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Simple techniques for production of dried meat
Drying meat under natural temperatures, humidity and circulation of the air, including the direct influence of sun rays, is the oldest method of meat preservation. It consists of gradual dehydration of pieces of meat cut to a specific uniform shape that permits the equal and simultaneous drying of whole batches...
Uganda
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Report
Women’s empowerment through collective action: How forest and farm producer organisations can make a difference
Half of the 1.5 billion people globally who rely on forest landscapes for subsistence and cash income are women. Many see the benefits of participating in various forest and farm producer organisations (FFPOs). These include both general community, smallholder farmer and indigenous people’s organisations and more specific women-only groups –...
Ghana - Kenya - Philippines
2020 - International Insitute for Environment and Development
Blog article
Learning Together: The Agroecology Movement Shares Strategies for Impact
In February 2020, more than 100 participants from nearly 30 countries gathered together for a week-long global learning exchange on agroecology. The practitioners work at the intersection of policy, scientific research, grassroots movement-building, and natural farming practices. They were joined by 18 donors, a half-dozen advisors, and other agroecology allies.
The...
2020 - Agroecology Fund
Report
Situating small-scale fisheries in the global struggle for agroecology and food sovereignty
This report explores the politics and practices of small-scale fisheries (SSF) in the context of the global movement for agroecology and food sovereignty. It frames the policy context and explains the challenges related to SSF initiatives and communities and how they organize to address them. It shows how alternative food...
2020
Blog article
Cultivando justicia socioambiental: la memoria biocultural como fundamento de la Agroecología
En medio de la crisis socioambiental y los impactos de la agricultura intensiva, ha surgido la agroecología como una opción que propone una visión sistémica del alimento, considerando no sólo la regeneración del suelo y las relaciones ecológicas de los agroecosistemas, sino también la dignificación de las y los agricultores. El...
2020 - Ladera Sur
Video
Virtual meeting: StoreWars - Consumer groups and other agroecological revolts in times of emergency
Part of online course Social ecologism in times of emergency, reflections from confinement treating topics as a Sustainable and healthy diet for young and old, Preparing the Day After transformative consumption options for post-confinement this virtual meeting focuses on agroecological alternatives.
Emergency measures are centralizing food purchases in large supermarkets, putting small businesses...
2020 - Garúa Coop
Technical paper
The Sustainable Forest Management Framework for Africa (2020-2030)
Extending over 624 million hectares (ha), covering 20.6 percent of the continent’s land area and representing 15.6 percent of the world’s forest cover, Africa’s forests have a unique role in contributing to the attainment of the aspirations of the Agenda 2063, the Africa We Want. This is a picture of...
2020 - The African Union Commission
Journal article
Stratégies de résistance des agriculteurs familiaux face à l’avancée de l’agriculture capitaliste en Uruguay
The resistance of family farmers facing agribusiness extension is reflected in unique economic, social and technical practices and strategies, which give them specific reproductive capacities. Our main hypothesis is that the action models behind the resistance of family farmers depend on the context of their situations, their projects and the...
Uruguay
2020 - HaL Archives Ouvertes
E-learning
Charla online: Acceso al agua para uso agrícola y ganadero
En el marco del proyecto FONTAGRO "Innovación e intensificación para la adaptación al cambio climático de la ganadería extensiva familiar", el 14 de diciembre de 2020 se llevó a cabo el webinar: “Acceso al agua para el uso agrícola ganadero”.
Los técnicos de INTA Juan Pablo Mikuc, Daniel Castillo, Vicente Buda...
Argentina
2020 - Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA) - Argentina
Blog article
COVID-19: Our hungriest, most vulnerable communities face “a crisis within a crisis”
In this interview, Dominique Burgeon, Director of FAO's Emergency and Resilience Division, explains the particular challenges COVID-19 poses in vulnerable communities already coping with high levels of hunger due to pre-existing crises -- and how the Organization is gearing up to help.
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Practices
Comment récolter la cire d'abeille
La cire d’abeille est une marchandise de valeur qui peut être utilisée pour faire toute sorte de produits comme par exemple des bougies, de la crème de corps, du cirage, etc. Cette technologie présente, méthodiquement, trois méthodes différentes pour récolter la cire d’abeille. La première méthode décrite utilise des matériaux...
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Labour-saving technologies and practices: draught animal power and implements
The following provides some basic technical explanations for the correct utilisation of animal power including harnessing and implements. The advantages and disadvantages of this practice are also explained, which include labour saving, livelihood diversification, livelihood resilience strengthening, equipment, costs, skills, and risks.
Description
Cattle, particularly oxen are by far the most common...
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Adaptive co-management: improved management of fisheries resources
In many developing countries, centralised management of small-scale fisheries has not been able to ensure the sustainable management of fisheries resources on which so many depend. Often this is because information to support management decision-making is either not available or that it being provided in a top-down manner that may...
Bangladesh
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Camarones: método de cultivo
La cría de camarones y langostinos en ambientes naturales o seminaturales tiene tres fases principales:
Engorde desde postlarva a tamaño comercial.
Desove y cría desde huevo a postlarva, maduración y reproducción.
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Magazine article
LEISA Magazine India: Agroecology and going local
Local food initiatives with agroecological approaches are increasingly recognized. The global pandemic's challenge is alerting communities to the importance of being self-sufficient and resilient. Overall, farmers are thriving during the pandemic by making appropriate adaptations while urban consumers moved towards 'growing own food' and 'buying local'.
This issue of the Low-External-Input and...
India
2020 - LEISA Magazine India
Blog article
The Resilience of Smallholder Farmers in Times of Crisis
With the focus on food security rising, smallholder farmers have been propelled into the limelight as the heroes in the production sector. They are playing a major role in nourishing large urban populations as large-scale farmers feel the impacts of COVID 19. We spoke to two organic farmers in Uganda...
2020 - IFOAM
Newsletter
Boletín Bimensual – Enero / Febrero 2020
Boletín bimensual institucional correspondiente al mes de enero/febrero 2020
2020 - FONTAGRO
Video
Producción de trigo agroecológico
De acuerdo al censo agropecuario 2018, más de dos mil explotaciones agropecuarias argentinas realizaron prácticas agroecológicas. Pero, ¿en qué consiste realizar un cultivo, por ejemplo, de trigo agroecológico? ¿Comienza con la siembra? ¿O comienza mucho antes construyendo la fertilidad que necesitamos en el suelo? Martín Zamora desde el INTA Barrow...
Argentina
2020 - Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA)
Practices
Équipements de semis direct pour tracteurs (agriculture de conservation)
Cette technologie explique et illustre quel équipement est nécessaire d'utiliser pour les tracteurs et comment l'utiliser pour le semis direct. Le semis direct consiste à favoriser la croissance d’une nouvelle culture sans préparation du lit de semence mécanique et avec une perturbation minimale du sol depuis la récolte de la...
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Labour-saving technologies and practices: Draught Animal Power (DAP) planters and weeders
The following explains the methodology behind the utilisation of the agricultural tools of Draught Animal Power (DAP) planters and weeders. Traditional methods and the specific DAP planter and weed features are highlighted. The advantages and disadvantages are additionally specified which include labour saving, livelihood resilience strengthening, equipment, skills, cost and...
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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