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...

La Mesa Técnica Agroclimática (MTA) del departamento de Casanare, sigue siendo un espacio de discusión e interacción donde expertos en meteorología entregan predicciones climáticas a expertos en sistemas de producción agropecuaria (Ingenieros Agrónomos, Veterinarios, Zootecnistas, Extensionistas, Productores Agropecuarios, entre otros), con el fin de convertir los posibles escenarios climáticos en...

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...

Julio ha tenido una distribución de lluvias irregular en el territorio, ha sido seco en zonas de Maní, Villanueva y San Luis de Palenque, pero lluvioso en zonas de piedemonte como Yopal, Aguazul y Nunchía. En el piedemonte el agua precipitada hasta el 25 de julio ya acumulaba el total...

My entire 50+ year professional career, starting with my dissertation field work in Viet Nam in 1971, has been devoted to assisting smallholder farmers and their communities. This includes residential assignments in eight countries plus additional short-term assignments in 16 countries (Table 1). Most of this was through USAID contracts,...

The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) recognises the importance of equity in conservation. Yet there remains a lack of evidence directly addressing the relationship between equity and conservation. This briefing considers 40 papers that describe conservation interventions involving changes in governance quality and associated ecological outcomes. It highlights that equitable governance...

The Training of Trainers workshop on the National Fisheries Policy (Inland) in December 2022 in Kolkata was a great learning experience for the participants. Just that this time around, the learning was of a different nature. It was not from data, facts, meetings or experiences but from many uncomfortable realizations....

La demanda creciente de alimentos, así como las exigencias en calidad y las fuertes restricciones en el uso de productos fitosanitarios, se consolidan como algunos de los retos que afronta la agricultura y que, paralelamente, impulsan un mercado para los insumos de origen biológico (Ruales y Barriga, 2020). Al respecto,...

Environmental policy integration (EPI), that is, the incorporation of environmental concerns in non-environmental policy areas, has been widely adopted in public policies. However, EPI research has found much discrepancy between environmental objectives and actual implementation. This paper argues that analyzing EPI in the context of policy mixes with multiple objectives,...

A farmer-to-farmer training platform  The Global Soil Doctors Programme is a farmer-to-farmer training initiative that aims to build the capacity of farmers on sustainable soil management while supporting national governments and stakeholders in addressing the needs of their rural communities. This online platform provides support for farmers, policy makers, development planners,...