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Policy brief/paper
Agrobiodiversity — the way to save earth’s skin
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...
2023 - International Institute for Environment and Development
Policy brief/paper
Financing agroecological transformations for climate repair
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...
2023 - Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience (CAWR) Coventry University
Report
The Caribbean: More than Joining the Dots
A free online course offers training and tools to better understand the complex nexus between climate change and poverty, preparing participants to work for a sustainable future
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...
2023 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Video
Sam's story: why are we 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
Newsletter
Boletín Agroclimático Regional: mesa técnica agroclimática de Casanare agosto 2023
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...
Colombia
2023 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)
Blog article
Sustainable potato production system developed in Uzbekistan
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...
Uzbekistan
2023 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Manual
¿Cómo elaborar un Plan de Acción Comunal de Cambio Climático?
Guía metodológica para su formulación paso a paso
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...
Chile
2023 - Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD)
Article
Maize stover transfers from maize fields to banana-based agroforestry homegardens and the corresponding nutrient flows in central-northern Tanzania
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...
United Republic of Tanzania
2023
Blog article
FAO and Japan to help Moldovan rural households overcome multiple crisis effects
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...
Japan - Republic of Moldova
2023 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Report
Reducing food loss and waste in the Near East and North Africa
Producers intermediaries and consumers as key decision-makers
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,...
2023 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Video
Seb's story: why are we 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
Video
Covering as a preventive measure in organic stone fruit production
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.
2023 - FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture https://www.fibl.org/en/
Report
Experiencias de articulación del enfoque de género e interculturalidad en instrumentos de seguridad alimentaria y nutricional en la región del Sistema de la Integración Centroamericana
Intervenciones de mitigación de la COVID-19, Programas de Alimentación Escolar, Guías Alimentarias Basadas en Alimentos
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...
2023 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Newsletter
Boletín Agroclimático Regional: mesa técnica agroclimática de Casanare julio 2023
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...
Colombia
2023 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)
Conference paper
Reflections on 50+ Years Assisting Smallholder Farming Communities
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,...
2023 - Colorado State University
Policy brief/paper
Equitable governance underpins effective conservation
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...
2023 - International Institute for Environment and Development
Report
India: Politics or Policy?
Reflections on a recent workshop on India’s National Fisheries Policy (Inland)
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....
India
2023 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Magazine article
Articulación Biofábrica Zavalla (Naturalbio) – FCA, UNR.
Resultados preliminares del testeo a campo de biopreparados en trigo
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,...
Argentina
2023 - Universidad Nacional de Rosario (UNR)
Journal article
The importance of calibration in policy mixes: Environmental policy integration in the implementation of the European Union's Common Agricultural Policy in Germany (2014-2022)
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,...
Germany
2023 - Humboldt-Universität Germany
Website
FAO - Global Soil Doctors Programme
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,...
2023 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
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