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Soil and water conservation on the slopes of Kilimanjaro
At over 5,000 meters, Mount Kilimanjaro’s rounded, snow-capped peak is an iconic African symbol. The National Park’s forested slopes rise up to the peak, above the plains of northern Tanzania. Slightly lower down, at altitudes between 1,000 and 1,500 meters, farmers grow crops in the fertile soil: coffee, bananas, fodder...
United Republic of Tanzania
2020 - Oakland Institute and the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA)
Blog article
Smallholder farmers in Jharkhand come together to ensure safe food for a fair price
Over the years, Bhoomi Ka has been working to promote safe and indigenous food among farmers and consumers in India. And to achieve its objective, it was imperative for smallholder farmers to come together, get trained on ecological farming and certification processes, and meet the growing demand of organic produce....
2020 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Video
Cápsula 3: Bomba
Esta tercera 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 podrá conocer las características de la bomba.
Para ver las otras cápsulas, pinche=> https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYsiWFkJL9PtzHV9xurBVvg
Chile
2020 - Nucleo Biotecnología Curauma (NBC)
Practices
Production, multiplication et diffusion de semences climato résilientes pour de meilleurs rendements en milieu rural
La production de semences climato-résilientes se fait dans l'objectif de soutenir l'intensification de la production agricole de manière à ce qu'elle soit plus économique et socialement durable. En effet, les techniques de production de semences climato-résilientes fournissent une alternative á l'adaptation, à la sécheresse et aux changements climatiques par leur...
Haiti
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Women resurrecting poultry biodiversity and livelihoods
The Aseel is reared under backyard poultry management systems and is a vital source of meat and income. However, this bird is threatened due to high production losses, infectious diseases and policies promoting non-local breeds. This practice describes how disease prevention and biodiversity conservation strategies helped women farmers in preserving...
India
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Rainwater syringe: low cost technology for rainwater harvesting in coastal areas
Due to saline conditions, drinking and pure water is a major problem in coastal areas. Most of the open wells and tube wells in the coastal areas contain salty water. Rainwater harvesting is a viable option for solving the issue of drinking water. Construction of rainwater overhead tanks is a...
India
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Video
Impact of COVID-19 on Farmers in Fiji
In Fiji, establishments such as hotels and restaurants have closed to adhere to the government's measures to avoid the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. In effect, farmers in the country can no longer sell their products anywhere. Thus, they appeal to the Fijian government for support so they can sell...
Fiji
2020 - PIFON
Blog article
This is a farm: Agroforestry feeds communities in Timor-Leste
To the untrained eye it might look like a scruffy forest with a messy understory of weeds. But on closer inspection, Tomas Pinto has created a multilayered ecosystem rich in biodiversity. Under Tomas’s careful stewardship, this forest feed communities in Timor-Leste.
Timor-Leste
2020 - SeedChange
Manual
Practical guidelines for Early Warning – Early Action plans on agricultural drought
The impact of drought in agriculture is one of the most complex natural hazards to predict and mitigate. It carries a constant risk for most smallholder farmers around the world. According to studies conducted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 83 percent of all damages...
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Journal article
Comment/Editorial: Build Back, Build Forward
By reminding us of the connection between food, health systems, sustainable development and human rights, the global COVID-19 pandemic offers an opportunity to build forward better. Even as we celebrate the contributions of small-scale fisheries to nutrition and food security within a rights-based framework, which is part of an ICSF campaign,...
2020 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Blog article
Indigenous Peoples’ food systems hold the key to feeding humanity
A recent workshop hosted by IIED and Royal Botanic Gardens Kew explored how the way Indigenous Peoples grow and consume food holds answers to the world’s broken food system.
Modern food and farming systems are fundamentally unsustainable. They contribute around a third of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions and are responsible...
2020 - IIED and Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
Video
The clod breaker: a rolling harrow
The clod breaker is a simple wooden tool made out of a cylindrical log with iron spikes. It can be pulled by animals or even by an adult person. By driving the clod breaker over your field in opposite directions, the soil will become loose, aerated and absorb more water....
2020 - AccessAgriculture
Video
Cápsula 4: Filtro
Esta cuarta 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, te contamos sobre la importancia de hacer un buen mantenimiento al filtro de la bomba de riego.
Para ver las otras cápsulas,...
Chile
2020 - Nucleo Biotecnología Curauma (NBC)
Blog article
A Agroecologia nos tempos do COVID-1
A maioria dos nossos problemas globais: escassez de energia e de água, degradação ambiental, mudança climática, desigualdade econômica, insegurança alimentar e outros, não podem ser abordados de forma separada, já que estes estão interconectados e são interdependentes. Quando um dos problemas se agrava, os efeitos se estendem por todo o...
2020 - Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales (CLACSO)
Practices
Replicas of native chicken in rural poultry production: the Satpuda
A well organized pro-poor initiative from a private company, Yashwant Agritech Pvt Ltd (YAPL), has produced and sold a productive synthetic hybrid bird suitable for rearing in harsh agro-climatic rural environments. It has proved to be a valuable source of income for the poor households. This practice has promoted participatory,...
India
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Blog article
Women’s Farmer Field School’s success in Diarb Balout, Palestine
Under the framework of the regional project “Implementing the 2030 Agenda for water efficiency/productivity and water sustainability in NENA countries”, one of the key activities is implementing different Farmer Field Schools (FFS) in the eight studied countries. Palestine one of the countries under the project, suffers from a shortage in...
Palestine
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Blog article
Energy Resources
Major energy resources include Coal, Natural Gas, Oil, Wood, Nuclear, Solar, Hydrogen, wind and Tidal power etc. Since the beginning of industrialization in the 17th century, the use of these energy resources has been increasing year by year. Coal which is the traditional resource of energy has slowly given way...
2020 - Balochistan Geo Studies Center Pakistan
Video
Viverismo en la Agricultura Familiar - Encuentro 2
Capacitaciones Virtuales de la Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Área Metropolitana de Buenos Aires, en el marco de las actividades del Programa Prohuerta (MDSN/INTA), conjuntamente con Vivero de la Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo de la Universidad Nacional de La Plata.
Disertantes: Lic. Marcelo Miranda. INTA La Plata - Prohuerta (MDSN/INTA)...
Argentina
2020 - Programa Prohuerta (MDSN/INTA)
Practices
Systèmes de plantation et de gestion durable de lots boisés
La mise en place de lots boisés consiste à repeupler d'espèces arborées un site donné. En plus de son intérêt économique pour la production de bois et l'aménagement paysager ou récréatif, le lot boisé constitue une stratégie de lutte contre l'érosion. Il a pour rôle essentiel d'augmenter la couverture protectrice...
Haiti
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Government-led integrated approach for delivery of services to smallholder poultry farmers
This practice demonstrates how simple cost effective interventions such as low cost protein rich feeding, de-worming, vaccination, low cost housing, egg-candling, use of bamboo for poultry feeders and waterers, have strengthened household poultry production systems of tribal farmers in the Bastar region of Chhattisgarh in India. A key factor that...
India
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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