A comprehensive study provides an in-depth analysis of the status of mangroves globally, highlighting the critical challenges these vital ecosystems face, including deforestation, climate change, and coastal development. The study underscores the urgent need for coordinated conservation efforts to protect and restore mangrove forests, which are essential for coastal protection,...

Eating “less but better” meat can be a strategy to guide meat consumption in Western or high-income countries towards sustainability, but what “better” means depends on the perspective. Multiple studies and reports suggest that agroecological farming systems could contribute to a broad range of sustainability benefits, but few studies have examined the...

Introduction. In Colombia, achira (Canna edulis, Ker) starch production is important in the Andean zone, in the departments of Nariño, Huila, and Cundinamarca. Objective. To evaluate the effect of planting density and fertilization on achira starch and rhizome yield, and the relationship between them, in the department of Nariño, Colombia....

To address the impacts of the war in Ukraine on the global agricultural sector, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has launched a new $17 million project to help Ukrainian farmers save the upcoming harvest in July-August while ensuring export of critical agricultural goods to international...

This report examines the promise and reality of including smallholders from developing countries in modern value chains as a path to sustainable development. Drawing on an extensive literature review and interviews with diverse stakeholders, we lay out the ambitions, expectations and assumptions hanging on smallholder inclusion with regard to income,...

En este estudio se analizan las posibilidades de mercado que ofrecen las compras públicas de alimentos producidos por las organizaciones vinculadas al comercio justo en la región. Para tal efecto, se pone el foco en la experiencia acumulada por los productores y asociaciones de la agricultura familiar de la región...

En el marco del segundo encuentro de los talleres TAPE (Herramienta para la Evaluación del Desempeño de la Agroecología) que se llevó a cabo en la zona sur del cinturón verde de la ciudad de Córdoba, Evangelina Argüello del Instituto de Fisiología y Recursos Genéticos Vegetales nos cuenta acerca de...

Given the multi-benefits, enset cultivation has been continuously underutilized in Ethiopia. We assess best practices, processing technologies, environmental maintenance, multi-benefits of enset and its potency in hunger reduction in Ethiopia by reviewing evidence on good farm practices, improved technologies, sustainability, hunger reduction, inputs cost, and yields advantage of enset. The...

La producción de leche en sistemas ganaderos del trópico alto colombiano es muy importante, ya que constituye una actividad económica que involucra a cerca de cien mil unidades productivas. Dichos sistemas de producción cuentan con una oferta nutricional basada en gramíneas como el kikuyo, raigrases mejorados y leguminosas como los...

La gulupa es una de las frutas exóticas con mayor demanda en el mercado internacional y es el tercer fruto que más exporta el país. El departamento de Tolima incrementó el área de cultivos de gulupa en un 61 %, del 2015 al 2019, lo que indica la progresiva importancia...

In this booklet, LVC dig further into UNDROP, exploring its main ideas and showing how it can be used by peasants and rural communities in their daily lives and struggle for food sovereignty, agroecology, climate justice, agrarian reform and human rights.

Seven years into the 2030 Agenda, there is an urgent need to understand where the world stands in eliminating hunger and food insecurity, as well as in ensuring sustainable agriculture. FAO's new report, “Tracking progress on food and agriculture-related SDG indicators”, offers analysis and trends on indicators across eight SDGs...

Life in rural areas has its beauties and hardships. Yet, Qyaram Khachatryan said he would never want to exchange his village life in northern Armenia for living in a city, even after he lost virtually everything in the devastating earthquake of 1988. Lost everything but his good spirit and hope,...

Did you know that more than half of the world’s fish and other aquatic food for human consumption comes from aquaculture? In fact, the farming of fish and shellfish (aquaculture) has been the fastest growing food production activity in the world in recent decades. This growth is expected to continue.What are the benefits...

La Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA), desde su creación en 1993, ha gestionado y ejecutado una agenda de investigación asociada a las políticas y directrices del gobierno nacional, los requerimientos de los territorios y las prioridades de los productores que los representan. Más Información: Bibliografía completa de la corporación Editorial Agrosavia Repositorio Institucional...

All six dimensions of food security and nutrition are affected by climate change and climate variability: availability, access, utilization, stability, agency and sustainability. The impacts of climate change on agricultural production trickle down to additional risks to the food security and nutrition of people who are directly dependent on agriculture for their livelihoods.  FAO’s work on Climate Risk...

Family farming organisations and research networks that gathered in Derio (Spain) on 4-5 October designed a series of activities to promote that family farming is placed at the centre of research. For two days, representative family farming organizations from 5 continents such as AFA, COPROFAM, PDRR, PIFON, PROPAC and ESAFF met in the city of Derio, Basque Country,...

Communities living in Northern Ghana face a complex situation due to a lack of livelihood options in the semi-arid area. Listen to the latest episode of Let’s Talk Trees to find out more. Eric Bayala and Houria Djoudi explore the problem and possible solutions to this longstanding issue through the...

With the current conflict in Ukraine and food security now being a major political question (e.g., Aubert et al. 2022, Dankevych 2022a, Dankevych 2022b, Glauber & Laborde 2022), this briefing explains how organic contributes to sustainable food security, summarising the most relevant and recent scientific publications that critically assess the...

Farmers are increasingly recognized as the designers of their own production systems and face challenges that call for context-specific innovations. Co-designing innovations with farmers are one way to tailor options to local constraints and resources. However, studies on how farmers implement agroecological practices after a co-design process are rare, especially...