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Case study
El sector primario e industrial porcino en Argentina

El sector porcino ha estado inmerso en todas las crisis económicas de Argentina por diversas razones. Es importante analizar los aspectos que desde la demanda y la producción están afectando al sector, así como lo que ocurre en los escenarios internacionales para comprender mejor nuestro mercado nacional. Las crisis económicas...
Argentina
2021 - Universidad Nacional de la Pampa

Report
Measuring food safety – Indicators to achieve Sustainable Development Goals

Food safety technical toolkit for Asia and the Pacific No. 9
Universal access to safe food is a key requirement for the 2030 Agenda for the Sustainable Development Goals. And yet an estimated 600 million people each year fall sick from eating unsafe food and 420 000 of them die. Safe food is also critical for economic development and the international...
2021 - Food and Agriculture organization of the United Nations

Technical paper
Égalité des sexes et foresterie en Afrique de l’Ouest

Réalisé dans le cadre du projet "Transformation globale des forêts pour les peuples et le climat : un focus sur l'Afrique de l'Ouest", ce document s'appuie sur une analyse de genre menée pour informer et orienter la mise en œuvre du projet. Sur la base d'une analyse de documentation et...
2021 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Video
Agroecology: Grassroots Solutions to Global Crises

Agroecology Fund (AEF) launched a new video, “Agroecology: Grassroots Solutions to Global Crises”, a 7-minute short film featuring grantee partners, advisors, allies, and donors from the global AEF community.  Filmmaker and photojournalist Rucha Chitnis is in conversation with Rutendo Zendah from the African Centre for Biodiversity in South Africa, Pius Ranee from the North...
2021 - Agroecology Fund

Journal article
Mozambique: Under Their Own Steam

Natural disasters like cyclones, more than the COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with lack of research on the conditions of the poor, threaten the well-being of small-time fishers in Mozambique. When the COVID-19 pandemic landed on Mozambique shores last year, it found a country in dire need of socioeconomic renewal and welfare reform....
Mozambique
2021 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)

Fact sheet
Manejo integrado de artrópodos plaga: monitoreo y manejo de otros artrópodos plagas

Infografía modelo productivo del plátano. 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)

Practices
Silo metálico plano para granos básicos

Con esta tecnología se pueden conservar el grano durante más tiempo sin tener pérdidas físicas que puedan revertir en seguridad alimentaria del pequeño agricultor en tiempos de escasez. Ocupa menos espacio que la troja o silo tradicional en el caso de almacenar mazorcas de maíz. A continuación, se encuentra una...
Nicaragua
2021 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA

Report
SISTEMA INTEGRADO DE PRODUCCIONES AGROECOLÓGICAS. Aportes para el manejo de la transición en agroecosistemas extensivos.

El crecimiento y desarrollo del sector agropecuario de la región pampeana argentina atraviesa profundas modificaciones tecnológicas desde hace varias décadas. La mecanización, robótica, genética, herramientas remotas y la nueva generación de insumos químicos y biológicos, influyen decisivamente sobre el modo y la forma de producir alimento primario en este territorio....
Argentina
2021 - National University of Rosario

Case study
Mapeo de iniciativa de agricultura familiar en Panamá

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

Practices
Publication on the short-term and longerterm benefits of recycled fertilizers with respect to soil quality

The use of recycled fertilizer from urban waste could aid in closing the nutrient cycle between urban and rural areas, while also lowering the energy consumption of mineral fertilizer production and the reliance of the organic sector on manures from conventional farming. However, first the recycled fertilizers need to be...
2021 - RELACS

Video
Ecological plant protection options for grapes, complemented by our experiments on copper replacement

In the RELACS project, a survey on the current copper use in Hungary and investigations of the efficacy of a potential copper substitute, Tagatose peronospora and phytophthora, in vineyards are tested. Vintner and owner, Márton Ruppert, for his farm Tagyon Hil in Hungary, has been using Tagatose to replace copper...
2021 - Organic Farm Knowledge

Case study
Empowering rural people through a semi-intensive rural poultry production model

This case study reflects on the innovative poultry model, implemented in /Cambodia by the Green Innovet Cam and IFAD. They supported the development of an innovative semi-intensive rural poultry production model that enables smallholder producers, including poor and landless households, to enhance productivity through new sustainable practices.
Cambodia
2021 - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

Report
Measuring food safety – Indicators to achieve Sustainable Development Goals

Food safety technical toolkit for Asia and the Pacific No. 9
Universal access to safe food is a key requirement for the 2030 Agenda for the Sustainable Development Goals. And yet an estimated 600 million people each year fall sick from eating unsafe food and 420 000 of them die. Safe food is also critical for economic development and the international...
2021 - Food and Agriculture organization of the United Nations

Policy brief/paper
MATERA DECLARATION ON FOOD SECURITY, NUTRITION AND FOOD SYSTEMS. A CALL TO ACTION in the time of the Covid – 19 pandemic and beyond

The Foreign Affairs and Development Ministers' meeting culminated in the Matera Declaration on food security, nutrition and food systems. A call to action in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond - a declaration by the G20 Ministers, FAO and other UN agencies and partners. In it, the signatories "agree to deliver on food...
2021 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO

Video
Education

This video, produced with FAO support, explains the education and mobilization process developed by ASA, from the One Million of Cisterns Project (P1MC). You can use it together with video Construction of cisterns, about the instructions of how to build the cisterns, and the guidebook. These videos are available with...
Brazil
2021 - Articulação Semiárido Brasileiro (ASA)

Blog article
Federación Agraria Argentina presentó su propuesta preliminar para el diálogo político 2021

Fue en el marco de una jornada organizada por COPROFAM, el 29 de junio pasado
El 29 de junio, el presidente de Federación Agraria Argentina, Carlos Achetoni, presentó en el marco de una jornada organizada por la Confederación de Organizaciones de Productores Familiares del Mercosur Ampliado (COPROFAM) su “Propuesta preliminar para el diálogo político 2021”. Durante el encuentro, se precisaron las propuestas elaboradas por la...
Argentina
2021 - Federación Agraria Argentina (FAA)

Website
Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries

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

Newsletter
Plant Production and Protection Newsletter, August 2021 - Issue #5

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

Policy brief/paper
Visions of the food systems to come: Agriculture, Eating, and Ecological Justice in 2050

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...
Canada
2021 - University of Toronto

Event
Farm to Fork conference - Building sustainable food systems together

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...
European Union
2021 - European Commission
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