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Ifoam Organics Europe - March 2023 Newsletter
The IFOAM Organics Europe team is closely monitoring the many legislative initiatives being launched as part of the Farm to Fork strategy. We are committed to providing political and technical input on behalf of the organic sector and movement. The feedback, the experience and knowledge of our members are key...
2023 - IFOAM Organics Europe
Video
Sooty mold – Control strategies for organic fruit growing
Several pathogens are associated with sooty mold, which varies from season to season. Dark spots appear on the surface as a result of the damage. During storage the spots can increase in size. In this video, we show you the control strategies that are used in organic apple cultivation against...
2023 - BIOFRUITNET
Article
Overcoming barriers to crop diversification uptake in Europe: A mini review
Crop diversification (CD) encompasses practices such as extending crop rotation, cover cropping and intercropping practices, and growing minor crops. It has attracted increasing interest because it can produce both private benefits for farmers, including improved crop and soil health, and reduced inputs, and public goods for society, including greater biodiversity,...
2023 - Front. Sustain. Food Syst.
Magazine article
El Sistema Integrado de Producciones Agroecológicas en el Foro Mundial de la Alimentación FAO 2023 Roma
La Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO, Food and Agriculture Organization) llevó a cabo del 16 al 21 de octubre de 2023 el Foro Mundial de la Alimentación en la sede de FAO, situada en Roma, Italia.
En este contexto internacional, “El caso del Sistema...
Argentina
2023 - Universidad Nacional de Rosario (UNR)
Working paper
Consumption and dietary intake of fruits and vegetables in Sri Lanka with a focus on traditional and indigenous fruits and vegetables
Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT
Suboptimal diets are a significant preventable risk factor for non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) often consume insufficient levels of fruits and vegetables (F&V), falling below recommended dietary intakes. To address this issue, detailed individual-level dietary data are needed to determine the extent and underlying factors contributing to...
Sri Lanka
2023 - Bioversity International
Blog article
L’agriculture n’est pas consommatrice d’eau, elle est productrice de pluie!
« L’agriculture n’est pas consommatrice d’eau, elle est productrice de pluie ! » Mais comment ? C’est ce qu’explique dans cet article, l’expert, Laurent Denise. Pour lui, « c’est la coupure du cycle de l’eau sur les continents l’été, par la disparition de la couverture végétale, qui dérègle le climat. Donc l’évapotranspiration n’est pas un...
2023
Blog article
How innovative shared labels are promoting diversity, biocultural heritage and sustainable production
Shared labels used by smallholder producers can promote biocultural diversity, build climate resilience and drive social justice. An IIED report explores trailblazing shared label initiatives by smallholder organisations across Africa, Asia and Latin America.
2023 - International Institute for Environment and Development IIED
Video
Big Give The Importance of Hedgerows
Listen to Dr. Colin Tosh explain about the the importance of hedgerows and the study to prove that connecting patches of woodlands together by hedgerows has a beneficial effect on the woodland ecology by providing a migratory bridge for species from one area to another.
2023 - Organic Research Center
Website
School food global hub
This section will support exchanges between countries and partners on good practices, lessons learned, failures and policy and programmatic standards relevant to school food and nutrition, with a special focus on school meals.
The section will be co-constructed with stakeholders around the world to decide on the best formats and channels...
2023 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Report
Brazil: A Script for Success
A group of Indigenous Peoples of the Western Brazilian Amazon have organized themselves around biodiversity conservation
The Paumari people of the Tapaua River are known as the ‘water people’. They belong to the Arawa linguistic family of the Western Brazilian Amazon, traditionally inhabiting rivers and lakes. Fishing is their strongest social and cultural representation. The Paumari’s aquatic skills have long been described in the literature, including...
Brazil
2023 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Website
FAO Biodiversity
The world is made of an invisible web that we rarely recognize. Forests provide homes for animals. Animals eat plants. The plants need healthy soil to grow. Fungi help fertilize the soil. Bees and other insects carry pollen from one plant to another, enabling the plants to reproduce. Loss of...
2023 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Blog article
Sometimes soils need doctors too
FAO’s Global Soil Doctors Programme trains farmers to diagnose and heal soils
A visit to the doctor often begins with a stethoscope to assess the heart and lungs because before you treat someone, you need to know how they are. Similarly, to guarantee healthy soils for sustainable agriculture and food production, you first need to know their condition.
Soils are the starting...
2023 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Guidelines
GUIDE FOR THE EVALUATION OF AGROECOLOGY-Method for assessing its effects and the conditions of its development
This Guide for the evaluation of agroecology offers an approach and methodological tools to assess the effects of agroecological practices and systems on the agro-environmental and socio-economic performance of agriculture and on the other hand, the conditions for the development of agroecology.
It aims to help development actors to better design their...
2023 - Agrisud International, AVSF, Cari et Gret
Blog article
Rural Realities | Testing Grounds for Wellbeing
Faced with changes in society, climate and geopolitics, we are all vulnerable. This vulnerability calls for ongoing adaptation, questioning of how we work and how we live. For rural territories, quality of life is a lever for development. Rural society is imagining new ways of functioning, in which every person...
European Union
2023 - ARC2020
Practices
Guidelines for growing organic apple and pear
In addition to the guidelines, there are links to videos from Danish organic orchards. Rules and regulations regarding fertilizer and plant protection are subject to change, and recommendations in the guidelines should be ascertained within the rules before applying. The guidelines are targeted at organic orchard owners, but private gardeners...
Djibouti
2023 - Økologisk VKST https://vkst.dk/oekologi/
Project
Consolidation of School Feeding Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean
The project Consolidation of School Feeding Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean is carried out by the Brazil-FAO International Cooperation Program, through the Brazilian Cooperation Agency (ABC/MRE), the National Fund for the Development of Education (FNDE/MEC) and the FAO.
The project has the participation and continuous support of countries that have requested technical cooperation actions,...
2023 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Case study
Foresight: European Chemical Pesticide-Free Agriculture in 2050
The impacts of chemical pesticides on the environment, including biodiversity, water, air and soil, and on human health, have become a major concern for civil society and consumers. They are also a major issue for the sustainability of agricultural systems. Recently, the Farm to Fork and Biodiversity European strategies set...
2023 - INRA
Video
Why one of the oldest agricultural research centres in the world is researching silvopasture design
The Devon Silvopasture Network are undertaking a 12 year trial in which six farms and a research farm are being supported to design and implement the integration of trees into their livestock farms. The trial has a mixture of cluster planting, regular spacing and shelterbelts being planted. Little research has...
2023 - Innovative Farmers
Policy brief/paper
Can innovations in agri-food systems deliver gender equity and resilience?
Agri-food systems constitute a huge proportion of global jobs and economies, but are failing to provide healthy diets, equitable livelihoods and sustainable practices. Women in rural areas are highly prominent in the sector and most vulnerable to climate impacts.
Co-designing and bundling innovations could offer significant opportunities to achieve better outcomes....
2023 - International Institute for Environment and Development
Video
Agroforestry in England: policies, land ownership and a just transition
Right now, agroforestry makes up only 3% of the UK's land use. For a better climate, this needs to be scaled up. But first we need effective policies. To accomplish that, AGROMIX hosted a policy workshop in England this past January with farmers, policy makers and major landowners. Watch this...
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2023 - AGROMIX Project
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