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11 organizaciones internacionales se unen para asegurar los sistemas alimentarios, la agricultura y el comercio durante la pandemia COVID-19
Once organizaciones internacionales acordaron unir sus esfuerzos para ayudar a los países de América Latina y el Caribe a asegurar sus sistemas alimentarios y mantener la agricultura y el comercio de alimentos durante la actual pandemia de COVID-19.
La Agencia de Salud Agrícola y Seguridad Alimentaria del Caribe (CAHFSA), el Instituto...
2020
Policy brief/paper
Social protection: ensuring effective response and inclusive recovery in the context of COVID-19 in Africa
COVID-19 poses significant challenges to an already strained rural context in Africa. The growing direct impact of COVID-19 is affecting health, in terms of morbidity and mortality, as well as quickly overburdening health care services with negative repercussions for non-COVID related health problems, but even before COVID-19 had spread in...
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Blog article
Lecciones desde la emergencia: entre el coronavirus y el cambio climático
Las crisis resultan en muchos sentidos reveladoras para las sociedades. Son momentos en los que las supuestas certezas se fracturan y se hace manifiesto el estado del sistema político y económico. Los mejores y peores rasgos de la sociedad se develan y, con ello, la oportunidad para reflexionar sobre sus...
2020 - Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales (CLACSO)
Practices
La conversion étape par étape à l’agriculture biologique
Cette pratique décrit comment convertir progressivement à l’agriculture biologique. Vous trouverez ci-dessous des informations introductives sur la manière de devenir un agriculteur biologique, indiquant que la connaissance du fonctionnement et des possibilités de gestion des processus naturels est primordiale. Il est également recommandé de se familiariser avec les pratiques biologiques...
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Le petit coléoptère des ruches
Le petit coléoptère des ruches (PCR), ou Aethina tumida, est un parasite externe qui affecte les colonies d’abeilles et autres insectes pollinisateurs. Il est originaire des zones subsahariennes et s’est propagé dans différentes régions dans les dernières décennies. Le PCR peut causer de sérieux dommages économiques au secteur apicole car...
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Report
Kei Sub county-Rodo rice producers cooperative society limited
Kei Sub County-Rodo Rice Producer Cooperative Society Limited (KRORIP Co-op Ltd) incorporated in September 2020 as primary multipurpose cooperative, under the overriding principles of the cooperative statutes of 1991, the Cooperative Regulation of 1992, and the Bye-laws under the provision of section 5 of the Co-operative Societies Act (Amended) 2016...
2020 - Afard - The Agency for Accelerated Regional Development
Website
Observatorio Digital: Juventudes Rurales SICA
Somos un medio virtual que observa, analiza y divulga información sobre la situación social y económica que viven las juventudes rurales; las leyes, políticas y programas de inversión en juventud rural de los estados y gobiernos de la región SICA, así como programas de juventud de instituciones de cooperación, universidades,...
Belize - Costa Rica - Dominican Republic - El Salvador - Guatemala - Honduras - Nicaragua - Panama
2020 - Sistema de Integración Centroamericano (SICA)
Technical paper
Mudanças climáticas podem provocar perdas no PIB de R$ 3,5 a R$ 8 bilhões por ano
Premiado, estudo da Face, tema do programa 'Aqui tem ciência', também projeta efeitos sobre as desigualdades regionais
Mudanças climáticas podem provocar perdas no Produto Interno Bruto (PIB) de R$ 3,5 a R$ 8 bilhões por ano, estima pesquisa feita no Centro de Desenvolvimento e Planejamento Regional (Cedeplar) da Faculdade de Ciências Econômicas da UFMG. A tese de doutorado, de autoria de Tarik Tanure, ganhou o Prêmio Brasil de Economia de 2020,...
Brazil
2020 - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)
E-learning
Gobernar la tierra en beneficio de las mujeres y los hombres
La erradicación del hambre y la pobreza depende en gran medida de cómo las personas y las comunidades, entre otros, consiguen acceder a la tierra. No obstante, en todas las regiones, las mujeres tienen menos acceso que los hombres a las oportunidades y los recursos productivos. En general, están subrepresentadas...
2020 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Policy brief/paper
Crop calendars and recommended actions during the Covid-19 outbreak in the Africa region
Many countries in the region already resort to adopting standard sets of measures for natural disasters or economic downturns to minimize food insecurity challenges. These include food price monitoring, food stock inventory assessments, but in other cases price controls and building up of strategic food stocks. Efforts are being undertaken...
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Practices
Rooftop water collection, drip irrigation and plastic mulching in home garden conditions in drought prone areas
The impact of natural hazards on the agriculture sector can be devastating. To reduce the effects of climate change, farmers use strategies to counter-effect the influence of a natural disaster. For example, saving rooftop rainwater can help during a drought, and mulching helps maintain soil moisture. In this good practice,...
Cambodia
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Éléments à considérer pour la conversion à l’agriculture biologique
Cette pratique met en évidence certaines considérations relatives à la conversion à l'agriculture biologique en fonction de l'emplacement de la ferme et du climat. Il explique en détail comment entreprendre une analyse de localisation, ainsi que les problèmes de conversion liés aux exploitations (utilisation externe élevée, faible et mixte des...
Kenya
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Guide to harvesting and post-harvest handling of cashew nuts
Production of high-quality cashew nuts is dependent on the application of excellent and thorough harvest and post-harvest techniques and practices. This technology is used as part of the African Cashew Initiative’s extension material. It helps farmers to understand how to approach the period just before harvesting begins and what do...
Ghana
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Participatory varietal selection: improved rice varieties
Studies in Bangladesh found that short duration rice varieties bred by client-oriented breeding in Nepal out-performed all other varieties. Participatory research on transplanted main season (T. aman) rice in the High Barind Tract of Bangladesh identified farmer-preferred rice varieties that gave high returns, fitted with local cropping patterns that could...
Bangladesh
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Journal article
Indigenous tenure security and local participation in climate mitigation programs: Exploring the institutional gaps of REDD+ implementation in the Peruvian Amazon
The Reduction of Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+) mechanism faces implementation challenges related to tenure security and governance institutions. In response, multiple regional climate mitigation initiatives have emerged. In Peru, indigenous networks have created their own Indigenous Amazonian REDD (RIA), an initiative aiming to strengthen property rights for...
Peru
2020 - Wiley
Newsletter article
Brazil: Fishing for crustaceans
This photo-essay depicts the practice of aratu fishing carried out by women in the mangroves of northeastern Brazil. Aratu (Goniopsis cruentata) are small, reddish crustaceans that live on the branches of mangroves. They are processed and sold, the sweetness of the meat making them a prized delicacy. Aratu fishing is carried out...
Brazil
2020 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
E-learning
Taller "Tu marca, tu éxito: guía para crear tu propia marca
En el marco de la campaña #EmprendeAprendiendo, la Red Nacional de Jóvenes Rurales El Salvador organiza y desarrolla el taller virtual "Tu marca, tu éxito: guía para crear tu propia marca". Aprende cómo crear y posicionar la imagen de tu emprendimiento con innovadoras estrategias gráficas.
El Salvador
2020 - Red Nacional de Jóvenes Rurales El Salvador
Website
Cacao Móvil
En 2020 hemos realizado una actualización del app y la pagina web gracias al proyecto MOCCA de USDA. Esta actualización, corresponde a ampliación de los contenidos sobre cacao, documentos basados en publicaciones de organizaciones de investigación y otros temas de interés general, creando una biblioteca virtual. Además, tienes acceso a...
2020 - Lutheran World Relief
Journal article
How does smallholder farming practice and environmental awareness vary across village communities in the karst terrain of southwest China?
Worldwide, karst terrain is highly sensitive to human activity due to extensive areas of thin soil and rapid water flow to groundwater. In the southwest China karst region, poor farming decisions can promote land degradation and reduce water quality with negative consequences for livelihoods in a region where farmers already...
China
2020
Website
Food and Agriculture Policy Decision Analysis (FAPDA)
The Food and Agriculture Policy Decision Analysis (FAPDA) is a FAO initiative that aims to promote evidence-based decision making by providing up-to-date information on national policy decisions and policy frameworks, through the FAPDA policy database.
The database contains over 10 000 national policy decisions and 2 000 national policy frameworks for 100 countries around the...
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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