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The Resources section holds archived publications and multimedia materials related to family farming general issues.

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Regional Knowledge Platform on One Country One Priority Product (OCOP) in Asia and the Pacific

Countries in the Asia-Pacific region have rich experience in Special Agricultural Products (SAPs) development and expressed strong desire to share knowledge on SAPs development. Responding to the request of Member States in the region, hosted by FAO's Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, the OCOP Regional Knowledge Platform aims...
2022 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO

Fact sheet
Contexto de cadena plantas aromáticas

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

Practices
Tips for harvesting and storage of different crops

  This practice shows some simple tips for harvesting and storage of different crops. The dependence of much food production on climatic fluctuations means that variability in food output can never be completely avoided. Adequate on-farm and household storage are therefore crucial, not only to enable storage of current and surplus food...
2022 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA

Fact sheet
Manejo agronómico: Selección de semilla y variedades

La semilla es la portadora del potencial genético, que permite a una variedad expresar su capacidad en cuanto a producción y tolerancia o resistencia a enfermedades. Por esto, es de gran importancia usar semilla de calidad, ya sea seleccionada o certificada en nuestros cultivos. Más Información: Bibliografía completa de la corporación Editorial Agrosavia Repositorio...
Colombia
2022 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria AGROSAVIA.

Article
Traque des innovations numériques au service de la transition agroécologique au Bénin

Face au défi alimentaire et aux instabilités climatiques, l’agriculture du Bénin doit accroître ses performances économiques, sociales et environnementales, en particulier par le développement de l’agroécologie. Le numérique est souvent cité comme un levier majeur de la transition agroécologique, mais les innovations numériques en agriculture au Bénin restent peu visibles....
Benin
2022 - CIRAD

Case study
The power of ‘tech plus people’ in collective climate action

India’s rural economy, largely dependent on rainfed agriculture, is increasingly vulnerable to climate change. More frequent, intense heatwaves and unpredictable rains undermine farmers’ efforts to protect crops and sustain their families. In 2021, to support communities to cope with crises, ‘CRISP-M’ was launched: an accessible online tool that helps communities...
India
2022 - IIED

Magazine article
N°81 : Partnerships between farmers and businesses

The Covid-19 pandemic has revealed the structural weaknesses of the global food system and has been an aggravating factor in existing food and nutritional crises. Roughly 690 million people were already suffering from hunger in 2019, and current projections indicate that the pandemic will push as many as 132 million...
2022 - Inter-réseaux Développement rural

Book
The small-scale fisheries and aquaculture sector in Asia

Small in scale, big in value
This photostory book celebrates the International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture 2022 (IYAFA 2022) by showing the diversity of the small-scale fisheries and aquaculture sector in Asia, as home to the majority of the world's small-scale fishers, fish farmers, and fish workers. The photostory book pays homage to the...
2022 - FAO, INFOFISH

E-learning
Understanding antimicrobial resistance in food and agriculture

This course offers an overview of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) as a global threat to human, animal and environmental health, and explains the role of the food and agriculture sector, and the impact of AMR on agrifood systems. It also describes how the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations...
2022 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO

Fact sheet
Contexto de cadena plátano

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

Working paper
Gender equality and informality in low-carbon transitions: a review of evidence to identify transformative outcomes

Just transitions to low-carbon societies and economies are important areas of climate-change relevant, post-pandemic and development policy and practice in the global North and the global South. These transitions present opportunities to transform gender equality. Now is the time to assess, negotiate and set gender-equality aims for gender just transitions to...
2022 - IIED

Blog article
Food security: Commission steps up support for global action to transform food systems via eight Global Coalitions

In light of the dire food security situation and high food prices, after two years of COVID-19 pandemic and the consequences of the Russian-Ukraine confict, the European Commission is today stepping up its support for the transformation of food systems by actively engaging in eight global Coalitions for Action. These will assist partner...
European Union
2022 - European Commission

Video
Soil Microfauna - Mycorrhizal Community in Soil

Arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi (AMF) are soil microorganisms that can form mutualistic relationships with most terrestrial plants. The AMF spores germinate, infect the root system, and form arbuscules structures inside the cells serving as sites for nutrient exchange between the plant and the fungi. Depending on the plant species, growing practices,...
2022 - World Agroforestry Centre

Report
Classification of forest products 2022

The statistical classification system for forest products enables the collection, compilation, analysis and dissemination of high-quality global data on forest products by ensuring that information is comparable across countries. FAO and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) published the first version of the Classification of forest products (CFP)...
2022 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO

Event
Organics Europe Youth Event 2022

The Organics Europe Youth Event (OEYE), taking place on 31 August-1 September in Frick, Switzerland, is an event for youth interested and active in organic. It will provide a platform to discuss and learn about the potential and challenges of organic production and its role as a sustainable food system.The youth event...
2022 - IFoam Organics

Blog article
KOKUE: Una aplicación móvil que ayuda a crear huertas agroecológicas

La Asociación Cultural para el Desarrollo Integral (ACDI) creó Kokue, una herramienta tecnológica gratuita que hoy ya tiene más de 6.300 descargas y es utilizada en seis provincias de Argentina, en Paraguay y Bolivia. Con el objetivo de mejorar el acceso a una alimentación adecuada de comunidades rurales y urbanas del...
Argentina
2022 - Asociación Cultural para el Desarrollo Integral (ACDI)

Fact sheet
Contexto de cadena quinua

En esta ficha de contexto se mencionan los aspectos importantes de la cadena de quinua 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: Sistemas y arreglos de siembra

Los productores del oriente y suroeste antioqueño, han usado diferentes sistemas y arreglos de siembra, sin embargo, en fríjol, el más usado es el monocultivo con tutorado en madera. Fuente principal Modelo tecnológico para el cultivo de fríjol voluble (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) en el departamento de Antioquia Más Información: Bibliografía completa de la corporación Editorial...
Colombia
2022 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)

Project
Gaza Foodways

Gaza Foodways [towards resilient women-led urban agroecological food systems] is a transdisciplinary research collaboration between: the Palestinian Hydrology Group, the Gaza Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture Platform, the University College of Applied Science (Gaza), and the Centre for Agroecology, Water & Resilience, Coventry University (UK) to contribute toward a ‘just transition’ to diversified low-carbon urban food...
Gaza Strip
2022 - Palestinian Hydrology Group, the Gaza Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture Platform, the University College of Applied Science (Gaza), and the Centre for Agroecology, Water & Resilience, Coventry University (UK)

Book
Utopías agrecológicas para el agrocapitalismo. Una perspectiva crítica desde las agroecologías de los sures.

La tesis central que se defiende en este libro, es que: el poder agrocapitalista ha diseñado dos poderosas matrices, a través de las cuales produce y reproduce dos tipos de paisajes agrarios, para lo cual, históricamente se ha apropiado, además de cuerpos y territorios, de un saber agronómico que dicho...
Colombia
2022 - Universidad del Tolima
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