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Fact sheet
Vanuatu food security profile

This brochure summarizes data on food consumption, demography and food prices in Vanuatu.
Vanuatu
2021 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO

Event
Red de Alimentación Escolar Sostenible (RAES) Avances y compromisos de la América Latina y el Caribe

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...
2021 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)

Journal article
Crop photoperiodism model 2.0 for the flowering time of sorghum and rice that includes daily changes in sunrise and sunset times and temperature acclimation

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...
Colombia
2021 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)

Blog article
Knowledge and techniques for sustainable lobster fisheries on the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua

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...
Nicaragua
2021 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Blog article
Ensuring biodiversity for systematic and sustainable food systems transformation

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...
2021 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO

Journal article
Comment/Editorial: Time to Shift Gear

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...
2021 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)

Blog article
UN Food Systems Summit: it’s time to listen to civil society’s concerns

The world is falling well short of meeting Sustainable Development Goal 2 (to end hunger) by 2030, and many fear the upcoming United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) will not deliver on its promise to get the world on track to genuinely transform the way food is produced, distributed and consumed.  While the...
2021 - The International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

Journal article
India / Social Development: Hand in Hand

Though Kerala and Tamil Nadu are top performers on the Human Development Index, their advances in sustainability and social development do not reach small-scale fishers. Social development of fishing communities can be made possible only through policies and services for poverty eradication, employment generation and social inclusion that address the specific...
India
2021 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)

Report
Stories from Africa

Changing lives through diversified healthy foods
A healthy diet of fresh vegetables, proteins and fruit is a key ingredient for eliminating hunger and all forms of malnutrition and achieving Sustainable Development Goal 2, Zero Hunger by 2030. Unfortunately, a healthy diet has become an unaffordable luxury for close to 1 billion Africans, according to The State...
2021 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO

Blog article
Estudo mostra impacto da pandemia em negócios comandados por mulheres

A crise causada pela pandemia de coronavírus causou a interrupção das atividades de 39% dos negócios conduzidos por mulheres, segundo pesquisa feita pelo Instituto Locomotiva e a Rede Mulher Empreendedora. O estudo foi feito com uma amostra de 1.165 entrevistas em todas as regiões do país. Além das que tiveram...
Brazil
2021 - Dinheiro Rural

Case study
Mapeo de iniciativa de agricultura familiar en Nicaragua

Resumen de iniciativa vinculadas a la agricultura familiar
El mapeo de las iniciativas de agricultura familiar es una herramienta que busca entregar una visión completa sobre panorama de cada país de América Latina y el Caribe. Este resumen presenta una categorización de las distintas leyes que se implementaron e implementaran.
Nicaragua
2021 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)

Book
FAO publications catalogue 2021

This catalogue aims to improve the dissemination and outreach of FAO’s knowledge products and overall publishing programme. By providing information on its key publications in every area of FAO’s work, and catering to a range of audiences, it thereby contributes to all organizational outcomes. From statistical analysis to specialized manuals to...
2021 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO

Blog article
Cocoa from small farmers that protect the Amazon is awarded once more

By supporting the production of high-quality cocoa beans, this initiative has also provided family farmers with access to the international fine chocolate market. The premium bean-to-bar market pays up to four times more for cocoa beans and offers farmers the chance to take a fresh look at their own business. “They usually...
Brazil - Peru
2021 - Solidaridad

Article
Factores agronómicos y socioeconómicos que inciden en el rendimiento productivo del cultivo de cacao. Un estudio de cacao en Colombia

El cultivo de cacao es de gran importancia para la económica agrícola del Departamento de Santander y para Colombia, ya que en los últimos años se ha promovido su implementación como una solución a los cultivos ilícitos. Es por ello, que es importante conocer que factores podrían incidir en los...
Colombia
2021 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)

Journal article
Thailand: A Level Playing Field

Fishers in Thailand have formed the Fishers Rights Network to collectively demand better wages and working conditions to prevent labour and human-rights abuses. Despite international pressure and government efforts to revise policy, Burmese and Cambodian migrant fishers in Thailand’s seafood industry still face significant labour-rights abuses. While there have been some...
Thailand
2021 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)

Journal article
Costa Rica / Social Development: Recovering Connections

Improving the lot of small-scale and artisanal fisheries in Costa Rica will lead to the betterment of indigenous peoples, Afro-descendants and other vulnerable groups. Located in Central America, Costa Rica is a country where only one-tenth of its territory is made up of land. Official data shows the territorial extension of...
Costa Rica
2021 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)

Video
Diversificación de productos: agroindustrialización del sabajón de guayaba

Agrosavia ofrece a productores y agroindustriales e inversionistas el sabajón de guayaba. El proceso cuenta con tecnología asequible de baja inversión del que se obtiene una bebida alcohólica con una aceptación del 92% formulada y estandarizada por la NTC 2972. Más información: Bibliografía completa de la corporación Editorial Agrosavia Repositorio Institucional (BAC) Podcast Dimensions Agriperfiles Google Scholar LaReferencia Redalyc Redcol ResearchGate
Colombia
2021 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)

Blog article
Linking small-scale farmers and agricultural biodiversity in Nepal

Small-scale farmers, and the resources they manage, provide food and incomes across value chains all over the world. They are fundamental to the livelihoods, health and nutrition of billions of people. They are also essential for improving agricultural biodiversity, food-system stability and adaptability to climate change. Integrating the perspective of...
Nepal
2021 - SIANI

Blog article
El proyecto Sembrando Capacidades socializa recomendaciones para el fortalecimiento de la Agricultura Campesina, Familiar y Comunitaria en Colombia

El proyecto Sembrando Capacidades (Brasil- Colombia-FAO) finaliza su gestión después dos años de trabajo enfocados en el fortalecimiento de instrumentos y políticas para la Agricultura Campesina, Familiar y Comunitaria (ACFC) en Colombia a partir de la gestión del conocimiento e intercambio de experiencias entre ambos países, alrededor de cuatro ejes: extensión...
2021 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)

Blog article
The Global Food Systems 5050 Initiative: Tracking and promoting progress on gender equality amid food systems transformation

Women play critical roles in food systems—as producers, processors, traders, consumers, scientists, and policy makers. Women represent on average 43% of the agricultural labor force globally and are essential agents of change in ensuring the shift to more efficient and climate-resilient food systems. The empowerment of women is associated with...
2021 - IFPRI
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