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The Resources section holds archived publications and multimedia materials related to family farming general issues.

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The use of mycorrhizal fungi in horticulture

What are mycorrhizal fungi? Mycorrhizal fungi form symbiosis with > 90% of land plants They live in the soil and colonize plant roots Mycorrhizae provides better absorption of nutrients and increased water uptake to the plant in exchange for carbon supply They cannot function without living plants Plants control the symbiosis, root exudates trigger spore...
2019 - Cornell University, United States

Journal article
The impact of long-term organic farming on soil-derived greenhouse gas emissions

Agricultural practices contribute considerably to emissions of greenhouse gases. So far, knowledge on the impact of organic compared to non-organic farming on soil-derived nitrous oxide (N2O) and methane (CH4) emissions is limited. We investigated N2O and CH4fluxes with manual chambers during 571 days in a grass-clover– silage maize – green...
Switzerland
2019

Video
Madagascar : l'agroécologie pour assurer la souveraineté alimentaire des familles paysannes

Dans le Sud de Madagascar, AVSF a contribué à travers 2 projets à la promotion de l'agroécologie, au développement de l'agriculture familiale et l'amélioration de l'accès aux services de proximité et de l'accès à l'eau.
Madagascar
2019 - Agronomes & Vétérinaires Sans Frontières

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Better seed for green gram

Coating seed with good microbes and organic fertilizer protects crops from diseases and gives them a healthy start. You can also prepare your own organic solution with cow dung, cow urine, lime, cow milk or yoghurt and water.
India
2019 - Access Agriculture

Guidelines
Tool for Agroecology Performance Evaluation (TAPE)

Process of development and guidelines for application
With the help of multiple partners, FAO has developed a global analytical framework for the multidimensional assessment of the performance of agroecology: the Tool for Agroecology Performance Evaluation (TAPE), which aims to:  · Inform policy makers, development institutions, and other stakeholders by creating references to the multidimensional performance of agroecology and...
2019 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO

Video
Using strawberry as living mulches

The Colle Stefano winery succesfully adopted since 2017 a strawberry living mulches for weed management on the row.
2019 - Universidad Politecnica delle Marche

Video
Favoriser la biodiversité dans les vergers haute-tige

Les vergers haute-tige sont particulièrement précieux pour la biodiversité grâce à leurs deux niveaux: la strate herbacée et la couronne des arbres. Dans cette vidéo, Pascal König de Birdlife Suisse et l’arboriculteur Hans Brunner nous montrent avec quelles mesures favoriser la biodiversité dans les vergers haute-tige. Ils aborderont les thèmes...
2019 - FiBL

Practices
Tropilaelapsose: Une maladie parasitaire du couvain

La tropilaelapsose affecte les larves et les pupes des abeilles. Elle est causée par des acariens du genre Tropilaelaps. Les parasites se nourrissent de larves et de pupes d'abeilles et provoquent des malformations, la mort et, en conséquence, l’essaimage ou le déclin des colonies. Les acariens tropilaelaps sont des parasites naturels communs...
2019 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA

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Machine Demonstration: mechanical weed control in soybeans

Weed control is one of the main factors of economic success in organic soybean production. This video presents the following machines for mechanical weed control: 1. Weeding between and in the rowsMATER Macc Unica-FEinböck ChopstarGarford RobocropSchmotzer2. Machines working row-independentTreffler TS 620/3MEinböck Aerostar-RotationCarre Rotanet
2019 - FiBL

Video
Taking care of okra

Too much drought can slow down growth and cause young fruits to fall. Water your okra regularly to avoid slowing down its growth. Get rid of weeds. Nourish okra crops by periodically applying a little compost, well-rotted manure or litter around the base of each okra plant.
Benin
2019 - Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)

Audio
Making mango crisps

Dried mango crisps are a tasty and a healthy snack that can be sold even out of season at a good price.
Kenya
2019 - Rockefeller Foundation

Practices
Fabrication d’une ruche traditionnelle africaine à deux ouvertures

Le Rwanda possède un climat favorable, et une flore mellifère riche et variée propice au développement de l’apiculture. La présente fiche explique comment construire une ruche modèle traditionnelle qui se compose d’un cylindre allongé fabriqué avec des tiges de Pennisetum (Urubingo), de bamboo ou de papyrus. Ce modèle est très...
Rwanda
2019 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA

Practices
Vegetable cultivation with ridge sowing, farm yard manure, multi-cropping and Integrated Pest Management (IPM)

This technology describes the introduction of ridge sowing, Farm Yard Manure (FYM), and multi-cropping and Integrated Pest Management (IPM) practices for okra, sunflower, and sugarcane production in the Ghotki district in Pakistan. It provides also a cost-benefit analysis of this improved farming practice compared to the traditional practice. The main...
Pakistan
2019 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA

Practices
Comment créer un nouveau verger d’anacardiers

Ce guide pratique contient des informations sur la création d’une nouvelle plantation d’anacardiers et est un outil didactique destiné aux encadreurs des producteurs d’anacarde. Il a pour but d'informer les exploitants à la production de noix de bonne qualité et la compétitives sur le marché national et international. Tout en...
Benin
2019 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA

Practices
Comment récolter le miel, le pollen et la propolis des mélipones

Au-delà du miel, les produits de la ruche comme le pollen et la propolis des mélipones peuvent être récoltés facilement, représentant une possible source de revenu supplémentaire pour les agriculteurs. Cette fiche technique explique des procédures simples pour récolter le miel, le pollen et la propolis des mélipones (abeilles sans...
Philippines
2019 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA

Video
Feeding pigs: Effect of silage

Giving fattening pigs access to roughages such as grass silage is a cheap and effective way to improve pig health. Roughages also help to satisfy the pigs' need for exploration and rooting behaviour.
2019 - FiBL

Journal article
Farmers' knowledge of soil quality indicators along a land degradation gradient in Rwanda

The growing need to intensify smallholder farming systems to enhance food security for a rapidly growing population in sub-Saharan Africa constitutes a major sustainability challenge. Intensification of agriculture has often resulted in degraded, highly vulnerable, exhausted and unproductive soils. Even though smallholder farming systems are heterogeneous and dynamic, conventional approaches...
Rwanda
2019

Report
The State of Food and Agriculture 2019

Moving forward on food loss and waste reduction
The need to reduce food loss and waste is firmly embedded in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Food loss and waste reduction is considered important for improving food security and nutrition, promoting environmental sustainability and lowering production costs. However, efforts to reduce food loss and waste will only be...
2019 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

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Le contrôle du vérâtre blanc (Veratrum album)

Le vératre blanc est très répandu sur les alpages. Il y est classé comme « plante problématique », due à sa toxicité. Il se développe dans des pâturages sous-exploités et fait donc partie des plantes « supplantant volontiers la flore voisine ». La vidéo présente les differentes méthodes pour le...
2019 - FiBL

Video
Régulation des rumex des Alpes (Rumex alpinus)

Max Herger et Cornel Werder montrent à l'exemple de l'Alp Ruosalp dans le canton d'Uri, comment réguler les rumex des Alpes. La vidéo traite des sujets suivants :• Emplacement et biologie• Adaptation de la gestion• Régulation mécanique• Stratégie d’assainissement• Ensemencement• Conclusions
2019 - FiBL
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