FAO is deeply concerned about the food security situation in Ukraine. The war that began on 24 February 2022 has caused extensive damage and loss of life in key population centres, spread across rural areas, and sparked massive displacement. It is clear that the war has resulted in a massive,...

To expand agroecology depends on raising and stabilising incomes for small-scale producers through alternative markets that avoid profit-driven middlemen. Producers thereby retain more of the value that they add, build closer relationships with consumers, and offer nutritious food at relatively low prices. An agroecology agenda should ''Ensure proximity and confidence...

La integración de la agricultura con la ganadería permitiría aumentar la producción de alimentos en un contexto de sostenibilidad ambiental (Lemaire et al., 2014).No obstante, la incorporación de vacunos en planteos agrícolas puros en siembra directa modifica significativamente las propiedades del sistema de producción. En el articulo se presentan algunas reflexiones de un trabajo...

These three study reports help establish a roadmap for changing seed policies and laws toward instruments supporting farmer-based seed systems in Africa. Throughout the world, farmers play a significant role in producing, selecting, managing, and conserving plant resources. In Africa, where smallholder farmers are still the overwhelming majority, women on smallholder...

Agroecology Europe since its foundation has achieved many great successes and continues to do so with its growing number of members. This is why the Association in the next couple of years would like to strengthen the involvement of our members and the collaborations with partner organisations - to scale...

This is the first edition of the State of Land and Water Resources for Food and Agriculture (SOLAW) and fills an important thematic gap for the Near East and North African (NENA) countries. It is intended as a FAO regional Office for the Near East and North Africa (RNE) flagship...

Comprende el desarrollo de actividades orientadas a facilitar el acceso a los conocimientos, ofertas y servicios tecnológicos y productos desarrollados para el sector agropecuario colombiano.

La inversión enzimática de la sacarosa en el jugo de caña prelimpiado, antes de iniciar la clarificación en la hornilla, permite mantener la línea de producción. Contrariamente, la inversión de la miel de caña, interrumpe la etapa final de concentración. Más Información: Bibliografía completa de la corporación Editorial Agrosavia Repositorio Institucional (BAC) Podcast Dimensions Agriperfiles Google Scholar LaReferencia Redalyc Redcol ResearchGate WhastApp Noticias científicas AGROMETRICS CRIS...

Iniciativa de la región LAC que es el Catalogo Audiovisual de tecnologías Agroecológicas (CATA). Es un proyecto donde confluyen Agroecología y Arte, conocimiento y práctica.Está pensando a manera de enciclopedia audiovisual de saberes y experinecias con enfoques difrentes en la producción agropecuaria y el relacionamiento con el medio ambiente. Dividido por...

In several countries across the world, the surging demand for livestock products is largely met by large-scale livestock production and associated food chains. Nonetheless, hundreds of millions of small-scale producers and pastoralists depend on livestock for their livelihoods. Beyond food production, farm animals play other important economic, cultural and social...

The International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty (IPC) is an autonomous and self-organised global platform of small-scale food producers, rural workers organisations and grassroots social movements whose goal is to advance the Food Sovereignty agenda at the global and regional level. The Youth Working Group of the IPC has produced...

With the full picture of damage and needs after Tonga’s massive volcanic eruption and tsunami only gradually emerging, what is already clear is that the stakes could not be higher for the farmers and fishers of the South Pacific island nation, living in one of the world’s most disaster-prone regions. With roughly...

¿Cuál es la importancia de la ganadería en Colombia? ¿Cuáles son los grandes retos que enfrenta la ganadería convencional? ¿Quiénes vienen investigando y promoviendo en este tipo de sistemas? Más Información: Bibliografía completa de la corporación Editorial Agrosavia Repositorio Institucional (BAC) Podcast Dimensions Agriperfiles Google Scholar LaReferencia Redalyc Redcol ResearchGate WhastApp Noticias científicas AGROMETRICS CRIS AGROSAVIA: https://vivo.agrosavia.co/

Complex rice systems (CRSs) are integrated agricultural systems that combine azolla (aquatic ferns), fish, ducks and border plants into rice production systems to augment ecological processes of nutrient recycling, weed and pest suppression, and replace agrochemicals that are harmful to human, animals and environment. Moreover, CRSs could foster ecosystem services...

The Working Group III report provides an updated global assessment of climate change mitigation progress and pledges, and examines the sources of global emissions. It explains developments in emission reduction and mitigation efforts, assessing the impact of national climate pledges in relation to long-term emissions goals. The Summary for Policymakers (SPM)...

Partners of a new resilience building initiative in Zimbabwe held a launch meeting in Harare on 7 October 2022, gathering 80 participants, including national agricultural extension programmes, government representatives, academic institutions, government representatives, private sector actors, the media, EU representatives and national agricultural research and development organisations. Entitled "Resilience Building through...

Rural women across the world work along agri-food value chains performing numerous agricultural operations. Their work is increasingly affected by land degradation, climate change impacts and out-migration. It is often unrecognized, unqualified and unpaid. Moreover, the traditional division of labour often relegates women to manual, time-consuming operations with high degrees...

The organic movement welcomes the ‘Sustainable Carbon Cycles’ initiative of the European Commission on “carbon farming” which brings focus on soil carbon sequestration on agricultural land. While climate mitigation should clearly prioritize absolute emissions reductions, carbon sequestration in the land use sector will also be needed to meet long-term climate...

This article details the experience shared during World Soil Day 2022 event on how to make uncultivable soil fertile and suitable for food production in Slovenia while increasing interest in this subject for younger generations through practice-driven education.

Retrospective of March from Romanian Rural Network: collecting local refugee aid initiatives, agrifish council of 21 march 2022, network to innovate webinars: social innovation, informal video conference of agriculture ministers , 3rd informal meeting of national rural network support units - mediterranean cluster and many many more