Nearly 30 percent of the population are experiencing acute food insecurity, and will likely deteriorate further unless urgent assistance is provided. An estimated 6.3 million people in Sri Lanka are facing moderate to severe acute food insecurity and their situation is expected to worsen if adequate life-saving assistance and livelihood support...

Colombia, primer consumidor y segundo productor de panela en el mundo, después de la India. En la presente infografía se dan a conocer datos de los costos de producción nacional. 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/

Debido a los cambios que ha traído consigo la agricultura verde, en la actualidad las empresas productoras de bioinsumos están en proceso de expansión, ya que buscan implementar estrategias para mejorar la producción agrícola. Dichos procesos incluyen la expansión a nuevas tierras, el incremento de la producción por hectárea gracias...

Case studies from India highlight the vital but little-recognised role that women play as fishers. It is now acknowledged that women account for 50 per cent of the workforce in fisheries and aquaculture, especially when we take into account their work in post-harvest activities like processing and trading. The findings of...

En este documento encontrará los aspectos generales sobre las buenas prácticas de manejo en la maternidad porcina.

Ricardo Torres Cruz, a native Nahua community leader and fisherman, had just traveled 340 miles to Mexico City so he could enter the federal government’s Attorney General’s Office to affirm a legal complaint against Petróleos de México – Pemex – the state-owned oil company he blames for killing the fish...

Dans le petit village de Gourga, au Burkina Faso, proche de la grande frontière du Sahara, un homme a « arrêté le désert ». Récompensé en 2018 par le Right Livelihood Award (souvent présenté comme le prix Nobel de l’alternative), Yacouba Sawadogo entretient depuis 40 ans une forêt qui a complètement changé les perspectives du...

CIFOR-ICRAF Bioenergy Research Scientist Mary Njenga highlights the importance of implementing circular bioeconomy principal in bioenergy. What is a circular bioeconomy? A circular bioeconomy is an economy powered by nature. It is a new economic model that emphasizes the use of renewable natural capital and focuses on minimizing waste, replacing the wide...

El objetivo del presente catálogo fue reunir toda la información disponible a la fecha sobre los laboratorios e instituciones que proveen servicios de diagnóstico de enfermedades de organismos acuáticos de declaración obligatoria de la Organización Mundial de Sanidad Animal (OIE), enfermedades comunes en granjas y de entrenamiento en temas de...

Los parámetros de calidad microbiológica para bioplaguicidas producidos a base de hongos, bacterias y virus son similares, pues se enfocan, principalmente, en la identificación, cuantificación y viabilidad del principio activo y en la determinación del contenido de contaminantes. Sin embargo, existen aspectos particulares que requieren más atención que otros, los...

Cada día las abejas van de flor en flor en busca de néctar y polen para llevar a su colmena. Labor que se distingue por su organización y efectividad. A nivel mundial la producción de miel es cercana a 1 millón 800 mil toneladas (Faostat 2018). China se posiciona como...

Turdumatova Zhazgul is a proud member of the Ishker KG cooperative, an initiative co-founded by eight remarkable women, herself included. Thanks to her involvement with the cooperative, she had the invaluable opportunity to partake in specialized training programs, knowledge that she expertly applied to enhance her agricultural endeavors. The newfound...

An interactive webinar titled ‘Helping share farmers’ best-kept secrets on soil health with other farmers’, was organised by the 4 per1000 Initiative and Access Agriculture on 8 July.  The 4 per 1000 initiative aims to boost carbon storage in agricultural soils by 0.4% each year to help mitigate climate change and...

Vídeo de presentación de la cooperativa Alimentos Cooperativos de Argentina. Muestra los objetivos de la cooperativa en materia de digitalización, relación con otras cooperativas, reduccion de brechas digitales, inclusión y expansión del comercio electrónico durante la pandemia de COVID-19. Este video antecede la entrevista al presidente de la Cooperativa de...

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”...

Director Innovation, Investment and Impact CIFOR-ICRAF, Ravi Prabhu explains the vital role of nature-based solutions in the fight against climate change while improving smallholders’ lives.

Eighteen individuals representing seven Southeast Asian countries are learning how to develop and advance inclusive, integrated, and innovative public policies for family farming at the headquarters of the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Studies and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) in Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines on 7-11 November 2022. They are...

Les zones urbaines sahéliennes sont confrontées au triple fardeau de la malnutrition avec la persistance de la dénutrition, de carences multiples et la progression du surpoids et des pathologies associées. Le projet Meriem (Mobiliser les entreprises sahéliennes pour les réponses innovantes à grande échelle contre la malnutrition, 2018-2023), soutenu par l’Agence...

Today, people and the planet face several overlapping risks. These include conflict, climate change, disasters, and economic downturn. The cumulative effects of multiple shocks result in more poverty and inequality, and is putting the right to food of millions at stake. The special guest of this issue is Jarratt from the...

This review, for the first time to date, analyses the potential of labelling and certification schemes for Indigenous Peoples to market their food products. Specifically, it looks at those schemes that are designed by, with and for Indigenous Peoples, and that can provide economic, social and environmental benefits while protecting...