Fishing for subsistence constitutes a livelihood safety net for poverty, malnutrition and gender inequality for populations dependent upon aquatic foods around the world. Here we provide global estimates showing that almost the same amount of small-scale fishers engage in subsistence fishing at some point during the year as in commercial...

 Thefocus of this toolkit is on why it is critical for planners in Africa to thinkabout food issues, and more specifically, how to equip them to do this asa planning educator. This toolkit was designed to help planners developtheoretical and practical knowledge about food-sensitive planning,with the specific aim of supporting...

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) seeks to address injustices in the food system by supporting small-scale farmers applying agroecological practices through a long-term partnership: a community of members covers the cost of production and receives a share of the harvest throughout the season in return. Despite an orientation towards a more...

Koraput district, in South Odisha, India, is characterized by warm and humid climate with 80% of the total annual rainfall received from the south-west monsoon in the months from June to mid-October. Agriculture is primarily rainfed with kharif (June-September) being the main cropping season. Finger millet is a major staple...

Este libro reflexiona sobre el conocimiento práctico para el mejoramiento genético de yuca y aborda temáticas clave para la identificación de genotipos deseados. Contiene información sobre el uso, la demanda y la prospectiva de la producción de yuca en Colombia (capítulo 1), y el área de cultivo y su integración...

NATI00NS is a European project funded under the HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02 programme and coordinated by Aarhus University (Denmark). The main objective of NATI00NS is reaching out to and preparing regional and national stakeholders across Europe to apply for and implement soil health Living Labs, facilitating the deployment of the EU Mission “A Soil Deal...

Listen to what German farmers have to say about their experience with Agroforestry in this video about the AGROMIX German pilot project field visit. The field visit was coordinated by IfaS which took place on the 9th of February 2023 in Palatinate, Germany. The field visit took participants around three...

L’initiative européenne DeSIRA finance de nombreux projets d’innovation agricole à travers l’Afrique. Au Burkina Faso, douze sont actuellement opérationnels. Bioénergies, intensification agroécologique, nouvelles technologiques d’irrigation… : le secteur agricole burkinabè innove constamment. En juin, le Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique et la délégation de l'Union européenne au...

In Indonesia, smallholders have historically practiced agroforestry, which warrants examination in terms of food and livelihood security within sustainable community forest frameworks. Based on a literature review, we analysed these two forms of security related to smallholder agroforestry practices. Findings indicate diverse agroforestry systems, with 88% focusing on non-timber forest...

This is a podcast series designed to help African planning scholars and urbanists to think through how and why food can be incorporated in urban planning and governance.  If you’re not a planner, don’t tune out. If you listen along you will find out how looking at a city through...

The link between increasingly severe climate events and the rising suicide rate among India’s farmers has long been a concern. But with the latest national data reporting the highest ever number of deaths by suicide, effective action to prevent the risk factors endangering farmers — and the climate events that...

Sea cucumbers are harvested and traded in more than 90 countries worldwide. They are exploited in industrial and small-scale fisheries, nearly from pole to pole, especially in the tropics. In some fisheries, more than 20 species are exploited by fishers. Fishers in general know how to distinguish the species they...

Over more than three-quarters of a century, FAO’s work on forest product statistics has made the Organization the recognized authority for data fundamental to what we now call the global bioeconomy. Forest product data are essential in monitoring impact and innovation in the global wood industry; responding to climate change...

Climate change has adversely affected the agriculture of indigenous farmers. Farmers can lessen agricultural losses by using adaptation strategies to climate change. However, the adaptation process depends on several factors, including barriers. This paper examines the farmers’ opinion toward adaptation barriers and tries to identify how the barriers influence farmers’...

Organic farming´s systemic approach Helps mitigating climate change Supports farmers´adaptation to climate change Creates resilient farming systems All while it protects and improves biodiversity #OrganicIsPartOfTheSolution

En el presente capítulo se aborda el contexto del mercado para las raíces frescas de yuca que se destinan principalmente para la producción de almidón nativo y almidón fermentado en Colombia. Se hace una descripción general de algunas dinámicas prospectivas y de las principales variables del mercado que afectan el...

World Water Day 2023 is about accelerating change to solve the water and sanitation crisis. Dysfunction throughout the water cycle undermines progress on all major global issues, from health to hunger, gender equality to jobs, education to industry, and disasters to peace. In 2015, the world committed to Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 as part...

About #HerLand campaign Together with partners, activists and influencers, UNCCD is launching the campaign #HerLand to promote successful examples of women and girls’ contributions to sustainable land management and mobilize support to advance land rights for women and girls around the world.  You too can lend your support by reaching out to your communities and advocating...

Loss and damage is one of the most important issues for climate-vulnerable developing countries.   Communities and ecosystems around the developing world are experiencing unprecedented extreme weather events. Driven by climate change, these shocks will worsen with every increment of global heating, exposing billions of people to catastrophic loss and damage – from loss of...

Marine mammal depredation refers to the phenomenon of marine mammals partially or completely removing catch from fishing gear. Its results, which can include damage to gear or target fish, disturbance to fishing activities and economic losses for fishers, are becoming a growing cause for concern in several Mediterranean and Black...