RO NRN Newsletter - october edition: status on calls for projects; cooperation project between LAGs, AgriFish Council of 11-12 october and other topics

Global hunger and malnutrition are rising. To feed the world in a healthy and sustainable way, an urgent and radical shift in our food systems is necessary, and family farmers must be a part of the solution. Family farming is the foundation of food security and improved nutrition and is...

El impacto directo de las restricciones a la movilidad- propias de la cuarentena - afectó principalmente al sector comercial y de servicios, con reducción del empleo. Se estima que una parte de la población que perdió su empleo -de muy difícil cuantificación - ha retornado a las zonas rurales, que...

Vulnerable farmers and livestock keepers and owners of the most food-insecure provinces of Afghanistan will benefit from the funding (USD 3.6 million) provided by Sweden for FAO to assist 168 000 people in Badakhshan, Daikundi, Nuristan, and Samangan provinces. This humanitarian response will protect agriculture-based livelihoods, build farmers and herders’ resilience to withstand...

The role played by women in agriculture is decisive. The FAO estimates that they contribute half of the world’s food production1 . They are often responsible for the preparation of the land, watering, harvesting, storage, processing, and packaging, as well as for the supply of water and the administrative and...

La presente Nota Jurídica se basa en la publicación “La protección de los derechos de las mujeres rurales en América Latina y el Caribe”, realizada por la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO) y la Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID)...

Se pretendió hacer más eficiente la nutrición de las plantas del cultivo de tomate, bajo condiciones de invernadero, por medio de la aplicación a las plantas del biofertilizante, para reducir la fertilización edáfica nitrogenada de síntesis química. 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/

A systems transformation approach for food, land and water systems requires leaning towards embracing circularity in the use of natural resources, boosting environmental and ecosystem health in step with productivity, diversifying agricultural and food systems, and supporting healthy human diets. These improvements must go hand in hand with more equitable...

The “SFS-MED Platform”, a multi-stakeholder initiative initiated by CIHEAM, FAO and UfMS, offers a forum to facilitate collaboration beyond the Food Systems Summit, sharing a common approach to food systems transformation, mobilizing funds and fostering investments, capacities and innovation as a systemic response to the challenges hindering the region.

In Europe and Central Asia, FAO has remotely trained hundreds of animal health professionals in African swine fever (ASF) preparedness. African swine fever is a viral disease of pigs (and wild boar) with a lethality rate of up to 100 percent that leads to huge economic losses, trade disruptions, and...

The leader of the Community Managed Natural Farming (CMNF) programme Vijay Kumar explains the Social Capital side of the story, and how women’s groups were a central part of the success of CMNF, now recognised worldwide as a model of agricultural transformation. The CMNF initiative has mobilised over a million...

IIED's biodiversity newsletter is sent out every two months to keep you updated on our and partners' work on the links between biodiversity, conservation and local people's livelihoods.In this edition we share details of a new tool and webinar with guidance on how to design projects promoting alternative sources of protein; a...

Construcciones urbanas son en reiteradas ocasiones el hogar de familias de abejas que buscan un lugar donde vivir, generando gran inquietud o malestar de los vecinos quienes en ocasiones incurren en prácticas como eliminarlas con insecticidas o tapar el orificio por el que se les ve entrando, ambas prácticas no...

Linking farmers to school is a major activity undertaken by Bhutan Government’s Food Security and Agriculture Productivity Project (FSAPP). Here is a story of a farmer whose passion and resolve made it possible to form one of the most successful farmer groups in the country. The group now supplies vegetables...

A través de BAC Móvil, los usuarios tendrán a su disposición la literatura agropecuaria pertinente para el desarrollo de sus actividades que puede ser consultada por los productores, asistentes técnicos y la comunidad en general, en Umatas, Epsagros, secretarías de agricultura y otras instituciones. Con ello, se busca mayor cobertura,...

According to a new study, rising temperatures and decreased rainfall in eight Southern and East African countries are likely to reduce the production of vital food crops in the region by 2050. The International Fund for Agricultural Development has issued the scientists' report, which covers Angola, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda,...

Sugarcane agroecosystems include natural enemies that can regulate the populations of stemborers (Lepidoptera), and this is an important role considering that biological control is the main management strategy for the crop. The goal of this research was to offer an updated list of stemborer parasitoids of sugarcane for panela from...

The Community Fisheries organizations in Cambodia form a vital framework for collective, rights-based fisheries management that persists and thrives in inland and coastal settings to this day. Flanked by two of the world’s largest marine fishing nations—Thailand to the west and Vietnam to the southeast—Cambodia’s relatively modest 435-km coastline has not...

Business as usual is no longer an option for today’s global agriculture system: biodiversity loss and nitrogen pollution are exceeding planetary limits, and catastrophic risks of climate change demand immediate action. Agroecology involves the application of ecological principles for the design and management of sustainable agroecosystems. Agroecological innovations promote circular systems that involve...

The use of antibiotics and thus the threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) can be reduced by adopting the right husbandry practices. This publication provides practical tips to the livesotck producer aiming at improving animal health and hence the reduced use of antibiotics