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From Little Things, Big Things Grow
It may seem obvious that seeds are where most crops come from, yet much agricultural work in the Pacific had focused on the end product, and ignored these small, but essential components. Timor Leste is still the only country in the region to have a national seeds programme, and while...
2018 - Pacific Island Farmers Organisation Network (PIFON)
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Mulch for a better soil and crop
You can make mulch from any locally available, dry plant material such as grass, or straw. Mulching is easy. And above all, it helps to save you water, time and labour whilst at the same enriching your soil and giving you a better harvest.
2018 - AccessAgriculture
Blog article
Informe sobre la activación de un sistema nacional de innovación agrícola
Con el objetivo de plantear recomendaciones para mejorar los mecanismos institucionales responsables de promover la innovación agrícola en el país, con el fin de propiciar un entorno favorable de los sistemas de innovación agrícola, el proyecto CDAIS presentó los resultados del informe relacionado con el tema.
En la actividad, además de...
Guatemala
2018 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Fact sheet
Land to lab approach for developing and disseminating location specific innovations
The needs of rural and high-risk areas are diverse and location specific. As the market is limited, the private sector is not interested in developing technologies for high-risk areas, and the government sector often bypasses or ignores their needs. Identifying area-specific needs and developing specific solutions are key for sustainability....
India
2018 - Peermade Development Society
Article
Building a National Platform: Farmers Finding their Voice
Bringing farmers together to talk about the technical side of farming is pretty easy in the Pacific. Farmers want to talk to each other and learn from each other. The success of farmer-to-farmer learning exchanges is a testament to this.
Bringing farmers together to talk about issues and policy is a...
Fiji
2018 - Pacific Island Farmers Organisation Network (PIFON)
Blog article
FAO’s novel wild boar map could help manage African swine fever
Throughout Europe and Central Asia, wild boar raid crops and spread swine diseases, negatively affecting agriculture, conservation, road traffic and the health of livestock, wildlife and even humans. Due to their increasing densities and expanding ranges, economic losses are on the rise.
To better manage wild boar populations, officials have needed...
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Fact sheet
Small Family Farming in Nigeria - a country specific outlook
Nigeria’s small family farmers own only 0.5 hectares of land on average, but have a relatively wide diversification strategy. Apart from managing mixed crop-livestock systems, also fish farming accounts for a major source of income. Moreover, also the cropping system is characterized by diversification of production, mainly relying on five major...
Nigeria
2018 - FAO
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Improving food security through emergency livelihood response in South Sudan
South Sudan has been facing severe food deficits mainly due to a decrease in local food production, resulting in poor food stocks and high staple food prices. Latest crop monitoring assessments show that in 2017 farmers had the smallest output of cereals since the start of the 2013 crisis, leaving...
South Sudan
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Blog article
La Fundación Microfinanzas BBVA se une a la campaña de la FAO para empoderar a la mujer rural en América Latina
La Fundación Microfinanzas BBVA (FMBBVA), una entidad sin fines de lucro con presencia en cinco países de América Latina se suma a la campaña #MujeresRurales, mujeres con derechos.
La fundación contribuirá a visibilizar las brechas de género que enfrentan las mujeres rurales, indígenas y afrodescendientes de América Latina y el Caribe.
Asimismo, la fundación difundirá...
2018 - Fundación Microfinanzas BBVA
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Inspiration of Young farmer "Kithong Farm" - ສວນກິທອງ
A sort video of Kithong and the reason he has decided back to do farming
Viet Nam
2018 - ALiSEA Mekong
Book
A difusão de políticas brasileiras para a agricultura familiar na América Latina e Caribe
O livro oferece uma ampla e significativa coletânea de artigos resultantes de uma pesquisa internacional dedicada a difusão internacional de políticas e os intentos de transferência de programas públicos tidos como exemplares e em alguma medida exitosos. A reflexão se concentra na proliferação de iniciativas voltadas para a agricultura familiar...
Brazil
2018
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Bangladesh: Breaking Down Barriers
Women in rural Bangladesh rarely get an opportunity to work outside their homes and earn their own income. Now hundreds of thousands of women are being employed on construction sites across the country, helping to build and maintain infrastructure in their communities whilst working their way out of poverty.
Bangladesh
2018 - IFAD
Fact sheet
Small Family Farming in Guatemala - a country specific outlook
An average small family farm in Guatemala generates a gross annual income of about USD 6772, however, earnings from agricultural production do not generate the bulk of income. Instead, 40 percent of an average smallholders’ income stems from non-agricultural wages or off-farm self-employment, with commerce and services as the most...
Guatemala
2018 - FAO
Video
Acting early in Kenya
This short video describes the approach taken by FAO’s Early Warning Early Action (EWEA) to mitigate the impact of 2016/17 drought on pastoralist livelihoods and food security in Kenya. The benefits of acting early against drought in Kenya are illustrated through beneficiary stories and return on investment figures.
Kenya
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Event
Vulnérabilité des sols Méditerranéens à l’érosion hydrique : Etat des connaissances et mesures d'adaptation face au changement global
L’objectif général de ce colloque est de faire le bilan des recherches en matière de vulnérabilité des sols méditerranéens face à l'érosion hydrique, de discuter des principales pistes d'adaptation face au changement global, de favoriser la diffusion de ses résultats et de promouvoir les collaborations entre chercheurs Nord-Sud et Sud-Sud....
2018 - Ministère de l'agriculture, de la pêche maritime, duparti développement rural et des eaux et forêts
Fact sheet
The Syrian Arab Republic Humanitarian Response Plan 2018
FAO is working with partners in the Food Security Cluster to: Improve the food security of assessed food-insecure people through emergency life-saving and regular life sustaining food assistance; Support the life-saving livelihoods of affected households by increasing agricultural production, protecting and building productive assets and restoring or creating income-generating opportunities;...
Syrian Arab Republic
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Video
Inspiration of Young farmer "Somboun Farm" - ສວນສົມບູນ
A sort video about inspiration of Somboun, He has decides come back to do organic farming
Viet Nam
2018 - ALiSEA Mekong 353 subscribers
Technical paper
The African Regional Outlook on Gender and Agrifood Systems
Gender gaps in agriculture in Africa are holding back progress towards ending hunger and must be urgently addressed. The findings and recommendations of the AU-FAO study The Regional Outlook on Gender and Agrifood Systems came from an extensive review of existing statistics, gender audits of 38 National Agricultural Investment Plans and in-depth country...
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Blog article
The role of green manure in soil fertility
With increasing challenges in agriculture, in terms of climate change, extreme weather events, soil degradation and land contamination by the overuse of agricultural chemicals, many farmers are implementing green manuring into their practice. Growing green manure proves to be a practical and economical method of securing long-term productivity of farmed...
2018 - Greentumble
Blog article
L’union Européenne Autorise La Vente Des Semences Paysannes !
À l’occasion d’une nouvelle législation dont le but est de soutenir le bio, ils ont adopté une mesure autorisant les agriculteurs bio à vendre les graines issues de leurs récoltes « maison ».
France
2018
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