Agroecology Fund (AEF) launched a new video, “Agroecology: Grassroots Solutions to Global Crises”, a 7-minute short film featuring grantee partners, advisors, allies, and donors from the global AEF community.  Filmmaker and photojournalist Rucha Chitnis is in conversation with Rutendo Zendah from the African Centre for Biodiversity in South Africa, Pius Ranee from the North...

FAO Agroecology Newsletter - February 2021 issue, with a lot of news from the Agroecology world

El bosque seco tropical concentra la mayor parte de la biodiversidad del mundo y, sin embargo, es uno de los ecosistemas más degradados en Colombia. Para su conservación es importante conocer la diversidad de microorganismos del suelo que lo integran, como los hongos micorrízicos arbusculares (HMA). En este estudio se...

More than 600 million people, or 1 in 10, fall ill and 420 000 die each year from eating food contaminated with bacteria, viruses, parasites, toxins or chemicals. Most of the deaths are among the poor and young. Low and middle-income countries could save up to USD 95 billion annually...

FAO office in Algeria is launching, as part of the regional project on water efficiency, productivity and sustainability (WEPSRNE), two Farmers field schools in Algeria in the irrigated perimeter of El Hamiz, one of the largest perimeters of the country. The perimeter covers an area of ​​18,000 ha and extends...

Finca Marta es reflejo de la Cuba de ayer y de hoy. Se proyecta a lo más íntimo de un país que sueña con un futuro mejor. Finca Marta es el campo cubano que ríe y llora, que se empeña en hacer algo diferente. El libro intenta transmitir esperanza e inspiración...

La agricultura de jardines flotantes (conocida localmente como vasoman/dhap chash) es una tecnología de innovación de producción de cultivos locales para el ecosistema sumergido en las regiónes del sur de Bangladés. Tradicionalmente, los agricultores de los distritos Gopalganj, Pirojpur y Barisal han usado la práctica ya desde hace casi dos...

In this paper, efforts were made to the impact of full and seasonal stall feeding technology on households’ economic, ecological, and social welfare outcome indicators in rural Northern Ethiopia using data obtained from the survey of 518 rural farmers. In order to address our primary objective, an endogenous switching regression...

About 80 per cent of South Asia’s poor live in rural areas, most of whom depend on agriculture for their livelihood. Agriculture and rural development are the keys to eradicate poverty and create conditions for sustainable and equitable growth. South Asian agriculture faces several new challenges – ranging from a...

Alors que s’ouvre la Conférence de l’ONU sur les changements climatiques (COP26) à Glasgow, le Fonds international de développement agricole (Fida) plaide pour augmenter significativement les investissements destinés à financer l’adaptation au changement climatique dans les pays en développement. L’organisation tire la sonnette d’alarme, notamment sur la situation des petits exploitants agricoles. Bien qu’ils produisent...

The report covers the EU in its current composition (EU-27). It presents the medium-term outlook for EU agricultural markets, income and environment to 2031, based on a set of macroeconomic assumptions deemed most plausible at the time of the analysis. Oil price, population forecasts (based on IHS Markit), the USD/EUR...

Viet Nam, a major timber importing and processing country, has seen exponential growth of its forest-based industries over the past decade. Besides importing timber from some 80 countries across Asia, Africa and South America, Viet Nam exports timber products worth USD 7 billion (all figures 2016) to major markets worldwide....

Food loss and waste is a major issue in the Asia and Pacific region and coordinated, strategic actions are needed to address the impact it is having on climate change, food security, and the region’s overall economy. This was the conclusion of 18 Member countries during a virtual consultation convened by the...

FAO concluded a virtual meeting to address pertinent food and agriculture issues of Europe and Central Asia, against a background of the new FAO Strategic Framework, and the impact of the COVID-19 crisis. The 39 FAO Member Nations were joined by the European Union, civil society, farmers’ organizations, and the private...

This publication is not a technical book. Instead, it aims to help people move towards this mindset shift. The first chapter on soil is the bedrock of the whole book. It presents the kind of understanding of soil needed if we are to have any chance of successfully regenerating soils....

This high-level event will engage nations and international organizations to discuss how to enhance FAO’s work in nutrition in order for it to catalyze the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals in the context of the Strategic Framework 2022–31Raising levels of nutrition offers one of the greatest developmental opportunities in...

The WCC (World CSO Coordinating Committee for the UNDFF) calls for the faithful application of these instruments in favour of family farming and the implementation of the UNDFF 2019-2028.  The “Guide on international and regional instruments to defend and promote the interests and rights of family farmers” provides a comprehensive...

Este informe describe las medidas y políticas adoptadas por el Gobierno para contener la expansión del virus, así como también estabilizar y garantizar el funcionamiento de los sistema agroalimentarios. Se presentan los posibles efectos de dichas políticas sobre los sistemas agroalimentarios y los grupos más vulnerables, y una evaluación de...

Animal health emergencies are evolving, but they remain among the most challenging situations a country can confront. Infectious diseases and other threats have increasing potential to spread rapidly within a country or around the world due to growing populations, concentration of animal populations and market intensification, human and animal movement,...

La práctica del jardín flotante es un sistema de producción indígena local de mayor éxito en los humedales, áreas sumergidas e inundadas de los distritos seleccionados del sur y sur-oeste (Pirojpur, Barisal y Gopalganj) de Bangladés. Las prácticas agrícolas de jardín flotante han sido adoptadas por los agricultores locales desde...