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7ème Symposium International des Plantes Aromatiques et Médicinales - SIPAM 2019

L’histoire des Plantes Aromatiques et Médicinales (PAM) est longue et se mêle à celle de nos civilisations. En effet, depuis toujours l’Homme a eu recours aux plantes et à leurs vertus thérapeutiques. Ces organismes végétaux, grâce à leur "spécialisation chimique" sont capables de synthétiser une extraordinaire diversité de composés aussi...
Morocco
2019 - Université CHOUAIB DOUKKALI, la Faculté des Sciences

Blog article
New book celebrates Turkey’s biodiversity, sustainable agriculture

Turkey is home to a great variety of biodiversity and ecosystems. The country’s diverse geographic features range from the Black Sea Mountains to the Mediterranean plains, from eastern highlands to Aegean coastline, with three biogeographical regions. For centuries, Turkey’s ecosystems and biodiversity have been the basis of sustainable agricultural practices...
Türkiye
2019 - Food and Agriculture organization of the United Nations FAO

Video
Mulheres já são um terço dos cargos de comando no agronegócio

As mulheres representam 31% dos cargos de comandos - com a tecnologia o campo deixou de ser braçal. Elas são administradoras de fazendas de cítricos, de gado.
Brazil
2019 - REDE VIDA

Book
The Climate-Smart Agriculture Papers

Investigating the business of a productive, resilient and low emission future
The 25 chapters in this book have been divided among 5 themes. Four chapters explore issues around climate change, including impacts and risks. Six investigate mechanisms in seed and crop germplasm delivery systems. Six examine various perspectives and lessons learned on technologies and practices through a CSA lens. Five more...
2019 - CIFOR-ICRAF

Report
Empowering youth to engage in responsible investment in agriculture and food systems

Engaging young women and men in an agricultural sector characterized by an ageing labour force is crucial to ensure sustainable food security, reduce youth unemployment and combat unplanned migration. By harnessing their innovative potential, utilizing new technologies and techniques and taking advantage of new opportunities in emerging value chains, young...
Côte d'Ivoire - Malawi - Mozambique - Namibia - South Africa - Uganda
2019 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Blog article
Paraguay aprueba Ley de Agricultura Familiar Campesina

El Gobierno paraguayo dio un paso importante con la promulgación de la Ley “De Defensa, Restauración y Promoción de la Agricultura Familiar Campesina”. La Ley Nº 6286 promulgada el 17 de mayo de 2019, reconoce a las actividades productivas realizadas por la agricultura familiar campesina y establece los criterios para...
Paraguay
2019 - Gobierno de Paraguay

Manual
Guía Básica para la Planificación y Manejo Agroecológico de Cultivos

La Agricultura es la ciencia y el arte de trabajar adecuadamente el suelo y la vegetación, para obtener los productos (vegetales y animales) que el ser humano necesita, de manera ética, económica y sustentable, o sea cuidando de no agotar el suelo y entendiendo a éste como un “bien” limitado...
Argentina
2019 - Ministerio de la Producción del Gobierno de la Provincia de Santa Fe

Case study
Sistemas Alimentarios Territorializados

Recopilación de experiencias de veintidós proyectos en Francia y en España para guiar la transición
La alimentación suscita el interés de la ciudadanía, las empresas, las comunidades, el mundo de la investigación… Así, se han adoptado muchas iniciativas que contribuyen a la aparición de Sistemas Alimentarios Territorializados. El análisis de una veintena de ellas en Francia y España destaca tres desafíos principales que resultan fundamentales...
France - Spain
2019 - Daniel and Nina Carasso Foundation, AOConsulting, DÉFIS, Montpellier SupAgro and CERAI

Book
Sistemas y políticas de innovación para el sector agropecuario en América Latina

La innovación se impone como una palabra clave en las políticas públicas y acciones de los Estados para acompañar al sector agropecuario. Las instituciones de ciencia y tecnología, así como también los servicios de extensión agropecuaria, son convocados para orientar las transiciones tecnológicas, económicas y sociales, y generar en interacción...
2019 - Red de Políticas Públicas y Desarrollo Rural en América Latina (Red PP-AL)

Report
FAO crop and food supply assessment mission to the Sudan

The reports includes data and information from State ministries, irrigation schemes, enterprises and to audit such data and information through observational transects, field observations, farmer interviews and independent key informant interviews. The combined quantitative and qualitative information, from both primary and secondary sources, allowed the teams to assess the 2018/19...
Sudan
2019 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Report
State of Forests of the Caucasus and Central Asia

The study on the state of forests in the Caucasus and Central Asia aims to present the forest resources and the forest sector of the region, including trends in, and pressures on the resource, to describe the policies and institutions for the forest sector in the region and to list...
2019 - Food and Agriculture organization of the United Nations FAO

Report
Informe anual 2018 - América Latina y el Caribe

Este año, la Oficina Regional para América Latina y el Caribe de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura ha querido rendir cuenta y dar a conocer el trabajo conjunto que desarrolla día a día con los 33 Estados Miembros de la región para avanzar...
2019 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)

Blog article
Protecting soil organic carbon in Poland

Soil organic carbon (SOC) is the amount of carbon stored in the soil. SOC releases nutrients for plant growth, enhances the health of soil and acts as a barrier against harmful substances. SOC is being threatened due to the intensification of cropping systems, higher temperatures and changes in rainfall, amongst...
2019 - Eipagri

Case study
Mexico: the greenhouses of the Tierras Amarillas

How growing food brought a solution to the indigenous Wixáritari community’s many problems
For as long as he could remember, Benito González from western Mexico had struggled to make ends meet and lived on the margin of society. As many indigenous peoples – anywhere – do. His life started to change for the better in 2016, when the Government of Mexico and FAO made...
Mexico
2019 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO

Case study
The Good Cocoyam Seed Initiative

Indigenous cocoyams in Burundi have the potential to increase food and nutrition security and contribute to improved livelihoods, but farmers’ capacity to meet the growing demand for them has been constrained by a lack of good quality seed and technical knowhow. The Good Seed Initiative targeted both seed and cocoyam...
Burundi
2019 - Alliance for Food Sovereignty (AFSA)

Blog article
Tecnologia promove bem-estar e geração de renda em empreendimento feminino rural da Colômbia

A partir de resíduos de animais, agricultora colombiana tem gerado energia e renda para sua comunidade
As mulheres rurais são essenciais para a produção de alimentos. Porém, muitas vezes são invisíveis e trabalham em propriedades rurais familiares sem receber nenhum tipo de remuneração, pois seu trabalho é considerado apenas uma ajuda. A colombiana Sandra Mendoza é uma dessas mulheres. Há alguns anos, Sandra herdou de seu pai uma...
Colombia
2019 - Fundação Microfinanças BBVA (Bancamía)

Technical paper
El estado de la biodiversidad para la alimentación y la agricultura en el mundo

Resumen
El estado de la biodiversidad para la alimentación y la agricultura en el mundo ofrece una evaluación de la biodiversidad para la alimentación y la agricultura (BAA) y su gestión en todo el mundo, basándose en la información proporcionada en 91 informes de países (preparados por más de 1 300...
2019 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)

Report
A pesar de los aumentos de los precios del capón en los últimos años los pequeños y medianos productores porcinos de Argentina redujeron sus beneficios económicos

Desde el Centro de Información de Actividades Porcinas (CIAP) se revisaron resultados económicos de modelos productivos porcinos y se observó que las pérdidas de mayor magnitud y duración sucedieron en sistemas que no pudieron optimizar sus manejos productivos. Según las mediciones mensuales de resultados económicos de modelos productivos porcinos, el precio...
Argentina
2019 - Centro de Información de Actividades Porcinas (CIAP)

Blog article
International organizations step up coordination in human and animal health sectors to ward off infectious diseases and rising antimicrobial resistance

Alarmed by the continuing threat of infectious diseases that can spread between animals and humans in Asia and the Pacific, three international organizations have announced they are increasing their coordination to respond more effectively across the region. From rabies to zoonotic influenza, zoonotic diseases pose a threat to human and animal...
2019 - Food and Agriculture organization of the United Nations FAO

Policy brief/paper
LIFE calls to the PECH Committee for historic wrongs to be put right

The CFP has Created a Distorted Sea
2019 - LIFE
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