High expectations are put to multifunctional land use systems that they can provide solutions to the increasing global demand for land and food. In this literature review, we ask whether multifunctional landscapes hold specific opportunities for women in enhancing food production and security in a context of gender inequality guided...

The 32nd Session of the FAO Regional Conference for Europe started as FAO Members from Europe and Central Asia will discuss several challenges facing the region on food and agriculture, particularly how to promote sustainable agri-food systems and healthy diets as well as solutions for youth, employment and developing rural areas. Hosted by Uzbekistan in...

En este video se realiza una explicación paso a paso de cómo tratar residuos domésticos y a la vez, producir un abono orgánico tipo compost para tu huerta urbana o rural.

We once had a talented carpenter named Rodrigo, who would come to our house to fix cabinets and build closets. He liked to start in the afternoon and stay for dinner. He was slow and methodical, but his work was always perfect. Every year, this bohemian handyman would take his...

La Séptima Conferencia contó con palabras de apertura de Julio Berdegué, Subdirector General y Representante Regional de la FAO para América Latina y el Caribe, y también con la participación de las siguientes autoridades y especialistas:  • José Ángel López Camposeco, Ministro de Agricultura, Ganadería y Alimentación de Guatemala • Marcela...

Harvesting honey from colonies of giant honey bees, Apis breviligula and Apis dorsata can be a profitable village enterprise. Smoke is used to drive away the bees from their nest. The honeycomb is cut and separated from the pollen and brood. The comb is processed in a honey house to...

Stock assessment tools and fishery management guidelines were synthesised into a framework guide. The guide assists fisheries managers in using Fisheries Management Science Programme (FMSP) stock assessment tools. It describes a process for writing and implementing a fishery management plan and shows how stock assessment tools can support fishery managers...

In Gamda Bamaniya village in India, many farmers cultivate wheat. However, right now they face challenges in terms of their livelihood. It is the harvest season now, but due to the lockdown being implemented in the country to stop the spread of COVID-19, laborers from other villages cannot travel to...

The alignment of the environmental, economic and social sustainability of farms is necessary for enhancing the provision of public goods in farming. This study combines the use of three tools for the assessment of farm sustainability. It provides first insights into the sustainability performance of farms at different stages of agro-ecological...

We’re trying to teach our young ones that there’s no rocket science to it. It’s about keeping that natural balance and it will just keep giving.” 🌱 Meet Togia Tavita Faletoese, a Samoan organic farmer who set up a youth farm to pass on traditional knowledge

The Farm to Fork strategy for Sustainable food is a key component of the European Green Deal. European food is famous for being safe, nutritious and of high quality. It should now also become the global standard for sustainability.

Este video enseña cómo realizar recolección y reproducción de Microorganismos de Montaña: aplicaciones en actividades agropecuarias, método japones, mejoramiento de suelo, agroecología y bioinsumos.

Farmers need new ideas, and researchers need data. When these two professional groups meet in the framework of collaborative or participatory research, it is often not clear who has to evolve in what direction: do farmers need to learn about research protocols, systematically collecting and analysing data, or do researchers...

Vermiwash is the liquid that is collected after water passes through compost made by  earthworms. It is rich in plant growth hormones, micro-nutrients, and major nutrients like nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium.

11/05/2020 Juan Carlos Rivera lives in the Dry Corridor of El Salvador, an area where high temperatures, low rainfall and regular droughts pose constant regular problems to his way of life. He is a farmer who sells rabbits and quail, but with the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, he and his...

La conferencia tuvo palabras iniciales de Julio Berdegué, Subdirector General y Representante Regional de FAO para América Latina y el Caribe, y fue moderado por Rubén Echeverría, Investigador Senior del Instituto Internacional de Investigación en Políticas Alimentarias. Presentaciones: Susana Mirassou, Presidenta del Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), Argentina Jorge Diaz, Director Ejecutivo...

This technical summary prepared by FAO and the World Health Organization (WHO) reports on the two international food safety conferences held in Addis Ababa and Geneva in February and April 2019. It recalls the key actions and strategies presented to address current and future challenges to food safety globally and...

While the coconut shell technology is the easiest and cheapest way to propagate stingless bees, it may not be practical for inter-island transport for pollination of large plantation crops like mango. Thus, a suitable wooden hive was designed for this purpose. This practice describes how to build the wooden hive...

Having well nourished and healthy livestock represents a challenge for farmers in Uganda. Diary cattle in Uganda, in most cases, produce less milk than expected. This is mainly caused by improper feeding, which provides feed in inadequate quantities and of low quantity. It is therefore imperative that feed quantity and...

Drought resistance in rice is physiologically and genetically complex. There are a number of traits which are thought to contribute to drought resistance mechanisms. Drought-related traits are influenced by several or many genetic loci. Molecular linkage maps allow identification of Quantitative Trait Loci (QTLs). Corresponding molecular markers can be used...