In 2017, the 72nd Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations (UNGA) proclaimed 2022 as the International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture (IYAFA 2022), with the FAO serving as the lead UN agency. The objectives of IYAFA 2022 are as follows: Enhance global awareness about, understanding of, and action...

The thematic Plant Production and Protection Newsletter is issued bi-monthly in a printable and easy-to-read format. It covers a wide range of topics and aims to raise awareness of sustainable crop production and protection in contributing to the UN SDGs at global, regional, and national levels. Each issue features highlights...

This discussion paper focuses on drawing connections between the many and varied aspects of food system change that need to be undertaken in complementary ways in order to build a just, ecological, and resilient food system. It also paints a picture of a potential food system in Canada that brings...

Building sustainable food systems together’ is an annual gathering of European stakeholders interested in helping to shape the EU’s path towards sustainable food systems. Stakeholders across the food value chain, public authorities, international and civil society organisations, as well as other citizens and the interested public are invited to join the...

La agricultura familiar equivale al 87% de las unidades productoras agrícolas de Colombia y dentro del sector agrícola nacional su participación en la superficie cosechada es del orden del 67%; en 2015, a partir de la iniciativa sobre Agricultura Campesina Familiar y Comunitaria (ACFC) liderada por el Ministerio de Agricultura...

Learn more about the project 'Revitalising agricultural clusters and ulimi wa m’ndandanda through farmer field schools in Malawi'. This project is part of the wider European Union (EU)-funded KULIMA programme, a five year programme that is being implemented between May 2017 and June 2022 with the aim of achieving improved...

En octubre de 2021 se inició en Venado Tuerto la “Capacitación de operarios de campo para la producción de semillas híbridas de maíz”, en el marco de la Escuela de Oficios del Área de Extensión y Territorio de la Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Esta capacitación constituye un hito no sólo para...

Within the vast borders of Kazakhstan, the world’s ninth largest country, about two million families earn a living from the dairy sector. Small-scale farmers who own fewer than five cows produce 80 percent of the country’s raw milk. Kazakhstan’s dairy industry has significant potential for growth, but it still faces many...

Excelente alternativa para el almacenamiento, que garantiza el aprovisionamiento de granos sanos e higiénicos durante largos períodos de tiempo. Esta forma de almacenamiento de granos es buena en comparación con la troja tradicional porque no es atacada principalmente por roedores. La siguiente práctica ofrece una descripción detallada de la implementación...

A maior crise sanitária do século fez aumentar a procura por uma alimentação saudável, livre de venenos, em todo o mundo. Por isso, os agricultores que já estão nesse caminho e são amparadas por uma rede de apoio para a certificação agroecológica/orgânica de seus produtos, puderam ampliar sua produção, levando...

Turkana pastoralists of Northern Uganda facing climate change

With the ambitious target to have 1.2 million hectares of farmland in the Philippines converted to organic by 2022, Hon. Mayor Rommel C. Arnado, President of LOAMCP, welcomed the signing of the Memorandum of Agreement (MoU) with Access Agriculture as a very timely event.

With pitcher irrigation, round porous clay pots are buried into the soil near the crop and filled with water. The water seeps out slowly through the porous walls of the pot and reaches the roots of the plants. As the plants consume the water, more water will seep out from...

Mike Abaka-Edu, President of the Western Region branch of the Ghana National Canoe Fishermen Council (GNCFC), makes a compelling case for banning ‘saiko’ fishing in this interview with Peter Adjei, a Member of ICSF. The Ghana National Canoe Fishermen Council (GNCFC) was formed in 1982 with the objective of promoting the...

An apple a day keeps the doctor away, so the saying goes. FAO, jointly with Turkey’s Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, and other local partners, is helping to ensure Turkish consumers get their daily apple free of both pests and pesticides. Sustainable and safe fruit production that fosters economic, social, and...

Malawi’s many smallholders rely heavily on rainfed, low-input subsistence farming to meet their food needs. Yet for most rural Malawian households, subsistence agriculture cannot consistently produce enough food to ward off hunger. Nor can they rely on the country’s weak markets to buy additional food they may require or to...

Through a mix of downplaying, intransparency and undertesting, the largest archipelago nation in the world paid little heed to its vulnerable fishers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Edy, a fisherman on Indonesia’s Pari island said: “For almost three months we did not travel outside the island. Earlier, we got additional income from...

Rural Romania news - NSU Newsletter #59- 6/2021 . Topics include: AgriFish Council of 28-29 June 2021&agreement on CAP; Bulgaria-Romania meeting on LEADER;Survey on small farms and youth in mountain areas;LTVRA Communication; Marginimea Sibiului mountain area cooperative opens first store&many more topics from EU and national level.

Con el uso de sombra en el cultivo de cacao se protegen las plantas contra las radiaciones solares y se evita también la mortalidad de las mismas. Esta tecnología ofrece beneficios económicos, sociales y ambientales.

Many people worldwide lack adequate access to clean water to meet basic needs, and many important economic activities, such as energy production and agriculture, also require water. Climate change is likely to aggravate water stress. As temperatures rise, ecosystems and the human, plant, and animal communities that depend on them...