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Fact sheet
On Climate & the Future of Food
A system as complex as food requires a systems approach. This bookle outlines one of the Global Alliance for the Future of Food four priority impact areas: climate.
2019 - Global Alliance for the Future of Food
Newsletter
ARC 2020 - October 2019 Newsletter
In this monthly newsletter, CAP reform, more details are also given on the CAP strategic plans process, while there are two dedicated features on climate change and its relationship to farming, a document from Ireland and another visionary - Anders Borgen - with decades of practical knowledge on organic plant breeding,...
European Union
2019 - Arc 2020
Book
Mulheres e Soberania Alimentar
Sementes de mundos possíveis
Onde e quem produz a comida que chega até você?
Em um cenário de pandemia mundial, em que a população vivencia diariamente os resultados de um projeto político que tem como consequência uma crise econômica com impactos diretos na saúde pública, é preciso falar sobre os direitos dos povos em decidirem...
Brazil
2019 - Instituto de Políticas Alternativas para o Cone Sul (PACS)
Video
The wasp that protects our crops
By keeping live barriers with flowers around your fields, you help to protect the wasps and the other good insects. And it is easier to produce quinoa without insecticides while conserving our fertile soil.
2019 - AccessAgriculture
Blog article
New CASA programme to benefit 565,000 smallholders in Uganda, Malawi and Nepal
The Commercial Agriculture for Smallholders and Agribusiness (CASA) programme, a key part (Component A & C) of which is led by NIRAS in partnership with CABI and Swisscontact, will see at least £4 million of additional investment mobilised into six agricultural market systems and the growth of SME agribusinesses resulting in at least...
2019 - AIRCA
Video
Companion Planting Asparagus and Strawberries (No-till, Ruth Stout)
After nearly four years of gardening, we've finally decided to plant some asparagus and strawberries! But as usual, we've also decided to skip the fertilizer, compost, and manure. We also decided to flip the sod, rather than using a tiller.
2019 - Back to Reality
Video
El sistema alimentario de Guanajuato, México
El sistema alimentario en Guanajuato, México, enfrenta muchos desafíos: cifras de sobrepeso y obesidad que están aumentando, producción intensiva de frutas y verduras de alto valor agregado por la exportación, agotamiento de los recursos hídricos, falta de coordinación de los actores, baja participación ciudadana y omnipresencia de la corrupción. Sin...
Mexico
2019 - Let's Food Cities
Report
Crop Prospects and Food Situation - No.1 March 2019
FAO assesses that globally 41 countries, of which 31 are in Africa, continue to be in need of external assistance for food. Conflict remains the main driver of high levels of severe food insecurity. Weather‑induced production declines and economic instability have also adversely impacted on food availability and access.
2019 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Policy brief/paper
Young Farmers' Call for Climate Action
"Young Farmers' Call for Climate Action" is CEJA's position paper on climate change. The document was approved by CEJA's members, all young farmers from around the EU, in December 2019. It includes chapters on adaptation, emissions reduction and carbon sequestration.
European Union
2019 - CEJA
Newsletter
Association of International Research and Development Centers for Agriculture (AIRCA) - #9 Nesletter
This newsletter has “scaling” as the focus theme. The various stories illustrate some of the various approaches that AIRCA members use to maximize the impact of our innovations.
2019 - Association of International Research and Development Centers for Agriculture
Report
Ecosystems and agro-biodiversity across maize production systems
This proof-of-concept TEEB AgriFood study explores the true cost of maize in Mexico, looking at dependencies and impacts across different regions and production systems. The findings recognize maize as indispensable to the future of the global food system and inextricably entwined with Mexican national and Indigenous identities. It demonstrates the...
Mexico
2019 - Global Alliance for the Future of Food
Blog article
Rural Dialogues | Stochastic System Collapse Part 1
Just how bad are the twin climate and biodiversity crises, and what is anyone doing about it? The first of a two-parter on the topic from ARC2020’s Oliver Moore.
European Union
2019 - Arc 2020
Book
Farms, family farms, farmland distribution and farm labour: What do we know today?
A better and more complete understanding of family farms is urgently needed to guide policy makers’ efforts towards achieving a number of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This paper takes stock of the number of farms worldwide, and their distribution and that of farmland, on the basis of agricultural censuses and...
2019 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Blog article
Mulheres indígenas ajudam a recompor matas ciliares em fazendas de Mato Grosso
Sementes coletada no parque no Xingu são distribuídas para produtores rurais em trabalho de reflorestamento coordenado pelo Instituto Socioambiental
O Instituto Socioambiental (ISA), em parceria com produtores rurais, organizações de ensino, de pesquisa, pequenos e médios agricultores, índigenas e poder público, conseguiu reflorestar em 12 anos de trabalho uma área de 4 mil hectares, apenas 1,34% dos mais de 300 mil hectares de matas ciliares que precisam ser reflorestados...
Brazil
2019 - Instituto Socioambiental (ISA)
Magazine article
Avances para la vinculación de tecnología de sensoramiento remoto con UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) para el seguimiento sanitario de plantaciones de palma de aceite
En este estudio se realizaron algunas aproximaciones a la aplicación del uso de imágenes aéreas obtenidas mediante sensores aerotransportados en Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV, por sus siglas en inglés) para el monitoreo sanitario de plantaciones de palma de aceite de los Llanos Orientales de Colombia, con el fin de presentar...
2019 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)
Technical paper
The Malawi Maize AgriFood System
The notion that maize is central to food security in Malawi is a widely held view. To date, however, ‘maize-led development’ has produced disappointing outcomes. The study provides an overview of the historical, political, environmental context of the maize agrifood system in Malawi, and uses the TEEBAgriFood framework to analyze...
Malawi
2019 - TEEBAgriFood
Blog article
Rural Dialogues | Stochastic System Collapse Part 2 – the Social and Solidarity Economy Alternative
In part 2 we introduce the social and solidarity economy, and the interesting lessons we can learn from separatist movements from the past and present, from Quebec to Ireland.
2019 - Arc 2020
Article
Proyecto de Extensión Universitaria: “Los árboles nos unen”
“Los árboles nos unen” es un Proyecto de Extensión del Vivero Forestal Agroecológico, que actualmente se está desarrollando con las comunidades de Maggiolo, San Francisco de Santa Fe y el Paraje San Marcos (Venado Tuerto), ubicadas en el Sur de la Provincia de Santa Fe. La misión es acercar a...
Argentina
2019 - Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias/Universidad Nacional de Rosario
Blog article
A luta para manter uma língua indígena viva
Natural do Xingu, Tapi Yawalapiti tenta evitar que o idioma de seu povo desapareça. Com a ajuda da memória dos mais velhos, ele está criando uma gramática e um dicionário para a língua. Tapi é linguista. Há um ano, faz um mestrado na Universidade de Brasília (UNB). Sua dissertação analisa aspectos...
Brazil
2019
Blog article
Social innovation in forests: buzzword or opportunity?
During the VI Mediterranean Forest Week, which took place from 1 to 5 April in Brummana, Lebanon, hundreds of researchers, policy-makers and other relevant stakeholders from the wide Mediterranean basin gathered to discuss Mediterranean-wide forestry issues. Emerging topics included: the role of forests for achieving NDC targets for COP21, existing linkages...
2019 - SIMRA
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