Cet article met en perspective les résultats de deux projets. L’analyse montre que l’intensification du riz dans la vallée du fleuve Sénégal et celles de la révolution verte en Inde font non seulement décliner la biodiversité agricole des céréales locales, mais endommagent les capacités d’adaptation et la qualité nutritionnelle des...

The EU Funded UN Joint STREIT Programme continues to train more young people from rural Sepik with the skills required for decent employment opportunities in road transport infrastructure development in Papua New Guinea. In its latest step, the Programme organised a 4-day training on ‘Occupational Safety and Health Hazards.’ Delivered...

En esta ficha de contexto se mencionan los aspectos importantes de la cadena cárnica bovina enfocados a su marco productivo, regional, económico, comercio internacional, así como sus perspectivas y tendencias frente al mercado, dando a conocer su entorno de Ciencia y Tecnología e Innovación. Más Información: Bibliografía completa de la corporación Editorial Agrosavia Repositorio...

Modelo tecnológico para el cultivo de fríjol voluble (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) en el departamento de Antioquia 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/

Human Rights Day is just around the corner. We will celebrate it on 10 December, commemorating the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Today, the principles set out in this document remain the key to realizing all human rights. Aiming at increasing awareness, United Nations is launching a year-long campaign to...

This report is a narrative review of the effects reported in the scientific literature (peer-reviewed and indexed scientific publications showing quantitative evidence) about the relationships between a selection of nature restoration practices and food production. The reported effects are extracted from systematic reviews, meta-analyses and individual papers. As a narrative...

National gender profile of agriculture and rural livelihoods: the Republic of Moldova reflects FAO’s commitment to promoting gender equality, while integrating a gender perspective into its operations. The report focuses on the intersections of gender, agriculture and rural development, and presents a snapshot of critical gender-based inequalities and their consequences...

The main objective and driving force for establishing a Regional Technical Platform on Green Agriculture in Europe and Central Asia is to facilitate the sharing of knowledge within the region and among other regions on the various areas of green agriculture, with the involvement of international, national and local development...

Fondé sur des études de cas couvrant 15 pays d’Afrique, d’Asie, d’Asie centrale, d’Europe et d’Amérique latine, ce rapport examine les déficits de travail décent dans les économies rurales. Il présente également les réponses apportées par les gouvernements et les syndicats concernant les conséquences de la crise de la Covid-19...

En esta ficha de contexto se mencionan los aspectos importantes de la cadena de caucho enfocados a su marco productivo, regional, económico, comercio internacional, así como sus perspectivas y tendencias frente al mercado, dando a conocer su entorno de Ciencia y Tecnología e Innovación. Más Información: Bibliografía completa de la corporación Editorial Agrosavia Repositorio...

Es fundamental conocer las características físicas, químicas y biológicas del suelo. Los análisis de suelos, indican la disponibilidad de los nutrientes para el cultivo, los cuales, junto con los requerimientos nutricionales del fríjol, proporcionarán la información necesaria para una fertilización adecuada. Una buena toma de muestra y un adecuado análisis...

L’Afrique est désormais confrontée à deux urgences contradictoires : assurer sa souveraineté et sa sécurité alimentaire en demandant à son agriculture de produire plus et lutter contre le dérèglement climatique en produisant différemment. Pour résoudre cette contradiction, il existe une solution : l’agro-écologie, qui permet d’engager l’agriculture vers de nouveaux modes de...

How is a new generation of French winegrowers responding to the extreme temperatures and droughts becoming more pronounced in recent years? This summer, Adèle Pautrat visited Sainte Marie des Crozes, an organic and biodynamic Domaine in the village of Douzens in southern France. Winery Manager Christelle Alias and her team...

As a mode of production and an agricultural system that utilizes land and natural resources in a fundamentally different way than industrial agriculture, agroforestry is a key example of agroecology in practice and represents an important solution for the transformation of food systems. On 25 April 2022, FAO's Forestry and...

Is the adoption of technologies in the farming community only linked to their socio-economic performance? Upstream identification of adoption constraints with potential beneficiaries is necessary to remove them and promote technology adoption. What are the constraints to adopting systematic integration of crops, trees/shrubs and livestock?

Ricardo Soares, a Portuguese apple and pear grower, is a young innovator. He has brought many innovations to his farmer colleagues. As a young farmer, he also encountered some obstacles and found some solutions to overcome them.

A major programme of irrigated rice extension in the Middle Senegal River Valley has further limited the river’s natural flooding in the floodplain (Waalo), initially reduced by drought. We conducted a transdisciplinary (TD) and gendered study in the region to explore links between agricultural biodiversity and family diets using a...

Today, major changes are required in global agricultural systems to produce enough healthy food for all, while preserving the quality of land, air and water and safeguarding biodiversity. But producing enough while simultaneously protecting the environment is a particularly complex equation. Agroecology, a key principle of which is the use...

Regenerative agriculture describes holistic farming systems that, among other benefits, improve water and air quality, enhance ecosystem biodiversity, produce nutrient-dense food, and store carbon to help mitigate the effects of climate change. These farm systems are designed to work in harmony with nature, while also maintaining and improving economic viability.

The project will help grass-roots rural women in Tajikistan, Turkey and Uzbekistan, gain knowledge and skills to improve their economic status, start businesses and cooperatives, while empowering them to become agents of change in their communities. The project will also contribute to the creation of an enabling environment for rural...