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Participatory crop improvement in salt-affected areas
Farmers’ participatory varietal evaluation of wheat and rice was conducted for three consecutive years from 1999 to 2002, in the Punjab, India. Farmers adopted new varieties that better met their needs and enabled them to break their monoculture dependence. They also made use of seed priming and zero tillage, a...
India
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Participatory varietal selection: rice in eastern India
Using participatory plant breeding, poor and marginal farmers in Eastern India, who previously grew old and low yielding land races, produced several new varieties of upland rice. Self-help groups produced truthful seed of these rice varieties, with production rising from 39 in 2002-2003 to 81 t in 2003-2004. It was...
India
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Journal article
Episcopal Farmworker Ministry and Disaster Response to COVID-19
Farmworkers in the U.S. confront numerous challenges. They receive poverty wages and have high rates of wage theft, precarious immigration status, and a high risk of injury and fatality (Smolski, 2019). They also face rampant food insecurity, with 40 to 70 percent of farmworkers experiencing a lack of reliable access...
2020 - Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development (JAFSCD)
Case study
Community conservation of land and sustainable utilization of biodiversity in Zimbabwe.
By eliminating unwarranted opening of new land for farming, indiscriminate cutting of trees and bushfires, woodlands are regenerating, wild mushrooms can be harvested again and small wildlife like bushbucks are returning. Tortoises and snakes including the much feared black mamba cobras are reoccupying their original habitats. The degraded environment and...
Zimbabwe
2020 - The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa
Video
Agroecología - Buenas prácticas agropecuarias para la resiliencia, Corredor Seco Centroamericano
El Corredor Seco Centroamericano (CSC) es una de las áreas centroamericanas más afectada por los eventos extremos, en particular la sequía. Con el objetivo de fortalecer la sostenibilidad, inclusión y resiliencia de los sistemas productivos de los países del SICA, se realiza un inventario de buenas prácticas y tecnologías para...
2020 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Newsletter
FAO Right to Food Newsletter, September 2020, Issue 6
Quarterly launched, the Right to Food newsletter updates timely on the progress and advancements of the right to food around the world, including news, events and resources produced by FAO and stakeholders. In the course of nine months, COVID-19 has spread across the world. It has caused setbacks to development,...
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Blog article
A light at the end of the Covid tunnel?
On the programme, which asked how coronavirus is threatening food security, I pointed out that all the stories making international headlines in relation to the impact of the pandemic on food – milk being poured down the drain, plane loads of eastern European vegetable pickers licensed to travel to the...
2020 - Sustainable Food Trust
Video
How to Make Bokashi
Bokashi is a nutrient-dense, fast-acting and soil-regenerating fertiliser. It helps increase the amount of organic matter in the soil and create conducive conditions for microbial activity. Nasira Habib explains how you can make bokashi at your garden or farm.
Pakistan
2020 - International People's Agroecology Multiversity IPAM
Audio
Farms. Food. Future. Women Powering the Farming Future
It’s International Women’s Day and we speak to IFAD’s lead on gender and social inclusion Ndaya Beltchika. Also we have news from partner projects working on the frontline for women’s rights in Uganda and India.
After that we’ll be putting the Glam back in to the Green movement and what sustainable...
2020 - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Practices
La fabrication et l’utilisation du compost dans les exploitations cotonnières
Une technique en application au Bénin, au Burkina Faso et en partie en Côte d’Ivoire, est la fabrication et l’utilisation du compost dans les exploitations cotonnières. Elle aide les exploitants agricoles à améliorer leur rendement. La fabrication du compost respecte une procédure stricte à suivre pour avoir un rendement meilleur....
Benin
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Integrating lemon trees in vegetable farms for slope protection
The Philippines is particularly prone to natural disasters due to its geographical location and physical environment. The country experiences an average of 20 typhoons yearly, which trigger landslides, flash floods, mudslides, widespread flooding, and cause destruction and damage to homes, community buildings, communications, infrastructure, and agriculture. To address these hazards...
Philippines
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Bio-engineering practices to control erosion of river embankments
Heavy rainfall and landslides in the up-streams of the Churia range cause sedimentation of river beds, leading to erosion of river embankments by fast flows of water. This heavily affects the livelihoods of farmers downstream, causing loss of infrastructure, crops and livestock. In addition, the continuous erosion of agricultural lands...
Nepal
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Processing tomatoes
Tomatoes are widely grown and used in Eastern Africa. During the peak season most farmers sell their tomatoes at throw‑away prices and substantial quantities go to waste because they are highly perishable. To avoid this, farmers can process tomatoes into various products for storage and use at home or as...
Uganda
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Improved utilization of urban waste
Municipal solid waste (MSW) can be a valuable fertilizer for peri-urban farmers in India. An integrated approach to urban waste management, currently absent, is needed to improve its use, to include segregation of waste materials (removal of plastic and glass). Thus halting the decline in quality and its management and...
India
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
The role of standards in maize
The National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO) aims to increase the contribution of research to the sustainability of agricultural productivity, economic growth, food security and the eradication of poverty, through the development and dissemination of technologies, knowledge and information. Maize is one of the main crops in Uganda. Therefore, it is...
Uganda
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Magazine article
Gênero nos sistemas alimentares urbanos
Não é segredo que o sistema alimentar tem um problema de gênero endêmico. Existem barreiras significativas à participação nas cadeias de valor alimentares devidas a identidades socialmente determinadas, papéis, direitos e obrigações das mulheres e homens, e muitas iniquidades estruturais embutidas no sistema.
Inúmeros trabalhos para avaliar as iniquidades de gênero...
Brazil
2020 - RUAF Foundation - Resource Centres on Urban Agricultuire & Food Security
Case study
The Benet’s struggle to secure their land
Government gazetted the land of the indigenous Benet people into Mt. Elgon Crown Forest back in the year 1993 without consultation or the consent of the community. The Benet were allowed to stay in the forest but under strict rules like restriction on cultivation, keeping goats etc. A series of...
2020 - The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa
Journal article
Statement: Call to the European Commission: An Inclusive Oceans Strategy is Needed to Secure Sustainable Fishing Communities
On the occasion of the World Fisheries Day (21 November, 2020), sixteen small-scale fisheries organizations, from Europe and Africa, environmental and development NGOs, and the former Vice-chair of the European Parliament fisheries committee have signed a statement calling the European Commissioner-designate for Environment and Oceans, Virginijus Sinkevitius, to secure sustainable...
2020 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Blog article
Asia-Pacific countries pledged bold and innovative action for food security and livelihoods
Innovation, solidarity, coherence and strong partnership among and within countries of Asia and the Pacific are required for the region to rebound from the damage caused by COVID-19 and the ongoing effects of chronic undernourishment.
That was a call made by more than 40 member countries of the Food and Agriculture...
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Event
Consultation - Rural development – long-term vision for rural areas
The Commission has committed to developing a long-term vision for rural areas. To achieve such a vision, it is necessary to assess what life is like in the rural areas of Europe and map out what is key for their prosperity. This public consultation will contribute to this process by...
European Union
2020 - European Commission
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