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Blog article
Estudantes receberão merenda mesmo sem aula; medida beneficia agricultor familiar

O presidente da República, Jair Bolsonaro, sancionou nesta terça-feira, 7, a lei 13.897, que autoriza a distribuição de alimentos que iriam para a merenda escolar diretamente aos pais ou responsáveis dos estudantes das escolas públicas de educação básica. Esses alimentos são adquiridos com recursos do Programa Nacional de Alimentação Escolar...
Brazil
2020 - Família Nação Agro

Book part
Capítulo VII: Establecimiento del cultivo de lima ácida Tahití

Un cultivo de lima ácida Tahití puede tener un periodo productivo de entre 8 y 20 años, dependiendo de las limitaciones sanitarias, como las enfermedades sistémicas (CTV o exocortis), de los suelos utilizados, del patrón seleccionado y de las prácticas de manejo. Las inversiones necesarias para un cultivo con esa...
Colombia
2020 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)

Practices
Green manure/cover crops and crop rotation in conservation agriculture on small

Soil degradation on small farms in the Eastern Region of Paraguay is the principal cause of a continuous decrease in crop production. The consequences of this are reduced economic income and increased poverty among rural families. The use of green cover with Conservation Agriculture (CA) in this area has been...
Paraguay
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA

Practices
Maize production

The National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO) aims to enhance the contribution of agricultural research to sustainable agricultural productivity, economic growth, food security and poverty eradication. It aims to do this through generation and dissemination of appropriate technologies, knowledge and information. The following technology describes the different steps for the management...
Uganda
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA

Practices
Producción artesanal de semilla de pepino (Cucumis sativus)

Esta ficha técnica describe la producción artesanal de semilla de pepino; desde las prácticas de cultivo, la selección de planta y la cosecha del pepino hasta el secado, tratamiento y almacenamiento de la semilla.
Nicaragua
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA

Practices
Preservation of fruits: shelf-stable pineapple puree

The following provides specific steps on how to use the technique of obtaining shelf-stable pineapple puree. The steps include methods of processing, pouring, ingredients to add to the pulp, blending techniques, as well as the storing, packaging and labelling process.
Uganda
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA

Website
Database of soilborne pathogens of arable and horticultural crops

The tool helps the farmers and advisors to evaluate the risk of soilborne pathogens and reduce the risk by correct plant order planning. The tool is an online tool, where the user can select the site by country, type of soil, plant order including arable and horticultural crops too. The...
2020 - Best4Soil consortium

Report
Examining the climate finance gap for small-scale agriculture

In a rapidly changing world, agriculture remains the heart of sustainable development. The risks facing the world in this final decade left to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals are many, but the opportunities are equally numerous. Small-scale agricultural producers can only seize these opportunities, however, if they have adequate access to land, markets,...
2020 - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

Fact sheet
Banco de germoplasma animal para la alimentación y la agricultura

Este folleto brinda la información general para comprender la importancia de los banco de germoplasma y su conservación en Colombia. Se reconoce cuál es su historia en el país y la regulación normativa que los rige. Se identifica, además, cuáles son las razas bovinas, porcinas y ovinas que lo integran...
Colombia
2020 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)

Practices
Mesures de biosécurité dans l'apiculture concernant les principales maladies des abeilles

Les mesures de biosécurité dans l'apiculture (MBA) sont toutes les activités opérationnelles mises en œuvre par les apiculteurs afin de réduire le risque d'introduction et de propagation d'agents pathogènes spécifiques des abeilles. Les mesures de biosécurité peuvent varier d'une région à l'autre en raison de facteurs locaux tels que les...
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA

Practices
Beekeeping: how to make a beekeeping suit

Protective gear is an important piece of the beekeeping equipment because it protects the body from bee stings and can make harvesting honey much simplier. It can avoid having to use fire to chase the bees away while harvesting honey. Protective gear can be a bee veil or a bee...
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA

Practices
Coconut oil extraction: intermediate moisture content method

Coconut oil (also known as coconut butter) is extracted from coconuts and consists of over 80 percent saturated fat. It is typically used in cosmetics as well as in baking and cooking. Traditional aqueous coconut processing involves grating coconut into small pieces, adding water, squeezing the mixture by hand, leaving...
Philippines
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA

Practices
Preservation of fruits: shelf-stable high moisture pineapple - dry infusion

The following provides specific steps for shelf-stable high moisture content pineapple production. The steps include methods of blanching, steaming, cooling methods, draining, ingredient to add to the fruit, blending techniques, extraction, as well as packaging, storing and labelling processes.​​​
Uganda
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA

Article
Climate Smarting Local Rural to Urban Food Systems with the Green Food Value Chain Development approach: What lessons can be learnt?

The main objective of the research was to investigate further, via literature, secondary sources of data and information and field work conducted in one city, Erbil, Iraq, the climate smarting of local food systems considering the rural, peri-urban and urban context. The research in particular focused on looking at climate...
Iraq
2020

Report
Systèmes agroalimentaires nationaux et la covid-19 au Tchad

Effets, réponses politiques et implications à long terme
Ce rapport decrive: (i) les mesures politiques adoptées par le Gouvernement du Tchad pour contenir la propagation de la covid-19; (ii) les politiques et mesures visant à stabiliser le fonctionnement des systèmes agroalimentaires; (iii) les effets potentiels des politiques sur les systèmes agroalimentaires et les groupes vulnérables. Enfin, ce profil...
Chad
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Video
Entrevista Leidy Casimiro sobre la Finca del Medio

Leidy, habla de su visión y experiencia como Doctora en Agroecología (2016)- Distinción Magna Cum Laude. Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia. Profesora Titular de la Universidad de Sancti Spíritus. Posee más de 15 años de experiencias en investigaciones y prácticas vinculadas con la Ciencia Agroecológica y la Permacultura. Ha sido profesora de programas...
Cuba
2020 - Finca del Medio

Practices
Beekeeping: how to make a simple veil to protect the head

Protective gear is an important piece of the beekeeping equipment because it protects the body from bee stings and can make harvesting honey much simpler. It can avoid having to use fire to chase the bees away while harvesting honey. Protective gear can be a bee veil or a bee...
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA

Practices
Preservation of fruits: shelf-stable pineapple of high moisture

The following provides specific steps for shelf-stable high moisture pineapple production. The steps include methods of tray usage, heat management, fruit placement, vapour bath usage, and cooling techniques.​​​
Uganda
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA

Newsletter article
Bangladesh: Making women in fishing visible

Bangladesh is one of the world’s leading fish producing countries, with a total production of 42.77 lakh MT in the year 2017-18. Aquaculture contributes 56.24 per cent of the total fish production. The average growth in this sector has been 5.26 per cent for the last ten years. The rate...
Bangladesh
2020 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)

Article
Assessing Transitions to Sustainable Agricultural and Food Systems: A Tool for Agroecology Performance Evaluation (TAPE)

The global food system is facing environmental, social, and health challenges. While nature and ecological principles were applied by family farmers for millenia, agriculture became increasingly dependent on external inputs, including synthetic fertilizers, in the last century, particularly in large scale production systems. Agroecology is an alternative and systemic approach...
2020 - Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
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