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3D numerical analysis of the natural ventilation behavior in a Colombian greenhouse established in warm climate conditions
Global food production and availability in hot climate zones are limited by biotic and abiotic factors that affect agricultural production. One of the alternatives for intensifying agriculture and improving food security in these regions is the use of naturally ventilated greenhouses, an alternative that still requires information that allows technical...
Colombia
2020 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)
Case study
AQUACULTURE Overfishing threatens food security, but aquaculture provides an answer for women in Senegal
Kayar, on the west coast of Senegal, is an artisanal fishing community with livelihoods in canoe fishing, artisanal processing of fish products and fish retail. The processing side of the sector — gutting, smoking, and filling cans — is mostly occupied by women, who make up 85% of the processing...
Senegal
2020 - The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa
Technical paper
Desafíos hídricos en Chile y recomendaciones para el cumplimiento del ODS 6 en América Latina y el Caribe
El presente documento examina los desafíos hídricos que la región de América Latina y el Caribe enfrenta para el cumplimiento del Objetivo de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) 6 de garantizar la disponibilidad de agua y su gestión sostenible y saneamiento para todos. Utiliza como contexto de análisis el caso chileno debido...
Chile
2020 - Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL)
Report
The covid-19 pandemic: threats on food security in the Mediterranean region
The effects of the COVID-19 on the economy of the Mediterranean region are barely emerging but they are likely to have an unprecedented impact. As in every crisis, it is the poorest populations who will suffer the most serious consequences. The pandemic first threatened their health, then their work -...
2020 - CIHEAM
E-learning
Social Protection in Rural Areas: building responsive systems in the context of Covid19
Social Protection in Rural Areas: building responsive systems in the context of Covid19
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Book
Say NO to food waste!
Food waste is a critical issue in any household. The main objective of this guide is to support households in understanding what is needed to be done in order to reduce food waste at home. This is seen through proper storage methods for each food category, how to reuse leftovers...
Egypt
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Blog article
Infographics gives an easy overview on food security and nutrition in Kyrgyzstan
Every 15th person in Kyrgyzstan suffers from malnutrition, that is, the human diet contains insufficient amounts of nutrients or a person consumes excess amounts of food. Every 14th child under the age of five is overweight, and every 6th adult is obese.
Around the world, issues of ensuring food security and...
Kyrgyzstan
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Video
Organic biofertilizer in liquid and solid form
For healthy crops you need a healthy soil, because a healthy soil contains many good microbes and earthworms. To prepare biofertilizer for half a hectare, you need 10 kg fresh cow dung, cow urine, flour from chickpeas or another pulse, jaggery or unrefined sugar, and a handful of healthy soil....
2020 - AccessAgriculture
Video
Cápsula 5: Medir Caudal
Esta quinta cápsula es parte de la serie de 8 cápsulas audiovisuales creadas por el IICA y el Nucleo Biotecnología de Curauma de la Universidad Católica de Valparaíso.
A partir de esta cápsula, usted podrá: aprender a medir caudal en sistema por goteo y por asperción.
Para ver las otras cápsulas, pinche=> https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYsiWFkJL9PtzHV9xurBVvg
Chile
2020 - Nucleo Biotecnología Curauma (NBC)
Practices
Les retenues collinaires pour la production de maraîchage
Les retenues collinaires sont de petits ouvrages (généralement en terre), qui recueillent les eaux de ruissellement de bassins versants. La superficie de ces retenues varie de quelques hectares à quelques km2 et elles ont une capacité de 0,5 à 3 millions de m3. Elles sont implantés dans des environnements fragiles...
Haiti
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Raising chicken without grain: the integrated compost and poultry system
The integrated compost and poultry system is a farming method that combines composting, poultry raising, and egg production. It is a low-cost method to raise chickens while producing good quality compost. Feed costs are almost eliminated because food scraps, manure, and mulch are used for feed – all of which...
Australia
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Backyard poultry farming through self-help groups
This practice highlights the positive outcomes of the promotion of backyard poultry farming in West Bengal. In addition to improving the production and supply of eggs and poultry meat, interventions generated self-employment leading to a reduction in rural poverty and the empowerment of rural women. The practice documents one of...
India
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Pineapple as alternate cropping to control soil erosion
This practice shows that pineapple cultivation not only minimizes soil erosion but also promotes the rehabilitation of degraded sloppy lands for additional income. Technical details are provided for the implementation of this practice including pit preparation and seedling plantation. The economic advantages of this practice include local labour generation and...
Nepal
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Tsetse control: how to use Tsetse traps with an odour dispenser
Tsetse flies (Glossina sp.) infest over 11 million square km of Africa, and are vectors of Trypanosomosis (or Trypanosomiasis) in both man and domestic livestock. For example, it is estimated that tsetse infestations occur over 7 percent of Zimbabwe and 60 percent of Tanzania and Trypanosomosis has an important negative impact on...
Zimbabwe
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Newsletter
FAO Myanmar Newsletter
Welcome to the fourth edition of our newsletter in 2020 which, as usual, provides information about our work in Myanmar. Since the resurgence of COVID-19 cases in late August, the government has set more protective measures in force in almost every state and region. This reaches you therefore as the...
Myanmar
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Website
FAO - Green Cities Initiative
Cities in 23 countries across 6 continents meet top urban forestry standards
NEWS
As the pace of urbanization quickens in Asia-Pacific, so too does the threat of urban food insecurity – UN agencies report
NEWS
Leveraging urban and local agrifood systems for sustainable transformation
FAO hosts panel discussion at Global Forum for Food and Agriculture...
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Case study
AGROECOLOGY Agroecological training on biofertilisers improves women’s livelihoods in Togo.
In the Plateaux region of Togo, the natural richness of the soil means that farming is the primary livelihood of those who live there. In the Kpélé Prefecture, in the south-west, the relatively mild climates and good rainfall should make it perfect for agriculture. However, the farming communities have witnessed...
Togo
2020 - The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa
Newsletter
Eip-Agri November 2020 newsletter
Eip Agri Newsletter on Agriculture & Innovation
European Union
2020 - Eip Agri
Blog article
Save Bees and Farmers
European agriculture is reaching a dead end. Day by day, the biological diversity that underpins our food systems is disappearing – putting the future of our food, our livelihood, health and environment under severe threat.
Bees and other pollinating insects, play a crucial role in biodiversity and agriculture. They form an...
2020 - Slow Food
Video
Cápsula 6: Medir Presión
Esta sexta cápsula es parte de la serie de 8 cápsulas audiovisuales creadas por el IICA y el Nucleo Biotecnología de Curauma de la Universidad Católica de Valparaíso.
En esta cápsula, usted va aprender tips sobre la importancia de medir la presión, aprendiendo a instalar y diferenciar tomas manométricas.
Para ver las otras...
Chile
2020 - Nucleo Biotecnología Curauma (NBC)
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