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Population Dynamics of Phytophthora infestans in Egypt Reveals Clonal Dominance of 23_A1 and Displacement of 13_A2 Clonal Lineage
Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) and tomato (S. lycopersicum L.) are the most economically important vegetable crops in Egypt and worldwide. The winter crop in Egypt is particularly prone to late blight caused by Phytophthora infestans. A total of 152 P. infestans isolates were isolated from the 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2018 winter crops with 82 isolates...
Egypt
2023
Article
Indigenous cattle of Sri Lanka: Genetic and phylogeographic relationship with Zebu of Indus Valley and South Indian origin
The present study reports the population structure, genetic admixture and phylogeography of cattle breeds of Sri Lanka viz. Batu Harak, Thawalam and White cattle. Moderately high level of genetic diversity was observed in all the three Sri Lankan zebu cattle breeds. Estimates of inbreeding for Thawalam and White cattle breeds...
Sri Lanka
2023
Video
The potential feed value of grain tailings for poultry
With the support of the OK-Net EcoFeed project this field lab has been investigating ways of reducing pig and poultry farmer's reliance on imported protein for animal feed. It is common practice to clean grains prior to sale leaving a waste product known as tailings, however this product is often...
2023 - Innovative Farmers
Blog article
Agricultura regenerativa: devolver la vida al suelo
“El suelo es el único material mágico que convierte la muerte en vida”. El filósofo indio Sadhguru, uno de los fundadores del movimiento Salvemos el Suelo, trata de concienciar al mundo sobre la importancia de un cambio de enfoque en los problemas medioambientales: detener la degradación del suelo, una medida...
2023 - We Are Water Foundation
Guidelines
Augmented participatory action research in the digital age
Guidelines for implementation in community-based peatland restoration and sustainable business development
Participatory Action Research (PAR) is a tool for fostering a new paradigm in natural resources management. Combined with an Adaptive Collaborative Management (ACM) approach, in community-based fire prevention and peatland restoration, PAR facilitates transformative change through a simultaneous process of research and taking action, linked together by critical refl ection....
Indonesia
2023 - CIFOR-ICRAF
Practices
Agroforestry for All – Walnut Agroforestry in Warwickshire
“10% agroforestry land-use mandatory for every organic farm” is the call from the European Organic-PLUS and AGROMIX research projects led by Coventry University’s Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience (CAWR). This impact is being discussed by certification bodies and may become UK/EU organic and agroecological standard at the next ‘organic-plus’ upgrade of...
2023 - Organic Grower 64 – Autumn 2023
Practices
Farmer Field Schools – Using peer -to -peer advisory to reduce antibiotic inputs and to improve animal health and welfare
Farmer Field Schools (FFS) facilitate exchange between practitioners. Recommendations shared between practitioners are often found more convincing and are thus implemented by farmers more rapidly.
2023 - RELACS
Journal article
The human being at the heart of agroecological transitions: insights from cognitive mapping of actors’ vision of change in Roquefort area
Agroecological transitions aim at developing sustainable farming and food systems, adapted to local contexts. Such transitions require the engagement of local actors and the consideration of their knowledge and reasoning as a whole, which encompasses different natures of knowledge (empirical, scientific, local, generic), related to different dimensions (economic, environmental, technical,...
France
2023 - Agriculture and Human Values
Practices
Essential oil trials on-farm: an alternative treatment for mastitis
Many essential oils have antibacterial or anti-inflammatory properties. With the help of an advisor, dairy farmers can test alternative mastitis treatments with essential oils following a common protocol established by RELACS.
2023 - RELACS
Report
Diversity of bees and wild pollinators in the Philippines, Thailand and Viet Nam
A survey on the diversity of bees and wild pollinators and the status of the bee industry was conducted in the Philippines, Thailand, and Viet Nam. The data were made available to the respective National Coordinators (NC) for the Management of Animal Genetic Resources and the Food and Agriculture Organization...
Philippines - Thailand - Viet Nam
2023 - FAO
Video
Converting land to organic horticulture: OGA webinar
OGA webinar with Roger Hitchings, Tim Deane, and Phil Sumption on converting land to organic horticulture. Phil Sumption introduced the webinar with an overview of relevant findings from the Defra-funded Conversion to Organic Field Vegetable Production project, and the latest in conversion payments. Roger's talk focused on the kind of...
2023 - Organic Growers Alliance
Journal article
Why and how do farmers’ organizations get involved in the promotion of agroecological techniques? Insights from Burkina Faso
Agroecological techniques (AET) have been recognized by many farmers, NGOs, and farmers’ organizations (FOs) as a promising solution for slowing down the persistent soil fertility degradation in West African drylands. In the context of Burkina, the promotion of AET is the result of the interactions between NGOs and farmers’ knowledge...
Burkina Faso
2023
Article
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
Journal article
Opportunities and challenges of bio-based fertilizers utilization for improving soil health
Bio-based fertilizers (BBFs) have been promoted as a solution to help manage bio-waste problems and improve soil health conditions. Their potential is to replace mineral fertilizers due to nonrenewable energy dependency and the accumulation that threatens environmental issues. Currently, laboratory and field-based literature have been growing since European Union (EU)...
2023 - Organic Agriculture
Newsletter article
Book Review: A Sense of Home
Svein Jentoft’s essays on the experiences of small-scale fisheries focus on the human aspects of the communities in which they are embedded, common to both the North and the South
The Gift of Community – More Essays on Human Experiences of Small-scale Fisheries by Svein Jentoft. TBTI Global. 2023. 364 pages The well-known sociologist Svein Jentoft has spent many years of his life studying and writing about fisheries, both in the global South (such as in Nicaragua, where he has...
2023 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
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
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