With the world facing multiple crises including, COVID-19, conflicts, climate crisis and biodiversity loss, our forests can help us recover from their impact, but only if we step up action to unlock their potential. In a key report launched today, the State of the World’s Forests Report 2022, the Food and...

FAO has promoted the ecosystem approach to fisheries (EAF) as an appropriate framework for the sustainable development and management of fisheries worldwide. With a view to contribute to the identification of lessons and good practices for EAF implementation, this publication documents nine case studies that attempted to put into practice...

La inseguridad alimentaria en América Latina y el Caribe alcanza el 41% y uno de cada 4 adultos sufre obesidad (FAO, et al, 2021), dicha tendencia se ha ido dando desde 2015 y acentuando en 2020, tal vez como producto de la emergencia sanitaria originada en la Covid-19. En Colombia...

FAO  Agroecology Newsletter of January 2022

Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) is arguably the most complex threat to global health security, potentially leading to millions of deaths a year and hundreds of billions of dollars lost in annual economic growth. It threatens to compromise the global community’s progress towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Misuse...

FoodTank has produced an article based on the May 2022 dialogues on agroecology and the politics of knowledge, co-organized by AFSA, Groundswell International, IPES-Food, CCRP and Agroecology Fund, with the technical assistance of FAO and supported by Global Alliance for the Future of Food.  

Esta publicación le brinda al productor, en un lenguaje natural de fácil entendimiento, algunos aspectos clave para el cultivo de caña panelera. Está enfocado en temáticas como el clima, el uso de suelo, las plagas y las enfermedades, con conocimientos actualizados con el fin de mejorar las prácticas en su...

Al participar en la ceremonia de cierre del Año Internacional de Frutas y Verduras de la FAO, la primera dama de la República, Raquel Arbaje, reveló que próximamente el Gobierno someterá al Congreso Nacional un proyecto de Ley de Agricultura Familiar que dará mayores facilidades y apoyo del Estado a los pequeños...

RELACS seeks to promote the development and adoption of environmentally safe and economically viable tools and technologies to reduce the use of external inputs in organic farming systems, namely: Copper and mineral oil for plant protection, Recycled fertilizers and conventional manure in plant production, Antibiotics and anti-worm drugs (anthelmintics) in animal production, Synthetic vitamins in animal...

Plusieurs panélistes ayant pris part à  la deuxième édition de ce rendez-vous, par  l’agence AfricaPresse Paris sur le développement de l’agriculture en Afrique ont  proposé des solutions à la problématique de la souveraineté alimentaire du continent. La rencontre s’est tenue mercredi 23 mars 2022 à Paris, dans le cadre de...

Thailand experienced several cycles of rapid expansion and intensification of production, followed by sector-wide losses from a series of viral disease outbreaks. Farms were forced to innovate and adapt management measures to address the perceived sources, or drivers, of disease. The implementation of heterotrophic, low water exchange shrimp-farming systems –...

The relationship between reflectance and chlorophyll (Chl) and nitrogen (N) contents in maize leaves was analyzed to identify useful spectral indices for diagnosing the nutritional status of crops in terms of N. An experiment was carried out in random blocks with five treatments of nitrogen fertilizer (0, 50, 100, 150,...

Le défi alimentaire accentué par la crise géopolitique avec une inflation des prix liée aux engrais et la famine qui se pointe interpelle tout le monde.

The EU Ambassador to PNG launched a new transport infrastructure project in East Sepik which improves access to market, business opportunities, health aids and schools for more than 2000 villagers in a ground-breaking ceremony.  Wewak, Papua New Guinea – His Excellency, Ambassador Jernej Videtič, the Head of the European Union Delegation to...

The publication is prepared in the framework of "UTF/AZE/010/AZE - Improvement of Cattle Production in Azerbaijan through Establishment of Effective Cattle Breeding and Feeding Systems" project implemented under the FAO-Azerbaijan Partnership Programme (FAPP, 2016-2021) that aims to improve cattle productivity through appropriate breeding management and strengthened services for artificial insemination,...

The Third CAADP Biennial Review (BR) reporting cycle has benefited from the overall coordination of AUC-DARBE and AUDA-NEPAD throughout the process. Our sincere gratitude is extended to the logistics teams that supported the process at various stages. The Policy LINK team is highly appreciated for the excellent logistical support provided...

The countries of Latin America and the Caribbean are immersed in the difficult task of recovering our agrifood systems hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. In this complex situation, tropical race 4 of the Musaceae fusarium wilt is undoubtedly the greatest challenge facing the banana and plantain agribusiness in our region....

European and national policymakers, experts and leading organisations of the organic seed sector get together in Zagreb (Croatia) from 18 to 21 October to discuss the roadmap to 100 % organic seed and plant breeding in Croatia and EU. Also, at the meeting, LIVESEEDING was launched, a Horizon Europe-funded strategic...

En este documento compartimos la experiencia de juntanza entre mujeres indígenas, afrodescendientes y mestizas del sur de La Guajira, para reflexionar y actuar frente a nuestro derecho a una vida libre de violencias. Estos encuentros tuvieron lugar a partir del espacio Círculo de la Palabra de las Mujeres (en adelante...

Use of biocontrol fungi (BF) such as Trichoderma spp. minimizes fungicide input and increases both plant nutrition and protection from disease. Thus, the introduction of BF by novel inoculants in crop management is an excellent strategy to promote sustainable antagonism activity. Within these strategies, encapsulation in polymeric matrices such as...