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Regenerative Agriculture

Regenerative agriculture describes holistic farming systems that, among other benefits, improve water and air quality, enhance ecosystem biodiversity, produce nutrient-dense food, and store carbon to help mitigate the effects of climate change. These farm systems are designed to work in harmony with nature, while also maintaining and improving economic viability.
2022 - Chesapeake bay Foundation

Fact sheet
Leaving no one behind: greater involvement and empowerment of rural women in Turkey and Central Asia

The project will help grass-roots rural women in Tajikistan, Turkey and Uzbekistan, gain knowledge and skills to improve their economic status, start businesses and cooperatives, while empowering them to become agents of change in their communities. The project will also contribute to the creation of an enabling environment for rural...
Türkiye
2022 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO

Fact sheet
Contexto de cadena cebolla

En esta ficha de contexto se mencionan los aspectos importantes de la cadena de cebolla enfocados a su marco productivo, regional, económico, comercio internacional, así como sus perspectivas y tendencias frente al mercado, dando a conocer su entorno de Ciencia y Tecnología e Innovación. Más Información: Bibliografía completa de la corporación Editorial Agrosavia Repositorio...
Colombia
2022 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)

Practices
Manejo agronómico: Cosecha y poscosecha

La época de cosecha del fríjol, depende del tipo de mercado al que vaya enfocado: Fríjol seco o en verde.
La época de cosecha del fríjol, depende del tipo de mercado al que vaya enfocado: Fríjol seco o en verde. 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
Informe sobre el uso del Instrumento para la Evaluación del Desempeño de la Agroecología (TAPE) en Argentina Resultados y discusión desde el Área Metropolitana de Rosario

A medida que la agroecología se ha incluido cada vez más en el diálogo internacional sobre el futuro de la alimentación y la agricultura, ha habido llamados para producir las evidencias de su desempeño en las múltiples dimensiones de la sostenibilidad y de su capacidad para lograr múltiples ODS. En...
Argentina
2022 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO

Blog article
Influence of the density of Piliostigma reticulatum (DC) Hochst on the soil macrofauna in the northern Sudanian zone of Burkina Faso

SustainSahel scientists at the UNB - Nazi BONI University found the populations of soil macrofauna communities increase with the density of Piliostigma reticulatum.
Burkina Faso
2022 - Nazi BONI University

Video
AGRI challenge: sustainable pome and stone fruit

Costantino is one of the farmers in the Operational Group SISCCCA. The project develops sustainable integrated systems to control the brown marmorated stink bug.
Italy
2022 - EIP-AGRI Support Facility

Report
Gender and Generational Differences in Local Knowledge and Preference for Food Trees in Central Uganda and Eastern Kenya

Food trees contribute substantially to the food and nutrition security of millions of rural households in Africa. Farming communities prioritize tree and shrub species on farms based on a combination of factors, including their knowledge of potential uses the species' economic potential and a range of constraints and opportunities that...
Kenya - Uganda
2022 - CIFOR-ICRAF

Fact sheet
Contexto de cadena cítricos

En esta ficha de contexto se mencionan los aspectos importantes de la cadena de cítricos enfocados a su marco productivo, regional, económico, comercio internacional, así como sus perspectivas y tendencias frente al mercado, dando a conocer su entorno de Ciencia y Tecnología e Innovación. Más Información: Bibliografía completa de la corporación Editorial Agrosavia Repositorio...
Colombia
2022 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)

Newsletter
FiBL Newsletter October 2022

Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL October 2022 Newsletter News highlighting FiBL’s research, training and advisory services
Austria - European Union - France - Germany - Switzerland
2022 - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL

Report
Food systems profile - Bhutan

Catalysing the sustainable and inclusive transformation of food systems
The Food System Profile provides a summary of the main food system issues in Bhutan and highlights potential solutions for their sustainable and inclusive transformation. The result of a systemic analysis and stakeholders consultation, it is part of a large-scale assessment supported by the European Union, FAO and CIRAD in...
Bhutan
2022 - FAO

Blog article
CAP Strategic Plans and Food Security: Fallow Lands, Feeds, and Transitioning the Livestock Industry

The invasion of Ukraine by Russia has sparked a debate on food security in Europe. Three months later, the fear of food shortages is still used as a pretext to question environmental goals of the CAP and the Green Deal more broadly. The Commission is also pressuring Slovakia, Hungary and India who decided to...
Dominican Republic
2022 - ARC2020

Report
Report on the use of the Tool for Agroecology Performance Evaluation (TAPE) in Lesotho in the context of the Restoration of Landscape and Livelihoods Project (ROLL)

Results and analysis
As agroecology has increasingly been brought into the international dialogue on the future of food and agriculture, there have been calls for building the evidence base of its performance across the multiple dimensions of sustainability and its capacity to achieve multiple SDGs. In response to this need, FAO coordinated the...
Lesotho
2022 - FAO, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Rural Self-Help Development Association (RSDA) for the implementation of the Tool for Agroecology Performance Evaluation (TAPE) in Lesotho

Blog article
Assessing the impact of trees and shrubs on soil biology

First results from BIOFUNCTOOL clearly highlight a strong potential for trees and shrubs to enhance carbon dynamics in soils.
Senegal
2022 - IRD

Journal article
Levers for the agroecological transition of tropical agriculture

To promote greater sustainability in agriculture, development of agroecology is increasingly being invoked. What are the conditions for establishing agroecological production in tropical regions? Based upon case studies in several tropical areas, we provide here some answers to this question. We review the “pillars” (i.e. principles) and the “implementation levers”...
2022

Blog article
Discussing the role of citizen science in agroecology

Citizen science is a somewhat familiar term - but what does it entail in practice, and how can it be applied in the context of agroecological transitions?  The focus of a recent presentation entitled One Million Voices initiative: Introducing Citizen Science for Agroecology – held on 28 February – was to answer that exact...
2022 - GLFx

Fact sheet
Contexto de cadena coco

En esta ficha de contexto se mencionan los aspectos importantes de la cadena de coco enfocados a su marco productivo, regional, económico, comercio internacional, así como sus perspectivas y tendencias frente al mercado, dando a conocer su entorno de Ciencia y Tecnología e Innovación. Más Información: Bibliografía completa de la corporación Editorial Agrosavia Repositorio...
Colombia
2022 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)

Blog article
Maasai women embracing new farming methods

In areas ravaged by droughts intensified by climate change, women from traditional cattle farming communities in Kenya are expanding their knowledge and skills so that they can get climate smart and adapt to an increasingly arid environment.
Kenya
2022 - RURAL WOMEN NETWORK

Report
EIP-AGRI Workshop Conversion to organic farming: Innovative approaches and challenges

FINAL REPORT
The European Farm-to-Fork strategy considers organic farming as a core element for improving agricultural sustainability, due to manifold best practice examples for sustainable farm management. Conversion to organic farming requires comprehensive knowledge about organic production practices, and good understanding of the conversion process itself and the related rules and regulations....
European Union
2022 - Eip Agri

Event
Primera feria virtual +Rural +Digital: Promoviendo la integración del mundo rural

La FAO ha organizado la primera feria virtual “+Rural +Digital: Promoviendo la integración del mundo rural” para conversar de los desafíos y de las expectativas de la transformación digital del mundo rural, un proceso que nos muestra beneficios y también inequidades. +Rural +Digital es un llamado a fortalecer los cambios tecnológicos que...
2022 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
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