The AgStack Foundation seeks to improve global agriculture efficiency through the creation, maintenance and enhancement of free, re-usable, open and specialized digital infrastructure for data and applications.    

Third World Network issued a critical report titled "Rethinking Global Economic Policy: Proposals on Resilience, Rights, and Equity for the Global South." In the aftermath of the COVID-19 health and economic catastrophe, the book addresses global economic governance and policy decisions that will decide the fate of economies and people. The book...

Increased investment in agriculture and food systems—from both the private and public sectors—is critical to enhance food security and nutrition, reduce poverty, and adapt to climate change. To generate sustainable benefits, this investment must be responsible. What role should investment incentives play in encouraging such investment? This Guide helps to...

Climate change is a major challenge for agriculture, a vital source of food, income and employment for most of the world’s poor. Agricultural investments, as a result, need to become more climate sensitive. This is as true for general agricultural investments focused on development outcomes as for projects specifically addressing...

La producción de frijol (Phaseolus vulgaris) es influenciada por muchos factores bióticos y abióticos que interaccionan durante su ciclo de crecimiento. Las enfermedades son uno de los mayores factores bióticos que afectan la producción de frijol. Muchos de los organismos que causan estas enfermedades son portados por las semillas derivadas...

El PESA El Salvador aplica la metodología de transferencia conocida como familia demostradora, que consiste en enfocar la asistencia técnica a una pareja (hombre-mujer) que toman protagonismo en la comunidad para aprender, experimentar y adoptar tecnologías en la finca e implementar las buenas prácticas en el hogar las cuales las...

Women farmers in the hill State of Himachal Pradesh are gradually turning to non-chemical, low cost “natural farming”, which has not only provided them with a sustainable livelihood but also empowered them better. Launched in 2018, the State’s Prakritik Kheti Khushhal Yojana is promoting the climate resilient Subhash Palekar Natural Farming...

Due to prolonged droughts and rising heat, an increase in soil and water salinity levels are being observed in marginal areas, rendering agricultural lands unproductive. The situation gets aggravated in desert areas where freshwater resources are extremely limited and not replenished. Saline agriculture constitutes one of the farming solutions for...

The policy brief is the synthesis of the research that makes a case for reforming the way agricultural and food systems development is financed so we can achieve the transformations that we desperately need. The report identified twelve different areas through which donors can focus their methods and approach to...

El video presenta recomendaciones sobre diferentes estrategias de manejo eficiente del agua, entre ellas la cuantificación de las necesidades hídricas en función de 1) estado hídrico del suelo, 2) balance hídrico suelo – planta - atmósfera. 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/

La producción de frijol (Phaseolus vulgaris) es influenciada por muchos factores bióticos y abióticos que interaccionan durante su ciclo de crecimiento. Las enfermedades son uno de los mayores factores bióticos que afectan la producción de frijol. Muchos de los organismos que causan estas enfermedades son portados por las semillas derivadas...

En la palmicultura colombiana se ha incrementado la siembra de cultivares híbridos OxG, como respuesta a la enfermedad de la pudrición del cogollo (PC). Sin embargo, debido a que existen diferencias en el manejo de estos cultivares comparado al desarrollado para los cultivos E. guineensis, se han generado grandes retos en...

The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa announced the inaugural AFSA Africa Agroecology Awards, launching a call on 9 August 2021 for submissions from AFSA member networks and affiliates. In the following years, AFSA hopes to broaden the award and make it more accessible to the African public and establish...

Satisfying the changing food habits and increased demand for food intensifies pressure on the world’s water, land and soil resources. However, agriculture bears great promise to alleviate these pressures and provide multiple opportunities to contribute to global goals. Sustainable agricultural practices lead to water saving, soil conservation, sustainable land management,...

Nuestra directora de Vía Orgánica CDMX, Mercedes López, entrevistó a la cocinera tradicional María de Jesús Zermeño, una gran mujer que por su sazón ha recorrido el mundo, incluso estuvo cocinando en Alemania para la embajada de México.

This interactive event will include high level presentations and discussions, a marketplace, workshops and ‘fringe’ activities. These will involve European stakeholder participants in working together to contribute to the preparation of a long term Vision for the future of EU rural areas in relation to which the Commission is scheduled...

This report, launched by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) finds that 87% of current support to agricultural producers, approximately USD 540 billion per year, include measures that are often inefficient, inequitable, distort food prices, hurt people’s health, and...

The private sector can be a crucial ally in global efforts to make agri-food systems more resilient, sustainable, efficient and inclusive to ensure healthy diets for all. This was a key takeaway from the B20-G20-FAO Dialogue on Sustainable Food System, a joint initiative co-organized by the Business 20 (B20) Italy, the Food and...

El video presenta recomendaciones sobre como calcular los grados días o grados de calor acumulado por etapa fenológica para el cultivo de banano y plátano. Más información: Bibliografía completa de la corporación Editorial Agrosavia Repositorio Institucional (BAC) Podcast Dimensions Agriperfiles Google Scholar LaReferencia Redalyc Redcol ResearchGate

La autora nos habla sobre el cumplimiento de 8 años de una demanda colectiva contra el maíz genéticamente modificado emprendida en México, que ha detenido la siembra comercial de esos maíces y protegido la biodiversidad de la nación