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Taladrador del tallo de la guayaba Simplicivalva ampliophilobia Davis, Gentili-Poole & Mitter, 2008 (Lepidoptera: Cossidae)
En Colombia, el sistema productivo de la guayaba (Psidium guajava L.) contó durante algunas décadas con insectos plaga conocidos, en los cuales se concentraron buena parte de los estudios de biología, ecología y manejo integrado. Sin embargo, en las regiones productoras de guayaba regional con manejo tradicional, recientemente se registraron...
Colombia
2021 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)
Report
EU code of conduct on responsible food business and marketing practices
A common aspirational path towards sustainable food systems
The Code of Conduct for Responsible Food Business and Marketing Practices is one of the first deliverables of the EU Farm to Fork Strategy and an integral part of its action plan. It sets out common aspirations and indicative actions which actors ‘between the farm and the fork’, such as...
European Union
2021 - European Commission
Practices
Producción de aceite de zapote o zapuyul (Diospyros digyna)
Esta tecnología tiene su fundamento en el aprovechamiento de recursos naturales. Describe brevemente el proceso de elaboración del aceite de zapuyul (Diospyros digyna), desde la compra de semilla hasta su comercialización. Esta tecnología se practica desde hace 50 años en el municipio de San Agustín Acasaguastlán en el departamento de...
Guatemala
2021 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Video
Farmers adopt new farming techniques through agroecology experiment in Dakar suburb, Senegal
This video describes an agroecology experiment in a Dakar suburb in Senegal. After taking the agroecology courses, some growers are trying new farming techniques to reduce the use of man-made chemicals and improve crop yields.
Senegal
2021 - VOA Zimbabwe
Case study
Gender, climate change adaptation and livestock production in Tunisia
Women’s contributions to rangeland cultivation in Tunisia and the effects upon their livelihoods of climate change are both policy blind spots. Despite women’s growing participation in rangeland management, an outcome at least in part of male-outmigration to urban areas and increased availability of nonfarming economic opportunities for men, women are...
Tunisia
2021 - Western University
Manual
Soil health for paddy rice
A manual for farmer field school facilitators
The contents of the manual are intended for use by FFS facilitators and trainers in the implementation of a season-long FFS on paddy rice with a strengthened component on soil health. Some of the exercises presented in this manual were adapted from existing manuals, some were developed during a series...
2021 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Video
Agroecological farmers in India: Sireesha’s story
This video tells the story of Sireesha - one of the thousands of women and men farmers in Andhra Pradesh, India, practicing agroecology in Farmer Field Schools facilitated by the Andhra Pradesh Community managed Natural Farming Programme and FAO. Through agroecology and FFS,
India
2021 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Event
Webinar ''Growing agroecology in China - Challenges and Opportunities'' on 10 January 2021
China's agroecological and organic farming sector is developing rapidly as increasing numbers of consumers have the economic means to consider their food's safety and health. The market potential is vast, but many challenges remain: educating the consumer and building trust, supporting new entrants, recovering damaged ecosystems, and creating viable market...
China
2021 - Oxford Real Farming 7.18K subscribers
Journal article
Impact of COVID-19 on Pennsylvania farm revenue: Looking back at the 2020 season
Initial forecasts predicted severe financial losses for small and midsized farmers as the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted usual market channels nationwide. Early reports both confirmed and challenged these fears,as some farmers could notfind new markets while others established or expanded their direct-to-consumer sales to replace their lost outlets. To understand the...
2021
E-learning
Curso Taller: Convierte tu finca o espacio rural en un atractivo turístico
El turismo se ha planteado como una alternativa económica para las zonas rurales; sin embargo, como en cualquier otro negocio, lograr un buen desempeño pasa, entre otros factores definir una propuesta de valor y conectar de manera adecuada con un segmento de mercado.La actividad turística es compleja, va más allá...
2021 - Regreso Al Campo
Guidelines
Guía técnica - Lineas orientadoras para la certificación de semillas forestales
Esta serie de orientaciones que presentamos en esta Guía, forman parte de los elementos estratégicos para fortalecer el desarrollo de la Red Nacional de Proveedores de Semillas Forestales en la República Bolivariana de Venezuela, mediante la promoción y establecimiento de procedimientos y recomendaciones técnicas para mejorar las prácticas de manejo...
2021 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Practices
An online mentoring service for small-scale livestock farmers in Benin
An online advisory and problem-solving service is helping livestock farmers to overcome challenges and increase production in Benin and other parts of West Africa.
The private service grew out of a blog written by Louis Agbokou, who works as livestock advisor at a government agricultural agency in Benin. During on- site...
Benin
2021 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Blog article
Young entrepreneurs in Egypt gear up to facilitate farmers’ access to technology and knowledge
Twenty-eight young entrepreneurs, including 10 women, from Egypt representing 16 teams successfully completed their training in the use of a solar-powered smart projector kit containing a library of farmer-training videos. Each team had won this smart device through a selection process as part of Access Agriculture’s Young Entrepreneur Challenge Fund...
Egypt
2021 - Access Agriculture
Blog article
Animal Health Diagnostic Laboratory operates again after immense destruction in Aleppo
A fully restored animal health diagnostic laboratory in Aleppo city is set to play a major part in strengthening Syria’s animal production and disease control/prevention capacity; ultimately, it will help protect herders’ livelihoods and secure them with a source of food and income. This has been achieved by FAO, with...
Syrian Arab Republic
2021 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Case study
The art of cooking and what you can do to make it more sustainable
Tips from FAO’s Goodwill Ambassador chefs on how you can buy, cook and eat food that respects the planet
With our modern lifestyles adding more stress on natural resources and a population to feed that will grow to almost 10 billion by 2050, sustainable gastronomy is something we should all keep in mind as we source, cook and eat our food. Sustainable gastronomy means choosing and cooking food in a way...
2021 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Practices
Cultivo de plantones hortícolas bajo invernadero
La unidad de riego de Xibalbay (URX) agrupa tres barrios periurbanos del municipio de Sololá, integrando a 250 familias. En el diagnóstico participativo y de género de la organización surge la necesidad de dar mayor participación a la mujer en grupos organizados mediante proyectos productivos que mejoren sus condiciones de...
Guatemala
2021 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Blog article
Highest agrobiodiversity of crops in Ri Bhoi’s Khweng
Khweng has the highest agrobiodiversity with over 319 crops followed by Marmain, which are both villages from Ri Bhoi, indicating rich biodiversity in the communities.This was informed by Senior Associate, Research, North East Slow Food and Agrobiodiversity Society (NESFAS), Dr. Bhogtoram Mawroh, at a state-level dissemination workshop on findings of...
2021 - The Sillong Times
Audio
FAO Podcast - Fighting child labour through education
Tonle Sap Lake in northeast Cambodia is one of the most productive inland fishing waters in the world, due to flooding and monsoon. Fisheries are the backbone of country’s economy, with Tonle Sap contributing over half of the country’s fish production. Yet the lake’s 4.8 million residents are some of...
Cambodia
2021 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Practices
Rebuilding livelihoods through aquaculture in conflict-affected northeast Nigeria
Fishing has been the main source of livelihoods for many communities in northeast Nigeria, especially in Borno State which borders Lake Chad.
However, long-running armed conflict in the region has caused one of the worst humanitarian emergencies in the world. Fishing in Lake Chad has been banned on security grounds, depriving...
Nigeria
2021 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
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