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E-learning
Introduction to the global governance of food and agriculture from a food sovereignty perspective
Schola Campesina recently launched an e-learning course that will probably be of interest to some of you: "Introduction to the global governance of food and agriculture from a food sovereignty perspective" Purpose of the training This e-learning platform provides an overview of global spaces of food and agricultural governance. The...
2020 - Schola Campesina
Practices
Banano FHIA-18, ideal para procesamiento
El híbrido FHIA-18 del grupo AAAB, es un banano con sabor a manzano, agridulce, similar al Prata Anâ del Brasil. Es rústico y resistente a enfermedades. Se consume fresco y procesado. Se encuentra en producción comercial en Cuba y en el Perú.
Cuba
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Article
Movimientos sociales, políticas públicas y construcción de mercados para las agriculturas familiares campesinas en Chile
Este artículo discute las interpretaciones de los movimientos sociales acerca de las políticas del Instituto Nacional de Desarrollo Agropecuario (Indap) para la construcción de mercados alimentarios para la agricultura familiar campesina en Chile. La investigación fue realizada entre octubre de 2017 y febrero de 2018, por medio de entrevistas con...
Chile
2020 - Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios Rurales (RELAER)
Practices
Buenas prácticas. Ganadería Climáticamente Inteligente
En este sitio web, encontrarás buenas prácticas del proyecto de Ganadería Climáticamente Inteligente, tanto en carnes como pastos.
Ecuador
2020 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Blog article
Digital African Agriculture
Africa is leading the world in cell phone finance. In Kenya in 2007, Vodaphone started M-Pesa for the mobile network operator, Safaricom. M-Pesa, (from “M” for mobile, and “pesa,” the Kiswahili word for money) offers simple financial services on the phone. Customers go to a small shop to exchange cash...
Kenya
2020 - AgroInsight
Journal article
India: At Sea, Out of Sight
A first-of-its-kind survey in coastal Andhra Pradesh, India, revealed the peculiar vulnerabilities and demands of fishworkers who migrate regularly to Odisha, Karnataka and Gujarat. When the authorities enforced large-scale lockdowns to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, the vulnerabilities of migrant workers were thrown into high relief. Other than the...
India
2020 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Book
Ethiopia's agrifood system: Past trends, present challenges, and future scenarios
Ethiopia has experienced impressive agricultural growth and poverty reduction, stemming in part from substantial public investments in agriculture. Yet, the agriculture sector now faces increasing land and water constraints along with other challenges to growth. Ethiopia’s Agrifood System: Past Trends, Present Challenges, and Future Scenarios presents a forward-looking analysis of...
Ethiopia
2020 - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Video
Alimentación sana durante la pandemia de COVID-19
La pandemia de COVID-19 afecta a la vida diaria de las personas en todo el mundo, pero incluso en tiempos difíciles podemos llevar un estilo de vida saludable. No hay alimentos ni suplementos que puedan prevenir la infección, pero la alimentación sana puede fortalecer tu sistema inmunitario.
2020 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Newsletter
Boletín de indicadores en ciencia, tecnología e innovación del sector agropecuario 2019
El presente boletín muestra los indicadores de CTI 2019 que se han calculado desde su primera edición publicada en 2017, e incorpora dos nuevas secciones de análisis: la Agenda Dinámica Nacional de Investigación, Desarrollo Tecnológico e Innovación Agropecuaria (Agenta I+D+i) y el modulo de CTI de la Encuesta Nacional Agropecuaria...
Colombia
2020 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)
Policy brief/paper
Ample supplies to help shield food markets from the COVID-19 crisis
The Cereal Supply and Demand Brief provides an up-to-date perspective of the world cereal market. The monthly brief is supplemented by a detailed assessment of cereal production as well as supply and demand conditions by country and region in the quarterly Crop Prospects and Food Situation.
File replaced 26 April 2020...
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Practices
Couvain pétrifié (aspergillose): Une maladie fongique du couvain et des abeilles adultes
Le couvain pétrifié, ou aspergillose, est causé par différentes espèces de champignons appartenant au genre Aspergillus. La maladie est identifiée par des larves dures couvertes de spores fongiques poudreuses. On la rencontre dans le monde entier mais, à moins que la colonie ne soit sérieusement affaiblie par d'autres facteurs de stress,...
2020
Practices
Water management in organic agriculture
This practice describes how to manage water in organic agriculture. It provides in depth techniques on how to keep water in the soil ranging from keeping soil moisture to evaporation reduction and how to make better use of seasonal rainfall. Water management also encompasses how to harvest water through a...
Thailand
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Sustainable impact generation and technology promotion to manage Bemisia Tabaci and tomato leaf curl virus disease
In India, tomato is both a high value crop, often exported to the Middle East, and an important subsistence vegetable grown mainly by women. Tomato leaf curl virus (ToLCV) and its whitefly vector, Bemisia tabaci (Genn.), are two of the most serious constraints to tomato production in India. When populations...
India
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Plátano FHIA-21, un plátano para mercados nacionales
El híbrido FHIA-21 es un plátano tipo francés, que fue desarrollado en 1987. En la actualidad, se encuentra en producción comercial en Cuba, Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Venezuela, Ecuador, Perú, Colombia, entre otros países. Se consume en estado verde hervido o frito, o maduro.
Honduras
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Report
Preserving African food value chains in the midst of the coronavirus crisis
In light of the uncertainties surrounding the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, policy makers must ensure that national responses to the virus do not trigger a food crisis. The Covid-19 outbreak can shift the balance between food demand and supply, especially considering many countries having declared lockdowns and their borders closed. Countries...
2020 - Food and Agriculture organization of the United Nations FAO
Practices
Local poultry programmed hatching management trainer’s guide
The main target group is para-veterinarians involved in the development of small poultry farm at village level. The intention is that the paravets will extract from the manual the materials they need for training.
Uganda
2020
Journal article
Peru: Reboot Overdue
Small-scale fishworkers face many challenges in Peru but the government pays little attention to the informal and uncontrolled sector. Peru’s marine waters are among the world’s richest fisheries. This is mainly due to the Peruvian anchovy fishery (anchoveta), mostly run by industrial operations producing yields of 3-6 million tonnes per year...
Peru
2020 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Blog article
Deciphering the Biodiversity–Production Mutualism in the Global Food Security Debate
Increasing demands for agricultural commodities are resulting in more intensely managed landscapes. This is at odds with biodiversity conservation and largely ignores farmland biodiversity’s supporting function for high and stable yields.
An overhaul of agroeconomic models to account for the biodiversity-production mutualism is urgently needed to answer a question of utmost...
2020
Book
World Food and Agriculture - Statistical Yearbook 2020
This publication offers a synthesis of the major factors at play in the global food and agricultural landscape. Statistics are presented in four thematic chapters, covering the economic importance of agricultural activities, inputs, outputs and factors of production, their implications for food security and nutrition and their impacts on the...
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Video
Traitement bio des vignes par drone (Cave Florian Besse, Martigny Croix VS)
Mélanie Besse, jeune viticultrice valaisanne de 26 ans, est ainsi l’une des premières professionnelles – et la seule femme - en Suisse à traiter elle-même, selon un programme bio, l’ensemble de son domaine de 4,5 hectares de vignes en terrasses au drone. Nous avons suivi ce chantier exceptionnel lors du...
France
2020 - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL
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