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Women Seed Saving Kenya
This video, produced by the Alliance for Food Sovereignty (AFSA) shows the important role of women in saving seeds. As governments across Africa develop laws to deny farmers’ rights to exchange and sell local seeds, women are leading the fight to protect Africa’s sacred biodiversity. The Seed Savers Network Kenya educates, encourages and...
Kenya
2020 - Alliance for Food Sovereignty (AFSA)
Newsletter article
Brazil: Reaching out, holding hands
The President of the Association of Indigenous Communities of the Middle Negro River (ACIMRN), Sandra Gomes, speaks about the challenges indigenous communities face due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Negro River in the Amazon region is the largest black water river in the world. Its basin area of approximately 750,000 sq....
Brazil
2020 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Blog article
Pareja de jóvenes agricultores garantiza éxito en la sucesión rural con el apoyo de cuatro políticas públicas de fomento de la agricultura familiar brasileña
Cuando el amor por la agricultura familiar se combina con el apoyo del Estado, con políticas públicas que estimulen el trabajo de producción de alimentos en el campo, el resultado se refleja en pequeñas y medianas fincas prósperas, y familias felices, como la de la pareja Josiel Peixoto y Amanda...
Brazil
2020 - Confederación de Organizaciones de Productores Familiares del Mercosur Ampliado (COPROFAM)
Practices
Post-harvest fish loss model
Planning and policy making for the development of post-harvest fisheries has been hampered by a lack of information or little easy access to information on post-harvest fish losses and tools to help plan interventions. The technology is a MS Excel model, a Post Harvest Fish Loss Model v1. It enables...
Côte d'Ivoire
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Guidelines
Addressing forestry and agroforestry in National Adaptation Plans
The 'Addressing forestry and agroforestry in National Adaptation Plans: Supplementary guidelines' provide specific guidance for national adaptation planning in the forestry sector. They are intended to be used by national planners and decision–makers working on climate change issues in developing countries and authorities and experts who are contributing to climate...
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Website
Réseau des GASAP - Belgique
Les GASAP (groupe d’achats solidaires de l’agriculture paysanne) proposent de la vente directe, sans intermédiaire, qui permet un lien direct et solidaire avec des fermes locales qui travaillent pour une agriculture « agroécologique », pourvoyeuse d’emplois dans nos régions. C’est bien plus qu’un panier de légumes bio, c’est une véritable alternative alimentaire.
Frères des AMAP françaises, les GASAP sont une initiative citoyenne...
Belgium
2020 - Groupes d’achats solidaires de l’agriculture paysanne - Belgique
Journal article
SSF Guidelines/Gender: A Platform for Women
Women in fisheries can utilize the SSF Guidelines to advance their interests, even as they relate to one another and build up solidarity and a common vision. Over the last several years, many fishworker organizations have been engaged in spreading awareness among the fishing communities on the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing...
India
2020 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Blog article
La Stevia en clima adverso es posible: dos jóvenes cordobeses avanzan con un emprendimiento innovador
Dante Díaz y Maira Centeno son dos jóvenes cordobeses, de la localidad de Río Cuarto, al sur provincial. Ambos estudiaron en la Universidad de Río Cuarto y son técnicos de laboratorio. Gracias a esa formación, tienen conocimientos en materia de semillas y análisis, siempre vinculados con la química. Están juntos...
Argentina
2020 - Confederación de Organizaciones de Productores Familiares del Mercosur Ampliado (COPROFAM)
Policy brief/paper
Sustainable crop production and COVID-19
Even before the pandemic struck, the ambitious path that was laid out by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) was going to require a concerted effort to stay on track; COVID-19 has fundamentally changed the context in which Agenda 2030 was being pursued and we now risk a reversal of gains...
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Practices
Farm cart technology for smallholder farmers
Farm cart technology is a local solution to small agricultural producers who are not in a position to buy and/or hire advanced farm machines like tractors and power tillers due to cost constraints. Most smallholder farmers are in rural areas, therefore they produce foods that satisfy only family consumption. Mostly...
United Republic of Tanzania
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Making banana wine at home
Banana growing has a long history in Uganda and the fruit provides a staple food for most communities where it grows. Bananas are a cash and food resource, mostly consumed by the large population in Kampala, the capital city. Large trucks transport, fresh bananas on a daily basis from the...
Uganda
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
No-till technology: a no-till system with crop residue management for medium scale wheat and barley farming
The following technology describes the development of a special no-till drill with the purpose of simultaneously planting seeds and fertilizing annual crops. Information is given on how to drill cuts, how to plant seeds, correctly apply herbicides and tillage replacement. The advantages of using such a technology, which include low...
Morocco
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Interventions against intestinal Nematodes: nutritional and chemotherapeutic solutions
Nematode worms are significant health problems for sheep and goats throughout the world. The impact is seen in a number of ways. Parasitism causes a reduction in food intake and lower weight gains. Milk production can also be affected, and heavily parasitised animals may die. The economic consequences for livestock...
South Africa
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Video
Women seed saver Uganda
This video, produced by the Alliance for Food Sovereignty (AFSA) shows the important role of women in saving seeds and therefore in eradicating hunger. As governments across Africa develop laws to deny farmers’ rights to exchange and sell local seeds, women are leading the fight to protect Africa’s sacred biodiversity. Seeds...
Uganda
2020 - The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA)
Policy brief/paper
Efectos de la COVID-19 en la economía rural de América Latina
Esta Nota técnica con foco en la economía y el empleo rural, que es parte de la serie “Panorama Laboral en tiempos de la COVID-19”, busca determinar y analizar los efectos de la pandemia en la economía rural en América Latina y el Caribe, y en especial sobre el empleo...
2020 - Organización Internacional del Trabajo (OIT)
Video
Feeding Insects for Organic Layers (OK-Net EcoFeed)
ed, it can be assumed that the feeding of live insects or insect larvae is possible. The Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FIBL has carried out two feeding trials on laying hens on both processed and live insect larvae. Reduction of soy with insect larvae meal In a feeding trial...
2020 - OK Net Ecofeed
Video
Presentación de experiencia: La Stevia en clima adverso es posible
En el marco del Primer Ciclo Virtual de Intercambio de Experiencias Exitosas de la Agricultura Familiar, se presenta el caso: La Stevia en clima adverso es posible: dos jóvenes cordobeses avanzan con un emprendimiento innovador.
Este video da cuenta de la presentación de la experiencia, que puede complementar con la lectura...
Argentina
2020 - Confederación de Organizaciones de Productores Familiares del Mercosur Ampliado (COPROFAM)
Practices
Controlling intestinal Nematode infections in ruminants with naturally plants tannins
This practice describes how intestinal parasites can be fought through feeding livestock animals with plants highly condensed with tannins as alternative to anthelmintics, especially in areas of the tropics and subtropics. However, in many areas the provision of adequate levels of protein is particularly difficult because of the highly seasonal...
United Republic of Tanzania
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Policy brief/paper
Policy guide to improve water productivity in small-scale agriculture
The case of Burkina Faso, Morocco and Uganda
Enhancing the productivity and efficiency of agricultural water is key to increase food production and respond to the growing food demand, while at the same time preserving healthy and sustainable ecosystems. Even more so in drought- and desertification-prone areas, whereby agricultural production is negatively affected by climate change, erratic rainfall...
Burkina Faso - Morocco - Uganda
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Newsletter
FAO Right to Food Newsletter, March 2020, Issue 4
Quarterly launched, the Right to Food newsletter updates timely on the progress and advancements of the right to food around the world, including news, events and resources produced by FAO and stakeholders.
2020 is a landmark year for sustainable development. The deadline to build a world in which no one is left behind is...
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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