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Women shaping sustainable food systems – Episode 55
Women are the unsung heroes of our world's food systems. They produce up to 80 per cent of all food in developing countries despite being saddled with a disproportionate share of unpaid work, such as childcare and cooking.
To mark International Women's Day, we explore how gender inequality and gender-based violence can...
2024 - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Fact sheet
Fruits and Nuts of Nepal
Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which:
identify highly nutritious local food plants,
explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way,
detail the nutritional value of the plants and
describe why human bodies require those nutrients.
The resources created by FPS allows people to better...
Nepal
2024 - Food Plant Solutions
Blog article
A revolution for our soil
Degraded soil can be repaired, and replenished with nutrients, until it produces abundant harvests at lower costs, while removing carbon from the atmosphere, and putting it back into the ground. This is the optimistic message of David Montgomery’s book, Growing a Revolution.
United States of America
2024 - Access Agriculture
Fact sheet
Good Gardening and Growing Root and Grain Crops in Nepal
Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which:
identify highly nutritious local food plants,
explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way,
detail the nutritional value of the plants and
describe why human bodies require those nutrients.
The resources created by FPS allows people to better...
Nepal
2024 - Food Plant Solutions
Fact sheet
Leafy Greens and Vegetables of Nepal
Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which:
identify highly nutritious local food plants,
explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way,
detail the nutritional value of the plants and
describe why human bodies require those nutrients.
The resources created by FPS allows people to better...
Nepal
2024 - Food Plant Solutions
Book
Fishery and Aquaculture Statistics – Yearbook 2021
The FAO Yearbook of Fishery and Aquaculture Statistics, prepared by the Statistics Team of the FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Division, offers a synthesis of the major trends in the fisheries and aquaculture sector. Statistics are presented in eight main thematic chapters, covering statistics of production (total, aquaculture, capture fisheries), employment,...
2024 - FAO
Statement
LEY Nº 14.828, DE 20 DE MARZO DE 2024
Esta Ley cual modifica la Ley nº 11.326, de 24 de julio de 2006 (Ley de Agricultura Familiar), para ampliar el alcance de la planificación y ejecución de las acciones de la Política Nacional de Agricultura Familiar y Empresas Familiares Rurales.
Brazil
2024 - Presidência da República, Casa Civil, Secretaria Especial para Assuntos Jurídicos
Audio
Zero waste, full plates: winning with school meals - Episode 54
Our planet faces a paradox: nearly a third of the world's population experienced food insecurity in 2022, yet a third of the food we grow is never eaten at all. Food loss and waste doesn't just rob billions of nourishment, it unnecessarily drains resources and harms the environment.
In this episode,...
2024 - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Article
Agricultural value chain interventions can improve women’s incomes, assets holdings, productivity and savings
Agricultural value chain interventions, such as market integration strategies, negotiating better prices and developing new and more profitable products are important mechanisms to increase farm incomes.While women play a critical role in agriculture, power dynamics and sociocultural norms often restrict their participation to parts of the agricultural value chain that...
2024 - CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform
Blog article
Opinion: Restoring mountain ecosystems in the Himalayas is a global imperative
The Hindu Kush Himalaya faces a critical need for the restoration of its diverse ecosystems, underpinned by the indispensable stewardship of Indigenous communities and local efforts
Mountain ecosystems, including rangelands, wetlands, peatlands and both alpine and temperate forests, are unique habitats characterised by complex geography and rich biodiversity. These ecosystems are integral to the cultures and traditions of diverse Indigenous communities, providing essential goods and services such as food, water, climate regulation and cultural aesthetics. Despite their high economic...
2024 - International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)
Audio
Swaying the power of seaweed - Episode 53
Seaweed packs a punch. It produces more than half of the world’s oxygen and removes millions of tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere each year. It's also incredibly nutritious and easily cultivated, with seaweed farming making up nearly a third of all marine aquaculture.
From the Irish Sea to the...
2024 - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Blog article
Reinas Obreras: Mujeres apicultoras transforman su comunidad en Ecuador
La historia de las apicultoras en Ecuador demuestra que al brindar a las mujeres un acceso más equitativo a los recursos y mercados, mejorar sus habilidades y conocimientos técnicos, abordando las normas sociales profundamente arraigadas que perpetúan las desigualdades de género, la programación de género transformadora tiene el potencial de...
Ecuador
2024 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Audio
Navigating marine biodiversity for a better tomorrow – Episode 52
Marine biodiversity is a precious resource – but it has long been under threat. Today's coral reefs, for example, cover half the area they did in 1950, and nearly 10 per cent of marine life is at risk of extinction.
How can we support small-scale producers who rely on the sea...
2024 - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Newsletter article
Comment: Striving Together for Rights Forever
A wide range of actors—ranging from civil society organizations to grassroots activists and trade unionists—are rallying around a human rights-based approach to tackle issues plaguing the small-scale fisheries subsector.
2024 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Report
Resultados económicos de modelos productivos porcinos. Informe Nº 91. Febrero 2024
Este documento elaborado en el marco del Proyecto “Caracterización de gestiones económicas de sistemas de producción agropecuarios de pequeña y mediana escala” (vigente desde enero del 2020) presenta estimaciones sobre comportamientos de resultados económicos de modelos productivos y tiene como propósito aportar información que favorezca la inclusión de productores, mejore...
Argentina
2024 - Centro de Información de Actividades Porcinas (CIAP)
Technical paper
Bioinsumos: Oportunidades de inversión en América Latina
Los bioinsumos son una pieza clave de la transición agroecológica y pueden facilitar el acceso de los productos agrícolas a algunos exigentes mercados internacionales. A su vez, la promoción y aplicación de los bioinsumos enlaza de forma directa con los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible, ya que permite aumentar la producción...
2024 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Book
The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2024
Blue Transformation in action
The 2024 edition of The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture features the Blue Transformation in action, illustrated by activities and initiatives, led by FAO in collaboration with Members, partners and key stakeholders, to integrate aquatic foods into global food security and sustainability, enhance policy advocacy, scientific research and capacity...
2024 - FAO
Report
Strategy: Accelerating food system transformation through agroecology!
After one year long consultation with our 300 members, the Agroecology Coalition launched its ambitious 2024-2030 Strategy. In a context of growing hunger and accelerating climate and biodiversity crises, this Strategy represents a tool to rapidly accelerate the transition to sustainable agroecological food systems by 2030.
Among the goals set by the Agroecology Coalition, there is...
2024 - Agroecology Coalition
Newsletter article
1984 Rome Conference: Rallying for Collectivism
On the 40th anniversary of the International Conference of Fish Workers and their Supporters (ICFWS), an account of how a group of collaborators pulled off what was then a miracle.
In July 1983, amidst my job tenure in bustling Hong Kong, I received a pivotal letter from a dear friend. It...
2024 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Report
The Costs to Smallholders of AfDB’s Feed Africa Initiative: A Closer Look at the 40 Country Compacts
The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) today unveiled a comprehensive report critically examining the African Development Bank’s ambitious Dakar II initiative, part of the broader Feed Africa program. This initiative, titled ‘Feed Africa: Food Sovereignty and Resilience’, aims to revolutionize African agriculture with a focus on turning the...
2024 - Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA)
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