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Jóvenes Emprendedores del Agro
Conozcan el emprendimiento de Danilo Mondaca, miembro de la Mesa de Jóvenes Rurales de la Región Metropolitana de Santiago. Este Video fue realizado por la Seremi de Agricultura de la Región Metropolitana.
Chile
2020 - Seremi de Agricultura de la Región Metropolitana
Article
Interaction of Preventive, Cultural, and Direct Methods for Integrated Weed Management in Winter Wheat
Crop rotations dominated by winter annual crops and relying on the use of herbicides to control weeds have resulted in weed communities dominated by a few highly specialized species such as Alopecurus myosuroides. Integrated weed management (IWM) represents a sensible strategy to target such difficult weeds, through a combination of preventive,...
2020
Book part
Capítulo IX: Riego y drenaje en el cultivo de lima ácida Tahití
Los cítricos, y en general las plantas, sufren de estrés hídrico a causa de la baja disponibilidad de agua, lo que repercute en un desarrollo pobre de la plantación, influye de manera significativa en la etapa de llenado del fruto, y afecta el rendimiento y la calidad.
La falta de agua...
Colombia
2020 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)
Practices
Community seedbed for rice in drought prone areas
Choosing the optimum time for transplanting is a most essential prerequisite for rice cultivation, to ensure proper and optimal growth of plants and increase the yield and to synchronize cultivation practices for irrigation and control of pest, diseases or rats. T. aman (transplanted aman) rice is planted under rain fed...
Bangladesh
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Cocoa farming: improving production and quality of cocoa through macropropagation
Theobroma cacao (cocoa) is an ecologically beneficial crop in tropical agroecosystems, and can serve as a cash crop for farmers in developing countries. The growing demand for cocoa products coupled with increasing disease pressures has led to the concept that enhanced germplasm with disease tolerance and high yields could dramatically...
Brazil
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Rapid composting methods: use of forced aeration
The potential of composting to turn on-farm waste materials into a farm resource makes it an attractive proposition. Composting offers several benefits such as enhanced soil fertility and soil health, thereby increased agricultural productivity, improved soil biodiversity, reduced ecological risks and creating a better environment. While traditional composting procedures take...
Uganda
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Report
Constraints and opportunities for Youth in agroecology in Kenya
Youth in Agroecology and Business Learning Track Africa (YALTA) is an initiative with the goal to support young agripreneurs to apply agroecological principles and to co-create networks in order to contribute to increased sustainability of food systems and youth employment in Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, and Rwanda. This report provides an in-depth...
2020
Journal
Samudra Report No.84, December 2020
The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) has just published the latest issue of SAMUDRA Report, its triannual journal on fisheries, communities and livelohoods. The current edition, SAMUDRA Report No. 84, dated December 2020, features a range of articles from countries around the world like Peru, Kiribati, Belize, France,...
2020 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Manual
Good practices for the feed sector
Implementing the Codex Alimentarius Code of Practice on Good Animal Feeding
This manual provides comprehensive information and practical guidelines to assist farmers, producers and all stakeholders along the feed value chain to comply with the requirements of the Codex Alimentarius Code of Practice on Good Animal Feeding. The application of the Code is an important step for the expansion of international...
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Fact sheet
Reseña de Agricultura Familiar - Paraguay
La agricultura familiar representa más del 80% de las explotaciones agrícolas en América Latina y el Caribe, llegando a ocupar entre el 12 y el 67% de la superficie agropecuaria. Así también, es la encargada de producir más del 70% de los alimentos en la región (FAO, 2014). La reseña...
Paraguay
2020 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Practices
Diversifying cropping patterns in drought prone areas
Adaptation options to climate variability and change in northwestern Bangladesh need to consider alternative cropping patterns and cultivation practices to support the most efficient use of limited natural resources. Diversification and adjustment of cultivated crops is a traditional adaptation practice contributing to minimize the risk of crop failure due to...
Bangladesh
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Video
Agroecología - Buenas prácticas agropecuarias para la resiliencia, Corredor Seco Centroamericano
El Corredor Seco Centroamericano (CSC) es una de las áreas centroamericanas más afectada por los eventos extremos, en particular la sequía. Con el objetivo de fortalecer la sostenibilidad, inclusión y resiliencia de los sistemas productivos de los países del SICA, se realiza un inventario de buenas prácticas y tecnologías para...
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Blog article
Sembrando Capacidades promueve intercambio de conocimientos para la construcción de líneas de investigación en agroecología en Brasil y Colombia
El proyecto de cooperación sur-sur trilateral Sembrando Capacidades llevó a cabo el segundo taller virtual de intercambio de conocimientos entre Brasil y Colombia para la construcción de directrices de investigación en agroecología.
La iniciativa Sembrando Capacidades, ejecutada en Colombia, integra las acciones del proyecto regional América Latina y el Caribe sin Hambre 2025, del...
Brazil - Colombia
2020 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Magazine article
Proyecto de Extensión Universitaria “Con las manos en la tierra: sembrando cultura y biodiversidad”
El proyecto de Extensión Universitaria “Con las manos en la tierra: sembrando cultura y biodiversidad” comenzó en febrero de 2020, luego de ser aprobado en la 12° convocatoria “La Universidad y su compromiso con la sociedad”. Atravesados por la situación actual de aislamiento y distanciamiento social, fueron muchos los obstáculos...
Argentina
2020 - Universidad Nacional de Rosario/ Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias
Video
Compost: practical information (Best4Soil Video)
Compost is part of the natural cycle. It is a result of mi¬crobial decomposition of dead organic matter in the presence of oxygen (aerobic conditions). The repeated application of compost on arable and vegetable fields does increase soil organic matter content as well as the microbial diversity and abundance of...
2020 - Organic Farm Knowledge
Practices
Intercropping drought-tolerant fruit trees (mango and jujube) in rice-based farming systems
Intercropping drought-tolerant fruit trees into rice-based farming systems in the uplands of the Barind tract in north-western Bangladesh reduces exposure to and risk of drought. It also provides households with alternative livelihoods sources, enhanced food and nutrition security and diet diversification. This practice describes how to intercrop mango and jujube...
Bangladesh
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Rapid composting methods: vermicomposting
The potential of composting to turn on-farm waste materials into a farm resource makes it an attractive proposition. Composting offers several benefits such as enhanced soil fertility and soil health, thereby increasing agricultural productivity, improving soil biodiversity, reducing ecological risks and creating a better environment. While traditional composting procedures take...
Cuba
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Blog article
IP farmers in the Philippines sell produce directly to locked down consumers
MARIKINA CITY, PHILIPPINES – The lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic presented an opportunity for farmers groups/cooperatives in the Philippines to sell their produce directly to consumers.
On 3 May 2020, with the help of PAKISAMA, one of AFOSP-APFP partner organizations in the Philippines, their member organization Kababaihang Dumagat ng Sierrra Madre...
Philippines
2020 - Asian Farmers' Association (AFA) for Sustainable Rural Development
Practices
Rapid composting methods: use of cellulolytic cultures
The potential of composting to turn on-farm waste materials into a farm resource makes it an attractive proposition. Composting offers several benefits such as enhanced soil fertility and soil health, thereby increased agricultural productivity, improved soil biodiversity, reduced ecological risks and creating a better environment. While traditional composting procedures take...
Uganda
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Book
Agriculture and climate change. Law and governance in support of climate smart agriculture and international climate change goals
Many national legal frameworks still do not include laws and measures specifically intended to tackle climate change in the agriculture sectors. However, national laws and institutional frameworks are necessary for good governance and can operate to support the implementation of national policy and international commitments, including on climate change. Indeed,...
2020 - FAO
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