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Identidad campesina guacariceña

El IMCA con el apoyo financiero de Acting For Life y DKA y en convenio de asociación con la alcaldía de Guacarí, contribuye a la visibilización de la importancia de ser campesino/a donde la identidad de las comunidades campesinas de Guacarí, se relaciona estrechamente con la tierra y con las...
Colombia
2022 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)

Report
Reviving agricultural advisory and extension services in sub-Saharan Africa

The Inter-réseaux Développement rural – IRAM – Ambre conseil/CERFRANCE – CIRAD group was mobilised by the French Development Agency (Agence Française de Développement, or “AFD”) in order to spark discussion on agricultural advisory services. The objective is to provide the AFD with elements for strategic reflection and encourage discussions with...
2022 - Inter-réseaux Développement rural

Manual
Guía de capacitación para defensores y defensoras ambientales sobre el Acuerdo de Escazú

Esta guía ha sido pensada como un documento que sintetice parte del contenido del curso en línea desarrollado durante 2021, de manera de brindar a defensores y defensoras ambientales los conocimientos y las habilidades necesarias para capacitar a sus propias organizaciones y/o comunidades sobre el Acuerdo de Escazú. Para esto,...
2022 - FIMA

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Global Livestock Environmental Assessment Model (GLEAM)

The Global Livestock Environmental Assessment Model is a GIS framework that simulates the bio-physical processes and activities along livestock supply chains under a life cycle assessment approach. The aim of GLEAM is to quantify production and use of natural resources in the livestock sector and to identify environmental impacts of livestock...
2022 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Report
Ukraine Rapid Response Plan March–May 2022

Supporting crisis-affected vulnerable smallholder men and women farmers
The recent escalation in conflict in Ukraine is affecting the food security of the most vulnerable rural households. According to the United Nations (UN) Flash Appeal, given the scale and direction of the ongoing hostilities, 18 million people are projected to be affected, including up to 6.7 million projected to...
Ukraine
2022 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO

Fact sheet
Costos de producción

Para iniciar un cultivo de fríjol voluble, es necesario identificar los gastos en que se incurre durante su producción. 
Colombia
2022 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)

Journal article
Upscaling gross primary production from leaf to canopy for potato crop (Solanum tuberosum L.)

Estimating gross primary production (GPP) is important to understand the land-atmosphere CO2 exchange for major agroecosystems. Eddy covariance (EC) measurements provide accurate and reliable information about GPP, but flux measurements are often not available. Upscaling strategies gain importance as an alternative to the limitations of the use of the EC....
Colombia
2022 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)

Video
Curso virtual: Circuitos Cortos de Comercialización en la Agricultura Familiar

La agricultura familiar tiene un rol preponderante en la dinamización de los circuitos cortos de comercialización como instrumentos para la transformación de los sistemas alimentarios. Para aprender más sobre este tema, el proyecto Sembrando Capacidades, en alianza con el programa Organizaciones de Agricultores de países de África, el Caribe y...
2022 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)

Journal article
Successful Experiences and Lessons from Conservation Agriculture Worldwide

Since 2008/2009, conservation agriculture (CA) cropland area has been expanding globally at an annual rate of more than 10 M ha per year. In 2015/2016, the total CA cropland area was 180.4 M ha, corresponding to 12.5% of global cropland area. In 2018/2019, the total cropland area was 205.4 M...
2022 - University of Reading, UK

Report
Forest Biodiversity in Europe

From Science to Policy 13
This study focuses on how we can effectively maintain and enhance forest biodiversity in Europe. It looks at what is at stake, the current external and internal threats to forest biodiversity and makes recommendations for how we should respond – both in terms of forest management, and also in terms...
2022 - European Forest Institute

Article
Climate-Smart Agriculture in African Countries: A Review of Strategies and Impacts on Smallholder Farmers

The agricultural sector contributes approximately 10–20% of the total anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions. Consequently, climate change can negatively affect crop yields and livestock production thus threatening food security, especially in a vulnerable continent like Africa. This review provides an overview of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) practices and their impacts on...
2022

E-learning
Migration and climate change

This two-lesson course focuses on the impact of climate change on rural livelihoods and how climate change and variability interact with other factors to drive migration. It considers the conditions necessary for migration to be an adaptation strategy to climate change that can ultimately strengthen resilience, so that migration is...
2022 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO

Report
Resultados Económicos de Modelos Productivos Porcinos. Informe Nº 69. Abril 2022

Este documento elaborado en el marco del Proyecto “Caracterización de gestiones económicas de sistemas de producción agropecuarios de pequeña y mediana escala” (vigente desde enero del 2020) presenta estimaciones sobre comportamientos de resultados económicos de modelos productivos y tiene como propósito aportar información que favorezca la inclusión de productores, mejore...
Argentina
2022 - Centro de Información de Actividades Porcinas (CIAP)

Blog article
International conference recognizes small-scale producer organizations as agents of resilience

Small-scale forest and farm producers are building climate resilience in their communities and with the right support can make a difference at scale to maintaining forest and farm landscapes in the face of climate change.The message came this week at the close of the International Conference for Sharing and Learning...
Viet Nam
2022 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO

Fact sheet
Cultivo: condiciones agroecológicas y planificación

Planificación del cultivo, requerimientos ambientales. Recuerde considerar en su planificación la topografía, vías de acceso, cultivos anteriores, distancia al trapiche, época de siembra. Lo anterior aportará a una buena productividad y mejores ingresos.
Colombia
2022 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)

Manual
Producción de semilla certificada de variedades de maíz

Guía para la supervisión e inspección en campo
Este trabajo se ha elaborado para orientar a los profesionales y técnicos encargados de la supervisión del proceso de producción de semilla de maíz certificada, especialmente de las labores de inspección en el campo. La guía presenta cuatro secciones interrelacionadas, siembra, cosecha, post cosecha y asesoría. En la primera sección,...
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
2022 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)

Report
Voices from the ground 2: transformative solutions to the global systemic food crises

POPULAR CONSULTATION ON GRASSROOTS IMPACTS OF COVID-19, CONFLICTS, AND CRISES ON THE RIGHT TO FOOD AND FOOD SOVEREIGNTY
The new global report ‘’Voices from the ground 2: transformative solutions to the global systemic food crises’’ of the Working Group on Global food governance (CSIPM ) in cooperation with the CSIPM Secretariat and with support from the different regional task teams sheds light on global action taken since 2020. It underlines...
2022 - Civil Society and Indigenous Peoples’ Mechanism (CSIPM) for relations with the UN Committee on World Food Security (CFS)

Journal article
Interview: Conservation in Context

Interview with marine biologist and fisheries scientist Ray Hilborn on how area-based conservation measures can be made more inclusive of sustainable fisheries
2022 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)

Newsletter
Boletín Nº7 Trabajo agrario y ruralidades en transformación

Boletín Trabajo agrario y ruralidades en transformación. Número #7 Trabajo Agrario y ruralidades en transformación. Editado por el Grupo de Trabajo CLACSO Trabajo agrario, desigualdades y ruralidades.  En esta edición podrán encontrar interesantes artículos como:  Ruralidad y cuidadosXimena Valdés Subercaseaux Ruralidades, cuidados, mujeres rurales y perspectiva de género en ColombiaMaría Adelaida Farah Q. Trilhas...
2022 - Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales (CLACSO)

Blog article
For Mekong Delta farmers, diversification is the key to climate resilience

Vietnamese farmers in the Mekong Delta face worsening impacts of climate change. Environmental deterioration threatens the lives and livelihoods of millions of people here. Since 2016, a World Bank project has supported more than one million farmers transition into more climate-resilient and resource-efficient ways of living. The project has also...
India
2022 - Leisa India
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