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Trajectories of crop–livestock integration in the context of specialization in Northwest Vietnam
Mixed crop–livestock systems, the world’s most widespread farming systems, promote farm resilience through diversification and allow for crop–livestock integration (CLI). Intensification and specialization challenge these systems. In Northwest Vietnam, the standard farm model is based on mixed crop–livestock family farms but is shifting towards more specialized farming systems. The aim...
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) - Viet Nam
2023 - The Journal of Agricultural Science
Video
How to manage Fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda Smith on smallholder farms - Short version
This video focuses on the three basic pillars of agroecological approaches, a pest control strategy embedded in integrated pest management (IPM) which focusses on: (i) management of healthy plants; (ii) enhancing the biodiversity of the agricultural environment; and, (iii) what responses to use when these fail.
2023 - CIFOR-ICRAF
Journal article
El calentamiento global está afectando a todos los cerdos del mundo
Uno de los animales de granja que más se ven afectados por el calentamiento global son los cerdos. En este trabajo, se explorará por qué los cerdos son más susceptibles al calor que otros animales, cómo identificar a un cerdo con estrés por calor y cómo pueden los cerdos mantener...
Mexico
2023
Website
FAO Forestry Programme
Through its Forestry Programme, FAO seeks to have transformational impacts that benefit forests and forest-dependent people and help achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals. FAO’s approach balances economic, social and environmental objectives to enable the present generation to benefit from the Earth’s forest resources...
2023 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Case study
Gaming for Peace in Somalia
Young women and men are embracing technology to promote peace
A short yet perilous seven-kilometre road connects the towns of Buufow and Shalanbood in southern Somalia. The once prosperous agricultural area that produced fruits and vegetables for the region has experienced decades of conflict and destabilization. Just like most parts of the country, the region is severely affected by the...
Somalia
2023 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Video
Community seed banks
Because of our seed bank, we have native varieties again. By using indigenous seed our costs have reduced as we can grow and keep our own seed. So, we don’t have to depend on the market. In our seed bank, we also train farmers how to grow crops organically, free...
India
2023 - Access Agriculture
Blog article
Collecter les urines pour rendre les systèmes urbains des villes subsahariennes plus durables
La mise en place de dispositifs de collecte des urines dans les villes subsahariennes permettrait de rendre ces ensembles urbains plus durables. C’est ce que démontre une étude, menée par quatre chercheurs issus de l’IRD, du Cirad, de l’Université Boubakar Bâ de Tillaberi (Niger) et de l’Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo (Ouagadougou),...
2023 - Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement (CIRAD)
Journal article
Co-designing innovative plantain cropping systems to support the diversity of agroecological pathways in Guadeloupe
In the French West Indies, and particularly in Guadeloupe, agricultural policies mainly support the banana and sugarcane export sectors. However, driven by consumer demand, policy-makers are increasingly interested in developing local and agroecological food systems. Plantain (Musa spp., AAB), cultivated by a wide range of farmers, plays a key role in...
Guadeloupe
2023 - Agronomy for Sustainable Development
Miscellanea
7 Pilar del Plan de Acción Mundial del Decenio de la Agricultura Familiar
Los agricultores familiares no solo producen alimentos, sino que también proporcionan varios servicios y bienes públicos a la sociedad. Es necesario reconectar el desarrollo territorial con las personas (y familias) que llevan a cabo la actividad productiva, con sus prácticas, sus valores, y con los conocimientos determinados de forma tradicional...
2023 - Onda Rural de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Case study
Towards healthier and more nutritious diets in Pacific Small Island Developing States
Five new approaches and innovations that can help promote quality diets
The waters that surround the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) of the Pacific are home to remarkable marine ecosystems. The fish and other marine species they host are deeply intertwined with many Pacific peoples’ cultures, livelihoods and food. But while the communities of these islands continue to consume fish in...
2023 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Book
Classification and definition of fishing vessel types
This technical paper constitutes an update on the 1985 FAO publication Definition and classification of fishery vessel types, and provides descriptions and classification of the main semi-industrial and industrial fishing vessel types: trawlers, purse seiners, seiners, dredgers, gillnetters, trap setters, longliners, pole-and-line vessels, trollers, multipurpose vessels. It also features vessels...
2023 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Report
Improving the resilience of the agricultural sector to external shocks
This study provides a quantitative assessment of the Indian dairy sector and aims to determine the underlying factors of the observed price movements. We analyse producer prices over time, differentiated by milk-producing ‘zones,’ and identify the underlying factors that might explain the observed discontinuities or interruptions in producer prices. The...
India
2023 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Project
Efficient use of Naadi water for successful Kitchen gardening in a desert village
Developed in the Hurgaov region of Rajasthan (India), where droughts are frequent, this project allowed the promotion and conservation of rainwater through rejuvenating traditional rainwater harvesting water bodies (Naadi) with the participation of the community.
India
2023 - Agroecology Coalition
Journal article
Are AgriFoodTech start-ups the new drivers of food systems transformation? An overview of the state of the art and a research agenda
AgriFoodTech start-ups are coming to be seen as relevant players in the debate around and reality of the transformation of food systems, especially in view of emerging or already-established novel technologies (such as Artifical Intelligence, Sensors, Precision Fermentation, Robotics, Nanotechnologies, Genomics) that constitute Agriculture 4.0 and Food 4.0. However, so far, there...
2023 - Universidad de Talca Chile
Journal article
Sustainable soil management measures: a synthesis of stakeholder recommendations
Soil degradation threatens agricultural production and soil multifunctionality. Efforts for private and public governance are increasingly emerging to leverage sustainable soil management. They require consensus across science, policy, and practice about what sustainable soil management entails. Such agreement does not yet exist to a sufficient extent in agronomic terms; what...
2023 - Agronomy for Sustainable Development
Audio
L’agroécologie pour sauver la forêt du Congo
Un entretien avec Alain Huart, expert de la question agricole en RDC. Une série de podcasts pour parler de l’importance de la forêt du Bassin du Congo et surtout la nécessité d’y promouvoir les pratiques agroécologiques pour la sauver pour la sauver contre le réchauffement climatique et préserver sa biodiversité.Alain...
Democratic Republic of the Congo
2023 - SOS Faim
Blog article
CAP 2023-27 on track? Check it online!
In line with its transparency and monitoring requirements, the European Commission launched today an online dashboard presenting the targets set at national level by each Member State in its approved CAP Strategic Plan, as well targets at EU level. By exploring the interactive dashboard, users can find out for example about the...
European Union
2023 - EU Commission Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development
Journal article
Narrowing maize yield gaps across smallholder farming systems in Zambia: what interventions, where, and for whom?
Maize production in Zambia must increase with a view towards improved food security and reduced food imports whilst avoiding cropland expansion. To achieve this, it is important to understand the causes behind the large maize yield gaps observed in smallholder farming systems across the country. This is the first study...
Zambia
2023 - Agronomy for Sustainable Development volume
Case study
Water-smart greenhouses in Uzbekistan
Simple yet innovative farming technologies and techniques save natural resources while increasing incomes
Large, flavorful tomatoes ripen in Odina Sattorova’s backyard greenhouse in Uzbekistan’s Ferghana Valley. Their perfect shape, rich colour and smooth texture – undeniable indicators of quality – are the result of many days of intensive work in the greenhouse. Odina, who has worked in greenhouses taking care of seedlings and...
Uzbekistan
2023 - FAO
Video
Plan de Acción del Decenio de las Naciones Unidas para la Agricultura Familiar: Séptimo Pilar
El Plan de acción mundial, diseñado en torno a siete pilares de trabajo que se refuerzan mutuamente, recomienda una serie de medidas interconectadas que abarcan desde la escala local hasta la mundial.
Este video describe el pilar 7 del Plan de acción mundial.
2023 - Onda Rural de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
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