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Manual
Pacific oyster farming
A practical manual
The purpose of this manual is to give the reader a foundation of practical knowledge regarding all aspects of Pacific oyster cultivation. It is targeted at new entrants to the market wishing to establish a farm, and existing operators who wish to develop their farms and explore new cultivation techniques....
2024 - FAO
Journal article
Human management of ongoing evolutionary processes in agroecosystems
Long-term food security and agricultural sustainability depend on protecting the eco-evolutionary processes that select for local adaptation in crops. Since seed systems structure how people acquire seed, institutional and social changes influence evolutionary processes within agroecosystems. Since World War II, the rise of professional breeding has bifurcated seed systems into...
2024
Book
Sustainable use and conservation of soil microorganisms and invertebrates contributing to bioremediation and nutrient cycling
Following up on previous reports prepared for the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, and acknowledging FAO’s long tradition of technical work on the management of microorganisms and invertebrates in food and agriculture, the present paper responds to the need for a detailed assessment of the state of...
2024 - FAO
Article
Empowering indigenous communities through coffee: The Story of Akha Ama
It was among the indigenous cultures of the mountains of Thailand, that the social enterprise idea was born. Hence Akha Ama Coffee, a coffee roastery and shop in Chiang Mai that only sells coffee from indigenous communities, with whom it trades directly. The manager, Lee Ayu, is not just a...
Thailand
2024 - Slow Food
Book
Sustainable use and conservation of microorganisms of relevance to ruminant digestion
The Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, at its Seventeenth Regular Session, adopted its Work Plan for the Sustainable Use and Conservation of Micro-organism and Invertebrate Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. In response to the workplan a study on the use and conservation of microorganisms relevant to...
2024 - FAO
Blog article
Alnarp’s farm: where agroecology acts as a catalyst for community building
On an unexpectedly sunny and warm afternoon in May, Aziliz Le Rouzo, an agroecology researcher at SEI and I arrived at Alnarp’s agroecology farm, after a long and sweaty walk from the nearest train station. When we got to the farm, tucked between old buildings and greenery, it was like entering a place of calm and serenity. We were greeted by Mariana Forero, a...
Sweden
2024 - Siani
Book
Date palm cultivation
This publication, which was produced within the framework of the Date Production Support Programme In Namibia, updates and complements technical Information Included In earlier FAQ publications: Dates: handling, processing and packaging (1962) and Date production and protection (1982). It should serve as a reference volume for research workers and a...
2024 - FAO
Blog article
Innovation in forestry: Where it’s happening, why it matters
Pinpointing potential for incremental, transformative + disruptive change
The theme of this year’s International Day of Forests: ‘Forests and Innovation: New solutions for a better world’, is perhaps deliberately provocative: the forestry sector is not widely seen as one of the world’s most innovative. Indeed, there’s a perception among many that it’s instead rather conservative and opaque.
But it’s time...
2024 - CIFOR-ICRAF
Practices
Organic Hemp - Harvest products products and opportunities
Enthusiastic fans see hemp as a crop that can meet current challenges such as climate change and resource scarcity. But can hemp really fulfill this expectation and what potential does the plant offer organic farms in Switzerland? A new fact sheet provides essential information on organic hemp cultivation for interested...
Germany
2023 - FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture
Video
How to manage fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) on smallholder farms
Fall armyworm (FAW), an agricultural pest native to the Americas, was first detected on the African continent in 2016 and has since spread across Africa and Asia. FAW feeds on over 350 plant species but prefers maize and other staples, and hence potentially threatens the incomes and food security of...
2023 - Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry CIFOR-ICRAF
Newsletter article
Asia: The gendered economy of dried fish
Being conducted in six countries across South and Southeast Asia, the Dried Fish Matters project is a first-ever exploration of the gendered social economy of dried fish
Dried Fish Matters: Mapping the Social Economy of Dried Fish in South and Southeast Asia for Enhanced Wellbeing and Nutrition, or DFM, is a Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada Partnership Grant project. The project spans a duration of eight years: 2018-2026, and involves research in six focus...
Bangladesh - Cambodia - India - Myanmar - Sri Lanka - Thailand
2023 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Fact sheet
Beekeeping opportunity for the smallholders in the cold winter deserts of Uzbekistan
Beekeeping (or apiculture) refers to raising the colonies of honey is hives. Honey, wax, pollen, propolis, bee milk and poisons are the most valuable foods and unique raw materials for human health, medicine and pharmaceutical industry. Another important function of beekeeping is to assist in pollination of cross-pollinated crops. Bees...
Uzbekistan
2023 - FAO
Practices
What’s the Buzz about bees?
Having adapted to local environments, you can find a wide range of bee species and races living in different regions of our planet. Several species (and subspecies) are kept by humans for honey production or pollination services
2023 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Newsletter article
Yemaya Recommends: Women and men in small-scale fisheries and aquaculture in Asia
Barriers, constraints and opportunities towards equality and secure livelihoods; 186 pages; 2022; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO); Bangkok, Thailand. https://doi.org/10.4060/cb9527en. Asia accounts for the highest labour force participation in the small-scale fisheries and aquaculture across all regions of the world. While, historically, the role of women in this...
2023 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Case study
Upgrading traditional techniques boosts production of famous Azerbaijani tomatoes
Farmers have joined together to update time-honoured practices and increase yields
Sayad village is one of the most ancient settlements nestled on the Caspian Sea coast of Azerbaijan’s Khachmaz district. It’s long been famous for its numerous varieties of succulent tomatoes thanks to the farmers’ careful cultivation of the crop and the sunny climate. But something new and transformative is happening....
Azerbaijan
2023 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Book
Loss and damage and agrifood systems: Addressing gaps and challenges
Agrifood systems are intrinsically linked to climate change and are particularly vulnerable to its impacts. Each year hundreds of billions of dollars’ worth of crops and livestock production is lost due to disaster events, undermining hard-won development gains and livelihoods for farmers. At the same time, agrifood systems are substantial...
2023 - FAO
Manual
Working with Smallholders
A Handbook for Firms Building Sustainable Supply Chains (Third Edition)
A number of global trends, such as concurrent rises in incomes and urbanization, are driving the increased consumption of meat, dairy, and biofuels. Meeting the demand for products will require considerable increases in global production, particularly in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, where smallholder farming predominates and yields remain low....
2023 - International Finance Corporation
Newsletter
The Organic Farm Knowledge platform Newsletter – October 2023
Dear readers,
The Organic Farm Knowledge platform (organic-farmknowledge.org) provides access to a wide range of tools and resources about organic farming that can help improve production. We are pleased to share this month’s newsletter with you. We look forward to sharing more news with you in November.
2023 - Organic Farm Knowledge platform
Project
Cross Border Living laboratories for Agroforestry
Agroforestry - a land use management system in which trees or shrubs are grown around or among crops or pastureland - has varied benefits, including increased biodiversity and reduced erosion. The combination of agriculture and forestry in the Mediterranean is deeply rooted in a culture of tradition and niche production...
Greece - Italy - Jordan - Lebanon
2023 - ENI CBC Med, European Neighbourhood Instrument Cross/Border Cooperation Mediterranean Sea Basin Programme
Case study
Mieles chilenas para el mundo
Atributos, propiedades e innovación
Este libro desarrolla una estrategia de valor para las mieles chilenas basado en el conocimiento científico y tecnológico, en parámetros de innovación y atributos de diferenciación que permitirá visibilizarlas y posicionarlas en el mercado nacional e internacional. Se analiza la producción de varias mieles chilenas formadas a partir de recursos...
Chile
2023 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
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