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Food Plants for Healthy Diets in Uganda
Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which:
identify highly nutritious local food plants,
explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way,
detail the nutritional value of the plants and
describe why human bodies require those nutrients.
The resources created by FPS allows people to better...
Uganda
2021 - Food Plant Solutions
Journal article
Organic Beekeeping Practices in Romania: Status and Perspectives towards a Sustainable Development
Romanian beekeeping faces a lot of challenges nowadays due to the problems related to climate change, the use of pesticides in agriculture, but also to the pandemic crisis. In this context, organic beekeeping represents an important alternative to traditional apicultural practices. The purpose of the study was to present the...
Romania
2021 - Department of Animal Production and Food Safety, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj Napoca, 400372 Cluj Napoca, Romania
Event
European organic congress 2021
The European Organic Congress 2021 will take place online, live from Lisbon, on 16-18 June 2021
This year’s Congress, with the title “Organic’s contribution to the European Green Deal” aims to inspire the participants by focusing on how the agri-food sector’s initiatives enhance the transition towards a more sustainable food system,...
2021 - IFOAM Organics
Book
Potentially Important Fruit and Nuts of Uganda
Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which:
identify highly nutritious local food plants,
explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way,
detail the nutritional value of the plants and
describe why human bodies require those nutrients.
The resources created by FPS allows people to better...
Uganda
2021 - Food Plant Solutions
Blog article
An ingenious idea to expand business by helping farmers
We can easily see the truth of the maxim “necessity is the mother of invention” – or rather “ingenuity” in the case of Osman Majid, a young video dealer, locally known as a Deejay (DJ), who lives in Nathenje, a small town on the outskirts of Malawi. Unlike most other...
Malawi
2021 - Access Agriculture
Book
Agroecology Now! Transformations towards more just and sustainable food systems
This open access book develops a framework for advancing agroecology transformations focusing on power, politics and governance. It explores the potential of agroecology as a sustainable and socially just alternative to today’s dominant food regime. Agroecology is an ecological approach to farming that addresses climate change and biodiversity loss while...
2021 - Coventry University, UK
Practices
Guide de bonnes pratiques pour la transformation bio
Un Guide de bonnes Pratiques pour la transformation bio a été construit pendant le projet européen ProOrg. Il se compose de 3 documents à destination des opérateurs agro-alimentaires de la filière bio :
Management Guideline
Assessment Framework
Communication Guideline
2021 - Institut de l’agriculture et de l’alimentation biologiques (ITAB)
Case study
Finding greener, more climate-resilient ways of producing our food
Agriculture offers innovative solutions to the climate crisis… for the globe and its own survival!
When we see the news reports on climate change, it often includes footage of factory chimneys and traffic jams. We may or may not realize that agriculture is also a key contributor. In fact, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from agri-food sectors — the systems by which our food is grown,...
2021 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Book
Good Gardening and Growing Root Crops in Uganda
Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which:
identify highly nutritious local food plants,
explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way,
detail the nutritional value of the plants and
describe why human bodies require those nutrients.
The resources created by FPS allows people to better...
Uganda
2021 - Food Plant Solutions
Blog article
Agroecology: Transitioning toward sustainable, climate and ecosystem-friendly farming and food systems
Farming in Europe has been transformed over the last 70 years by policies, technologies and practices that sought to guarantee a stable supply of affordable food. But success has come at the cost of mounting environmental degradation. This CORDIS Results Pack highlights 11 EU-funded research projects that demonstrate the potential...
European Union
2021 - European Commission
Case study
Innovative practices in rural gender transformation
Important lessons from Brazil and Uruguay
This publication showcases a few best practices in rural development led by rural women in Brazil and Uruguay, which have led to transformative and long-lasting results, even strengthening local public policies and economic growth. Using the latest resources in agroecological and inclusive production methods, and assisted by IFAD-supported projects, these...
Brazil - Uruguay
2021 - South-South and Triangular Cooperation
Book
Food Plants for Healthy Diets in Uganda - Luganda
Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which:
identify highly nutritious local food plants,
explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way,
detail the nutritional value of the plants and
describe why human bodies require those nutrients.
The resources created by FPS allows people to better...
Uganda
2021 - Food Plant Solutions
Policy brief/paper
Agroecología y transiciones agropecuarias sostenibles: compras públicas, certificación y sector exportador
Esta publicación propone estrategias y lineamientos para políticas que sirvan de insumos concretos para el Plan Nacional de Agroecología. Para ello, se profundiza en el análisis de tres áreas estratégicas como lo son las compras públicas, la certificación y el sector agroexportador.
Para la elaboración de este documento, se realizaron entrevistas...
Uruguay
2021 - UNDP
Blog article
Conoce Arca Tierra, la chinampa de agricultura regenerativa
En un mundo perfecto, uno en donde no existiera la comida rápida, las chinampas serían el sistema de cultivo ideal. Es más: lo son, pero la agricultura a gran escala les gana terreno porque nuestro modo de vivir nos exige privilegiar el producir mucho a bajos costos sobre una producción...
Mexico
2021 - Regeneration International
Book
Potentially Important Fruit and Nuts of Uganda - Luganda
Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which:
identify highly nutritious local food plants,
explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way,
detail the nutritional value of the plants and
describe why human bodies require those nutrients.
The resources created by FPS allows people to better...
Uganda
2021 - Food Plant Solutions
Newsletter
Access Agriculture e-newsletter June 2021
This monthly e-newsletter gives a bird’s eye view of all the exciting updates from Access Agriculture, a world-leading organisation for quality agricultural training videos in international and local languages, working across the Global South.
Belgium
2021 - Access Agriculture
Project
CGIAR's Initiative: ‘’Transformational Agroecology across Food, Land, and Water systems’’
A redesign of food systems is urgently needed to simultaneously achieve ecological, economic and social sustainability. Agroecology is gaining prominence as an approach to achieving this radical shift. Evidence demonstrates how agroecological approaches can contribute to sustainable, resilient agricultural and food systems today and in the future.
However, despite many locally...
2021 - CGIAR
Book
Good Gardening and Growing Root Crops in Uganda - Luganda
Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which:
identify highly nutritious local food plants,
explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way,
detail the nutritional value of the plants and
describe why human bodies require those nutrients.
The resources created by FPS allows people to better...
Uganda
2021
Blog article
Organic Sri Lanka
We are all familiar with organic milk, organic fruit and vegetables, or organic chocolate, but when one reads “Organic Sri Lanka”, one may have difficulty grasping what this really is about. For sure, it cannot mean that the entire country is organic. Or does it?
Sri Lanka
2021 - Access Agriculture
Journal article
AN OVERVIEW OF ORGANIC SUNFLOWER PRODUCTION IN ROMANIA
Helianthus annuus (sunflower) is an oilseed crop with multiple food and industrial uses, such as production of edible oil, the biofuel industry, the manufacture of soap and fodder production. Sunflower is the most important honey plant, considering the large areas cultivated with sunflower and the quality of nectar. Due to...
Romania
2021 - "Gh. Zane" Institute for Economic and Social Research, Romanian Academy, Iasi Branch
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