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Caracterización molecular con marcadores ISSR de la colección de cítricos de la Universidad de los Llanos
Contextualización: los cítricos son una de las especies arbóreas más cultivadas en todo el mundo. Poseen una gran importancia económica por su producción es mayor a cualquier otro frutal.
Vacío de conocimiento: pese a la gran demanda de cítricos en Colombia, se conoce muy poco acerca del origen y la diversidad...
Colombia
2021 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)
Case study
Mapeo de iniciativa de agricultura familiar en Ecuador
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.
Ecuador
2021 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Report
Technical guidelines on rapid risk assessment for animal health threats
The occurrence and spread of an animal health threat can be prevented when a timely assessment of the risk is carried out to inform prevention, response and control measures. These technical guidelines on rapid risk assessment (RRA) are designed as a simple and practical tool to be used by veterinary...
2021 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Blog article
Statisticians receive practical help to carry out agricultural census
Halfway through the 2020 round of the World Programme for the Census of Agriculture covering the period of 2016–2025, FAO is providing further practical input for the countries of Europe and Central Asia to join this cycle.
The five-day FAO webinar presents Volume 2 of the World Programme of the Census...
2021 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Blog article
FAO dialogue to spur action for protecting biodiversity in Europe and Central Asia
Mainstreaming biodiversity of all animal, plant, and fungi species in the agricultural sector is an attempt to ensure that important aspects of biodiversity protection are taken into account when selecting policies or farming methods. A two-day FAO virtual event, starting today, strives for improvement across all agricultural sectors in Europe...
2021 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Manual
Practical guide for the commercialization of family farming products
Lessons learned during the pandemic period and new perspectives
This Guide’s goal is to help farming families, artisans, those involved with the management of processing units, and the economic or community organizations participating in the family farming production chain to overcome the challenging moment imposed by the severe global crisis that resulted from the Covid-19 pandemic. Aware of farmers’...
Brazil
2021 - Central da Caatinga (CECAAT)
Event
Young Farmers Open Letter Contest
In 2020, the consortium Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) and La Via Campesina (LVC) through the ASEAN Farmers’ Organisation Support Programme (AFOSP) – Asia-Pacific Farmers’ Program (APFP) platform conducted the “Young Farmers Dance Challenge” with the following objectives: 1) to attract young people to join Farmers Organizations;...
2021 - Asia-Pacific Farmers' Forum
Fact sheet
Sabià Centre for Agroecological Initiatives in Brazil
This fact sheet presents a family agroecosystem, located in the community of Enjeitado in the Sertão do Pajeù in Brazil – the most populous semi-arid region in the world.
Sabià Agroecological Development Center Initiative is a family agroecosystem focused on the recovery of soil fertility in the Caatinga area. The agroecosystem...
Brazil
2021 - CARI, Caatinga
Event
Lanzamiento "Curso Agroecología": transición hacia sistemas alimentarios sostenibles
El curso Agroecología: transición hacia sistemas alimentarios sostenibles es un esfuerzo conjunto de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO) y la Sociedad Científica Latinoamericana de Agroecología (SOCLA), queriendo hacer un aporte para estimular el intercambio y promoción de los principios y enfoques agroecológicos en el...
2021 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Video
"Animal health and welfare: a core principle for agroecology" - Interview with MEP Caroline Roose
The negative impact of industrial livestock farming on animal health and welfare, but also on human health, ecosystems and the environment is indisputable and no longer needs to be demonstrated. Agroecology, on the other hand, makes it possible to reconfigure livestock systems and reintegrate them into agro-ecosystems in order to...
2021 - Agroecology Europe
Guidelines
Fall armyworm management: Farmer field school experiences in Africa
This technical brief on fall armyworm (FAW) management from the lens of farmer field schools (FFS) outlines successes from previous projects in sub-Saharan Africa. Different control methods and traditional recipes for fall armyworm management are highlighted. Through FAW-related FFS programmes in Africa, several options for mechanical and biological control and...
2021 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Journal article
Morfoagronomic study of cacao materials (Theobroma cacao L.) from different production areas in Colombia
The characteristics of agricultural products are influenced by biotic and abiotic factors, producing physiological responses in the plant and physicochemical properties in the fruits that are the basis for designations of origin and value-adding strategies in the current market. In the present work, ten cacao materials (Theobroma cacao L.) selected...
Colombia
2021 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria AGROSAVIA.
Book part
Hipercetonemia y la evaluación de los niveles de Beta-hidroxibutirato (HB) y Acetona (Ac) en leche
La hipercetonemia es una de las condiciones metabólicas más frecuentes y costosas que afectan la industria lechera. Se define por las elevadas concentraciones de cuerpos cetónicos (Beta-hidroxibutirato (ßHB o BHB), Aceto-acetato y Acetona (Ac)) circulantes (Coburn et al, 2017, Huertas-Molina et al, 2020b) y es causada por un desbalance energético...
Colombia
2021 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)
Report
African Network on Fish Technology and Safety 2021 - Book of abstracts, 6–9 December 2021
This publication includes the abstracts of the selected papers presented by experts on the occasion of the African Network on Fish Technology and Safety (ANFTS) 2021. The abstracts are subdivided according to the following themes: (a) Reduction and prevention of post-harvest losses by: (i) Improving methods, means and the political...
2021 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Case study
Mapeo de iniciativa de agricultura familiar en El Salvador
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.
El Salvador
2021 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Practices
Uso de la harina de ortiga y de aceto balsámico en apicultura
En esta tecnología se explica paso a paso como elaborar y usar la harina de ortiga y el aceto balsámico para diversas amenazas a las que se ven enfrentadas las abejas. La harina de ortiga es una planta rica en ácido fórmico un componente también presente dentro de la colmena,...
Chile
2021 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Policy brief/paper
Impacts of COVID-19 on food security and nutrition
Issues paper by the High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE) to the UN Committee on World Food Security (CFS)
The purpose of this issues paper (update #3), requested by the Chairperson of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) in 2020 and updated further in 2021, is to...
2021 - Committee on World Food Security High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition
Fact sheet
Borborema in Brazil
This initiative is taking place in the Agreste da Borborema region and is led by the Oziel Pereira community. Their aim is to use the role of collective action mechanisms in the agroecological transition at the community level.
The Agreste da Borborema is a region marked by high levels of rural...
Brazil
2021 - Avaclim project
Video
"Economic diversification : a core principle for agroecology" - Interview with Olivier Lefebvre
Diversifying on-farm incomes insures greater financial independence and value addition opportunities and enable farmers to respond to demand from consumers. In this short video interview with Olivier Lefebvre, economist and co-founder of Perma-projects, let's discover how economic diversification strengthens ecological and socio-economic resilience of farmers and farming systems in Europe....
2021 - Agroecology Europe 326 subscribers
Event
Vinculando la agricultura familiar con las compras públicas
El webinar Vinculando la agricultura familiar con las compras públicas, que se realizará el jueves 22 de abril a las 9:00 (Perú)/16:00 (CET), tiene como objetivo abrir un espacio de difusión y discusión de estudios sobre la vinculación de pequeños agricultores a los mercados de compras institucionales.
Estos estudios resultan del proyecto Promoviendo...
Peru
2021 - Programa Mundial de Alimentos de las Naciones Unidas (WFP)
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