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Le paillage (ou mulching)
Le paillage (ou mulching) est le processus de recouvrement de la terre arable avec du matériel végétal tel que des feuilles, de l'herbe, des brindilles, des résidus de récolte, de la paille, etc. La couverture de mulch (ou paillis) accroît l'activité des organismes du sol et surtout celle des vers...
Haiti
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Pratiques améliorées d'élevage des poules indigènes
Les poules indigènes jouent un rôle important dans la vie des familles rurales en Afrique orientale. Malgré l’usage accru des races commerciales par de gros éleveurs, près des trois quarts des poules de la région sont de races indigènes. Leur viande et leurs œufs sont plus savoureux , elles exigent...
Kenya
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Choosing high yielding vegetable varieties
The following provides an overview on how to plant, fertilize, manage and control pests for a series of vegetable varieties. These include amaranthus, cabbage, carrot, cauliflower, broccoli, eggplant, cucumber, kale, leek, lettuce, okra, onion, sweet pepper, pumpkin, Swiss chard, tomato and watermelon.
Uganda
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Using plants with pesticidal properties to control insects during on-farm grain storage
Market liberalisation in Africa has resulted in more commodities being stored in small quantities in on-farm facilities. This has resulted in increased post-harvest losses, especially by storage pest insects of grain and legumes. The use of synthetic pesticides in food stores at the farm level can be considered costly by...
Ghana
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Solarization: reducing insect damage from cowpeas
Cowpea is important to rural households in Ghana for its nutritional value and to supplement income. Poorer producers typically have to sell grain legumes soon after harvest, either to meet debts or because they cannot prevent storage losses (weight losses and value reduction) associated with insect damage. Market sellers are...
Ghana
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Blog article
Pay and learn
Extensionists often give information away for free, but selling it may get you a more tuned-in audience. This is the conclusion of researcher Gérard Zoundji and colleagues in a recent paper published in Experimental Agriculture.
Benin
2020 - AgroInsight
E-learning
Agro-Ecology – Why, What and How
DCA works to promote Agroecology in all our Right to Food activities because Agroecology is a climate-friendly way to build sustainability and resilience as well as increasing food production. The components of Agroecology help us form strong links between our rights-based approach; farmers’ participation, organisation and empowerment; fair and sustainable agriculture and...
2020 - Fabo Learning Lab
Newsletter article
Costa Rica: Returning to land and sea
The harsh economic impact of the ongoing pandemic-related lockdown has spurred fisherwomen in Costa Rica to return to their traditional sources of livelihood. Although there have been very few COVID-19 cases in the area, the suspension of tourism with the COVID -19 pandemic has had an enormous impact on the southern...
Costa Rica
2020 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Case study
SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT: Restoring community farmland in Uganda
Water and food security of agro-pastoral communities in the area are under threat. Flash floods, erratic rainfall, and an ongoing battle with crop pests have made steady and healthy crop growth difficult. As a result, food shortages are causing acute malnutrition, and conflicts regularly arise amongst neighbouring communities fighting for...
Uganda
2020 - The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa
Magazine article
Plan Nacional de Agricultura Familiar en Panamá
En la Gaceta Oficial del 4 de marzo fue publicada la Ley 127 del 3 de marzo del 2020 que dicta medidas para el desarrollo de la Agricultura Familiar en Panamá, ordenando estrategias para que este sector alcance todo su desarrollo; establece un Plan Nacional de Agricultura Nacional como política...
Panama
2020
Book
Guía para la gestión del agua en la explotación porcina
El agua es un recurso imprescindible, no solo para la vida y el cumplimiento de las funciones biológicas de plantas, animales y personas, también para cubrir otros usos que, en el caso de las explotaciones de porcino, que en esta guía nos ocupan, son muchos y de diferente índole, desde...
2020 - INTERPORC SPAIN
Book
Potentially Important Leafy Greens and Vegetables in Rwanda
Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which:
identify highly nutritious local food plants,
explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way,
detail the nutritional value of the plants and
describe why human bodies require those nutrients.
The resources created by FPS allows people to better...
Rwanda
2020 - Food Plant Solutions
Blog article
Una mirada a la pequeña producción agrícola del Perú en tiempos de cuarentena
En estos días en los que la salud y la vida están en juego a causa de un nuevo coronavirus, denominado COVID-19, se hacen evidentes varias de las falencias del modelo económico donde nos situamos. Sabemos que la expansión del capital está sostenida en lógicas especulativas que convierten en mercancía...
Peru
2020 - Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales (CLACSO)
Practices
Lutter contre les parasites du mouton
Les moutons qui broutent dans les pâturages peuvent être infestés par plusieurs types de parasites. Le niveau d’infestation parasitaire doit faire l’objet d’un contrôle. Dans le cas contraire, l’infestation peut entraîner des saignements, l’amaigrissement et même la mort de l’animal. En cas d’hydatidose (maladie due à l’infestation par un ténia),...
Kenya
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Beekeeping: how to keep bees and process honey
Using the story of a beekeeper in South Western Uganda, who started with three traditional bee hives ten years ago and now has more than 100 hives of different types, this brochure introduces to the advantages and the basic techniques of beekeeping and honey processing. It gives an overview of...
Uganda
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Making sweet potato chips and flour
Sweet potato is a popular food in many parts of Eastern Africa. It is drought tolerant, hardy and can grow in marginal areas, thus contributing to improved food security. The young leaves and vines can be consumed as vegetables or fed to livestock. In some communities in Eastern Africa, sweet...
Uganda
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Improving coastal livelihoods in the Carribean: red seaweed cultivation and sea urchin management
The economic decline of the past ten years in the Caribbean, due largely to the changes in trading arrangements for bananas, has had severe negative impacts. Fishing continues to support a significant number of households, but people have had to seek work in the manufacturing, tourism, commercial and construction sectors....
Saint Lucia
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Blog article
Multi-actor projects: scientists and farmers creating solutions together
Multi-actor projects are projects in which end users and multipliers of research results such as farmers and farmers’ groups, advisers, enterprises and others, are closely cooperating throughout the whole research project period.
The EU has allocated around one billion euros to fund around 180 multi-actor projects of interest to agriculture, forestry and rural development...
2020 - Eip Agri
Video
Feria del Agricultor - Turrialba
"La Agricultura hecha feria", se titula este vídeo donde se comparte un poco de lo que cada viernes y sábado ocurre en Turrialba, Cartago, Costa Rica.. la feria del agricultor.
Costa Rica
2020
Video
Trashumancia: "Andando y sembrando" un futuro sostenible
Breve documental grabado en la Fiesta de la Trashumancia 2019, Madrid. Un proyecto de: Asociación Trashumancia y Naturaleza Proyecto Dehesa y Montado en la Península Ibérica WWF España, WWF Portugal
Spain
2020 - Asociación Trashumancia y Naturaleza
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