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Communicating food safety in the era of COVID-19 – earning consumer trust
Misinformation about the impact the coronavirus is having on the safety of food in the Asia-Pacific region has led to confusion and concern among consumers, and it’s time to set the record straight, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) announced today.
The spread of COVID-19 has affected...
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Manual
BOND Gaming Booklet
A Blueprint for Creating Playful Working Environments
The BOND Project (Bringing Organisations & Network Development to higher levels in the Farming sector in Europe) developed a blueprint for creating playful working environments to be used to develop engaging interfaces between farmers and policy makers throughout the project's activities.
Research has shown that playful initiaives such as Gamification, Serious...
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2020 - The BOND Project
Fact sheet
Caracterización molecular del germoplasma de arracacha (Arracacia xanthorrhiza Bancr.) en Colombia mediante marcadores SSRs fluorescentes
La arracacha (Arracacia xanthorrhiza Bancr.) es una raíz tuberosa originaria de los Andes, con mayor área de cultivo en Brasil, seguido de Colombia, Ecuador y Venezuela. Esta especie es la única umbelífera domesticada de las Américas y se considera que Colombia, Ecuador y Perú son los centros de diversidad primaria...
Colombia
2020 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)
Conference/Meeting
5ª Conferencia Online FAO - Serie COVID-19
Enabling agricultural investment in the Caribbean for an effective response and post-COVID-19 recovery
The fifth webinar of the FAO-COVID-19 and Food Systems Series, co-organized with the strategic collaboration of the CARICOM Secretariat, focused on “Enabling agricultural investment in the Caribbean for an effective response and post-COVID-19 recovery”. The webinar took place on Thursday, 7 May 2020 - 12:00 PM Barbados time (UTC -4),...
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Guidelines
Information and tools for young agricultural workers during COVID-19 crisis
The COVID-19 pandemic is a global crisis which is already affecting the food and agriculture sector. Countries with existing humanitarian crises are particularly exposed to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Support to ensure sustainable agriculture production and maintaining the critical supply chain linkages are extremely important during this crisis...
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Website
Livestock and the environment
Livestock are key drivers for sustainable development in agriculture. They contribute to food security, nutrition, poverty alleviation, and economic growth. Through the adoption of best practices, the sector can reduce its environmental impacts and become more efficient in the use of resources
FAO provides comprehensive analysis of the sector from a...
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Practices
Predictive yield models for tropical river and lake fisheries
Inland fisheries based on lakes and rivers are difficult to assess and data on catch and effort, often from subsistence fisheries, is lacking. Predictive models based on simple and multiple linear regressions enable estimates of fish yield that can be used in planning for management and development in the absence...
Ghana
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Conservation tillage management for marginal small farm systems
Moisture conserving tillage and weeding practices for a maize-based cropping system were tested in semi-arid Zimbabwe. This is an area characterised by shortage of labour and Draught Animal Power (DAP), frequent drought, and at times excessive weed growth. Using a ripper tine attached to the existing plough for planting, and...
Zimbabwe
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Report
Smallholders and family farms in Kyrgyzstan
The background for conducting country studies on the challenges, needs and constraints of smallholders and family farms in seven countries has been a wish to further strengthen the Regional Initiative and develop the initiative towards a stronger programmatic approach at both the regional and country levels. To provide support to...
Kyrgyzstan
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations FAO
Event
VIII Congreso de Agroecología: "Identidad Latinoamericana tejiendo el territorio: transformaciones urgentes para la vida".
Conscientes de la trayectoria histórica contra hegemónica, de resistencia y lucha, de construcción y propuesta, de acción y transformación, que se entrelaza y emerge en nuestros territorios, la Agroecología, iidentidad Latinoamérica, teje el territorio y las transformaciones urgentes para la vida.
Organizado por la Sociedad Científica Latinoamericana de Agroecología (SOCLA) y...
2020 - Sociedad Científica Latinoamericana de Agroecología (SOCLA)
Video
#IGrowYourFood - Meet Ibrahima, an organic farmer from Senegal
Conventional agriculture contributes to global warming while organic enables carbon sequestration in soil. It's a powerful way to become more resilient to climate change.” Meet Ibrahima working with over 157,000 people to promote organic agriculture in Senegal
Senegal
2020 - IFOAM - Organics International
Event
SOIL AND CIVILIZATION: SUSTAINING FARMING FOR THE FUTURE
The Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography invites you to join the 2020 Vega Symposium, on the topic of Soil and Civilization.
Soil is a defining characteristic of physical geography. It’s presence, absence, and character helps shape landscapes around the world. And though soil is the foundation for both ecology and human civilizations,...
Sweden
2020 - The Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography
Blog article
Call for adaptation of COVID-19 measures in pastoral areas
7 May 2020: During the current coronavirus crisis, many African governments have enforced lockdowns: halting public life, disrupting supply chains and closing markets. The governments want to flatten the curve of infection with the virus so as to prevent the public healthcare systems from being completely overwhelmed by huge flows of...
2020 - Coalition of European Lobbies for Eastern African Pastoralism (CELEP)
Practices
Measuring the return on investment into agricultural technologies for disaster risk reduction: rice cultivation with guano fertilizer
This technology describes the outcomes of a cost-benefit analysis on rice cultivation with guano fertilizer that was conducted based on quantitative data collected during a monitoring period in both the 2015 wet season and the 2016 dry season.
Lao People's Democratic Republic
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Technical paper
Legal considerations in responses to COVID-19 to mitigate the risk of disruption to fisheries and aquaculture food systems
This brief identifies some of the areas that governments have intervened through emergency law to strengthen a resilient fisheries and aquaculture food supply chains and illustrates how these regulatory measures can be adopted by other countries thereby contribute to ensuring food security and economic development for all especially the indigenous...
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Practices
Management of self-recruiting species in aquaculture
In farmer-managed aquatic systems, poor people do not always have the resources to stock ponds with different fish species. Furthermore, in the dry season, water bodies dry out and access to food sources becomes limited. Self-recruiting species (SRS) are animals that do not require repeated stocking in farmer-managed systems and...
Bangladesh
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Trainer's guide to control blowfly infestation of traditionally processed fish
Blowfly infestation of traditionally processed fish is a serious problem that results in significant physical and economic losses. It also leads to the unregulated use of inappropriate and hazardous insecticides by fish processors in some developing countries. This manual provides guidance on the biology of blowfly infestation and its control....
India
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Rattan pole steam bending
Bamboo and rattan are ideal resources for development that integrate poverty reduction and environmental sustainability. INBAR’s priority is giving people at all levels the knowledge and skills they need for long-term development involving bamboo and rattan. The following technology covers the advantages of using the steam-bending technique instead of the...
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Report
Smallholders and family farms in Armenia
The background for conducting country studies on the challenges, needs and constraints of smallholders and family farms in seven countries has been a wish to further strengthen the Regional Initiative and develop the initiative towards a stronger programmatic approach at both the regional and country levels. To provide support to...
Armenia
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations FAO
Website
Ganadería y Agricultura Regenerativa
Considerando el estado actual e importancia de América Latina, nuestra estrategia trabaja en la transformación de paisajes agropecuarios.
Los sistemas agrícolas regenerativos buscan mejorar las condiciones de la naturaleza al tiempo que garantizan la demanda de agua y alimento para las personas, genera beneficios como una mayor resiliencia climática de los...
2020 - The Nature Conservancy
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