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AGRI challenge: sustainable pome and stone fruit
Costantino is one of the farmers in the Operational Group SISCCCA. The project develops sustainable integrated systems to control the brown marmorated stink bug.
Italy
2022 - EIP-AGRI Support Facility
Newsletter
FiBL Newsletter October 2022
Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL October 2022 Newsletter
News highlighting FiBL’s research, training and advisory services
Austria - European Union - France - Germany - Switzerland
2022 - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL
Blog article
Maasai women embracing new farming methods
In areas ravaged by droughts intensified by climate change, women from traditional cattle farming communities in Kenya are expanding their knowledge and skills so that they can get climate smart and adapt to an increasingly arid environment.
Kenya
2022 - RURAL WOMEN NETWORK
Report
EIP-AGRI Workshop Conversion to organic farming: Innovative approaches and challenges
FINAL REPORT
The European Farm-to-Fork strategy considers organic farming as a core element for improving agricultural sustainability, due to manifold best practice examples for sustainable farm management. Conversion to organic farming requires comprehensive knowledge about organic production practices, and good understanding of the conversion process itself and the related rules and regulations....
European Union
2022 - Eip Agri
Case study
How Somalia used biopesticides to win against desert locusts
Helping to bring in a new era of locust control based on natural remedies
The first wave of desert locust swarms hit Somalia in 2019. Carpets of hopper bands and clouds of locust swarms resembling those of a storm started appearing throughout the country. As the locusts descended on any vegetation they could find, crops succumbed to their appetite; fields became barren with nothing...
Somalia
2022 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Practices
Inspirational idea: Ecofriendly techniques for organic orchard pest management
ECO_FRUCT_BN, a Romanian Operational Group, is testing different methods and technologies to improve insect pest control in organic fruit production. On 4 pilot organic farms in the hill and mountain area of Bistrita county, the project partners is carrying out trials for integrated pest management (IPM) strategies and a solution...
European Union
2022 - EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) Network
Practices
Manejo agronómico: establecimiento del cultivo
El cultivo de lima Tahití se desarrolla en Colombia desde los 0 a 1.600 m.s.n.m, pero se recomienda cultivarlo de manera comercial por debajo de los 1.200 m.s.n.m para obtener fruta de mejor calidad y acceder a los mercados de exportación.
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Colombia
2022 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)
Practices
Converting chicken waste into fertilizer
Poultry waste is rich in nitrogen and other nutrients, and is good food for beneficial microbes in the soil. Mix it with decomposed cow dung and carbon-rich materials. To speed up decomposition, sprinkle organic decomposer or Trichoderma on the waste. From rotten eggs you can make a growth promoter, by...
2022 - Access Agriculture
Journal article
Organic maize and bean farming enhances free-living nematode dynamics in sub-Saharan Africa
Despite their important ecological roles for soil health and soil fertility, free-living nematodes (FLN) have received relatively limited research attention. The present study evaluated the community structure and diversity of FLN in a field setting. The experiments were conducted in on-farm and on-station field plots sown to maize (Zea mays) and...
2022 - Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment
Newsletter
Boletín Territorio y Libertad. Número #3. Soberanía y autonomía alimentaria. PARTE 2
Boletín Territorio y Libertad. Número #3. Soberanía y autonomía alimentaria. PARTE 2. Editado por el Grupo de Trabajo CLACSO Estudios críticos del desarrollo rural
2022 - Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales (CLACSO)
Video
Harvesting and storing okra
Harvest the soft okra every two days, so they don’t become ripe. But leave the smallest ones for the next harvest. If you leave the pods on the plant to become ripe, this takes energy from the plant and slows down new growth. An okra plant whose pods are harvested...
Mali
2022 - Access Agriculture
Blog article
Action Plan for the Development of Organic Production in the EU
Organic farming is a farming method that uses natural substances and processes to produce food. This means that organic farming has a low environmental impact. In accordance with the EU regulation for organic production, it is very restrictive on the use of different synthetic products and prohibits the use of...
European Union
2022 - EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) Network
Video
Teaching agroecology in schools
To value local culture, and to encourage a healthy lifestyle it is important that schools include topics on farming and traditional food in their curriculum and activities. Weave elements related to agroecology in the school curriculum of all the grades. By organising field visits, children can learn from farmers about...
Peru
2022 - Access Agriculture
Practices
Manejo agronómico: fertilización
Estos análisis son los de mayor precisión para estimar el estado de la fertilidad del suelo y de la nutrición de las plantas.
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Editorial Agrosavia
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Redalyc
Redcol
ResearchGate
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Noticias científicas
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Colombia
2022 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)
Policy brief/paper
Irrigating from space: Using remote sensing for agricultural water management
With water becoming increasingly scarce and irrigated agriculture already accounting for 70 percent of global water withdrawals, governments around the world are supporting efforts to improve the performance of water use in agriculture. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and its partners have invested in developing...
2022 - FAO
Report
Introducing the Agrifood Systems Technologies and Innovations Outlook (ATIO)
Agrifood system transformation to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals requires increased attention to developing, adapting and diffusing impactful science, technology and innovation (STI). Current levels and patterns of STI uptake are inadequate to facilitate needed agrifood system transformations, especially in today's low- and middle-income countries. Moreover, the descriptive and evaluative...
2022 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Case study
Holistic land and livestock management in Manicaland
Poor management of the land over the years resulted in a series of problems. Cattle were not herded and grazing management was poor; livestock were overgrazing parts of the veld leading to bare lands and loss of biodiversity. The lands were badly degraded and exposed to persistent soil erosion, leaving...
2022 - The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa
Video
Why so many Polish farmers are embracing agroforestry
Agroforestry, known and practiced by our ancestors, has recently been recognized by the UN as the most important agricultural innovation in the EU in the 21st century.
In Poland, this trend is already noticeable, although it's gaining ground slowly among the country's farmers.
Poland
2022 - Euronews
Book
Aspectos generales del cultivo de papa en Cundinamarca
Esta publicación le brinda al productor, en un lenguaje natural de fácil entendimiento, algunos aspectos clave para el cultivo de papa. Está enfocado en temáticas como el clima, el uso de suelo, las plagas y las enfermedades, con conocimientos actualizados con el fin de mejorar las prácticas en su actividad...
Colombia
2022 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)
Practices
Liquorice extract as an alternative to reduce copper use in grapevines (RELACS Practice Abstract)
Copper is the only effective fungicide authorised for a variety of important uses in organic farming. Because of its environmental impact, it is restricted to 28 kg/ha over seven years in the EU, and further restrictions may come while only a few alternatives are available on the market.
Solution
As soon as...
2022 - RELACS, JKi, Trifolio - M
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