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Bamboo splitting and slivering unit
Bamboo splits and slivers are longitudinal sections of a bamboo pole (culm). They are the primary materials used for weaving a wide range of products. On a small scale, they may be used for handicraft items and objects for daily use. On a large scale, one of the most useful...
China
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Video
Young Farmers Dance Challenge
AFA through the Asia Pacific Farmers Program (APFP) invited the youth members of farmers organizations under the AFOSP-MTCP and APFP platform to join the Young Farmers Dance Challenge.
The dance contest aimed at attracting young people to join Farmers Organizations, build friendship and cooperation among young farmers, and finally, raising awareness...
2020 - Asian Farmers' Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA)
Practices
Agroecological guide for bee farming
Bee keeping, also called Apiary is an important activity by many farmers in Uganda. Once properly managed, it is more secure compared to crop farming which is so much dependent on weather patterns. This manual is a guide to profitable bee keeping and farmers will find it useful.
Uganda
2020 - Afard - The Agency for Accelerated Regional Development
Video
Compostaje
Este video explica todo sobre compostaje, técnicas, aireación, uso de microorganismos, consejos, etc.
2020
Blog article
Pueblos indígenas en el contexto del covid-19 en Guatemala
El Comité de Trabajo Defensa de los Territorios de Vida del Consorcio ICCA y colaboradores del Grupo de Trabajo sobre Pueblos Indígenas y Proyectos Extractivos de CLACSO en Guatemala, escribimos nuestras palabras sobre la pandemia del coronavirus y el impacto en la vida de los Pueblos Indígenas.
En Guatemala coexistimos los...
Guatemala
2020 - Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales (CLACSO)
Manual
Cambio Rural II
Innovación e Inversión
Cambio Rural II, Innovación e Inversión tiene como objetivo lograr que las PyMEs agroalimentarias y agroindustriales, el sector cooperativo y los agricultores familiares capitalizados y/o con posibilidades de capitalizarse:
Innoven, se asocien y se fortalezcan.
Generen y gestionen proyectos que posibiliten el agregado de valor en origen.
Sus destinatarios son los productores que...
Argentina
2020 - Secretaria de Agriculura, Ganadería y Pesca
Book
El derecho a la alimentación adecuada en el Paraguay
Marco normativo e institucional y desafíos en el ámbito jurídico
La región de América Latina y el Caribe ha venido trabajando desde hace varios años en la elaboración de marcos normativos sobre el derecho humano a la alimentación adecuada como una herramienta para combatir la inseguridad alimentaria y la malnutrición. En este contexto se enmarca el Proyecto Sub-regional “Apoyo para...
Paraguay
2020 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Newsletter
FAO Right to Food Newsletter, March 2021, Issue 8
March marked a year since the COVID-19 pandemic was declared. Its economic and social impacts have come on top of other existing global challenges. This is not solely a health crisis. Emerging issues during the COVID-19 pandemic show how important it is to prioritize the poorest in our societies and...
2020
Report
The Link Between Covid-19 and Biodiversity
A Report Commissioned by the French Public Authorities
The major public health, economic and social crisis resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic raises many questions as to its origin, its dynamics and the mechanisms that explain it. This pandemic also raises questions about the future: on the implication of environmental issues in this type of phenomenon, and on the...
France
2020 - Foundation pour la recherche sur la biodiversite
Blog article
FAO alerta sobre el impacto del COVID19 en la alimentación escolar de América Latina y el Caribe
Organización de las Naciones Unidas llama a mitigar el impacto de la pandemia en la nutrición escolar.
Entre las medidas que han tomado los Gobiernos de muchos países de América Latina y el Caribe ante la rápida expansión del coronavirus COVID19está el cierre de las escuelas y, por ende, la suspensión de los programas de alimentación escolar.
Estos programas actualmente benefician a 85 millones de niñas y niños...
2020 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Blog article
COVID-19 and smallholder producers’ access to markets
Smallholder producers’ access to markets is also affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Immediate impacts tend to be more severe for high-value commodities (perishable products), which are often produced by smallholder farmers. Several countries are putting in place a variety of measures to mitigate the impact of the pandemic on smallholder...
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Policy brief/paper
The impacts of COVID-19 on the forest sector: How to respond?
This brief highlights some of the identified and perceived impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on development aspects interconnected with the forest sector, with a particular emphasis on the impacts on the production and trade of forest products. It proposes a series of recommendations as a basis for policy development in...
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Report
Communication from the commission to the European parliament, the council, the European economic and social committee and the committee of the regions
The Farm to Fork Strategy is at the heart of the Green Deal. It addresses comprehensively the challenges of sustainable food systems and recognises the inextricable links between healthy people, healthy societies and a healthy planet. The strategy is also central to the Commission’s agenda to achieve the United Nations’...
European Union
2020 - European Commission
Practices
La gestion des éléments nutritifs en agriculture biologique
Le sol est un système vivant et la productivité agricole des cultures dépend considérablement de la bonne santé et de la fertilité des sols. Afin d’optimiser le système d’exploitation et d’obtenir de bons rendements, il est essentiel que l’agriculteur maintient et entretient la fertilité de ses sols. Les micro-organismes du...
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Traditional foods: better livelihoods, dietary diversity and health
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...
Kenya
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Development of biopesticide legislation in Africa
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...
Ghana
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Website
300 million Hindi speaking farmers to benefit from new video platform
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,...
India
2020 - Access Agriculture
Practices
Bamboo match sticks production
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...
India
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Video
FAO apuesta por la agroecología en Nicaragua
Iván León Ayala, Representante de la FAO en Nicaragua, habla sobre los retos que enfrenta el país en materia de agroecología.
Nicaragua
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Practices
Agroecological guide for beans production
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...
Uganda
2020 - (Caritas Switzerland, Advance Afrika, Agency for Accelerated Regional Development, and Gulu Women Economic Development and Globalization)
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