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THE MAGIC LANTERN
While listening to a recent broadcast on Belgium’s Radio 1 about the magic lantern and the “lanternists” who entertained paying audiences, I realised that some developments we think off as highly innovative may also be seen as a modification of something that existed hundreds of years ago.
The magic lantern projected...
Malawi
2020 - AgroInsight
Blog article
Eip Agri March 2020 Newsletter
Eip Agri Newsletter on Agriculture & Innovation
European Union
2020 - Eip Agri
Website
International Year of Fruits and Vegetables website
Official International Year of Fruits and Vegetables website
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Conference/Meeting
Primer Ciclo Virtual de Intercambio de Experiencias Exitosas de la Agricultura Familiar
El pasado viernes 27/11, se dieron a conocer las historias de dos parejas de jóvenes agricultores latinos vinculados a COPROFAM y dos de sus gremiales – CONTAG, de Brasil, y FAA, de Argentina – en la primera actividad del “Ciclo de conferencias para el intercambio de experiencias exitosas de la...
Argentina - Brazil
2020 - Confederación de Organizaciones de Productores Familiares del Mercosur Ampliado (COPROFAM)
Practices
La gestion et la planification des cultures en agriculture biologique
Dans de nombreux systèmes agricoles traditionnels, on peut encore trouver une grande diversité de cultures à échelle du temps (selon les saisons) et de l’espace (selon le relief, les types de sol, etc.). Étant donné que les plantes ont des exigences différentes en éléments nutritifs, il est donc nécessaire de...
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
The Li seeder
The Li seeder is a seeder that has the ability to plant single seeds per station in one operation. It was developed by the China Agricultural University. This practice describes the application range of the Li Seeder, additionally to using instructions, troubleshooting and maintenance recommendations.
China
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Small-scale rainbow trout farming
This is a basic guide to the starting of a successful practice of small-scale trout farming. It summarizes all the technical information that it is important to know for small-scale trout production. In mountainous regions, where water resources could support profitable trout farming, protection of the environment is also important....
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Video
New techniques to control the supply of water and nutrients to crops in greenhouses
Problem
Due to new restrictions and the need to make a more adequate and sustainable use of water we need to incorporate new techniques and technologies that facilitate the grower's control of the system.
Solution
The video presents new and simple techniques to better manage water and nutrient supply in greenhouses.
Description
In this video,...
2020 - Farm Demo
Report
Second rapid assessment of food and nutrition security in the context of COVID-19 in Bangladesh
COVID-19 is a global health crisis that has caused a shock to food and agricultural systems around the world, affecting production, supply chains, trade, markets, and people’s livelihoods and nutrition. This second assessment, developed with our partners, provides an invaluable and wide-ranging analysis that underlines the scale and scope of...
Bangladesh
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN FAO
Blog article
THE RIGHT WAY TO DISTRIBUTE TREES
The project team read the names of each subscribed family, to make sure they were all there, and gave each one a new steel pick, a wooden handle and a hoe, so they would have the right tools to plant the trees. Each family also got a bag of bread...
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
2020 - Catholic Relief Services (CRS), Coca Cola Foundation, Bolivian bottler
Video
Alimentation des porcs : l’effet de l’ensilage d’herbe sur les ulcères de l’estomac
L’ajout d’ensilage d’herbe réduit les ulcères de l’estomac. (OK-Net EcoFeed Slideshow)
2020 - OK-Net EcoFeed
Policy brief/paper
COVID-19 and rural poverty
Supporting and protecting the rural poor in times of pandemic
While the immediate impact of COVID19 in most parts of the world has been primarily urban, the economic impact of COVID19 spread quickly to rural areas. In most cases, the contagion will eventually follow. Most of the world’s poor and food insecure live in rural areas, and although physical distance,...
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Practices
Multi-stress tolerant Green Super Rice: a cost-benefit analysis
Green Super Rice lines are tolerant to a variety of stresses such as diseases, drought and insects. Due to climate change, the Philippines has become one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world. It is exposed to natural hazards such as droughts, floods, and typhoons. In order to cope...
Philippines
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
La gestion de l’eau en agriculture biologique
Les manques d'eau en agriculture est chose courante dans de nombreux pays du monde. Dans certaines régions, il est presque impossible de cultiver sans irriguer. Même pour les régions qui reçoivent de grandes quantités de précipitation lors de la saison des pluies, les cultures subissent souvent de sérieuses sécheresses pendant...
Thailand
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Bonnes pratiques d’utilisation des pesticides
La technologie a été conçue au Benin par le projet ‘Programme de Promotion de l’Agriculture (ProAgri, Bénin), dans le cadre de la mise en œuvre du programme COMPACI, chargé de la promotion du secteur cotonnier en Afrique. La présente technologie illustre les bonnes pratiques de gestion intégrée des pesticides. La...
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Linking business with pro-poor development: a backyard poultry value chain increases assets, income and nutrition
There is growing evidence demonstrating the role of rural family poultry in enhancing food and nutritional security of the poorest; in reducing their livelihood vulnerability and insecurity; and in promoting gender equity. This good practice showcases how an innovative private-community partnership transformed the livelihoods of highly vulnerable families in the...
Bangladesh
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Silos para el almacenamiento de granos básicos
El uso de los silos para el almacenamiento de granos básicos en Guatemala ha sido fomentado durante varios años por organizaciones como Digesa, Postcosecha, Prozachi, Caritas. El enfoque principal es evitar los daños producidos por insectos y roedores en los granos básicos asegurando el alimento para la familia.
Guatemala
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Report
FAO Policy on Gender Equality 2020–2030
Gender equality is essential to achieve FAO’s mandate of a world free from hunger, malnutrition, and poverty. The Organization recognizes that persisting inequalities between women and men are a major obstacle to agriculture and rural development and that eliminating these disparities is essential to building sustainable and inclusive food systems...
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Journal article
Vietnam/Fisheries Co-management: Learning from Experience
The fishing industry in south-central Vietnam relies on co-management and the ecosystem-based approach to fisheries management (EAFM) to sustain the health of coastal marine areas. Vietnam’s 3,260-km coastline hosts a diversity of marine resources such as coral reefs and seagrass beds as well as more than 1,080 species of fish. The...
Viet Nam
2020 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Video
Piccole strutture, nascondigli per animali selvatici - come costruire mucchi di rami e pietre
Le piccole strutture come i cumuli di rami e pietre valorizzano l'habitat degli animali selvatici nel paesaggio rurale. Nel video, Cristina Boschi di WIN Wieselnetz mostra come costruire dei mucchi di rami e pietre. Se contengono un nido rifugio, essi sono particolarmente adatti per le donnole e gli ermellini. Questi...
2020 - The Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL)
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