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Producción y conservación de semillas
El folleto Producción y conservación de semillas está dirigido a la comunidad agricultora, personal extensionista y de técnicos agrícolas y tiene como objetivo orientar a estos grupos de trabajo en los procesos de producción y conservación de semillas de maíz. Este folleto guía los procesos para producir y mantener semillas...
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
2024 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Report
Environmental stewardship by small-scale fisheries
Small-scale fisheries (SSF), including fishers and fishworkers together with their communities and organizations, are among the world’s most effective contributors to safeguarding aquatic resources and environments. Living near to, and relying on, freshwater and marine aquatic species and environments, small-scale fisheries are at the heart of environmental conservation and stewardship...
2024 - FAO
Book
Towards digital inclusion in rural transformation
The rapid and ongoing digital transformation of government, economic, and social sectors holds immense potential to improve outcomes across the SDGs for smallholder farmers and rural communities more generally. However, it is also widely recognized that digitalization alone does not guarantee inclusion. Rural residents and marginalized groups have the most...
2024 - FAO
Book
The State of the World’s Forests 2024
Forest-sector innovations towards a more sustainable future
Innovation is essential for achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals. It is also an important accelerator for the transformation to more efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable agrifood systems and for achieving global goals such as the eradication of hunger and poverty and the sustainable...
2024 - FAO
Book
African Perspectives on Agroecology
Why farmer-led seed and knowledge systems matter
Seed embodies life, power, and culture. From Africa’s deserts and drylands to its mighty river systems and tropical forests, from those growing a multiplicity of grains, legumes, and vegetables, to others struggling to produce enough to feed their families, seed provides the mainstay for the continent’s 500 million small-scale farmers...
2024
Guidelines
Technical Guidance note: Rural women and financial inclusion
Improving the gender-responsiveness of design and delivery of rural finance interventions through innovative approaches and mechanisms is important for promoting rural women’s economic empowerment. This document highlights practical and actionable approaches from the sector in order to guide the work of practitioners engaging at country level to pursue the above...
2024 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Audio
Growing greener commodities - one district at a time
Research by the Center of International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF) shows promising results from taking a jurisdictional approach to increasing the sustainability of palm oil plantations in four districts/regencies in Indonesia: Pulang Pisau (Central Kalimantan Province), Kutai Kartanegara (East Kalimantan Province), Pelalawan (Riau Province), and Sintang (West Kalimantan...
Indonesia
2024 - CIFOR-ICRAF
Fact sheet
Parcelas demostrativas
Este folleto está dirigido a técnicos de campo, extensionistas y agricultores y tiene como objetivo guiar los procesos para establecer parcelas demostrativas con fines de capacitación. Además, esta publicación proporciona información sobre los factores claves para el éxito de una parcela, por ejemplo, las características de los terrenos donde se...
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
2024 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Report
Hacia un sector rural fortalecido: políticas diferenciadas para la agricultura familiar dominicana
Esta publicación presenta un breve recuento de los resultados alcanzados en el marco del programa Mesoamérica sin Hambre AMEXCID-FAO en la República Dominicana en cuanto a la formulación de instrumentos de política pública diferenciados para la agricultura familiar. Reconocer e impulsar la labor de la agricultura familiar implica identificar los...
Dominican Republic
2024 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Article
The Art of Coffee Processing: Unveiling Nariño’s Rich Tradition
In the rugged terrain of Colombia’s Nariño department, where the Andes Mountains cast their shadows, lies a resilient community. Here, amidst the diverse geography and varied climate, coffee cultivation thrives, nurtured by the altitude, volcanic soils, and abundant precipitation. In the heart of this land, we find the Slow Food...
Colombia
2024 - Slow Food
Report
Development of a protein database and the way forward for reviewing protein requirements
Providing an adequate, sustainable, and nutritious supply of protein remains an increasing challenge in the light of changing food systems and raised levels of food insecurity and malnutrition. A joint FAO and IAEA technical meeting was held in Vienna, in 2022, to discuss the development of a protein quality database...
2024 - FAO
Report
Economic benefits through agroecological soil practices: Evidence by ProSoil
Working towards sustainable soil protection and rehabilitation, the Global Programme Soil Protection and Soil Rehabilitation for Food Security (ProSoil) aims to promote sustainable land use in selected partner countries, including Benin, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Madagascar, and Tunisia. The programme comprises several different areas of action, with correlated aims....
2024 - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Article
Harvesting Change: Women at the Helm of Puebla’s Coffee Picking
Saddle up and prepare for a journey through the picturesque northern mountains of Puebla, Mexico. After ascending 1,000 meters, you arrive at Rancho La Victoria, a historic coffee farm nestled amidst the mountains...
Mexico
2024 - Slow Food
Fact sheet
On the Economic Potential of Agroecology
A comprehensive approach is needed
Scientific studies and reports (cf. IAASTD+10 – Herren et al. 20201 ; HLPE 20192 ; STALLOR 20203 ; IPCC 20194 ; IPBES 20195 ; WBGU 20216 ) confirm that a holistic transformation of agriculture and food systems is necessary for sustainable development and to overcome...
2024 - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Blog article
La Comisión de Agricultura del PARLATINO aprueba Ley Modelo de Agroecología
La Comisión de Agricultura, Ganadería y Pesca del Parlamento Latinoamericano y Caribeño (PARLATINO) ha dado un paso crucial al aprobar la Ley Modelo de Promoción de la Agroecología, un marco legislativo innovador que fomenta prácticas agrícolas sostenibles y resilientes en América Latina y el Caribe. Esta legislación, desarrollada en estrecha...
2024 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Report
Buzzing bees: The ecological lifelines
Bees are known to vital pollinators essential for the growth of many plants, including the fruits and vegetables we rely on for food. According to Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA), honeybees play a crucial role in pollinating nearly 95 different kinds of fruits and nuts in North America which...
2024 - PAN Asia Pacific
Manual
Business Agroecology Criteria Tool User Guide
The Business Agroecology Criteria Tool (B-ACT) is designed to assess the degree to which enterprises are aligned with each of the 13 principles of agroecology, as established by the High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition.
What is the tool for? The Business Agroecology Criteria Tool (B-ACT) assesses...
2024 - Biovision
Book
The bioeconomy toolbox: A guide to support the development of sustainable bioeconomy strategies and policies
Bioeconomy is credited as being one of the key pillars for the FAO Strategic Framework 2022–2031 to support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. More than 60 countries and regions have a dedicated bioeconomy or bioscience strategy today, and many more are already implementing the bioeconomy with plans and...
Germany - Malaysia - Namibia - Uruguay
2024 - FAO
Report
In Brief to The State of the World’s Forests 2024
Forest-sector innovations towards a more sustainable future
Innovation is essential for achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals. It is also an important accelerator for the transformation to more efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable agrifood systems and for achieving global goals such as the eradication of hunger and poverty and the sustainable...
2024 - FAO
Manual
Pacific oyster farming
A practical manual
The purpose of this manual is to give the reader a foundation of practical knowledge regarding all aspects of Pacific oyster cultivation. It is targeted at new entrants to the market wishing to establish a farm, and existing operators who wish to develop their farms and explore new cultivation techniques....
2024 - FAO
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