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EIP-AGRI seminar: Healthy soils for Europe: sustainable management through knowledge and practice
Healthy soils are fundamental to the sustainable production of food, feed and fibre. In addition, healthy soils also provide many other functions that contribute to human well-being such as water filtering, carbon sequestration, nutrient cycling and biodiversity preservation. Soil health is affected by unsustainable management practices like frequent tillage, which...
Portugal
2020 - Eip-Agri
Working paper
The pollination services of forests
A review of forest and landscape interventions to enhance their cross-sectoral benefits
Most flowering plants, including wild species and many food crops, are pollinated by animals and are vital, therefore, for biological production and the maintenance of biodiversity. Pollinators benefit from diverse natural habitats for forage and nesting, especially when these are limited in plant production systems. Landscape and forest management practices...
Argentina - Brazil - Costa Rica - Finland - Germany - India - Indonesia - Lao People's Democratic Republic - Lithuania - Romania - Thailand - United States of America
2020 - FAO
Practices
Introduction à l’agriculture biologique
L'agriculture biologique est un système intégré de gestion de la production qui favorise et améliore la santé des agro-écosystèmes, y compris la biodiversité, les cycles biologiques et l'activité biologique des sols. Elle met l’accent sur l’utilisation d’intrants naturels (minéraux et produits dérivés de plantes) et la renonciation aux engrais synthétiques...
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Blog article
Europe’s Agroecology Movement – Stepping up in times of COVID-19
In a series of webinars organized by Forum Synergies and ARC2020, four innovative and committed agroecological initiatives outlined their respective capacities in addressing the challenge at the time of COVID-19. Dozens of people from across Europe and beyond took part in the conversation. The event provided a moment of reflection, some key contemporary...
European Union
2020 - ARC2020
Blog article
El rol de la mujer rural en el sistema agroalimentario latinoamericano
Esta publicación es parte de una serie de blogs en apoyo a la campaña de las #MujeresRurales, dentro del contexto de la iniciativa “Mujeres rurales, mujeres con derecho” coordinado por la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO, por sus siglas en inglés). El siguiente...
United States of America
2020 - Research Programa on agriculture for nutrition and health - CGIAR
Article
Yes, U.S. Farmer Suicide is SignificantlyHigher Than the National Average
This work analyzes the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 17-state survey and its subsequent errata on U.S. suicide rates. The CDC study, which had generated media interest on U.S. farmer suicide, was retracted following the emergence of a coding error. Although the CDC corrected and republished its survey,...
United States of America
2020
Newsletter
Romanian Rural Development Network Newsletter 4/2020
From the topics: Tackling drought with irrigations, exceptional measures to support the agri-food sector, smart rural: the journey to become a smart village, mountain areas' products, how to reduce food loss on the farm and many more.
2020 - National Rural Development Network ROMANIA
Book part
Capítulo XIII: La calidad y el manejo de la cosecha y la poscosecha de la lima ácida Tahití
En la labor de cosecha se consolida todo el trabajo realizado durante la etapa productiva y, por lo tanto, es la fase en la que se verán reflejadas las decisiones tomadas en el desarrollo del cultivo. A su vez, en la poscosecha se llevan a cabo las operaciones de acondicionamiento...
Colombia
2020 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)
Practices
Wheat cultivation with levelling and Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
This practice briefly describes the introduction of levelling and Integrated Pest Management (IPM) practices for wheat production in the Kashmore district of Sindh Province in Pakistan. It provides a cost-benefit analysis of this improved practice compared to the traditional way of producing wheat in the district. The main hazards affecting...
Pakistan
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Introduction of silvopastoral systems for cattle raising to sustainably provide fodder to animals in drought periods
This technology describes the introduction of silvopastoral systems in the dry flats of the Chaco eco-region of Bolivia as a good practice to increase the resilience of cattle raisers against recurrent drought. Silvopastoral systems are a combination of trees, pastures, and livestock. Trees contribute to increased pasture productivity, at the...
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
How to process raw drone larvae into value added products
Drones are male honey bees and their primary role is to mate with an infertile queen. The value of drone larvae as a nutritional supplement has been already proven. Drone larvae have been used as food for thousands of years by the most ancient civilizations. Drone larvae can also be...
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Uso de llantas en la agricultura urbana
El establecimiento de huertos familiares en el área periurbana se realizó a partir de llantas considerando el limitado espacio existente en las casas para implementar un huerto. La agricultura urbana y periurbana requiere siempre del uso de tecnologías apropiadas para desarrollarse en espacios pequeños y reducir impactos ambientales. Como una...
Honduras
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Report
FAO en América Latina y el Caribe 2019
Este año, la Oficina Regional para América Latina y el Caribe de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura ha querido rendir cuenta y dar a conocer el trabajo conjunto que desarrolla día a día con los 33 países miembros de la región para avanzar...
2020 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Video
Green manures & cover crops: practical information
Problem
Cover crops and green manures immediate efficacy is lower compared to more radical methods, such as chemical soil disinfestation or heat treatments.
Solution
The use of cover crops and green manures has some potential to strategically prevent soil-borne diseases of field and horticultural crops.
Description
Cover crops and green manures are grown with no...
2020 - Organic Farm Knowledge
Newsletter article
Milestones: Pulled Backward
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on SDG 5. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015 as a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity by 2030. How has progress towards...
India
2020 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Video
What are Climate Services for Farmers?
Climate Services support farmers to prepare for and adapt to climate change. Technology and innovation provide new opportunities for the dissemination of alerts and advisories to anticipate and prevent adverse weather impacts. Watch the full video to learn more!
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
E-learning
Créditos y Oportunidades para Jóvenes emprendedores rurales
Alejandro Uzaga Fallas, Coordinador Capacitador del Instituto de Desarrollo Rural -INDER- quien se reune con jóvenes rurales para debatir sobre oportunidades de financiamiento y otorgamiento de créditos para emprendimientos rurales; cómo acceder, qué requerimientos son necesarios, cuál es la oferta institucional, entre otros temas, son abordados en este webinar organizado por la Red Nacional...
Costa Rica
2020 - Red Nacional de Juventudes Rurales de Costa Rica
Report
Valuation of the health and climate-change benefits of healthy diets
Background paper for The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2020
The health and environmental consequences of our dietary choices impose costs on society that are currently not reflected in the price of those foods or diets that contribute to these detrimental impacts. This paper provides updated estimates of two major cost items: the healthcare-related costs associated with unhealthy diets, and...
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Video
Produzione innovativa in serra: fasce fiorite, consociazione, pacciamatura vegetale
L’azienda sperimentale del GRAB è uno dei cinque siti sperimentali del progetto CORE Organic Cofund"Greenresilient". In questa prova abbiamo due tunnel in cui testiamo alcune pratiche agronomiche. L'obiettivo è rendere il sistema di produzione biologico in ambiente protetto più efficiente, resiliente e robusto. In questi esperimenti stiamo testando una combinazione...
2020 - CORE Organic
Website
FPMA: Food price monitoring and analysis
This web site contains latest information and analysis on domestic prices of basic foods mainly in developing countries, complementing FAO analysis on international markets. It provides early warning on high food prices at country level that may negatively affect food security. All data used in the analysis can be found...
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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