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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

Newsletter article
Se desarrolla un nuevo futuro para la agricultura

No es nada nuevo el concepto detrás de la agricultura regenerativa (que es, en sí, restaurar la salud del suelo), pero en los últimos años lo han adoptado expertos y agricultores, organizaciones no gubernamentales y empresas incluidas en la lista de Fortune 500 con conciencia ecológica. El movimiento promete restaurar...
2022 - Regeneration International

Fact sheet
7 idées clés sur l'impact du Covid-19 sur les pasteurs

Quel impact de la COVID19 sur le pastoralisme ? Retour sur les 7 idées clés des informations collectées par le RBM auprès des éleveurs. (1/7) Les mesures publiques de lutte contre le coronavirus ont fortement perturbé la mobilité du bétail avec des zones de blocage des transhumants. L’impact a été d’autant...
2022 - Inter-réseaux Développement rural

Practices
Cultivo: corte, alce y transporte

Esta infografía da a conocer el índice de madurez, el transporte, tipos de corte, recomendaciones en el cultivo de caña 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: plagas del cultivo de maíz

Las plagas de mayor importancia y frecuencia son: Cogollero del maíz (S. frugiperda), Barrenador del maíz (Diatraea saccharalis) y Chinche café: (Euchistus rufimanus). 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)

Newsletter
Boletín Informativo Ordenación Forestal Sustentable y Conservación de Bosques en la Perspectiva Ecosocial

En este Segundo Boletín Informativo del proyecto ‘Ordenación Forestal Sustentable y Conservación de Bosques en una Perspectiva Ecosocial’, se muestran algunos de los resultados de las nuevas estrategias y prácticas de Manejo Forestal Sostenible y Manejo Sustentable de la Tierra implementadas en la reserva forestal Imataca, donde se destacan las...
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
2022 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)

Journal article
India: A Responsible Line

A community-based, bottom-up regime of fisheries management, rooted in traditional ecological knowledge, is practised in the pole-and-line tuna fishery of India’s Lakshadweep Islands. India is home to a large number of small-scale fishers (SSF) using diverse craft-gear combinations along the country’s long coastline and island systems. One standout entry is the...
India
2022 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)

Book
Natural capital, agriculture and the law

Through an extended study of agricultural land use and policy, Natural Capital, Agriculture and the Law presents a comprehensive legal analysis of proposals for protecting natural capital stocks and the sustainable use of ecosystem services, critiquing the legal challenges in designing and operationalizing a workable natural capital approach.
2022 - Cheltenham, (UK) Edward Elgar Publishing Limited 2022

Book
Encyclopedia of Scale Insect Pests

Scale insects feed on plant juices and can easily be transported to new countries on live plants. They sometimes become invasive pests, costing billions of dollars in damage to crops worldwide annually, and farmers try to control them with toxic pesticides, risking environmental damage. Fortunately, scale insects are highly susceptible...
Colombia
2022 - ‎‎Corporación colombiana de investigación agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)

Book
Potentially Important Food Plants of Chad

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...
Chad
2022 - The Rotary Club of Devonport North

Newsletter
FAO Agroecology Newsletter #59

FAO  Agroecology Newsletter of May 2022
2022 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO

Book part
Metodologías para la selección de materiales forrajeros

En este capítulo se presentan los procedimientos que se deben cumplir para la selección de materiales forrajeros que se utilizarán en la alimentación de bovinos. Se inicia con la evaluación agronómica en pequeñas parcelas y se continúa con la multiplicación de semilla de los materiales seleccionados en la evaluación agronómica....
Colombia
2022 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)

Practices
Cultivo: enfermedades

Síntomas: presencia de pequeñas manchas amarillentas, alargadas y visibles por ambos lados de la hoja. En el envés de las hojas, aparece un polvillo que contiene el hongo de color naranja o café (dependiendo de la roya que este afectando) que sobresale de la superficie de ellas y es dispersado...
Colombia
2022 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)

Conference/Meeting
How relevant is the notion of resilience for agri-food systems?

The notion of resilience has been applied to food systems for several years now, and "food resilience" has become an even more pronounced buzzword in scientific communities, international institutions, public policies and social movements in France. In this context, we suggest some elements of clarification of the notion and of...
2022 - INRAE

Policy brief/paper
Asia-Europe Environment Forum Policy Brief on Circular Food Systems

The Asia-Europe Environment Forum (ENVforum) Annual Conference 2021 focused on Circular Food Systems as possible solutions to reverse climate change. One of the sessions of the Conference was “Agriculture and food”. This session focused on challenges and solutions for implementing the principles of a circular economy in agriculture, in the context of climate...
2022 - Asia-Europe Environment Forum

Journal article
Nigeria: A Capital Choice

A participatory, bottom-up approach will go a long way in ensuring sustainable livelihoods for communities in the small-scale fisheries sector of Nigeria. Nigeria’s small-scale fisheries are very diverse, providing livelihood and food for millions of people engaged in the fisheries value chain. Fishing activity occurs in the vast network of inland...
Nigeria
2022 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)

Video
Managing Environmental Conditions to Improve Seedling Quality with Christof Bernau

UC Santa Cruz Farm Garden Manager Christof Bernau explains how to influence and manage environmental conditions to ensure quality seedlings.
2022 - UC Santa Cruz Center for Agroecology
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