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Evaluación de Impacto Social de los Centros de Atención Integral de Organizaciones Comunitarias de Servicios de Agua y Saneamiento
Las Organizaciones Comunitarias de Servicios de Agua y Saneamiento (OCSAS) son estructuras sociales creadas por grupos de vecinos, en zonas peri-urbanas y rurales, aunque también urbanas, donde generalmente no llega el servicio de los operadores públicos, privados o mixtos que atienden a las grandes ciudades. Por medio de estatutos de...
Costa Rica
2019 - Fundación Avina
Blog article
Água residual da indústria pesqueira é aproveitada na irrigação agrícola
A agricultura e a indústria são os setores que mais consomem recursos hídricos no planeta. As indústrias de alimentos, que precisam garantir a qualidade sanitária de seus produtos, são vorazes na demanda de água. Em entrepostos de tilápia, por exemplo, para cada quilo de peixe processado, são utilizados 15 litros...
2019 - Agrosoft - agronegócio sustentável
Journal article
The economic potential of agroecology: Empirical evidence from Europe
This article discusses the economic dimensions of agroecological farming systems in Europe. It firstly theoretically elaborates the reasons why, and under what conditions, agroecological farming systems have the potential to produce higher incomes than farms that follow the conventional logic. This theoretical exposition is then followed by a presentation of...
2019
Practices
Honest Food is Food with Nothing to Hide
The campaign aiming to inspire citizens to make better food choices by highlighting the benefits of organic, local, seasonal, and fair food on people and the planet. We will launch Honest Food on World Food Day, 16 October, 2019. If you would like to join the campaign, follow the steps below.
2019 - IFOAM Organics
Article
Elusive profits: understanding economic performance of local traders in the pastoral small ruminant value chain in Northern Kenya
Traders tend to be regarded as exploitative towards producers even without knowledge of their businesses. This study examines marketing costs, net-profits and return to invested capital of small ruminant traders from Marsabit County. Based on 84 transactions made between 2014 and 2016, we found low average profits and a high...
Kenya
2019
Journal article
Agricultores familiares passam a abastecer 100% das escolas públicas do DF
Quase 500 mil alunos serão beneficiados; 7 mil pequenos produtores foram cadastrados no Programa Nacional de Alimentação Escolar.
Todas as escolas públicas do Distrito Federal passaram a receber, a partir desde mês, alimentos cultivados em pequenas propriedades rurais de Brasília. Ao todo, 7 mil chácaras de agricultura familiar foram cadastradas para o Programa Nacional de Alimentação Escolar (PNAE).
A entrega dos produtos, direto da horta, é feita toda segunda-feira...
Brazil
2019 - Empresa de Assistência Técnica e Extensão Rural do Distrito Federal (Emater)
Blog article
Ecocitrus apresenta experiência bem-sucedida com insumos orgânicos no Ministério da Agricultura
A Cooperativa dos Citricultores Ecológicos do Vale do Caí (Ecocitrus) é um exemplo porque completa toda a cadeia de produção de citros, preserva o meio ambiente e beneficia toda a sociedade. Além de agregar valor à produção de citros e demonstrar a vibilidade da agricultura familiar, produz biofertilizante gratuíto para os...
Brazil
2019 - Cooperativa dos Citricultores Ecológicos do Vale do Caí (Ecocitrus)
Policy brief/paper
The multi-faced role of soil in the Near East and North Africa
The world’s soils are rapidly deteriorating due to soil erosion, nutrient depletion, loss of soil organic carbon, soil sealing and other threats, but this trend can be reversed provided countries take the lead in promoting sustainable management practices and the use of appropriate technologies.
Several scientific reports highlighted in this brief...
2019 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Working paper
A qui profite le retour des pluies ? Le cas des éleveurs du Ferlo
The return of more abundant rainfall in the Sahel region since the early 2000s raises questions about the consequences of this change for breeders in the Ferlo region of Senegal. A detailed analysis of precipitation data shows that with the return of a more humid rainfall regime, the climatic risk...
Senegal
2019 - HaL Archives Ouvertes
Video
Plataforma de innovación para la adopción de agricultura climáticamente inteligente
Plataformas de innovación para mejorar la adopción de tecnologías adaptadas al clima por el pequeño agricultor familiar: pilotos en Honduras y Colombia
Colombia - Honduras
2019 - FONTAGRO
Event
XVI Reunión de la Comisión de Pesca en Pequeña Escala, Artesanal y Acuicultura para América Latina y el Caribe (COPPESAALC)
La XVI Reunión Ordinaria se celebrará en la Ciudad de La Havana, del 4 al 6 de septiembre de 2019 y tendrá como objetivos:
Analizar la situación de la pesca en pequeña escala, artesanal y la acuicultura en los países de la COPPESAALC, incorporando la pesca marina a la reflexión y...
2019 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Journal article
Le rôle de l’écoformation dans les processus d’écologisation : le cas de l’agriculture familiale au Paraná (Brésil)
Dans l’agroécologie, les connaissances des agriculteurs et les modalités participatives sont fortement valorisées, car censées favoriser les processus de transition agroécologique. L’objectif est ici d’explorer ce lien, souvent postulé mais peu démontré, entre modes d’apprentissage et processus de transition agroécologique. Si les processus d’apprentissage interindividuels jouent un rôle bien établi...
Brazil
2019 - HaL Archives Ouvertes
Journal article
Caracterización del uso del silo bolsa en la provincia de Buenos Aires
En Argentina existen numerosos estudios aconsejando cómo utilizar el silo bolsa, sin embargo, no se ha analizado la manera en que los productores usan realmente esta tecnología.
El objetivo de este trabajo es caracterizar el uso del silo bolsa por parte de los productores en la provincia de Buenos Aires,...
Argentina
2019 - Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias - Universidad Nacional de Rosario
Video
Marca Coletiva e Indicação Geográfica
O que é uma Marca Coletiva (MC) e qual é a diferença entre esta e a Indicação Geográfica (IG).
O vídeo é direcionado para quem está buscando novas maneiras de trabalhar coletivamente, com um grupo de empresas de um mesmo setor ou nicho.
A MC e a IG são formas de proteção...
Brazil
2019
Report
EU Agriculture Atlas
The report is split both geographically and thematically. First it breaks down the different components of the CAP, introducing the history of the policy, it’s two-pillar system and it’s funding system. Then it delves into the nature and implications of the CAP on the ground, for even the same policy...
European Union
2019 - Heinrich Böll Foundation, Berlin, Germany Friends of the Earth Europe, Brussels, Belgium BirdLife Europe & Central Asia, Brussels, Belgium
Report
The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World - SOFI 2019
This year, importantly, the report notes that hunger has been increasing in many countries where economic growth is lagging. Strikingly, the majority of these countries are not low-income countries, but middle-income countries and countries that rely heavily on international trade of primary commodities. Economic shocks are also prolonging and worsening...
2019 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the World Food Programme (WFP) and the World Health Organization (WHO).
Magazine article
Ejercitando la investigación científica
En el segundo año de la carrera de Ingeniería Agronómica de la Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias UNR, los alumnos realizan un primer acercamiento a la investigación científica a través de un taller anual de investigación denominado “La investigación en las Ciencias Naturales y Sociales”. En dicho taller se aborda un...
Argentina
2019 - Universidad Nacional de Rosario/ Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias
Journal article
Value chain analysis of panela production in Utica, Colombia and alternatives for improving its practices
Panela is mainly produced by small farmers. It is one of the most relevant agroindustries in Colombia. Traditional processing in all production phases is the main characteristic of thisproduct. This research aimed to identify alternatives for panela farmers in the municipality of Utica (Colombia) and to improve their agricultural practices and manufacturing methods. Thisshould...
Colombia
2019 - Revista Agronomía Colombiana
Blog article
Biodiesel: 40 mil agricultores familiares incluídos na cadeia produtiva
O Programa Nacional de Produção e Uso do Biodiesel (PNPB) é uma ação interministerial do governo federal, que possui um forte cunho social com diretrizes claras de inclusão da agricultura familiar na cadeia agroindustrial do biodiesel.
Uma das ferramentas que integra o programa, o Selo Combustível Social, beneficia cerca de 61...
Brazil
2019 - Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento (Mapa)
Journal article
An analytical model to evaluate the performance of associative seed producer organizations in the framework of Plan Semilla - Agrosavia (Colombia)
Low access and use of quality seeds limit agricultural competitiveness. Since 2013, the Corporacion Colombiana de Investigacion Agropecuaria -Agrosavia- initiated “PlanSemilla” with the aim of consolidating nuclei of quality seed producers under associative schemes that guarantee quality seed supply in the regions where the seeds will be used. Between 2013 and 2016, we undertook characterizations...
Colombia
2019 - Revista Agronomía Colombiana
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