Local foods (such as leafy vegetables, berries, small animals, or any other traditional food source from local biodiversity) have long been an important part of people's diets - nutritious, affordable and adapted to local growing conditions and cultural traditions. They are cheap, readily affordable and rich in different micro-nutrients and...

Abuse and misuse of insecticides is common in Africa. Although the use of pesticides in Africa represents less than 5 percent of the global total, misuse is disproportionately high. The use of insecticides is determined largely by export crops, such as cotton and cocoa. Trends are therefore dependent on world...

In honour of the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought (17 June), Access Agriculture is proud to announce the launch of the Hindi version of its video platform www.accessagriculture.org/hi, which offers a rich resource of multilingual training videos on agroecological principles and rural entrepreneurship for the Global South. Access Agriculture,...

Wood is the major raw material for manufacturing matchsticks. However, the match industry has been dependent on only a few wood species for making match splints and these species are now in short supply. Therefore, bamboo, one of the faster growing plants, is a sustainable raw material source for manufacturing...

Iván León Ayala, Representante de la FAO en Nicaragua, habla sobre los retos que enfrenta el país en materia de agroecología.

This manual is developed by a consortium consisting of four NGOs (Caritas Switzerland, Advance Afrika, Agency for Accelerated Regional Development, and Gulu Women Economic Development and Globalization) for the implementation of the Action for Livelihood Enhancement in Northern Uganda (ALENU) Project that is funded under the Development Initiative for Northern...

Lutte contre le braconnage et la pêche illégale  

Sri Lanka’s National Fisheries Policy needs to be remodelled to incorporate the SSF Guidelines in order to attain the goal of securing sustainable small-scale fisheries. The Ministry of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development (MFARD) of Sri Lanka recently prepared a White Paper on National Fisheries Policy in 2018, which was approved...

El Centro Internacional de la Papa (CIP) ha lanzado el Concurso Regional: Diseño del logotipo de la Iniciativa Andina. En este sitio web encontrá toda la información necesaria para postular como las bases del concurso. Este concurso convoca a hombres y mujeres jóvenes a sumar esfuerzos por la conservación de la agrobiodiversidad, hacer frente al cambio climático y promover la alimentación saludable, invitándoles...

The important role that small farms play in supporting rural livelihoods, conserving biodiversity and maintaining traditional landscapes, rural traditions and cultural heritage is widely accepted. Nevertheless, they are often under the radar of the agriculture policy mechanisms, which tend to focus on the very large farms and globally driven food...

La calidad final de la carne porcina es la resultante de una serie de sistemas y procesos que componen su cadena agroalimentaria. Cada uno de los eslabones que la componen, desde las prácticas de manejo en los establecimientos hasta su expendio en los comercios, influyen de manera determinante sobre la...

La entomofauna del cultivo de la mora ha sido poco estudiada. La inversión en generación de conocimiento y desarrollo tecnológico para este cultivo en Colombia ha sido escasa, lo cual contribuye a que el cultivo presente una amplia brecha tecnológica. Ante el desconocimiento que se tiene de la bioecología y...

The initial direct impact of COVID-19 is on health, in terms of morbidity and mortality, with quickly overburdened health care services. The containment measures taken to curb the impact of COVID-19 have indirectly been socially and economically devastating and will significantly set back efforts to achieve the 2030 Agenda, including...

La propolis, parfois comparée à de la «colle d'abeille», est une mixture résineuse que les abeilles récoltent sur les bourgeons des arbres et des résines végétales. La propolis est utilisée par les abeilles dans la ruche comme un matériel de construction ainsi que pour protéger la colonie contre les maladies....

Crop rotation provides many benefits in terms of soil structure improvement, soil fertility increase, weed and pest control, variety output production and hard labour alleviation. The following will detail the criteria for crop rotation as well as recommendations, explanations on intercropping, methods to cover crops, how the practice links with...

Striga species are noxious weeds that are widespread constraints to the production of staple cereal crops in semi-arid areas, principally attacking finger millet, maize, sorghum, and upland rice. They have been estimated to infest some 40 percent of the cereal producing areas of sub-Saharan Africa. Work by the DFID Crop...

Bamboo and rattan are ideal resources for development that integrates poverty reduction and environmental sustainability, and the International Network for Bamboo and Rattan- INBAR priority is giving people at all levels the knowledge and skills they need for long-term development involving bamboo and rattan. Therefore, bamboo mat board, a plywood-like...

Diversified farming systems are proposed as a major mechanism to address the many sustainability issues of today's agriculture. Multi-species livestock farming, i.e. keeping two or more animal species simultaneously on the same farm, is an option that has received little attention to date. Moreover, most studies of multi-species livestock farming...

Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.), also known as peanut, is cultivated in the semiarid tropical and subtropical regions of nearly 100 countries in six continents between 40° N and S of the equator. In Southern and Eastern Africa, peanut is grown at an altitude of over 1500 m, with a rainfall...

La salud es la máxima prioridad de los países en la lucha contra la pandemia de COVID-19, pero también deben hacer todo lo posible para mantener en funcionamiento las cadenas de suministro de alimentos. 5 formas en que los países pueden responder 1. Ampliar y mejorar la asistencia alimentaria de emergencia...