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...

La pudrición de la mazorca del maíz es una enfermedad causada por el hongo Stenocarpella maydis, la cual ha incrementado su incidencia y su distribución geográfica en el departamento del Meta. Esto se ha debido al aumento de áreas sembradas, de cultivares altamente susceptibles y de variaciones locales de clima...

Family farms’ support by legislative measures should be a crucial step for EU countries to ensure food security and a healthy environment in Europe. Therefore, the International conference - Increasing legislative support for family farms in the EU focuses on Family Farm Legislation and family farm policy at the EU member states’ level....

Es un punto de encuentro, de consulta e intercambio, que favorece el debate y transferencia de saberes y prácticas. Se trata de compartir información, experiencias, herramientas, opiniones, recursos, … relacionados con la práctica de la agroecología. Tanto para iniciarse en una huerta de ocio o para el autoconsumo, como el acompañamiento...

Ginna Acosta de Vía Orgánica entrevista a la directora de Vía Orgánica en la CDMX sobre las actividades en defensa del maíz nativo, etiquetado alimentos industriales.

On January 14, 2021, the European Commission published a list of agricultural practices that could be supported through the Eco-schemes to be put in place by EU Member States. This list aims to contribute to the debate on the reform of the CAP and its role in achieving the objectives...

Millions of people rely on nature-rich farming systems for their subsistence and income. The contributions of nature to these systems are varied and key to their sustainability in the long term. Yet, agricultural stakeholders are often unaware or undervalue the relevance of those contributions, which can affect decisions concerning land...

Improved technology, organisation and marketing for the production of fruit and vegetables without pesticide residues. Many farms growing fruit and vegetables under conventional farming systems are applying production techniques which reduce, either partially or totally, the application of synthetic pesticides. AgroTrend is a Polish Operational Group which is developing a zero-residue...

Este documento contiene los resultados del proceso de actualización del Pectia y la Agenda I+D+i que lo integra, en el departamento de Amazonas. 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/

This paper reviews the progress in climate change adaptation and mitigation actions in sub-Saharan Africa farming systems. Farmers, organizations and Governments in the region have developed policies and innovations to adapt to and mitigate the impacts of climate change. It appears that the developed and implemented innovative adaptive farming systems...

The Organic Farm Knowledge platform (organic-farmknowledge.org) provides access to a wide range of tools and resources about organic farming that can help improve production. Organic Farm Knowledge Newsletter Juni 2022

Partnerships between producer organizations (POs) and enterprises are promoted as a model for structuring value chains to integrate small producers more equitably and sustainably. They offer attractive opportunities, especially for smallholder producers and their organizations. However, they also pose risks, and failures still occur frequently. The lessons learned from capitalizing on four recent experiences...

Myanmar is facing a rapidly growing food security crisis where 13.2 million people are already food insecure. Ongoing violence, economic crisis, recurrent climate-induced shocks, population displacement and COVID-19, among other factors, are disrupting the entire national food system. Against this backdrop, protecting the livelihoods of smallholder farmers to enable them to produce their own food is a frontline...

When Jacob and Jessica Beaton traded suburban life for a 140-acre farm in British Columbia, they relied on YouTube videos to learn how to plant their vegetables. Four years and a global pandemic later, they’re growing thousands of kilos and leading a food-sovereignty revival in Indigenous communities on the west...

Este documento contiene los resultados del proceso de actualización del Pectia y la Agenda I+D+i que lo integra, en el departamento de Boyacá. 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/

The following practice describes the STB model, its functions, major elements, how it works, stakeholders involved, training required, costs and outcomes, and challenges and limitations to adoption and scaling. It includes summary information on some case studies to highlight the success of this practice applied elsewhere. China's agriculture sector is characterized...

Las pérdidas y desperdicios de alimentos (PDA) son un problema grave, que tiene lugar en un contexto mundial y regional en el que millones de personas padecen hambre. Esta situación se ve agravada por los retos que conlleva el cambio climático para los sistemas agroalimentarios y, más recientemente, por las consecuencias...

Special reporter Patrick Worms writes passionately of what he witnessed among agroecological farmers in Zambia and the potential for expanding their practices much more widely. Despite the challenges, the world is sprinkled with extraordinary farmers achieving amazing results by applying agroecological principles to restore degraded ecosystems. They combine the growing...

Modalidad: Autoaprendizaje | Desde el 24-11-21 hasta el 31-12-22 El Curso “Circuitos cortos de comercialización en la Agricultura Familiar Una herramienta para alcanzar mercados inclusivos” , se enmarca en la Plataforma Técnica Regional para la Agricultura Familiar (https://www.fao.org/americas/daf/plataforma/es/) en alianza con los proyectos “Sembrando Capacidades” (ABC, MAPA Brasil, MADR Colombia y FAO) y Farmers Organizations for African, Caribbean and Pacific...

In this edition, we are sharing updates on our work for better production, better nutrition, a better environment and a better life in Africa. Find out about the One Country, One Priority Product (OCOP) initiative in Africa, the latest news on the Hand-in-Hand Initiative, an innovative rice and fish project...