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En este video se evidencian los resultados de un proyecto realizado en el municipio de El Doncello (Caquetá), con el propósito de propósito de utilizar al máximo los excrementos de los animales, tanto eses como la orina, utilizando este material para producir compost, como lombrices y humus de lombriz. También...

Comunitarios y comunitarias de diez municipios del corredor seco de Nicaragua, quienes participan en el proyecto Agriadapta implementado por FAO en Nicaragua, el Instituto Nicaragüense de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA) y el Ministerio del Ambiente y los Recursos Naturales (MARENA), con financiamiento de la Agencia Suiza para el Desarrollo y la...

Jacqueline Frantová was a young Swiss urbanite when she first came to the Czech Republic in the mid-nineties. It was the “Wild East”, a place where anything could happen. Little did she suspect she would become a shepherdess. Today Jacqueline and her Bohemian family raise goats, sheep and cows in...

From the topics:  general agricultural census, informal video conference of EU agriculture ministers, conference on the future of Europe,  impact of cap on generational renewal, local development and jobs in rural areas, new guidance on food storage safety   and many many more

La especie xanthorrhiza del género Arracacia pertenece a la familia Apiaceae y es conocida por su capacidad de generar raíces tuberosas reservantes que se cosechan de forma anual y se comercializan en fresco en países de Sudamérica como Colombia, Brasil, Venezuela, Perú, Bolivia y Ecuador. En Colombia el cultivo de...

This report seeks to provide the countries in the Europe and Central Asia region with an overview and real examples of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) applied to agriculture. This is FAO’s first attempt to present NBS applied to agriculture especially pointed at the countries of this region, prompting the scaling-up of...

A survey of fisherfolk in the Indian state of West Bengal shows that relief measures for natural disasters and the COVID-19 pandemic must take into account long-standing vulnerabilities. The two most important concepts to set the agenda for the Sustainable Development Goals 2030 (SDGs) are ‘social development’ and ‘sustainable management’. The...

This paper explores the methodological state, challenges and lessons learned, of the FFS around the World. A 52-item questionnaire was used to capture issues of design, implementation and evaluation of the FFS. Completed questionnaires were received from 57 ongoing or recent FFS programmes. Results highlight strengths and shortcomings in design,...

El enfoque NEXO es un modelo que integra a los sectores agua, energía y producción de alimentos en la implementación de políticas públicas, sean estas regulaciones o proyectos de desarrollo. La premisa de base es que estos tres sectores no pueden analizarse separadamente pues los impactos en un sector afectan...

Serological evaluation of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is an alternative that allows us to determine the prevalence and dynamics of this infection in populations. The goal of this study was to determine the clinical and sociodemographic dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 infection in a region of the Colombian Caribbean....

When grains are soaked in water for a while and left to germinate, they will put out shoots or sprouts. By absorbing water sprouted seed more than double their weight. Sprouts are easier to digest than grains, because sprouting converts nearly all of the starch in the grains into sugar....

This Projects Brochure presents the 15 finalists of the Rural Inspiration Awards (RIA) 2020. It gives well‑deserved visibility to their projects, provides updates on their achievements and aims to inspire new initiatives. The RIA 2020 were the second edition of the ENRD's EU-wide rural development good practice competition. This edition focused on EAFRD-funded initiatives...

Se aborda los conflictos que se suceden con las normas en un territorio de relaciones que se entrecruzan entre lo rural y lo urbano. Los ingenieros agrçonomos se ven involucrados en estos aspectos ambientales de diferentes formas, las que trascienden a la producción.

This brochure summarizes data on food consumption, demography and food prices in Vanuatu.

A pesar de los importantes avances en los programas de alimentación escolar en la región, desde el año 2020, el distanciamiento social impuesto por el COVID-19, que provocó el cierre de escuelas, demostró que los programas de alimentación escolar debían ser revisados y adaptados para atender a los estudiantes fuera...

Daylength determines flowering dates. However, questions remain regarding flowering dates in the natural environment, such as the synchronous flowering of plants sown simultaneously at highly contrasting latitudes. The daily change in sunrise and sunset times is the cue for the flowering of trees and for the synchronization of moulting in...

Lobster exports in Nicaragua grew 34 percent between 2015 and 2019; the most productive zone is the Caribbean coast, part of the territory of the indigenous communities of the Miskitu, Sumu-Mayangna, Rama and Ulwa peoples, and of Afro-descendants, such as the Creole and Garífuna. In this area, artisanal and commercial lobster catch...

As the world prepares for transformations to its food systems in order to feed a growing planet, nutritiously and in an environmentally sustainable way, maintaining biodiversity will be a critical element in that equation, a panel of experts meeting in the Asia-Pacific region heard today. A virtual consultative meeting was convened on the...

It is high time that negotiations on subsidies at the WTO result in an agreement whose primary goal is transparency and universality in fisheries conservation and management measures. The draft Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies (WT/MIN(21)/W/5) from the Chair of the Negotiation Group on Rules of the World Trade Organization (WTO), ought...