En San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, es probable que se ignore que uno de los motivos de los incendios forestales es precisamente la deforestación o tala, para la construcción desmedida de casas o fraccionamientos sobre tierras fértiles, esto no solo provoca sequías, también es factor para que los incendios vayan...

Organic monogastric agriculture is challenged because of a limited availability of regional and organic protein-rich ingredients to fulfill the amino acid requirements. The development of novel feed ingredients is therefore essential. The use of starfish (Asterias rubens), mussel (Mytilus edilus), insect, green and brown seaweed, and forage crop extracts exhibits...

The study area pertains to the Chocó Biogeography, one of the most biodiverse areas in the world, where around 40,000 ha of rainforest has been cleared for oil palm plantations. We surveyed the ant species' richness and diversity in four differently disturbed areas in Tumaco, Colombia, using pitfall traps and...

Public policies are essential for family farmers to lead the transformation towards sustainable food systems.The public policy cycle model is a useful tool to analyse complex public policy processes. It can help actors to better engage in policymaking processes for family farming. In this example, the public policy cycle model...

This publication presents a collection of case studies by Mountain Partnership (MP) members from around the world, highlighting experiences of agroecological mountain farming systems. It aims to increase attention toward agroecological principles and approaches and showcase their potential. The MP, the only United Nations global voluntary alliance dedicated to sustainable...

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.

This document elaborates the revised International Standard Statistical Classification of Fishing Gear (ISSCFG), as endorsed and adopted for implementation by the FAO Coordinating Working Party on Fishery Statistics (CWP) at its Twenty-fifth Session in February 2016 in Rome, Italy. The classification applies to commercial, subsistence and recreational fisheries in marine...

A renewed focus on boosting the production of millets and highlighting their benefits is critical to reducing over-reliance on more commonly grown crops, boosting diverse diets, and food security. That’s especially true in times of climate change and during periods of natural disaster when food becomes scarce. This is an...

The following is an inspiring story from Kenya. "I don't use pesticides and inorganic fertilizers at all because my goal is to ensure that I farm sustainably," Kuria, who is among a rising number of farmers in the east African nation adopting the methods, told Xinhua in a recent interview.This...

Identifying locally adapted and adopted efficient practices can be a step towards the agroecological transition of irrigated plains of the Southern Mediterranean region. However, these types of practices - often little known - are drowned within a wide range of practices. The objective of this study was, first, to elaborate...

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.

Cuando las asociaciones locales de campesinos son debidamente capacitadas y empoderadas, pueden desempeñar un papel fundamental en la gestión de riesgos. En el 2007, la Ley Nacional de Cooperativas de Campesinos fue adoptada en China, estableciendo un marco institucional sólido para el desarrollo de cooperativas agropecuarias a nivel local. Sin...

En el presente estudio se presenta un análisis de los retos y las oportunidades que tiene la agroecología para ser promovida desde las políticas públicas. Esta investigación, propone una hoja de ruta para evidenciar las problemáticas en torno a el escalamiento de la agroecología desde diversos tipos factores. Esta propuesta...

The concept of Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) came about to enable mid and small-sized farms to survive by attracting people to become loyal members of our farms. No two CSAs that are ever exactly alike. The CSA concept is supremely adjustable to individual circumstances, and that’s the brilliance of it....

Global fisheries and aquaculture have been hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic and could face further disruption in 2021 as lockdowns affect supply and demand across the sector, according to a report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

Cozinhando Agendas Políticas – Guia Feminista Sobre o Direito à Alimentação e à Nutrição das Mulheres Rurais oferece a essas mulheres – pertencentes ou não a organizações locais ou nacionais – orientações práticas para a construção coletiva de estratégias e ações transformadoras com ênfase nesse direito fundamental, conhecido pela sigla Dhana,...

Nuestra directora de la Asociación de Consumidores Orgánicos en CDMX fue entrevistada junto con José Luis Bustamante de Pro-Oaxaca por la Radio Universidad Autónoma Benito Juárez sobre los amparos que han otorgado los jueces a Bayer/Monsanto y al Consejo Nacional Agrario contra el Decreto de Prohibición del glifosato.

Fission yeast cells prevent mitotic entry until a threshold cell surface area is reached. The protein kinase Cdr2 contributes to this size control system by forming multiprotein nodes that inhibit Wee1 at the medial cell cortex. Cdr2 node anchoring at the cell cortex is not fully understood. Through a genomic...

From the 2nd to the 3rd of June, the Global Landscapes Forum hosted the first digital conference focused entirely on Africa’s drylands and how integrative restoration practices can see them flourish once again. Dryland ecosystems cover some 43 percent of Africa. They’re home to more than half a billion people...

'Organic in Europe - Prospects and developments for organic in national CAP Strategic Plans' highlights how much of the national CAP budgets will need to be dedicated to organic farming in all Member States to reach the EU Farm to Fork and Biodiversity Strategies’ average target of 25% organic land...