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RED ECOLSIERRA: smallholder farmer's network of knowledge and prosperity
La Red Ecolsierra (Red de Productores Ecológicos de la Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta) promueve el desarrollo y el interés de los caficultores del departamento del Magdalena y de la comunidad en general para el mejoramiento de las unidades productivas. Conoce más de nosotros en redes sociales/Learn more about us...
Colombia
2020 - RED ECOLSIERRA
Website
La nueva enfermedad coronavirus (COVID-19) y los Sistemas Alimentarios en América Latina y el Caribe
Con el objetivo de proporcionar a los responsables de la toma de decisiones en todo el mundo información fidedigna sobre las medidas de políticas para mantener en funcionamiento los sistemas alimentarios, la FAO ha implementado una serie de medidas para contribuir en esta línea.
En este sitio web usted podrá informarse...
2020 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Practices
Rainwater harvesting for increased pasture production
Water availability is crucial for agricultural activities, in the dry seasons or at time of reduced rainfalls, water becomes a rare commodity. Harvesting rainwater can offer a solution to increase water availability during the dry season. This practice describes how to harvest rainwater in Kenya. Rainwater harvesting is the collection...
Kenya
2020
Practices
Preventing stackburn heat damage to stored maize
Stackburn in maize is heat damage characterized by a brown discoloration of the grain resulting from heat build-up in the interior of stacks held in commercial storage in sub-Saharan Africa. Affected maize may be downgraded in commercial markets or have to be diverted for animal-feed use. Where discoloration is severe,...
Zimbabwe
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Blog article
Young entrepreneur brings smart farmer learning to Bihar, India
When 27-year old Neeraj Kumar heard about the Access Agriculture “Young Entrepreneur Challenge Fund 2019” announcement, he was excited to learn that winners would receive a Digisoft portable smart projector. Neeraj is co-founder of Khetee, an NGO based in Durdih village in Bihar, a state in eastern India.
What impressed him most...
India
2020 - Access Agriculture
Case study
Changing the fortunes of farmers and families in murang’a county, Kenya
The Organic Agriculture Centre of Kenya (OACK) saw that by providing the right skills, information and support, they could help small-scale farmers move away from subsistence farming and into thriving livelihoods that improve their local communities and the landscapes they live in.
Kangari village in Murang’a county, Kenya, has practiced mono-cropping...
Kenya
2020 - The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa
Case study
La agricultura familiar y el abastecimiento agroalimentario ante la pandemia de COVID-19 en América Latina y el Caribe
Se presenta un análisis sustentado en información primaria, este se divide en tres secciones. En la primera, se sintetizan los resultados obtenidos en la consulta en la agricultura familiar y el abastecimiento agroalimentario. En la segunda se identifican los impactos de la pandemia de COVID-19 en las dinámicas productivas y...
2020 - Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA)
Blog article
Reshaping the future of food and agriculture in the Near East and North Africa
Countries of the Near East and North Africa (NENA) region face numerous common challenges to achieving improved food security, nutrition and inclusive agricultural development. Recent conflicts and civil instability in some countries of the region, as well as rapid population growth, low growth in agricultural productivity, scarce and fragile natural...
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Journal article
Food supply pressure in France and Germany during COVID-19: Causes from manufacturing
The food supply has been disrupted by COVID-19. Shopping in supermarkets and grocery stores in the pandemic may not be a pleasant experience, as it can often lead to disappointment and anxiety since a lot of food items are not available or out of stock. The pandemic’s impact on the...
Germany
2020
Book
Potentially Important Fruits, Nuts and Seeds of 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
Case study
Bio gardening innovations
Food forests in Kenya are using modern forestry techniques to create food sovereignty and security.
The holistic gardening project in Emuhaya, Western Kenya, is attracting local and international acclaim. Bio Gardening Innovations (BIOGI) is equipping smallholder farmers to break away from monocultures and create thriving, overflowing “food forests” on their farmland.
Kenya
2020 - Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA)
Practices
Make a living through fish farming with a focus on Tilapia
This practice gives details on how to set up a tilapia fish farm, and recommendations for fish harvesting and storage. Fish are popular sources of protein and white-meat in many parts of Eastern Africa. However, the gap between supply and demand for fish is widening. Almost all natural fish stocks...
Uganda
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Selection of site and water quality testing for fishpond
The fishponds are not just a hole in the ground containing water. They are unnatural water environments that farmers must manage in order to produce profitable fish harvests. Ponds should provide a good environment for fish to live in, all requirements for fish to live a healthy life, grow well...
Uganda
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Blog article
Cutting edge agroecology
the Andhra Pradesh Community managed Natural Farming (AP-CNF), formerly known as AP ZBNF, programme in India is a breath of fresh air. As AP-CNF says on its website, the programme “is based on the latest scientific discoveries in Agriculture, and, at the same time it is rooted in Indian tradition.” AP-CNF is...
India
2020 - Access Agriculture
Report
The State of Agricultural Commodity Markets 2020
Agricultural markets and sustainable development: Global value chains, smallholder farmers and digital innovations
The State of Agricultural Commodity Markets 2020 (SOCO 2020) aims to discuss policies and mechanisms that promote sustainable outcomes – economic, social and environmental – in agricultural and food markets, both global and domestic. The analysis is organized along the trends and challenges that lie at the heart of global...
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
E-learning
Curso: La alimentación escolar como estrategia educativa para una vida saludable
Curso organizado por la Oficina Regional de la FAO para América Latina y El Caribe sobre alimentación escolar como estrategia educativa para una vida saludable.
2020 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Newsletter
Romanian Rural Network Newsletter No.42 - 1/2020
From the topics: AgriFish Council of 27 January 2020, Global Forum for Food and Agriculture, News from the Ministry of Agriculture of Romania and many more.
Romania
2020 - Romanian Rural Development Network
Practices
Les techniques d'agriculture de conservation dans les zones rurales d'Haïti
L'application des techniques d'agriculture de conservation répond à une nécessité d'apporter des réponses pratiques à la dégradation des sols, la faible fertilité des sols, et à la protection des bassins hydrographiques de la zone considérée. Les objectifs de cette technique sont de conserver, d'améliorer et de faire un usage plus...
Haiti
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Improving fodder by incorporating legumes in the cropping system
This practice gives examples of different legumes that can be incorporated as livestock fodder to improve livestock productivity. Detail is given on the importance and use of legumes in terms of their nutritional content and their positive impact on soil quality. Information is provided on how to plant them and...
Uganda
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Blog article
A good pig house for happy, healthy pigs
The happiest pigs I ever saw lived in the Bolivian Chaco, that semi-arid, lowland region in the southeast of the country. Every day, the villagers would let their pigs loose, to roam. The pigs, a tough little local breed, would wander off in troops, eating refuse on paths, scavenging in...
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
2020 - Access Agriculture
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