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Manual
Asia-Pacific roadmap for primary forest conservation

The purpose of the roadmap is to delineate and inform the process by which decision makers and actors can evaluate the status, diversity and trends of primary forests in the region, identify priority areas for primary forest conservation, assess the threats they face, and explore possible ways to address them....
2022 - FAO; CIFOR; CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry;

Video
African Agroecological Entrepreneurship & Territorial Markets Convening

From May 24th to 26th, 2022, the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) has teamed with partners to host the first trailblazing three-day continental convening on AFRICAN AGROECOLOGICAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND TERRITORIAL MARKETS in Munyonyo, Uganda. Over 130 people in person and 80 virtual participants attended the event, which brought...
2022 - AFSA

Blog article
Community Radio: Building Trust During and Post-Covid-19 Waves

This blog, in the backdrop of World Radio Day, highlights the instrumental role Community Radio Alfaz-e-Mewat FM 107.8 played during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a country as vast and diverse as India, inclusion can only be achieved by strengthening communication that serves the people at the bottom of the pyramid,...
India
2022 - Agricultural Extension in South Asia AESA

Case study
Working in harmony with the environment

Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems preserve the biodiversity in their midst
Biodiversity constitutes an essential element in our global ecosystems and provides the foundation for agricultural practices and food production. It is essential to our well-being and food security, but it is often threatened by our activities. In some places, however, farmers have learned to work in harmony with the environment...
2022 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO

Fact sheet
Contexto de cadena forestal

En esta ficha de contexto se mencionan los aspectos importantes de la cadena de forestal 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
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 Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) Network

Event
High Level “Scaling up Agroecology Initiative” virtual event

Since its launch in 2018, the Scaling up Agroecology Initiative seeks to mobilize dialogue, cooperation and investment within and beyond the UN system, to bring agroecology to scale and achieve multiple sustainable development goals through sustainable agriculture and food systems. Different UN Agencies are progressively supporting agroecology across their respective...
India - Mexico - Senegal
2022 - FAO, IFAD, WFP, CBD, UNEP, UNDP, WHO

Blog article
CYCLE DE L'EAU : UNE SIXIÈME LIMITE PLANÉTAIRE VIENT D’ÊTRE FRANCHIE, C’EST LA DEUXIÈME CETTE ANNÉE

Une sixième limite planétaire vient d'être franchie selon plusieurs scientifiques. Elle concerne le cycle de l'eau et plus particulièrement l'eau verte, celle qui est absorbée par les végétaux. En Amazonie, mais partout ailleurs, l'humidité des sols change et les forêts se transforment en savanes en raison du changement climatique et...
2022 - Novethic

Website
Animal Production and Health Division (NSA)

The NSA Division supports member countries to strengthen the contribution of the livestock sector towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – as animal rearing on farms can be particularly effective at reducing hunger and poverty. The Division endeavours to facilitate the participation of all livestock producers – large and...
2022 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO

Fact sheet
Contexto de cadena hortalizas

En esta ficha de contexto se mencionan los aspectos importantes de la cadena de hortalizas 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)

Report
The future of food systems in Europe and Central Asia - 2022–2025 and beyond

The document provides a comprehensive analysis of the future of the food systems in Europe and Central Asia based on a qualitative review of the literature and information available at the time of drafting. Specific attention will be given to (i) economic growth; (ii) natural resources and climate change; (iii)...
2022 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO

Report
Status of digital agriculture in 47 sub-Saharan African countries

Sub-Saharan Africa is uniquely positioned significantly increase its current agricultural productivity to lift the region’s more than 400 million people out of extreme poverty and improve the livelihood of approximately 250 million smallholder farmers and pastoralists in the region. To achieve that, substantive digital transformation of the agriculture sector is...
2022 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO

Report
Baffling Shades of Blue

Addressing the impacts of the Blue Economy on small-scale fisheries in Latin America
The incessant noise over ‘Blue Economy’ and ‘Blue Growth’ leaves artisanal and small-scale fishers dazed and confused. This report works through that confusion. It draws on scholarship from the trenches and the research centres across ten Latin American countries. From extensive interviews, policy reviews, analyses of finances and online datasets....
2022 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)

Report
The future of the European Farming Model

Socio-economic and territorial implications of the decline in the number of farms and farmers in the EU
This study provides an overview of the effect of the decline in the number of farms across the EU on the European farming model (EFM), which is built around the notion of multifunctionality and provision of public goods by agriculture. It concludes that in order to foster sustainability and resilience,...
European Union
2022 - Directorate-General for Internal Policies of the Union (European Parliament)

Article
Diversity and Conservation Gap Analysis of the Solanaceae of Southern South America

There is a need to make substantial advances in the taxonomic, systematic, and distribution knowledge of plants, and find better ways of transmission of this information to society to surpass the general pattern described as "plant blindness." The diversity of the plant family Solanaceae reaches its peak in South America,...
Colombia
2022 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)

Journal article
Africa - IYAFA 2022: A New Dawn, A New Day

Starting their international year on a high note, the African Confederation of Professional Organizations of Artisanal Fisheries (CAOPA) hopes to become a prominent platform. On the eve of the International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture (IYAFA 2022), artisanal fisheries have never been more essential to the survival of coastal communities...
2022 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)

Video
Teaching agroecology in schools

To value local culture, and to encourage a healthy lifestyle it is important that schools include topics on farming and traditional food in their curriculum and activities. Weave elements related to agroecology in the school curriculum of all the grades. By organising field visits, children can learn from farmers about...
Peru
2022 - Access Agriculture

Website
Gateway to dairy production and products

World milk production is almost entirely derived from cattle, buffaloes, goats, sheep and camels. Other less common milk animals are yaks, horses, reindeers and donkeys. The presence and importance of each species varies significantly among regions and countries. The key elements that determine the dairy species kept are feed, water...
2022 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO

Book part
Crecimiento y desarrollo de los pastos

Para hacer un buen manejo de pastos es necesario aplicar conceptos de fisiología vegetal relacionados con el crecimiento y desarrollo con enfoque en la producción de biomasa (conformada por hojas y tallos, que son la fuente alimenticia de los rumiantes). El efecto del animal sobre el pasto junto con el...
Colombia
2022 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)

Fact sheet
Contexto de cadena láctea

En esta ficha de contexto se mencionan los aspectos importantes de la cadena láctea 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 Institucional...
Colombia
2022 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)
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