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Policy brief/paper
Measures for supporting domestic markets during the COVID-19 outbreak in Africa
As COVID-19 reaches a growing number of communities across Africa, governments’ efforts to contain the spread of the virus need to be accompanied by measures to minimize disruptions to the food system. To date, the emerging crisis is viewed primarily through a public health lens (as it should) and only...
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Book part
Capítulo XIV: Análisis económico-financiero del sistema productivo de lima ácida Tahití
La información primaria para la elaboración de este capítulo se recolectó mediante entrevistas a algunos de los principales productores de lima ácida Tahití, identificados por su experiencia y liderazgo en asociaciones en el área de influencia, tomando como punto de referencia cultivos ubicados en diferentes municipios de los dos departamentos estudiados.
La entrevista se enfocó...
Colombia
2020 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)
Practices
Good practices for the establishment of a new cashew farm
The application of good practices is an essential foundation for the establishment of a new functional and thriving cashew farm. This flip-chart (picture bloc), with its very comprehensive pictures as well as a question and answer section, describes how to better prepare an area for the establishment of a thriving...
Ghana
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Labor-saving technique and technologies: harvest processing using animal and motor power
Below are some examples of the use of animal energy as a source of energy for post-harvest operations. It describes in detail the characteristics of animal-drawn equipment, motorized grain milling (plate, roller and hammer mills), motorized oil extraction (screw press, cage press and centrifugal cracker for palm oil), motorized processing...
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Report
Desafíos para la agricultura familiar en el marco de la crisis COVID-19: emergencia y reconstrucción
Los gobiernos de América Latina y el Caribe implementan medidas para enfrentar la crisis de salud de COVID-19, así como medidas para mitigar los impactos negativos en sectores estratégicos como el agroalimentario, el mercado laboral, el comercio internacional y el acceso a servicios sociales. Dentro del alcance del Sistema de...
2020 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Newsletter
Romanian Rural Network Newsletter 7/2020
From the topics: AgriFish Council, vibrant rural areas: access to services workshop, interviews with the Romanian minister of agriculture and rural development and many more.
Romania
2020 - Romanian National Rural Development Network
Blog article
Bioinsumos, a terceira onda da agricultura brasileira
Enquanto o país e o mundo atravessam a pandemia do coronavírus, levando a uma queda estimada de até 10% do PIB brasileiro em 2020, o PIB agropecuário deverá crescer 2,4%, segundo estimativas do IPEA. É a economia brasileira, mais uma vez, respirando com a ajuda do agronegócio.
A pujança da produção...
Brazil
2020
Report
EIP-AGRI Focus Group Non-chemical weed management in arable cropping systems
Agriculture has become increasingly dependent on the use of herbicides and of pesticides, which has helped boost agricultural yield and food production. As a result, herbicides have become the foundation of weed management in today’s arable cropping systems. At the same time, herbicides can have effects on the environment, non-target...
2020 - Eip Agri
Report
Promouvoir et pérenniser les investissements des jeunes agri-entrepreneurs en Tunisie
Rapport final du projet - Investissements responsables par et pour les jeunes dans l’agriculture et les systèmes alimentaires en Tunisie
En Tunisie, le taux de chômage des jeunes de 15 à 35 ans est très élevé, se situant autour de 35 pour cent, chez les diplômés du supérieur des régions de l’intérieur et en milieu rural, ce qui pousse un nombre important à l’exode et à l’émigration souvent au péril...
2020 - ’Organisation des Nations unies pour l’alimentation et l’agriculture (FAO)
Journal article
Indonesia: Dried, Tried, Tasted
At the core of the unique flavours and tastes of the East Java cuisine of Indonesia is the traditional artisanal fish processing technique of pindang. Sumenep Regency is located at the eastern end of the Madura Islands in Indonesia’s East Java province. It is known for its large fishery and marine...
Indonesia
2020 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Case study
Desafíos de la Producción y Comercialización de Algodón Orgánico en Perú - Aprendizajes de Agricultores Familiares de Chincha y Cañete
El estudio “Desafíos de la Producción y Comercialización de Algodón Orgánico en Perú - Aprendizajes de Agricultores Familiares de Chincha y Cañete” presenta la experiencia que duró casi una década, del 2000 al 2009, de un grupo de agricultores familiares, productores de algodón de los valles de Cañete y Chincha,...
Peru
2020 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Conference proceedings
Shaping the future of food markets in Africa - What kind of markets do we need for the transition t Agroecology?
What kind of markets do we need for the transition to Agroecology?
From 27 to 29 October 2020, AFSA held its third Biennial Food Systems Conference and Celebration. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, AFSA decided to hold this conference virtually. The three-day event explored issues relating to “Shaping the Future of Food Markets in Africa: What kind of markets do...
2020 - AFSA
Website
Sistema de asesoramiento al regante y TICs
El sector agropecuario enfrenta el desafío de incrementar la producción de alimentos para satisfacer la demanda ocasionada por el crecimiento de la población mundial. En este escenario, el riego y la agricultura familiar (AF) tendrán un rol central. La AF es la forma de producción más extendida en el mundo,...
Argentina - Nicaragua - Uruguay
2020 - Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA) - Argentina
Practices
How to process the raw beeswax into value added products
For centuries, beeswax was appreciated as the best material for making candles. Before the advent of cheap petroleum-based waxes, tallow (rendered animal fat) was used for cheap candles and for the adulteration of beeswax. Ancient jewellers and artisans knew how to form delicate objects from wax and cast them later...
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Cover crop and residue management in conservation agriculture in East Asia and Pacific Regions
This practice describe how cover crops can help to improve the resilience of the crop system against weather variability and climate hazards; and minimize soil nutrient losses. This, in the long run, will benefit the soil quality and hence, all the aspects of farmers' livelihoods related to better crop yields....
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Newsletter article
Profile: Adding value to fish: Lovin Kobusingye is not just a successful woman entrepreneur in Uganda but an influential voice in shaping pan-African fisheries policies
Lovin Kobusingye is a well-known young woman fish entrepreneur working in Central Uganda’s Wakiso District. For over eight years, she, along with her two partners and over a thousand other fish farmers, has worked on fish processing and value addition. At the same time, she has persistently lobbied the government...
Uganda
2020 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Newsletter
Romanian National Rural Development Network Newsletter - August 2020
From the topics: Launch of public consultation regarding the long term vision for rural areas, public consultation on the impact of CAP, implications of farm to fork strategy on agriculture and CAP and many more.
Romania
2020 - Romanian National Rural Development Network
Policy brief/paper
Intra-African trade, the African Continental Free Trade Area (AFCFTA) and the COVID-19 pandemic
Africa’s participation in the global market for agri-food products has steadily expanded in the last half century, with exports growing by 4 percent and imports by 6 percent per year. However, exports are comprised mainly of cash crops (cocoa, fruits and nuts, coffee, tea and spices), which have relatively limited markets...
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Blog article
Ciencia y saberes campesinos: un trabajo colaborativo para la extensión rural
Esta crónica da cuenta sobre el quehacer del Centro Ceres en el ejercicio de la transferencia de conocimiento, un trávés de un equipo de trabajo interdisciplinar, compuesto por una antropóloga, ingenieros agrónomos y un periodista, pequeños productores agrícolas de Cabildo, Calle Larga, Quillota, comunas de la región de Valparaíso, Chile....
Chile
2020 - Centro Regional de Investigación e Innovación para la Sostenibilidad de la Agricultura y los Territorios Rurales (CERES)
Practices
Introduction of early maturing cassava varieties
This technology describes the introduction of early maturing purple cassava varieties in the Bolivian eco-region of the Beni river watershed. In this area, farmers are used to cultivate white cassava, which has a growing cycle of more than 90 days. Given the long growing period, traditional white cassava often cannot...
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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