ActionAid International in Gambia, in collaboration with Njawara Agricultural Training Centre (NATC), is implementing a three-year project called “Promoting Agroecology and Eco-restoration Practices” with the goal of improving environmental protection and promoting climate resilient sustainable agricultural practices. The Project manager said, “It is urgent to promote agroecological farming practices, support...

La actual crisis sanitaria nos ha recordado que estamos indisolublemente conectados. Los cambios a escalas locales, nacionales y globales se están acelerando y siendo cada vez más impredecibles ya que las interconexiones globales, representadas hoy en la multiplicación de un virus que traspasa fronteras, están produciendo eventos que tienen consecuencias...

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 of Agriculture (WCA 2020)...

Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which: identify highly nutritious local food plants, explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way, detail the nutritional value of the plants and describe why human bodies require those nutrients. The resources created by FPS allows people to better...

In Romania, there is an emerging market of dairy products delivered through short food supply chains. Although this distribution system has existed since the communist period, and even though more than three decades have passed since then, the market fails to be mature, subject to taxation, or achieve a high...

Ensure your soil is rich in organic matter and grow a legume intercrop to help keep your soil loose. Plant your cuttings horizontally or at a slant so the roots grow closer to the surface. With a simple tool you can uproot your cassava twice as fast.

Suministro de los compuestos químicos que la planta requiere para su crecimiento y metabolismo, es decir, para su normal desarrollo. Las propiedades químicas de estos suelos son determinantes, el crecimiento del material de cacao depende de sus nutrientes. Un suelo ideal para el cultivo de cacao es el que proporciona...

A report by the Malabo Montpellier Panel calling on policymakers to rethink and reorient African food systems. Drawing upon the experience of four countries – Ghana, Malawi, Morocco and Rwanda – the report Connecting the Dots: Policy Innovations for Food Systems Transformation in Africa presents five recommendations to elevate policymaking...

Las plantas de banano en su fase productiva deben soportar un determinado peso ejercido de forma gradual sobre el pseudotallo y en su parte basal a nivel del suelo proporcionado por el racimo, desde su ubicación y durante su proceso de llenado en la parte superior de la planta. Existe...

Over the past thirty years, an increasing number of states have passed good laws that significantly strengthen the tenure rights of their citizens. However, due to multiple barriers, a high percentage of many nations’ citizens are either unaware of their legal rights or unable to use national laws to protect...

Free online farm conference in English “Launching Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA) in Ukraine” will be organized on February 27th by the NGO “Permaculture in Ukraine” in collaboration with the “Visegrad and Beyond Permaculture Partnership”, The Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) e.V., The Department of Agriculture, South Westphalia University of Applied Sciences, and German CSA network SOLAWI. We invite CSA...

Pour faciliter la commercialisation des produits biologiques, AGRECOL Afrique a publié un manuel sur qui vise à contribuer à la valorisation des connaissances produites par les acteurs de l’agriculture biologique au Sénégal. Le document basé sur des expériences de terrain permet également à renforcer les capacités des praticiens et agents...

Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which: identify highly nutritious local food plants, explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way, detail the nutritional value of the plants and describe why human bodies require those nutrients. The resources created by FPS allows people to better...

Romanian beekeeping faces a lot of challenges nowadays due to the problems related to climate change, the use of pesticides in agriculture, but also to the pandemic crisis. In this context, organic beekeeping represents an important alternative to traditional apicultural practices. The purpose of the study was to present the...

Es la labor más importante durante todo el ciclo de vida de la planta; consiste en eliminar las partes vegetales que no son necesarias o que dificultan el desarrollo y producción, con el fin de conformar la estructura del árbol para que exprese su capacidad productiva. Fuente principal Modelo productivo para el...

Las zonas de laderas o montañas de la región sur de la República Dominicana, resultan muy afectadas periódicamente por los efectos negativos de los fenómenos naturales (precipitaciones abundantes, huracanes y vientos), por esta razón, esta región ha sido considerada de alta vulnerabilidad; ya que no se cuenta con instrumentación ni...

In taking a comprehensive approach to issues of tenure, the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests (VGGT) offer an opportunity to promote systemic governance reform and respect for land and resource rights, while clarifying the different roles of States, businesses and social actors....

This short article is based on the Ugandan book “Food and Nutrition in Uganda”. The author contends that while our political leaders and agricultural extension workers have long concentrated on reducing poverty and increasing food production, nutrition has been neglected. Food security is expected as long as large quantities of...

Este 15 de abril de 2021 se realizará la III Reunión Hemisférica de Ministros (as) y Secretarios (as) de Agricultura del hemisferio. Al igual que las convocadas el año pasado, por los gobiernos de Chile y México, en esta ocasión el país que liderará será Perú a través del Ministerio...

The European Organic Congress 2021 will take place online, live from Lisbon, on 16-18 June 2021 This year’s Congress, with the title “Organic’s contribution to the European Green Deal” aims to inspire the participants by focusing on how the agri-food sector’s initiatives enhance the transition towards a more sustainable food system,...