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Farmer field schools, gender equality, social inclusion and community empowerment
The main objective of this exercise has been to collect and analyze the experiences of Farmer field schools (FFS)/Agro-pastoralist field school (APFS) members, graduates, and practitioners in relation to gender equality, social inclusion, and individual and community empowerment, as well as changes to these as a result of participation in...
Uganda
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Case study
Safer and more sustainable capture techniques
Lobster fishing on Nicaragua’s North Caribbean Coast
In 2013, the government of Nicaragua requested technical assistance from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to formulate a strategy that improves the occupational safety of lobster fishermen, while also increasing the sustainability of fishing for this crustacean on the country’s North Caribbean Coast. Since then,...
Nicaragua
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Blog article
CIHEAM Bari and FAO organize a pre-conference meeting for Transboundary Plant Pests and Diseases
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has organized in collaboration with CIHEAM-Bari a pre-conference meeting in Bari, Italy to promote the plan to establish a regional trust fund that will support strategic programme to face transboundary plant pests and diseases. Plant protection officials from Near East and...
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Journal article
Indonesia/Resource Management: Their Decision, Not Ours
The Darawa community in the Wakatobi National Park, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia, manages their octopus fishery by working tirelessly with community-based organizations. It was a beautiful and sunny Sunday. The Darawa village community in the Wakatobi National Park, in Indonesia’s Southeast Sulawesi, was preparing to celebrate. The occasion was the first opening...
Indonesia
2020 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Practices
Goat raising in controlled areas and vaccination
The practice described here can be introduced to smallholder goat farmers to reduce their vulnerability to risks and disasters, such as disease outbreaks, drought, floods, etc. The practice consists of raising goats in controlled areas instead of letting them roam freely. It allows for better livestock management and reduces the...
Lao People's Democratic Republic
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Rainwater harvesting for schools
Women and children are usually the main household collectors and users of water. Long walking distances from households to improved water sources make it difficult for them to access safe water. As a result, they resort to using inadequate and unsafe water sources, such as unprotected self-dug wells and water...
United Republic of Tanzania
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Video
Shake the hand that feeds you | PGS and Sustainable Local Food Systems
Participatory and Sustainable Local Food Systems
2020 - IFOAM Organics International
Newsletter article
Mexico: Pandemic outcomes
Women in the small scale fishing sector in Mexico are key drivers ensuring food security and community wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic. The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have surpassed all imaginable scenarios. The global crisis moves fast and changes quickly, hence forcing people to adapt and navigate through uncertainty as...
Mexico
2020 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Conference/Meeting
Conferencia online Serie 2030: “Pobreza y uso de recursos naturales"
¿Cuáles son las políticas públicas y buenas prácticas necesarias para generar un uso sostenible de los recursos naturales, de manera de enfrentar la pobreza y terminar con el hambre? Este es uno de los grandes desafíos que se plantea en la región, y pone en relación varios de los Objetivos...
2020 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Book
Local and SolidarityBased Partnerships for Agroecology (LSPA) Around the Mediterranean
This booklet has been edited and tailored by farmers, food activists, organizers of farmers’ markets, agronomists, agroecologists, permaculture trainers, Food Sovereignty activists, civil society actors from 15 different countries of the Mediterranean Basin. Contributors are from Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Palestine, Lebanon, Turkey, Greece, Macedonia, Bosnia, Croatia, Italy, France and...
2020 - Urgenci
Report
Agricultura Familiar e Abastecimento Alimentar no Contexto do Covid-19
Uma Abordagem das Ações Públicas Emergenciais
A crise de saúde pública provocada pela chegada do novo coronavírus ao Brasil determinou, por parte das distintas esferas de poder federativo, a adoção de medidas de urgência para conter a propagação doméstica da pandemia. O temor do desabastecimento alimentar levantou a discussão sobre a importância primordial da agricultura e sobre...
Brazil
2020 - Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (IPEA)
Practices
Clay incubator: a pro poor initiative to incubate eggs for inclusive guinea fowl farming
This practice describes innovative egg incubation methods for inclusive guinea fowl farming. The clay incubator materials and how to prepare the egg tray are detailed. The procedures to be observed during the operation of the clay incubator and the prerequisites for success are also noted. Information is also given on...
Mali
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Keyhole gardens for better nutrition and livelihoods
A keyhole garden (so-called because of its shape) is a round raised garden, supported with stones. Keyhole gardens are built in places where it is difficult to build normal gardens (rocky areas, shallow arid/or compacted soils, etc), near the entrance of dwellings to facilitate their watering with household waste water....
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Intensive agroforestry system
Intensive agroforestry system is a protective and productive high-input agroforestry system comprising multi-purpose ditches with bunds, live barriers of grass, contour ridging, annual crops and fruit trees. The main purpose is to increase and diversify production, and at the same time, to protect natural resources and regenerate degraded areas, avoiding...
Colombia
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Guidelines
Field guide to improve crop water productivity in small-scale agriculture
The case of Burkina Faso, Morocco and Uganda
This Field guide differs from ordinary farmers’ guidelines as it is based on locally conducted research and field experience. The Guide draws from field visits, protocol-driven data collection and analysis of production practices in three countries, Burkina Faso, Morocco and Uganda within the framework of FAO-conducted project “Strengthening Agricultural Water...
Burkina Faso - Morocco - Uganda
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Guidelines
Principios básicos de nutrición en porcinos
Material de estudio 2020: Fisiología de la digestión en el tracto digestivo de los cerdos.
Argentina
2020 - Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias - Universidad Nacional de Rosario
Case study
Harvesting water, sowing resilience
The rural community of El Guarumal in El Salvador’s dry corridor
The El Salvador country office of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), with the support of the Mesoamerica Hunger Free Program, helped to develop community and family Rainwater Harvesting Systems (SCALL in Spanish) to mitigate the effects of the drought facing the central american dry corridor....
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Guidelines
Safety at sea for small-scale fishers
This manual on safety at sea for small-scale fishers aims to contribute to a culture of safety awareness among fisherfolk, reduce the number of accidents and increase the chances of survival if accidents occur. The manual provides guidance on safety matters related to the work on a small-scale fishing vessel...
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Practices
Using Eucalyptus leaves to preserve maize and bean seed
This technique aims at preserving the quality of seeds of maize and beans by using Eucalyptus leaves. It is a simple, cost effective and safe method of keeping away common grain pest, particularly weevils in this case, in order to improve storing activities
Uganda
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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