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Cycle of Dialogues Climate and resilient management of agricultural ecosystems

Since the end of 2021 and so far this year 2022, the world faces fertilizer scarcity, driven by a rise in prices, increasing by approximately 78% in this period. Prices of P and K fertilizers went from US$ 450 to US$ 1200 per ton; urea went from US$ 500 to over US$...
2022 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Case study
A journey of struggle and empowerment of women of the dry and arid area of Surendranagar: Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) and Surendranagar Mahila Bal Vikas Mandal (SMBVM)

Women and their needs are still largely unaccounted for, with policies unfavorable to them. Through the formation of women’s groups and associations, women’s issues and needs were made visible in various arenas – community, market, and policy processes. The experience of Surendranagar Mahila Bal Vikas Mandal showed that the needs of women...
India
2022 - Surendranagar Mahila Bal Vikas Mandal (SMBVM)

Article
Long term assessment of salinity impact on fruit yield in eighteen date palm varieties

Date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) growth and production in the arid regions is adversely affected by increasing soil and water salinities. Although many aspects of date palm nutrition, physiology, genetics, and many more are extensively researched, the evaluation of salinity impact on date palm growth and productivity are limited to short duration studies and/or...
2022 - Agricultural Water Management

Blog article
New project explores impacts of biodiversity loss on women and girls

IIED is undertaking a review of the impacts of biodiversity loss on women and girls and has launched a survey to capture views on these impacts, the policy gaps and barriers to participation in decision making. A new short-term project funded by the UK's Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs...
2022 - IIED

Journal
Organic Research Centre Bulletin No. 136 - Summer 2022

The Organic Research Centre is a leading, independent, research charity working for better farming, food and health, promoting environmental sustainability, quality food and health and wellbeing for all. We work in the UK and internationally to: research and develop practical, sustainable land management and food production systems based on organic...
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2022 - The Organic Research Centre

Book part
Manejo del recurso suelo

El suelo es considerado un recurso natural no renovable (fao, 2015). Por tanto, es necesario realizar prácticas que permitan su cuidado y a la vez la producción de mango de azúcar. 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)

Fact sheet
Manejo fitosanitario: Manejo de plagas

Control oportuno de arvenses que pueden servir como hospederos alternos y conservación de benéficos. Uso de entomopatógenos como Bacillus thuringiensis para el control de larvas. Uso de control químico bajo la recomendación de un especialista. 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)

Journal article
Semi-parametric generalized estimating equations for repeated measurements in cross-over designs

A model for cross-over designs with repeated measures within each period was developed. It is obtained using an extension of generalized estimating equations that includes a parametric component to model treatment effects and a non-parametric component to model time and carry-over effects, the estimation approach for the non-parametric component is...
Colombia
2022 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)

E-learning
Curso: Innovación y sostenibilidad en la agricultura familiar

El Curso “Innovación y Sostenibilidad en la Agricultura Familiar”, se enmarca en la Plataforma Técnica Regional para la Agricultura Familiar en alianza con los proyectos “Sembrando Capacidades” (ABC, MAPA Brasil, MADR Colombia y FAO) y Farmers Organizations for African, Caribbean and Pacific countries FO4ACP (FIDA, UE, OACPS, PROCASUR y FAO). Esta plataforma...
2022 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)

Report
The State of Food and Agriculture 2022

Leveraging agricultural automation for transforming agrifood systems
Automation has been shaping world agriculture since the early twentieth century. Motorized mechanization has brought significant benefits in terms of improved productivity, reduced drudgery and more efficient allocation of labour, but also some negative environmental impacts. More recently, a new generation of digital agricultural automation technologies has appeared, with the...
2022 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO

Blog article
Action Plan for the Development of Organic Production in the EU

Organic farming is a farming method that uses natural substances and processes to produce food. This means that organic farming has a low environmental impact. In accordance with the EU regulation for organic production, it is very restrictive on the use of different synthetic products and prohibits the use of...
European Union
2022 - EU CAP Network

Journal article
IYAFA 2022: Leap Year

The occasion was the 35th Session of the Committee on Fisheries (COFI-35), the intergovernmental forum of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The purpose was to review and discuss issues and challenges related to fisheries and aquaculture. Campaigners for the rights of small-scale fishers and Indigenous...
2022 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)

E-learning
Small and medium enterprises and nutrition - upgrading business models

This is the second of a series of two e-learning courses on Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and Nutrition. In this course, you will learn an approach to integrate nutrition into SME business models, in order to make food systems more nutrition-sensitive.
2022 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO

Blog article
'Too many people, not enough food' isn't the cause of hunger and food insecurity

Many assume world hunger is due to "too many people, not enough food." This trope has persisted since the 18th century and moves us away from addressing the root causes of hunger and malnutrition. The world produces enough food to provide every man, woman and child with more than 2,300...
2022

Audio
Agriculture: A snapshot of Czech agriculture

Episode 18 of Food for Europe takes a long look at agriculture in the Czech Republic, following its assumption of the six-month rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union. Like all EU member states, Czechia is trapped in a storm of events outside its control, with farmers badly hit...
Czechia
2022 - Food for Europe

Magazine article
N°77: Do agricultural advisory services still have a purpose?

In recent years, agricultural advisory services have been the subject of renewed interest at the level of agricultural policies and development aid. Numerous development actors have taken up the issue of advice to farmers: professional agricultural organizations, government agencies, investors, agri-providers, NGOs, telephone companies, etc. Questioning the meaning of agricultural advisory...
2022 - Inter-réseaux Développement rural

Book
Potentially Important Food Plants of Central African Republic (CAR)

This guide is based on information from the Food Plants International (FPI) database developed by Tasmanian agricultural scientist Bruce French.The source material and guidance for the preparation of the book has been made possible through the support of Food Plants International, the Rotary Clubs of District 9830, particularly the Rotary...
Central African Republic
2022 - The Rotary Club of Devonport North

Case study
Empowering communities and addressing farming challenges through cooperatives: The Case of Yen Duong Cooperative

Women-led cooperatives have played a role in improving women farmers’ technical know-how, leadership capacities, business skills, and advocacy skills. Women members of Yen Duong Cooperative in Vietnam were trained in agroforestry production, handicrafts making, and tourism and actively participated in advocacy and policy-making activities in their locality. They have successfully...
Viet Nam
2022 - Yen Duong Cooperative

Blog article
¿Y usted ya comió?

La mística de Doña Celestina
¿Y usted ya comió? La mística de Doña Celestina   Conocí a Doña Celestina -una mujer de sombrero alto, encantadora a la vista, voluptuosa, de ojos chinos y manos cálidas como su fogón- en un viaje a Pechuquiz.   Pechuquiz es una planicie en el distrito de Frías del departamento de Piura, zona costeña y...
2022 - The Barefoot Guide Connection

Video
Curso virtual: Innovación y sostenibilidad en la agricultura familiar

Los sistemas alimentarios se enfrentan a múltiples desafíos de sostenibilidad derivados de la presión demográfica, el cambio climático, la pérdida de biodiversidad y problemas de malnutrición. Sin embargo, la agricultura familiar ha venido poniendo en práctica soluciones innovadoras a estos desafíos. Para aprender sobre este tema, el proyecto Sembrando Capacidades,...
2022 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
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