This edition of the Activity Book is designed for children aged 5 and above to be encouraged to play an active role in building a sustainable world. The book introduces the problem of climate change, focusing on the need to implement alternative solutions and projects so that communities are able...

Este libro es el resultado de una iniciativa de investigación conjunta del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) y el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD) para mejorar las condiciones de bienestar de la población migrante en América Latina y el Caribe, y contribuir a facilitar su integración...

The United Nations estimates that less than half of the global population is covered by essential health services. Adding to the low rate of coverage, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has caused further healthcare disruptions that could reverse decades of improvements. Moreover, in recent years, there has been a surge in...

Spiralling inequality was just one obstacle blocking action on climate, nature and development in 2022. Uneven COVID-19 recovery, rising sea levels, conflict, catastrophic flooding in Pakistan – every blow struck the least powerful communities hardest. Meanwhile, global summits offered uncertain spaces for change. But in this complex landscape, IIED can...

Este informe está dirigido a los actores y organizaciones que buscan apoyar transiciones agroecológicas y facilitar transformaciones sociales necesarias para que la agroecología prospere. Este informe explica cómo las transiciones agroecológicas son procesos complejos de múltiples escalas que se desarrollan en las comunidades y territorios de los proveedores de alimentos,...

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...

Fruit grower Clemens Köster and consultant Bastian Benduhn (Öko-Obstbau Norddeutschland) present measures to increase biodiversity in organic orchards. 00:00 Introduction 00:22 Flowering strips 01:38 Hedges 02:27 Anchor plants

Since its incursion to Asia and the Pacific region, African swine fever (ASF) has shown impacts on food security and economics as the virus is expanding towards more areas and countries in the region. As the disease continues to expand into new territories, preparedness and control activities need to be...

Humans depend on a thin planetary ‘skin’ made up of life in all its diversity: biodiversity. Agriculture now covers the largest portion (46%) of the global land surface area; its ecological health and resilience in the face of changing climate is therefore critical to human survival. The biodiversity found within...

Life-threatening heat waves, forest fires, hurricanes, droughts and floods mean that climate change must be tackled on a ‘war footing’. With agri-food systems responsible for close to 40% of total greenhouse gas emissions, food and farming need priority attention in government negotiations at COP 28. A rapid and substantial reduction...

We are increasingly aware that climate change, vulnerability and poverty interact in multiple ways globally, contributing to interconnected cycles of negative impacts. This climate-poverty nexus challenges the efforts of coastal communities and small-scale fisheries (SSF) to build resilience. In this article, we present several new tools, including a recent report...

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...

Potatoes are cultivated in over 150 countries and consumed all over the world, including here in Europe and Central Asia where it is both an important crop and a staple in regional diets. It is food, fodder, and a source of income for farmers. Potatoes are low in fat and high...

Teniendo como objetivo el desarrollo de herramientas metodológicas apropiadas e institucionalmente validadas para la elaboración de los planes de acción comunales, el Ministerio del Medio Ambiente junto a PNUD, la Subsecretaría de Desarrollo Regional y Administrativo y la Asociación Chilena de Municipalidades, ponen a disposición de todos los municipios la...

Maize (Zea mays) stover produced in the drier lowland areas on the volcanic foot slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro serves as an important additional fodder for smallholder zero-grazed dairy cattle farming in the humid highland areas of the region. The obtained cattle manure is used to replenish nutrients and manage soil...

A partnership between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Government of Japan is sustaining agricultural production and safeguarding food and nutrition security for highly vulnerable households in the Republic of Moldova, which is affected by the ongoing war in Ukraine and recent, extreme weather...

Food losses and waste (FLW) in the Near East and North Africa (NENA) are persistently high and point to the inefficiencies, unsustainability and inequalities characterizing most agrifood systems in the region. The region needs a transformation of its agrifood systems to deliver healthier diets, strengthen food security in every dimension_availability,...

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...

In this video, Clémence from FiBL Switzerland in Frick explains the advantages and disadvantages of covering stone fruit orchards and presents two different weather protection systems for apricot growing in Switzerland.

El documento proporciona ejemplos de la experiencia de los países de la región SICA en la consideración del enfoque de género e interculturalidad en intervenciones de SAN. Estas experiencias realzan la importancia de integrar a los diferentes sectores y actores involucrados en los países, y de generar espacios que permitan...