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Blog article
The Peat Moss Problem: 6 renewable alternatives to protect ecosystems

Peat moss has been the staple soil amendment for home gardeners, commercial nurseries and growers since the mid-20th century. However, in recent years, it has come to light how detrimental widespread reliance on peat moss can be for our ecosystems. This article explores the urgent need to continue to support...
Canada
2024 - Regeneration Canada

Newsletter
Yemaya Newsletter No.69, June 2024: ICSF´s newsletter on gender and fisheries

Yemaya No. 69, dated June 2024, features articles from Barbados, India, Spain, a regional study focusing on Kenya, Sri Lanka and Cambodia  and Women in Fisheries Action plans from ICSF’s IYAFA workshops  from Asia, Africa, Europe and  Latin America and the Caribbean Islands. A series of regional workshops were held through...
Barbados - Ghana - India - Spain
2024 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)

Journal article
Nature's laws of declining soil productivity and Conservation Agriculture

Soils are critical for agriculture and natural ecosystems and need protection, and adherence to nature's principles. The objective of this work is to understand how nature manages resources and describe management of the 'living soil’ and its soil productivity and use nature's laws as guidelines for the management. These guidelines provide the...
2024 - University of Reading, UK

Conference/Meeting
The future of family farming at the balance

What is the future for family farming? This was the question posed in a technical discussion bringing together family farmers, representatives of governments, researchers, and experts from FAO and IFAD held at FAO headquarters in January. The “Future of Family Farming” meeting was held within the framework of the UN Decade...
2024 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Journal article
Impact of weather and climate advisories on agricultural outcomes in Pakistan

The earth is warming, and the frequency of extreme weather events have been rapidly growing globally with unprecedented consequences to farming communities. In principle, weather and climate information services (WCIS) can help farmers better manage their activities and farm level outcomes by supporting their decision-making with relevant and usable information...
Pakistan
2024 - ICIMOD

Report
Mainstreaming Gender Equality and Social Inclusion in Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Change Adaptation

The impacts of the climate and biodiversity crises on people’s livelihoods and opportunities differ greatly based on their gender and other intersecting identity factors. Populations that face systemic marginalization and discrimination are often disproportionately affected.  International actors and scientific bodies, such as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the Intergovernmental...
2024 - International Institute for Sustainable Development

Blog article
Food security: discovery of a gene for immunity against a disease that ravages rice and wheat crops

The fungus Magnaporthe oryzae ravages rice and wheat crops and poses a formidable threat to human food on a global scale. Researchers from INRAE, CIRAD and the Université de Montpellier, together with the Hunan Hybrid Rice Research Centre (HHRRC) and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) have discovered a gene...
2024 - INRAE

Journal article
Bioeconomic innovations breeding more sustainable innovations: A value chain perspective from Argentina

Innovations are crucial for the transition to a sustainable bioeconomy. They are embedded in and linked to complex value chains, but these interrelationships have not received much attention in the empirical literature yet. Using current typologies of four bioeconomic innovation types and six value chain models, this case study analyzes...
Argentina
2024 - Wiley

Fact sheet
Ultra-processed food in Africa Rising UPF consumption deepens Africa, biodiversity, climate and pollution crises

In this 6th factsheet in the series on ultra-processed food (UPF) in Africa, the African Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) briefly discuss how UPF is impacting ecological health and functioning, and driving the interconnected biodiversity, climate, and pollution crises on the continent. Over the last two decades, food systems have undergone massive transformations. It...
2024 - The African Centre for Biodiversity (ACB)

Report
Kyrgyzstan Land Rights: Quick Guide to Resolving Disputes and Securing Ownership

This set of briefs was produced as an easy-to-use guide to address the challenges surrounding land rights in Kyrgyzstan based on the Kyrgyz land, civil and family codes. Its primary goal is to offer Kyrgyz citizens a clear understanding of their rights, legal processes, and practical steps related to land...
Kyrgyzstan
2024 - CIFOR-ICRAF

Blog article
América Latina puede dar ejemplo de cómo hacer que clima y biodiversidad funcionen para la economía y viceversa

Vincent Gitz, ingeniero forestal, científico de recursos naturales y economista, aporta una gran experiencia a su nuevo rol en la oficina de CIFOR-ICRAF para América Latina en Lima, Perú. Con una trayectoria en investigación, formulación de políticas y en la intersección entre ciencia y toma de decisiones, el Dr. Gitz...
2024 - CIFOR ICRAF

Journal article
Making complementary agricultural resources, technologies, and services more gender-responsive

Rural women in low- and middle-income countries face multiple constraints in accessing and benefiting from essential complementary resources, technologies, and services for agricultural production and participation in the agrifood system. This paper highlights recent thinking around these constraints and how to overcome them. The complementary factors we consider are: (1)...
2024 - IFPRI

Blog article
Mujeres y agroforestería: cuatro estrategias para la equidad y sostenibilidad en el ámbito rural

En el entorno rural, las mujeres desempeñan roles esenciales como productoras, administradoras de recursos, garantes de la seguridad alimentaria y custodias de la biodiversidad. La evidencia indica que cuando las mujeres participan en la gestión de los recursos naturales, mejora su conservación y gestión, y es más probable que se...
Peru
2024 - CIFOR ICRAF

Report
Water for Shared Prosperity

In 1997, thousands of people gathered in Marrakesh, Morocco, for the first World Water Forum to address an urgent problem: the global water crisis. The meeting resulted in the Marrakech Declaration, a pledge that called on the World Water Council to develop a “World Water Vision” for the 21st century....
2024 - World Bank Group

Fact sheet
Establecimiento de bancos locales de semillas

Este folleto está dirigido a agricultores, técnicos agrícolas y trabajadores de extensión. Tiene el objetivo de orientar el establecimiento y funcionamiento de los bancos de semillas en los espacios comunitarios; ofrece la definición de bancos locales de semillas, quienes los integran y aspectos básicos para su funcionamiento. Además, este documento...
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
2024 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)

Report
The Global Biodiversity Standard: Manual for assessment and best practices

This manual describes in detail the Global Biodiversity Standard (TGBS) methodology required for TGBS certification, including the application form, remote sensing and field survey, as well as the assessment process and scoring system. This manual is divided into nine sections, each of which addresses a different aspect of the TGBS...
2024 - CIFOR-ICRAF

Book
Guía para la elaboración de planes de negocios en bancos comunitarios de semillas

En Nicaragua, Mesoamérica sin Hambre AMEXCID-FAO ha centrado sus esfuerzos en apoyar el diseño y la implementación de instrumentos normativos y de política pública, basados en experiencias validadas y sistematizadas en campo, que contribuyan a mejorar la disponibilidad, el acceso y la calidad de semillas, y con ello a garantizar...
Nicaragua
2024 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)

Fact sheet
Ultra-processed food in Africa Implications for just agroecological transitions of food and agriculture systems

In this series focusing on ultra-processed food (UPF) on the African continent, the African Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) explore the impacts of shifting dietary patterns, with increasing reliance on low-cost, ultra-processed foods (UPFs) globally, and in Africa in particular, in the context of an urgent call for a just, agroecological...
2024 - The African Centre for Biodiversity (ACB)

Manual
Young changemakers

Scaling agroecology using video in Africa and India
The publication offers a rich diversity of perspectives and insights from real-life experiences of 42 inspiring teams of youths in Africa and India who are blazing a trail as private extension and advisory service providers promoting agroecology through farmer-to-farmer learning videos. Each of the deeply compelling stories presented in this...
Benin - Cameroon - Egypt - India - Kenya - Malawi - Morocco - Rwanda - Senegal - Tunisia - Uganda - United Republic of Tanzania - Zambia
2024 - Access Agriculture

Journal article
Characterizing culture’s influence in land systems

Group-shared attributes, coded in cultural systems, heavily influence how land is used. Despite recent advances in behavioural theory, the central role of culture in land-use decision-making and linked sustainability outcomes is underexplored. We expanded on institutional analysis and system-dynamics frameworks to analyse 66 studies that causally link culture to land...
2024 - ETH Zürich, Switzerland
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