This course is part of a series of four e-learning courses on ”Bivalve Mollusc Sanitation for growing areas". This third course in the e-learning series details the Growing Area Monitoring activity in a bivalve mollusc sanitation programme. The course describes sample plans, how to conduct sampling and the laboratory analysis of...

The contribution of smallholder farming systems to the National greenhouse gas (GHG) budget is missing in most developing countries, including Kenya. Data on the contribution of smallholder cropping systems to the GHG balance is essential for realising Sustainable Development Goal 13 on climate action, i.e., on nationally determined contributions (NDCs)...

ThinkLandscape, a brand-new media platform that combines our news and feature stories with ThinkLandscape, a media platform that combines our news and feature stories with the GLF’s social media content, videos, podcasts and much more.Previously known as Landscape News, ThinkLandscape offers you a more streamlined way to navigate between all...

This publication assesses the migration and forest interface. It describes why migration outcomes in forest landscapes matter, what drives them, how they can be shaped, and who can do what to optimize those outcomes. It draws qualified conclusions about the benefits of a positive approach to managing the complexity of...

It all started on the day when I escorted our country director to Rufunsa District, which is located in Lusaka Province in Zambia. We were off to meet the village Chieftainess Mphashya, to talk about our intentions to build a community seed bank in her chiefdom. We were met with...

This policy brief provides recommendations on how to achieve these objectives with a focus on three key areas: 1. How to link small-scale farmers with the public plate; 2. School meals as a powerful tool to address social equity (all school children and young people), health (tackling fast-growing child obesity)...

“Guía básica de aprendizaje: Establecimiento de bosques mediante regeneración natural asistida en áreas afectadas por marabú” (MARREG), es una guía técnica para la implementación de módulos agroforestales que contribuyen a la resiliencia climática de comunidades agrícolas en siete municipios de Cuba que forman parte del proyecto "Resiliencia climática en los...

Cognizant of the risks that need addressing and the potentials waiting to be tapped, Thailand, through the Thai Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives (MOAC), focused on developing smart farmers, more specifically, the younger farming sector, through two (2) major programs launched a year apart less than a decade ago. First was...

En 2018, le Baromètre des agricultures familiales faisait le constat de la faiblesse des politiques publiques spécifiques à l’agroécologie dans différentes régions du monde. Quelques années plus tard, l’agroécologie semble avoir progressé, du moins dans les déclarations et les positions officielles. Mais qu’en est-il du véritable nerf de la guerre,...

This video gives an insight into the SWM Programme work with ranchers and community scouts in the Habu Community Conservancy, which is located in the communal livestock grazing areas of western Ngamiland, Botswana. The video introduces Godlop, a community scout benefitting from the SWM Community Conservancy Project, which is supporting...

The intensification of crop production is widely recognized to negatively affect the agrobiodiversity in smallholder systems. This trend can also be observed in Quinoa production systems, where few varieties are commercialized while maintaining traditional varieties of quinoa remains a key agricultural activity in the high-Andes landscape. In recent decades, the...

Este 3er. boletín informativo es una muestra de las actividades llevadas a cabo en el proyecto Ordenación forestal sustentable y conservación de bosques en la perspectiva ecosocial de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela. El proyecto ejecuta acciones de importante valor socioambiental en el área de intervención de la reserva forestal...

This introduction will bring in the most critical issues affecting gender equality and explain why they are important for building inclusive and sustainable agrifood systems. Its purpose is to set the scene and provide key concepts, an overview, and key policy frameworks that will help you in the course series....

Alternative food networks (AFN) are argued to provide platforms to re-socialize and re-spacealize food, establish and contribute to democratic participation in local food chains, and foster producer–consumer relations and trust. As one of the most recent examples of AFN, Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS) have gained notable traction in attempting to...

Fiche technique sur le compostage du fumier pour en faire de l'engrais puissan. Le compostage rend les éléments nutritifs facilement disponibles pour les plantes. Il limite les risques d’asphyxie pour les plantes tout en évitant les risques de propagation des adventices, des ravageurs, des moisissures et des maladies.

Illuminating Hidden Harvests: the contributions of small-scale fisheries to sustainable development (hereinafter IHH) is a global study uncovering the contributions and impacts of small-scale fisheries through a multidisciplinary approach to data collection and analysis. The study provides information that quantifies and improves understanding of the crucial role of small-scale fisheries...

Water scarcity threatens irrigated agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Knowledge of farmers’ perceptions and drivers for decision-making in view of coping with water scarcity is so far lacking but needed to improve local technologies and frame policies fostering their adoption. Here, for the first time, we investigated farmers’ perception of...

“In a world of plenty, it is outrageous that people continue to suffer and die from hunger. Global food systems are broken, and billions of people are paying the price. Transforming food systems requires all hands on deck.” António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations The UN Food Systems Summit+2...

Esta publicación presenta los resultados de un ejercicio piloto de caracterización de la agricultura familiar en Honduras, realizado en 2017 en el marco de la implementación del programa Mesoamérica sin Hambre AMEXCID-FAO en el país. El estudio se llevó a cabo en en siete municipios del noroccidente de Honduras: Santa...

The course aims at facilitating the exchange of promising approaches, tools and good practices that can be used by parliamentarians and policymakers to support the design and implementation of sustainable and gender-transformative climate policies and legislations to advance gender equality and empower women and youth in the agriculture and food security sectors. This...