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Beekeeping in Asia: keeping Apis Cerana in box hives
Maintaining colonies of oriental honeybees in box hives is an improved and often less expensive version of loghive beekeeping. In view of current wood prices in many parts of Asia, the cost of building hives from good solid logs can be prohibitive. In some coastal areas of tropical Asia, coconut...
Thailand
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Journal article
The Impact of COVID-19 Crisis upon the Consumer Buying Behavior of Fresh Vegetables Directly from Local Producers. Case Study: The Quarantined Area of Suceava County, Romania
The present paper intends to address the impact of COVID-19 crisis upon the consumerbuying behavior of fresh vegetables directly from local producers as observed 30 days later, afterenforcing the state of emergency in Romania within a well-defined area, namely, the quarantinedarea of Suceava. The study relies on the interpretation of...
Romania
2020 - "Gh. Zane" Institute for Economic and Social Research, Romanian Academy, Iasi Branch
Report
A people-centered approach to territorial development
Peace through cooperative initiatives, the experience of Colombia’s rural municipality of Caldono
FAO Colombia, in the framework of an agreement with the Territorial Renewal Agency (ART in Spanish), implemented a Territorial Approach to Development Program (PDET) in the municipality of Caldono, which achieved excellent results in promoting economic recovery and strengthening associativity and social cohesion in a territory affected by more than...
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Report
Observations on the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on farmers
Case of Italy
As countries report mounting cases of the COVID-19, the outbreak presents them and the global community with unprecedented challenges in recent times. FAO monitors the experience of those heavily affected by the pandemic looking at the immediate impacts and the mitigation measures of countries in responding to the crisis. Drawing...
Italy
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Newsletter
European Network for Rural Development - Newsletter March 2020
The ENRD newsletter provides all the latest rural development news from Europe straight to your inbox once a month. From policy updates to ENRD meetings and from project outcomes to online videos, this new and updated tool aims to provide something for everybody interested in rural development policy in Europe....
European Union
2020 - ENRD
Book part
Capítulo V: Manejo del recurso suelo en huertos de lima ácida Tahití
En este capítulo se considerarán los factores riesgos potenciales de degradación del suelo en un cultivo de lima ácida Tahití, el cual por sí mismo posee un factor de vulnerabilidad importante, por ser un sistema intervenido, expuesto a amenazas constantes, como el manejo y la climatología. Disminuir el riesgo de...
Colombia
2020 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)
Statement
CZU Prague again successful in the international THE Ranking 2020
The CZU Prague placed first in the Czech Republic in the THE Impact Ranking 2020. In the overall ranking, CZU was ranked 201st - 300th in the world. A total of 766 universities from all over the world successfully participated in THE Impact Ranking this year.
The university rankings compiled by the Times Higher Education Ranking (THE) are among the most respected, and our university has been successful in them repeatedly this year. In the specific THE Impact Rankings, which focuses on the university's impacts on the basic 17 areas of human society development, CZU ranked...
Czechia
2020 - Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
Practices
Labour-saving technologies and practices: improved use of hoes for land preparation, planting and weeding
The following contains a guideline on how to better use hoes, and how to improve them. Advantages are highlighted which include labour saving, livelihood resilience strengthening, equipment, skills, cost and infrastructure. Disadvantages are labour, livelihood, equipment and risk.
Description
In many countries in Africa, 90 percent of primary cultivation is carried out...
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Soaking seeds (seed priming) to improve crop yields
Crop establishment is often poor in the semi-arid tropics. However, good crop stand establishment is essential for the efficient use of water and light, and a uniform stand is a pre-requisite for cropping success. Seeds that germinate quickly produce viable seedlings that are not dependent on rapidly declining moisture in...
Pakistan
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Camel milk products: producing butter
Camel milk can certainly play a far more important role in the prevention of malnutrition than it does today. Growing and raising foodstuffs for the rapidly increasing human population is especially precarious in the hot and arid zones of the world. These are the very areas where the camel is...
Uganda
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Newsletter
The Right to Food Newsletter December 2020
Falling in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, this year´s observance puts in evidence not just the need, but also our capacity to build back better by ensuring human rights are central to recovery efforts. It is a good occasion to recall the universality and indivisibility of human rights, including people's right to...
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Magazine article
Evaluación de bienestar animal en fincas bovinas lecheras basadas en pastoreo en la Sabana de Bogotá, Colombia
Objetivos. Determinar un puntaje de bienestar animal (PBA) a nivel de hato para ganaderías lecheras utilizando un protocolo que involucrara variables basadas en los animales y en manejo/recursos, e identificar las variables que más contribuyen a la varianza del PBA. Materiales y métodos. Veinticinco fincas lecheras basadas en pastoreo (Sabana...
Colombia
2020 - Corporación colombiana de investigación agropecuaria - Agrosavia
Project
A new application encourages sustainable practices for small farmers in Africa
The Haller Foundation is a UK registered charity that launched Haller Farmers Web App in 2014. Haller Farmers is a mobile application designed to support small producers through open access to information related to agriculture and the different technologies applicable to this sector. It leverages the growing uptake of mobile technology...
2020 - The Haller Foundation
Blog article
Syrian and Turkish women build a cooperative business – and self-confidence
For many Syrian refugees in Turkey, the food and agriculture sector is an entry point into the Turkish economy because of the sector’s prominence in areas hosting large numbers of Syrian refugees, particularly in the south-eastern provinces and large cities, such as Istanbul and Izmir. Many of them are engaged...
Syrian Arab Republic - Türkiye
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Statement
CZU Prague ranked 31st in the Green Metric World University Rankings, and is thus one of the world leaders in terms of consideration for the environment.
CZU is once again the most environmentally-friendly university in the Czech Republic
Water management, education and waste management are the categories in which CZU received the highest ranking. As a result, according to a newly published ranking, the university jumped 15 places up from the previous year. “We had great success last year. The fact that we managed to move forward so much...
2020 - Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
Practices
Labour-saving technologies and practices: improved hand tools for harvesting cereals
The following includes features of hand tools for harvesting and advise the change from commonly used hand tools to best fitting ones. It also highlights the advantages which include labour saving, livelihood strengthening, equipment, skills, cost, risk and infrastructure. The disadvantages include the labour and skills required.
Description
Knives and sickles are...
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Methods of processing camel milk into cheese
Milk is a biological substance that is particularly susceptible to degradation through the action of microbes and enzymes. This situation mainly arises from its complex composition, where spoilage organisms can find a large variety of nutrients. The high-water content and neutral pH also facilitate undesirable changes. Cheese-making technology aims to...
Algeria
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Suplementos sólidos para ganado en pastoreo elaborados con leguminosas forrajeras
El uso de leguminosas forrajeras en complementos alimenticios sólidos o bloques multinutricionales (BMN), mejora la eficiencia de utilización del forraje consumido e incrementa la productividad animal a menor coste, especialmente en épocas críticas con una escasa disponibilidad de forraje.
Mexico
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Case study
Desafíos de la producción y comercialización de algodón orgánico en Perú
Aprendizajes de agricultores familiares de Chincha y Cañete
El estudio “Desafíos de la producción y comercialización de algodón orgánico en Perú: Aprendizajes de agricultores familiares de Chincha y Cañete” presenta la experiencia que duró casi una década, del 2000 al 2009, de un grupo de agricultores familiares, productores de algodón de los valles de Cañete y Chincha, ubicados...
Peru
2020 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Manual
Sobreviviendo a la COVID-19 en México : el remedio olvidado
La presente guía es una adaptación al contexto mexicano de la guía original elaborada para África "Surviving COVID-19: The neglected remedy" autorizada por AFSA.
Mexico
2020 - Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA)
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