Load Tracking is one of a suite of loss assessment tools, including the Informal Fish Loss Assessment Method (IFLAM) and the Questionnaire Loss Assessment Method (QLAM). Prior to the research which informed their development, with the exception of work by FAO and NRI, little effort had been made to develop...

This issue was designed as a special edition to complement ICSF's campaign celebrating the contributions of small-scale fisheries to nutrition and food security within a human-rights-based framework. As the SAMUDRA Comment notes, the COVID-19 pandemic reminds us of the connection between food, health systems, sustainable development and human rights, and...

The Roundup includes recent publications, films added to our Documentation centre, meetings coming up, websites  which are important to small-scale fisheries, flashback of editorial from old issues of samudra report related to the theme  and Endquote from the world of literature related to fisheries. 

In this video, a small scale farmer illustrates how to make organic fertilizer using plants, ash and urine. This fertilizer can also act as a pesticide for crops like bananas.

The Asia and Pacific region is very dynamic and the countries vary in terms of socio-economic status, physical size (and that of their populations) and agro-climatic zones. Therefore they can often face both similar and/or very different challenges. The kind of support programmes that FAO provides also vary widely, with...

La cire est un produit de la ruche obtenu soit par récupération des vieilles cires lors du changement des cadres usés soit par les opercules lors de la désoperculation des cadres de miel lors d'une récolte. La cire est produite par les jeunes abeilles chargées des travaux de la construction...

The COVID-19 pandemic is a health and human crisis threatening the food security and nutrition of millions of people around the world. Hundreds of millions of people were already suffering from hunger and malnutrition before the virus hit and, unless immediate action is taken, we could see a global food...

This note highlights the importance of engaging members of the community in documenting the wealth of traditional knowledge regarding feed and fodder systems across different agro-ecological regions. This process enhanced their self-respect and dignity in terms of their heritage and inspired them to revitalise and reintegrate some of these practices...

Planning and policy-making for the development of the post-harvest fisheries sector have been hampered by the lack of practical tools to understand post-harvest fish losses. The Informal Fish Loss Assessment Method (IFLAM) is a practical, flexible way to quickly generate qualitative and indicative quantitative data on post-harvest fish losses. This...

Dans les oasis de Beni-Isguen, du Ghoufi et du Ghout, les agriculteurs utilisent des méthodes ancestrales pour lutter contre les insectes et les maladies. Pour préserver la nature et l'écosystème des oasis, les agriculteurs locaux pratiquent des techniques agricoles ancestrales, comme le traitement des maladies et des insectes par le...

This initiative on strengthening policy engagement capacity to improve food security was a three-year project from 2013 to 2016. Funded by the European Union, it was implemented jointly by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the Tanzania Natural Resource Forum (TNRF) in Longido District in northern Tanzania....

Paul Kabwama, a small scale farmer from Mukono district explains to us how to produce liquid manure using animal droppings, ash, urine and other wild plants. He preserves this manure for 14 days before applying to his crops. To learn more about our work on promoting organic agriculture, please visit:...

Esta primera 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. Para ver las otras cápsulas, pinche=> https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYsiWFkJL9PtzHV9xurBVvg

Hydroponics is the most common method of soil-less culture (growing agricultural plants without the use of soil), which includes growing plants either on a substrate or in an aqueous medium with bare roots. Non-circulating hydroponic methods, importantly, do not require electricity or a pump. With the method presented in this...

Increased availability of fodder biomass (e.g. grasses, shrub and tree leaves) is possible through protected commons. This increased availability of biomass has in turn directly resulted in improved livelihoods. This Good Practice reveals how management of village dynamics, building awareness, finding local solutions and building technical acumen can create ownership...

The ability to capture, log and organise information is essential to the efficient management and control of food production factories. It is of particular importance in demonstrating control of food safety systems. Although initially developed for use in export fish processing factories in Uganda, the technology can be used by...

Five years ago, Edwin Adonis Nolasco did not consider himself a farmer. He worked small jobs in rural Honduras, uncertain of how he would support his family. When he came across an opportunity to join a farmer-led research project with our local partner organization, the Foundation for Participatory Research with...

Kenyan prisons are full of the young and the poor. It is no surprise when you consider the high levels of unemployment and the criminal means to which many turn to survive. Trapped in a vicious cycle of poverty and crime, former prisoners are often left stigmatised by society and...

Esta segunda 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 aprenderá a calcular capacidad de riego y algunos consejos para evitar crecimiento de algas. Para ver las otras cápsulas, pinche=> https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYsiWFkJL9PtzHV9xurBVvg

Agroecology Newsletter of April 2020