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Ecological Organic Agriculture - Organic Pest Control
In this video, a small scale farmer shows organic methods of pest control. He illustrates how organic pesticides are made using urine and different wild plants around his home.
Uganda
2020 - ESAFF Uganda
Report
Scaling Agroecology Up And Out
Lessons from the agroecology learning exchange India
The Agroecology Fund’s second global Agroecology Learning Exchange, held in February 2020 in Karnataka, India, was an extraordinary gathering of more than 70 farmers and agroecology advocates from frontline organizations, researchers, allies, and donors. The Agroecology Fund’s mission, at its core, is to support a growing global agroecology movement to...
India
2020 - Agroecology Fund
Article
Agronomic response of four sugarcane varieties in Eastern Plains of Colombia
In an Oxisol in the Eastern Plains of Colombia, three varieties of sugar cane Cenicaña Colombia (CC) (CC 8475, CC 833895, CC 8592) and one from the Dominican Republic (RD 7511) were established and evaluated in order to determine the production biomass and leaf area. In a randomized complete block...
Colombia
2020 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)
Practices
Amélioration du stockage du maïs (Zea mays L.) dans des greniers en présence de plantes biopesticides de Lippia multiflora (thé de savane) et Hyptis suaveolens (sosso tanan)
La protection du maïs stocké à l’aide de produits alternatifs biodégradables et non nocifs à la santé et à l’environnement mérite d’être valorisée afin de limiter la dépendance des producteurs à l’utilisation des pesticides chimiques pour la protection des stocks de maïs. Une combinaison de feuilles de Lippia multiflora (thé...
Côte d'Ivoire
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Video
Hacemos agua - Agua de Río
Este primer documental Hacemos agua, Agua de Río El Paraná es el décimo río más importante del mundo y posee una amplia biodiversidad: selvas vírgenes y humedales con extraordinaria flora y fauna. Es el que permite tener agua pura en la región. Hoy está amenazado por las prácticas del hombre.
Te invitamos a...
Argentina
2020 - UNICANAL - Universidad Nacional de Rosario (UNR)
Practices
Community ownership and institutional mechanisms to develop common property resources and enhance livelihoods
Common Property Resources (CPRs) are important for the livelihoods of the rural communities, especially poor. Various INGOs, NGOs and government organisations have facilitated and successfully demonstrated the model for development of common lands. This has been done by developing village institution mechanisms to bring in a bottoms-up approach to development...
India
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Improved practices in rearing indigenous chicken
Indigenous chickens play an important role in the livelihoods of most rural families in Eastern Africa. Despite increased use of commercial breeds by large-scale producers, around three quarters of chickens in the region are indigenous breeds. This manual gives information on improved management practices of rearing indigenous chickens. The following...
Kenya
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Tsetse control using Epsilon trap made in Zimbabwe
Tsetse flies (Glossina spp.) infest over 11 million sq km of Africa, and are vectors of Trypanosomosis (or Trypanosomiasis) in both humans and domestic livestock. For example, it is estimated that tsetse cover over 7 percent of Zimbabwe and 60 percent of Tanzania and Trypanosomosis has an important negative impact on livestock...
Zimbabwe
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Case study
Recommonisation secures pastoralist production, livelihoods and ecosystem integrity in Olgos, Kenya
A project initiated by the Pastoralist Development Network of Kenya investigated and documented the community initiative in the Olgos area of Narok county to reverse the perilous effects of the fragmentation of Maasai rangelands and fencing off of individual parcels. It was essentially a reflection on the functional experiential learning...
Kenya
2020 - The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa
Report
Food security and food consumption in Samoa
The high rate of adult obesity observed in Samoa (almost 46 percent in 2016) points to access to an amount of dietary energy that is well above the minimum amount of dietary energy needed by the population to be in good health and to be socially active. The analysis of...
Samoa
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations FAO
Blog article
El éxito del asociativismo para una apicultora chaqueña
“Aprendimos, progresamos como productores y como grupo. Hoy nos tienen en cuenta los exportadores”
Alicia llegó a la apicultura por casualidad. Y empezó a especializarse a partir de un error. Pero se enamoró de la actividad, se asoció con otros productores, gracias a lo que accedió a distintos programas que le permitieron multiplicar su producción. Hoy es referente en la materia, además de ser...
Argentina
2020 - Federación Agraria Argentina (FAA)
Video
Spineless cactus for fodder
Cactus pads are rich in minerals like calcium, phosphorous and magnesium, and have moderate levels of protein and fibre. You can start harvesting cactus pads one year after planting and harvest pads every 4 months as per your needs. Cactus will give fodder for more than 20 years.
2020 - AccessAgriculture
Video
Agricultura Familiar Campesina
Les presentamos el video de cierre del Proyecto FIC Agricultura Familiar Campesina. En este video les mostramos lo que hemos hecho junto a los pequeños agricultores de la región de Valparaíso, en donde se han implementado prácticas sustentables, competitivas y de asociatividad. #AgricultoresRegiónDeValparaíso#PrácticasSustentablesEnAgricultura
Chile
2020 - Nucleo Biotecnología Curauma (NBC)
Blog article
Mezquite y huizache, árboles mexicanos que fertilizan nuestro suelo
El Mezquite y el Huizache son árboles que podemos encontrar en las zonas cálidas y semidesérticas de México. Ambos árboles pertenecen a la familia de las leguminosas, por lo que fijan nitrógeno en el suelo.
El nitrógeno es uno de los nutrientes principales que necesitan todas las plantas, por lo que los árboles de mezquite y huizache tienen un papel importante en su ecosistema, uso en la vida diaria y son una fuente rica en proteína que antes se consumía en diversas regiones del país....
Mexico
2020 - Vía Orgánica
Practices
Chalkbrood: a fungal disease of the brood
Chalkbrood is caused by the fungus Ascosphaera apis and affects the brood. Spores of Ascosphera apis are transmitted through the food. Chalkbrood disease occurs worldwide, especially during the colony’s growth in spring, when there are not enough adult bees present in the hive to keep the rapidly expanding brood warm. The brood located on...
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Assessing post-harvest fish losses: load tracking method
Load Tracking is one of a suite of loss assessment tools, including the Informal Fish Loss Assessment Method (IFLAM) and the Questionnaire Loss Assessment Method (QLAM). Prior to the research which informed their development, with the exception of work by FAO and NRI, little effort had been made to develop...
Ghana
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Journal
SAMUDRA Report No. 83, September 2020
This issue was designed as a special edition to complement ICSF's campaign celebrating the contributions of small-scale fisheries to nutrition and food security within a human-rights-based framework. As the SAMUDRA Comment notes, the COVID-19 pandemic reminds us of the connection between food, health systems, sustainable development and human rights, and...
2020 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Journal article
Roundup: news, events, briefings and more. Samudra Report No.83
The Roundup includes recent publications, films added to our Documentation centre, meetings coming up, websites which are important to small-scale fisheries, flashback of editorial from old issues of samudra report related to the theme and Endquote from the world of literature related to fisheries.
2020 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Video
Ecological Organic Agriculture - Production of Organic Fertilizers
In this video, a small scale farmer illustrates how to make organic fertilizer using plants, ash and urine. This fertilizer can also act as a pesticide for crops like bananas.
Uganda
2020 - ESAFF Uganda
Report
Working with countries of Asia and the Pacific to achieve the 2030 Agenda
The Asia and Pacific region is very dynamic and the countries vary in terms of socio-economic status, physical size (and that of their populations) and agro-climatic zones. Therefore they can often face both similar and/or very different challenges. The kind of support programmes that FAO provides also vary widely, with...
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
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