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Now is the time to restore our ecosystems!
Scientists say that these next ten years will count the most in the fight against climate change and biodiversity loss. 2021 marks the start of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, and this is our opportunity to turn the tide to prevent, halt and reverse degradation of ecosystems
Ecosystem restoration means repairing...
2021 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Article
What are the marketing practices of agricultural mechanization hire service enterprises in development contexts? A review
The aim of the research was to attempt to ascertain and better understand the marketing practices of agricultural mechanization hire service enterprises (AMHSEs) in development contexts. The research approach taken was mainly qualitative and abductive. It took an exploratory, historical and descriptive approach and was based on two literature research...
2021
Journal
Samudra Report No.86, November 2021
The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) has just published the latest issue of SAMUDRA Report, its triannual journal on fisheries, communities and livelihoods. The current edition, SAMUDRA Report No. 86, dated November 2021, features a range of articles from Africa, Asia and South America, specifically from Ghana, Kenya,...
2021 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Event
Organic World Congress 2021
On 6-10 September, some 2,500+ organic stakeholders, farmers, researchers and policymakers will address questions around resilience, societal transformation, health, and food sovereignty during the world’s largest organic gathering.
The #OWC2021 will offer a truly global, diverse space that inspires positive change through knowledge exchange, learning, and the formulation of organic, sustainable solutions, for a...
2021 - IFOAM Organics
Blog article
FAO launches practical tools to encourage soil organic carbon sequestration
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today launched two practical instruments designed to encourage soil organic carbon maintenance and sequestration, a key tool for climate action.
Carbon sequestration involves the removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere in the form of soil organic carbon (SOC), with the...
2021 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Event
Agrobiodiversity Innovation Challenge: Call for innovative solutions in the agri-food tech space
The Agrobiodiversity Innovation Challenge is seeking innovators driven by a passion for solving challenges in the agri-food sector by utilizing or conserving agrobiodiversity.
As part of the 2nd International Agrobiodiversity Congress, November 15-18, 2021, in Rome, the Agrobiodiversity Innovation Challenge will recognize new products, services, and best practices that can help...
2021
Technical paper
Transforming agri-food systems
Legislative interventions for improved nutrition and sustainability
Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2030 Agenda) and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the United Nations (UN) in 2015, has set targets for achieving zero hunger and transforming the agri-food system, amongst many other universal goals. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United...
2021 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Journal article
Against the tide: The future of transhumant herders in the Kailash Sacred Landscape of Nepal
Transhumant pastoralism, with its cultural, ecological, and socioeconomic significance, is an important livelihood strategy for mountain communities. Despite its importance, transhumant pastoralism is declining in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region. This study examines the drivers of change experienced by transhumant herders in Bajhang, western Nepal, to understand future implications for...
Nepal
2021 - The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development
Newsletter
Yemaya Newsletter No.64, November 2021
The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) has released the latest edition of Yemaya, its newsletter on gender and fisheries.Yemaya No. 64, dated November 2021, features articles from Sri Lanka, The Gambia, Gender dialogue took place in Central America, issues of gender seafood industry, meditative reflection on gender equity...
2021 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Article
Evaluar el proceso de micro - fermentación mediante la validación de curvas de temperatura para garantizar una calidad integral del grano de cacao de los genotipos ICS 95, CCN 51 y TCS 01, en agrosavia
La cacaocultura en Colombia es considerada uno de los sistemas agrícolas más importantes. Las semillas de cacao son la materia prima en la preparación de un sin número de productos de chocolatería, sin embargo estas deben ser sometidas previamente a un proceso de fermentación y secado en los cuales se...
Colombia
2021 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)
Journal article
Indigenous farmers’ perceptions of problems in the rice field agroecosystems in the upper Baram, Malaysia
Rice field agroecosystems produce food for more than half of the world’s population and deliver important services supporting farmers’ livelihoods. However, traditional rice field agroecosystems are facing a variety of problems, including pests or markets that are hard to access. This research explored indigenous farmers’ perceptions of the problems, their...
2021 - Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
Journal article
Emerging responses to the COVID-19 crisis from family farming and the agroecology movement in Latin America – A rediscovery of food, farmers and collective action
In Latin America, the so-called informal sector associated with family farming and the agroecology movements were instrumental at coping with and adapting to the COVID-19 challenges.
The objective of this communication is to characterise the initial responses that the family farming and the agroecology movements developed to overcome the threats and...
2021 - Agroecology, Environment and Systems Group, Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias de Bariloche (IFAB), INTA- CONICET
Article
Après le sommet Afrique-France, investir ensemble dans l’agroécologie
La crise sanitaire de la Covid-19 nous a rappelé à quel point le métier d’agricultrice et d’agriculteur, partout dans le monde, est essentiel à la vie humaine. L’enjeu de la formation des prochaines générations en Afrique paraît ainsi fondamental. Mais former à quelle agriculture et à quel système de production...
2021
Website
Regional Technical Platform for Family Farming
The Regional Technical Platform of Family Farming is a network that brings together the most successful experiences, technical knowledge and the latest innovations to be shared throughout the world. It is available to governments, family farming organizations, the scientific and academic community, and the private sector.
It works as a digital...
2021 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
E-learning
Ciclo de seminarios sobre el uso de tecnologías digitales para la prestación de servicios ATER y mercadeo de productos de la agricultura familiar
Potenciar y escalar los cambios que se están acelerando como respuesta al COVID-19 requiere diseñar nuevos modelos institucionales, apoyados por múltiples actores, que puedan ser aplicados en forma descentralizada. En este sentido, el Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Agricultura...
2021 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Agricultura y la Alimentación (FAO)
Manual
Guía rápida de trámites en la Agricultura Familiar
Faena
La Guía rápida de trámites en la agricultura familiar –FAENA– fue elaborada con los aportes de profesionales y técnicos de la Dirección Nacional de Inocuidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria y la Coordinación de Agricultura Familiar del Senasa. Según la localidad o provincia, alguna de la información contenida en esta guía pueden...
Argentina
2021 - Dirección Nacional de Inocuidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria Coordinación de Agricultura Familiar
Website
E-learning methodologies and good practices
A guide for designing and delivering e-learning solutions from the FAO elearning Academy
The document is intended to provide guidance on designing and developing e-learning-based solutions for trainers and instructional designers who are new to e-learning design. The guide also provides basic concepts and information on the processes and resources involved in e-learning development, which may be of interest to human resource (HR)...
2021 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Technical paper
ILRI’S digital advisory tool to reduce yield gap in dairy animals in the context of mixed farming
The productivity of livestock in Asia is found to be far below the global benchmark. The milk production per cattle in Bangladesh and Nepal, for instance, is only 305 kg and 459 kg per animal per year, respectively, compared to 7500 kg/animal/year in the USA and Europe (SAARC 2015). Improved...
2021 - Agricultural Extension in South Asia
Blog article
Producer groups key to empowering rural women in Nepal
Women-led cooperatives pave a path to independence and benefit rural communities
Shanta Neupane had a vision. From Panauti Municipality, in central Nepal, she could see how hard women in the rural forest and farming communities around her worked in their family smallholdings, helping to feed their households. But although, like Shanta herself, they were members of community forest user groups, these same...
Nepal
2021 - Landscape News Editor
Practices
Uso de variedades de guandul tolerante a sequía
En las regiones de laderas de la República Dominicana se cultiva guandul en forma de monocultivos desde la época del descubrimiento de América. Sin embargo, los cultivares tradicionalmente cultivados (Puerto Rico, Kaki, Blanco, Barrosial, Enerito, Haitiano y Mena), presentan serios problemas cuando hay excesos de lluvias o cuando los períodos...
Dominican Republic
2021 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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