nutritional value of the plants and
describe why human bodies require those nutrients.
The resources created by FPS allows people to better...
Zimbabwe
2023 - Food Plant Solutions
Practices
Protéger et planifier la récolte: la protection et la planification de la récolte des bananiers plantains sont des étapes cruciales pour garantir une production de qualité.
En prenant des mesures préventives pour prévenir les maladies et les ravageurs, en planifiant la récolte et en stockant les fruits correctement, les agriculteurs peuvent maximiser leur rendement et fournir des produits de qualité supérieure à leurs clients.Tuteurage ou Haubanage, quelle méthode choisir en fonction de l’implantation de sa parcelle...
2023 - Formation Agricole pour la Banane Plantain en Afrique (FABA)
Fact sheet
Fruits and Nuts of Zimbabwe
Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which:
identify highly nutritious local food plants,
explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way,
detail the nutritional value of the plants and
describe why human bodies require those nutrients.
The resources created by FPS allows people to better...
Zimbabwe
2023 - Food Plant Solutions
Report
GUIDE POUR L’ÉVALUATION DE L’AGROÉCOLOGIE
Le Guide pour l’évaluation de l’agroécologie propose une démarche et des outils méthodologiques pour apprécier, d’une part, les effets des pratiques et des systèmes agroécologiques sur les performances agro-environnementales et socio-économiques de l’agriculture et, d’autre part, les conditions de développement de l’agroécologie. Il vise à aider les acteurs du développement à...
2023 - Éditions du Gret & Éditions Quae
Practices
Integration of different agronomical practices for inter-row soil management in organic orchards
Problem
Inter-row soil management in organic orchards should aim at reducing soil compaction and erosion, increasing soil fertility and biodiversity without interfering with other practices.
Solution
To adapt strategies that besides increasing the orchard biodiversity, will also function as an internal source of nitrogen, increase soil fertility and keep the soil covered.
Description
Mixtures of...
Poland
2023 - IO-PIB - National Institute of Horticultural Research
Report
Guidelines for action on food loss and waste reduction in the Near East and North Africa
The Guidelines for action on food loss and waste reduction in the Near East and North Africa provide support to Member Countries to implement the Voluntary Code of Conduct for Food Loss and Waste Reduction, an international instrument designed to guide FLW policymaking and interventions at global level. These regionally-tailored...
2023 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Guidelines
Farmers’ guidelines on soil and water management in salt-affected areas
The threats posed by salt-affected soils to global food security are dire. According to the recent Global salt-affected soils map, over 424 million hectares of topsoil (0–30 cm) and 833 million hectares of subsoil (30–100 cm) are currently salt-affected. This practical guide to soil and water management in salt-affected areas...
2023 - FAO; ICBA;
Practices
Cultiver sans eau ou presque : la technique du zaï au Sahel
Autrefois ignorés, les secrets des paysans sahéliens attirent aujourd’hui l’attention des chercheurs et des décideurs. Et pour cause, ils inspirent de nouvelles voies d’adaptation au changement climatique pour l’agriculture africaine, et au-delà. Ici un article du Cirad qui revient sur la technique du zaï ou l'art de capturer la pluie....
2023 - CIRAD
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