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Journal article
Edible weeds and food and nutrition security in the face of the herbicide revolution. A case study from Zambia

Herbicides are on the rise across the developing world. Herbicides may come with several advantages but can also undermine environmental and human health. In the quest to assess the trade-offs of herbicides one aspect has received limited attention: the role of edible weeds, which can be key elements of rural...
Zambia
2022 - International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability

Journal article
Sri Lanka: The Rage of a Perfect Storm

Months after a container ship carrying toxic chemicals caught fire off the west coast of Sri Lanka, fisherfolk still suffer from the dreadful aftereffects of the country’s worst marine ecological disaster. A 186-m-long container ship called X-Press Pearl, registered in Singapore, arrived in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on the night of 19...
Sri Lanka
2022 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)

Fact sheet
Componente animal: recurso animal

Aquí se relacionan las razas o grupos genéticos predominantes en el sistema productivo de carne ovina del trópico bajo. Más Información: Bibliografía completa de la corporación Editorial Agrosavia Repositorio Institucional (BAC) Podcast Dimensions Agriperfiles Google Scholar LaReferencia Redalyc Redcol ResearchGate WhastApp Noticias científicas AGROMETRICS CRIS AGROSAVIA: https://vivo.agrosavia.co/
Colombia
2022 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)

Blog article
Rural people in crisis: The latest news from IFAD

From Latin America, across Africa and the Middle East, all the way to the Pacific Islands – poor rural communities and small rural producers are up against a mammoth combination of crisis factors, including the effects of the ongoing war in Ukraine, a lingering pandemic, climate change, inflation and financial,...
2022 - IFAD

Article
Co-construire des connaissances avec des organisations d’agriculteurs familiaux : un observatoire de science citoyenne à Santarém, Amazonie brésilienne

This data paper presents a survey conducted in a participatory manner in the territory of Santarém, in the Brazilian Amazon. The aim is to understand how global changes are affecting family farmers. In the study area, family farming has been confronted over the past 20 years with the rapid expansion of...
Brazil
2022

Manual
The Extension and Advisory Service Systems Yardstick (EAS-Y)

Extension and advisory services (EAS) play a key role in facilitating innovation processes, empowering marginalized groups through capacity development, and linking farmers with markets. Advisory services are increasingly provided by a range of actors and funded from diverse sources. With the broadened scope of EAS and the growing complexity of...
2022 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Journal article
Citizen participation in the governance of nature-based solutions

The last half-a-century has seen a marked demand for authentic citizen participation in public policy-and decision-making, not least in the field of sustainability. The depth and forms of citizen engagement in nature-based solutions (NBS), for example, and how such participation shapes their trajectories is gaining increasing attention. In this paper,...
2022 - Lund University, Sweden

Practices
Recycling agricultural residues in organic farming by on-farm compost production

This practice abstract was elaborated in the BIO4FOOD project: the project is running from November 2020 to October 2023, and is to contribute to reducing crop wastes providing natural protection products, vegetables rich in health-promoting minerals and biofertilizers.
2022 - CREA - Council for Agricultural Research and Economics

Journal article
Food systems in transition: conceptualizing sustainable food entrepreneurship

This paper presents the sustainable food entrepreneurship framework (SFEF). It aims to further the understanding of the role of entrepreneurship in the sustainability transition of the food system, especially in the context of food system re-localization. The framework conceptualizes sustainable food entrepreneurship as a cyclical ongoing process of change. We...
2022 - International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability

Policy brief/paper
The changing nature of Kenya’s seed industry sectors

Lessons from the potato seed sector industry
In this paper, we discuss the changes taking place in the Kenyan seed sector, with a focus on potato. The changes paint an extremely disturbing picture of how draconian agricultural and seed laws and policies are undermining smallholder farmers and their seed and food systems.
Kenya
2022 - African Centre for Biodiversity (ACB)

Journal article
Myanmar: Fate Snatched Away

Political turmoil following a military coup has robbed small-scale fisherfolk in Myanmar of their decade-long success in making democracy work for them. The governance of Myanmar’s inland and coastal fisheries underwent reforms in favour of small-scale fisheries (SSF) and fishing communities in the period between 2010 and 2020. This happened through...
Myanmar
2022 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)

Video
Réussites Paysannes au Burkina

Le Roppa a procédé le 19 juin dernier au lancement d’une série de films produits en partenariat avec SOS Faim Belgique et mettant en lumière des réussites paysannes. Le premier traite de la commercia-lisation des arachides au Sénégal et d’une expérience de contrac-tualisation qui a permis d’augmenter la production et les revenus des...
Burkina Faso
2022 - Réseau des Organisations Paysannes et des Producteurs de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (ROPPA)

Guidelines
A guide to World Food Safety Day 2022

The fourth World Food Safety Day (WFSD) will be celebrated on 7 June 2022 to draw attention and inspire action to help prevent, detect and manage foodborne risks, contributing to food security, human health, economic prosperity, agricultural production, market access, tourism and sustainable development. This publication is a guide for all...
2022 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO

Fact sheet
Componente animal: salud animal

Mantener los animales en un lugar limpio, seco, protegido de predadores y condiciones climáticas. Más Información: Bibliografía completa de la corporación Editorial Agrosavia Repositorio Institucional (BAC) Podcast Dimensions Agriperfiles Google Scholar LaReferencia Redalyc Redcol ResearchGate WhastApp Noticias científicas AGROMETRICS CRIS AGROSAVIA: https://vivo.agrosavia.co/
Colombia
2022 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)

Practices
2-years rotation, an alternative to maize monocropping in Bearn, France (DiverIMPACTS Practice Abstract)

In Bearn, maize is well adapted to the pedoclimatic context, with no loss of yield potential when grown as a monocrop. But, regulatory pressure and price volatility risks, as well as increasing attacks from bio-aggressors, threaten maize monocropping. It is essential to experiment with alternative cropping systems combining respect for...
2022 - ARVALIS - Institut du végétal

Practices
Rosy apple aphid: Promote natural antagonists against the rosy apple aphid

The rosy apple aphid is one of the most important and dangerous pests. This is due to its short development cycle and large reproductive potential. Flower strips have a positive impact on pest management – addressing various pests. They enhance the biodiversity of orchards and promote beneficial insects, such as Hoverfly,...
European Union
2022 - Biofruitnet

Video
Farmers success in Liberia

Le Roppa a procédé le 19 juin dernier au lancement d’une série de films produits en partenariat avec SOS Faim Belgique et mettant en lumière des réussites paysannes. Le premier traite de la commercia-lisation des arachides au Sénégal et d’une expérience de contrac-tualisation qui a permis d’augmenter la production et...
Liberia
2022 - Réseau des Organisations Paysannes et des Producteurs de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (ROPPA)

Fact sheet
Componente manejo general del rebaño: identificación y registros productivos

Los registros son la principal fuente de información acerca del estado general del rebaño. Servirá para tomar decisiones sobre la productividad de los animales. Más Información: Bibliografía completa de la corporación Editorial Agrosavia Repositorio Institucional (BAC) Podcast Dimensions Agriperfiles Google Scholar LaReferencia Redalyc Redcol ResearchGate WhastApp Noticias científicas AGROMETRICS CRIS AGROSAVIA: https://vivo.agrosavia.co/
Colombia
2022 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)

Report
Climate change, biodiversity and nutrition nexus

Evidence and emerging policy and programming opportunities
Humankind is facing a perfect storm of climate change, biodiversity loss, and multiple forms of malnutrition (stunting, wasting, micronutrient deficiencies, and obesity) coexisting in the same country, community, household, and even individual. Challenges from each of these areas are well known and recognized, but what seems to be missing in...
2022 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO

Conference paper
Priorities for food and agriculture in the Near East and North Africa region 2020-2030

FAO’s Regional Office for the Near East and North Africa (RNE) has embarked on a series of reflections with the purpose of informing future strategic directions in the region. Part of this process includes a strategic thinking exercise to review current trends and evolving country needs and consider future challenges...
2022 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
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