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Journal article
Colombian Creole cattle Sanmartinero, their conservation and sustainable contribution to bovine production in the Colombian Orinoquia

This article highlights historical aspects of the origin of Colombian Creole cattle, with an emphasis on Sanmartinero (SM) cattle, which developed in the foothills and altillanura of the Colombian Orinoquia region, thanks to the work of natural selection and the zootechnical effort of the Jesuits, in the seventeenth century, with...
Colombia
2020 - Latin American Animal Production Association

Practices
Weed management in organic agriculture

Organic farmers give first priority to the prevention of the introduction and multiplication of weeds. Management practices aim at keeping the weed population at a level that does not result in economic loss of the crop cultivation or harms its quality. The goal is not to completely eradicate all weeds,...
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA

Video
Recomendaciones de bioseguridad ante la COVID-19 para la agricultura familiar

Este video ofrece sencillas recomendaciones a agricultores y agricultoras familiares para protegerse ante la COVID-19 durante el desarrollo de su trabajo y orientaciones en caso de aparición de síntomas asociados al virus en algún miembro de la familia.
2020 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)

Video
7 técnicas de compostaje casero

En este video se explica paso a paso cómo tratar residuos domésticos y a la vez, producir un abono orgánico tipo compost para tu huerta urbana o rural.
2020

Video
Agricultores de El Salvador adaptan sus medios de vida ante la actual pandemia

Juan Carlos Rivera vive en el Corredor Seco de El Salvador, un área donde las altas temperaturas, las bajas precipitaciones y las sequías habituales plantean retos constantes para su vida diaria. Es un agricultor que reproduce y vende conejos y codornices, pero con el inicio de la pandemia de COVID-19,...
El Salvador
2020 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)

Working paper
Comparative transcriptomic analysis reveals key components controlling spathe color in Anthurium andraeanum (Hort.)

Anthurium andraeanum (Hort.) is an important ornamental in the tropical cut-flower industry. However, there is currently not enough information to establish a clear connection between the genetic model(s) proposed and the putative genes involved in the differentiation between colors. In this study, 18 cDNA libraries related to the spathe color and...
Colombia
2020 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)

Report
COVID-19 and the role of local food production in building more resilient local food systems

COVID-19 pandemic has put local food systems at risk of disruptions along the entire agri-food value chain. Cities and local governments are currently playing a major role in limiting the spread of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 and in mitigating disruptions to their local food systems.  To better understand the situation,...
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Journal article
SSF Guidelines/Blue Economy: On and By the Water

Without proper implementation of the SSF Guidelines, plans for the Blue Economy and Blue Growth will come to naught for small-scale fisheries. The European Union presents the Blue Economy and Blue Growth as follows: “Europe can unlock the untapped potential for growth in its blue economy while safeguarding biodiversity and protecting...
2020 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)

Report
Reducing food loss on the farm

This document presents the results of the EIP AGRI Focus Group (FG) ‘Reducing food loss on the farm’, identifying the principal on-farm practices and technologies that can minimise such losses. Addressing these losses is a major societal challenge and forms a key pillar of the UN’s Strategic Development Goals (SDGs)....
European Union
2020 - Eip Agri

Fact sheet
Buenas Prácticas Apícolas

Las buenas prácticas son indispensables para que los productores agropecuarios puedan garantizar la calidad de sus productos, el bienestar de los animales y el bienestar propio. La selección adecuada del lugar para instalar el apiario es parte esencial de las buenas prácticas. Este debe ser un espacio que cuente con...
Colombia
2020 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)

Journal article
Comparison Between Machine Learning Models for Yield Forecast in Cocoa Crops in Santander, Colombia

The identification of influencing factors in crop yield (kg·ha-1) provides essential information for decision-making processes related to the prediction and improvement of productivity, which gives farmers the opportunity to increase their income. The current study investigates the application of multiple machine learning algorithms for cocoa yield prediction and influencing factors...
Colombia
2020 - Universidad pedagógica y tecnológica de Colombia

Practices
Pest and disease management in organic agriculture

Pest and disease management consists of a range of activities that support each other. Most management practices are long-term activities that aim at preventing pests and diseases from affecting a crop. Management focuses on keeping existing pest populations and diseases low. Control on the other and is a short-term activity...
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA

Blog article
Rural entrepreneurs use videos to become changemakers

Mori Gouroubera from Benin, Boazi Winston from Tanzania and Neeraj Kumar from India are budding entrepreneurs. Although they come from diverse cultural, social and educational backgrounds, they are closely bound by a common link. All three of them are part of a network of passionate young entrepreneurs spanning Africa and Asia,...
Benin - India
2020 - Access Agriculture

Manual
Empowering farmers and their organizations through the creation of social capital

Bond learning guide for trainers
Social capital is a key factor that concerns the ability of people to cooperate for common goals. What we have learned over the past decades, from organizational experiences in developing countries and countries in transition, is that physical and human capital accumulation by itself is not sufficient to induce development....
2020

Report
Livestock policy

Two questions were at the origin of this book. Firstly, why should animal breeding face severe bashing for its environmental impacts since the beginning of the millennium and for its inhuman animal‐human partnership, above all from the veganism, after it has withstood decades of criticisms for its negative social effects...
2020 - Cirad

Fact sheet
Buenas prácticas en el cultivo de caña de azúcar y la producción de miel y panela en el marco de la pandemia de COVID-19

Dado el estado de emergencia sanitaria declarado en nuestro país desde el 25 de marzo de 2020, para AGROSAVIA es importante aportar en la divulgación y el cuidado de los productores y consumidores de este renglón agrícola. Para hacerlo se presenta esta cartilla, basada en los lineamientos generales de las...
Colombia
2020 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)

Policy brief/paper
Policy responses to keep input markets flowing in times of COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic poses a substantial risk to agricultural input supply chains. It can detrimentally affect access to and availability of inputs, including seeds, fertilizers and pesticides, as well as labour. As such, disruptions to the supply and demand of inputs will have diverse impacts across and within countries and...
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Journal article
Comparación de técnicas de muestreo para Diaphorina citri Kuwayama en cultivos de cítricos del Tolima, Colombia

Con el objetivo de evaluar cuatro técnicas de muestreo para Diaphorina citri Kuwayama, vector de la bacteria causante del HLB, se llevaron a cabo muestreos semanales durante seis meses entre septiembre de 2019 y febrero de 2020, en tres fincas de cítricos ubicadas en el norte y el centro del Tolima, Colombia,...
Colombia
2020 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)

Practices
Nutrient management in organic agriculture

Soil is a living system and soil fertility is the key to agricultural productivity. The maintenance of the fertility of the soil is the primary step in any agricultural system. The plethora of microorganisms inherent in any soil system ensures that the nutrient cycle is in place and the large...
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA

Practices
Conservation des légumes feuilles et des fruits

Les feuilles et les fruits de manioc, de patate douce, de papaye et de citrouille sont largement consommées en Afrique, étant données qu’ils sont riches en nutritifs et sont bon marché. Les avantages de les conserver contiennent une tenue longue durée, une préservation de qualité, une amélioration de stockage et...
Kenya
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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