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Roundup: news, events, briefings and more. Samudra Report No.86
The Roundup includes recent publications, films added to our Documentation centre, meetings coming up, websites which are important to small-scale fisheries, flashback of editorial from old issues of samudra report related to the theme and Endquote from the world of literature related to fisheries.
2021 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Conference/Meeting
Entretien avec Pierre-Marie Aubert : L'agroécologie pour nourrir l'Europe d'ici 2050
Retrouvez notre conférence organisée le 11 mars 2021 avec Pierre-Marie Aubert, chercheur, coordinateur de l’initiative Agriculture européenne à l’Iddri (Institut du Développement Durable et des Relations Internationales) : L'agroécologie pour nourrir l'Europe d'ici 2050, le scénario TYFA "Ten Years For Agroecology"
France
2021 - Fondation Terre Solidaire
Practices
Producción de cormos de plátano y banano para siembra directa en campo
Fue adaptada por la FHIA y es aplicable en los lugares donde se siembra plátano. Tradicionalmente el productor de plátano realiza la siembra de áreas nuevas con cormos obtenidos de las plantaciones destinadas a la obtención de fruta; esta práctica debilita las plantas y reduce los rendimientos. La multiplicación rápida...
Honduras
2021 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Deshidratado de limón
El proceso de deshidratación del limón utilizado en Guatemala consiste en secarlo de forma directa y completamente al sol, sin el uso de ningún tipo de elemento artificial ni agregados químicos pero cumpliendo las más estrictas normas de calidad: buenas prácticas agrícolas, adecuado manejo de producto en campo, higiénicos sistemas...
Guatemala
2021 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Policy brief/paper
Shifting Funding to Agroecology for People, Climate and Nature
There are growing calls to transform the current food system in response to hunger, malnutrition, climate change, and biodiversity loss. Financial institutions and donors and other actors have tended to focus on increasing productivity and developing global value chains, which has caused great harm to the environment while failing to...
2021 - Actionaid, Agroecology and Livelihoods Collaborative, Cultivate!
Blog article
Promoting local cattle breed enhances sustainability in mountainous areas of Serbia
Known for their smaller size and brown colour, Busha cattle have withstood the harsh climate and living conditions in mountainous parts of the Balkan Peninsula for centuries. In Serbia, the Busha breed is not only an important element of animal genetic diversity, but also a source of food and income...
Serbia
2021 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Blog article
Against or with Nature
Agricultural technology was fairly stable for centuries, but slowly began to change in medieval times, which brings us back to the windmill.
2021 - AGROinsight
Article
Zimbabwe: Female Smallholder Farmers Plead for Government Support
Women smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe have appealed for government assistance, claiming that they are often ignored when authorities and other organizations visit their regions to provide agricultural assistance. Despite their significant contribution to the country's food security, female smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe who practice agroecology (AE) and grow 'women seeds,'...
Zimbabwe
2021
Report
Accounting for livestock water productivity: How and why?
The assessment of water productivity in livestock supply chains has a critical role to play in developing productive and sustainable food production systems worldwide. In particular, the evaluation of water productivity improvement options is key to addressing growing food demand and the projected impacts of climate change under conditions where...
2021 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Manual
Youth voices in youth employment
This new manual by the Youth Employment Funders Group (YEFG) features two ICA case studies - ChispaRural and the Youth Inspiring Youth in Agriculture initiative - as examples of meaningful youth engagement in youth employment programmes.
2021 - Youth Employment Funders Group (YEFG)
Video
Making a vermicompost bed
With empty fertilizer bags you can sew a container. Place layers of decomposable material in the container and water it. Put the earthworms in after one week. Cover the top of the bed with gunny bags and water it regularly. Make sure the compost is shaded from direct sunlight.
2021 - AccessAgriculture
Blog article
Why invest in climate change adaptation? Your questions answered
The first part of the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report was released earlier this year. It confirmed what many had been saying for a long time: human-induced climate change is happening now. Some impacts are already irreversible, and future impacts are inevitable. The world is expected to reach 1.5° C of warming within...
2021 - IFAD
Practices
Procesamiento de semilla de marañón (anacardo)
En los años 1970s se implementó un programa del cultivo de marañón (anacardo) a nivel nacional en Guatemala con el objetivo de industrializarlo. El programa no tuvo el éxito deseado pero quedaron las plantaciones que actualmente dan la materia prima para microempresas familiares.
Guatemala
2021 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
How to make a beehive frame grip and hive tool
The beehive frame grip is a useful tool for the beekeeper. It allows removing frames from the hive with one hand only, leaving the other hand free. Usually frames are glued to the hive or to each other with propolis. Propolis is a resinous substance that makes the loosening and...
Nicaragua
2021 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Article
Regenerative agriculture in Aotearoa New Zealand – research pathways to build science-based evidence and national narratives
Regenerative agriculture (RA) is proposed as a solution to reverse climate change, biodiversity loss, declining water quality and health of freshwater ecosystems, wellbeing crisis in rural and farming communities, and food system dysfunctions. RA may also open overseas premium and niche markets. However, there is a lack of clarity about...
New Zealand
2021 - Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit (AERU)
Website
Valdibella Cooperative: restoring the dignity to Sicilian farmers in Italy by preserving biodiversity and native crops
It has been since 1998 that Valdibella Cooperative is working in Camporeale, Italy to create and spread alternatives to the food system in Sicily. With more than 30 members, Valdibella Cooperative aims at restoring dignity to farmers by promoting concrete actions against commercial and labour exploitation and by applying organic agricultural methods...
Italy
2021 - Valdibella Cooperative
Report
Diversification for climate resilience. Thirty options for forest and farm producer organisations
Global climate resilience is a matter of life and death. In forest landscapes, 1.3 billion smallholder farmers, communities and Indigenous Peoples must organise for climate resilience to survive. With joint responsibility for managing much of the world’s remaining forests and securing food for many of the world’s poor, their resilience...
2021 - International Institute for Environment and Development IIED
Report
Dangerously Efficient Industrial Fishing
The Threat of Multinational Dutch Fishing Companies to European Small-Scale Fisheries
Within the European fishing fleet new generations of technologically advanced, hyper efficient industrial vessels, have gotten too good at fishing. This limited number of vessels has a massive impact on the ocean. Fish stocks have largely declined since the 1980s, but not all fishers contribute to the problem to the...
2021 - TNI
Report
Accounting for livestock water productivity: How and why?
The assessment of water productivity in livestock supply chains has a critical role to play in developing productive and sustainable food production systems worldwide. In particular, the evaluation of water productivity improvement options is key to addressing growing food demand and the projected impacts of climate change under conditions where...
2021 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Blog article
FAO launches dialogue in Turkey to increase social protection for rural communities
What challenges do vulnerable agricultural communities face in accessing rural social protection, and how can social security be extended to those not covered by the system? This was the critical question a group of experts sought to answer at a virtual workshop held on 5 May. The online event, coordinated by...
Türkiye
2021 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
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