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Europe and Central Asia: “economic and agricultural powerhouse” with solutions at hand
The region of Europe and Central Asia is an economic and agricultural powerhouse that boasts diverse cultures, agri-food systems and climatic zones, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu said today. This diversity, he added, provides opportunities to share experience and good practices within the region and beyond, but to tap this potential...
2021 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Vídeo
El Agave y su gran potencial
Los agaves tienen un gran potencial, además de producir tequila y mezcal.
Mexico
2021 - Asociación de Consumidores Orgánicos
Acto
Ciclo de Conversatorios: Hacia una Transformación Agroecológica
Con el fin de contribuir al intercambio de conocimiento, los co-organizadores de La Comunidad de Práctica de Agricultura Familiar y Agroecología de Latinoamérica y El Caribe – el Centro de Conocimientos sobre Agroecología (CCA) de la FAO, el Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales (CLACSO), la Plataforma de Conocimientos sobre Agricultura Familiar (PCAF) de la FAO, la Red Políticas...
2021 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Prácticas
Uso de abejas sin aguijón para la polinización
Si bien la tecnología de cáscara de coco es la forma más fácil y más barata para propagar las abejas sin aguijón, puede que no sea práctica para el transporte entre las islas para la polinización de los grandes cultivos de plantación como el mango. Por lo tanto, se diseñó...
Philippines
2021 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Artículo de blog
Taking stock: community responses to COVID-19 in cities
A reflection on the successes, priorities and problems facing community organisations during the pandemic – with implications for their future funding and even survival.
In hundreds of cities community organisations developed many different ways to address the pandemic in informal settlements, to counter its devastating social, economic and health impacts.
Many are...
2021 - IIED
Boletín informativo
FAO Markets and Trade Newsletter - June 2021
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - Markets and Trade Newsletter - June 2021
2021 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Artículo
Let the people decide: citizen deliberation on the role of GMOs in Mali’s agriculture
This paper describes and critically reflects on a participatory policy process which resulted in a government decision not to introduce genetically modified (GM) cotton in farmers’ fields in Mali (West Africa). In January 2006, 45 Malian farmers gathered in Sikasso to deliberate on GM cotton and the future of farming...
Mali
2021
Artículo de revista especializada
Can agroecology improve food security and nutrition? A review
Agroecology increasingly has gained scientific and policy recognition as having potential to address environmental and social issues within food production, but concerns have been raised about its implications for food security and nutrition, particularly in low-income countries. This review paper examines recent evidence (1998–2019) for whether agroecological practices can improve...
2021
Artículo de revista especializada
Sri Lanka: A Beacon of Trust
As the COVID-19 pandemic ravaged the fisher economy of Sri Lanka, leaving households indebted and distressed, co-operatives emerged as a beacon for the small-scale fishing sector’s well-being. Close to 350,000 kg of fish is brought everyday to the Peliyagoda Central Fish market, on the outskirts of Colombo, the capital of Sri...
Sri Lanka
2021 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Artículo de revista especializada
Climate Adaptation by Farmers in Three Communities in the Maldives
The Maldives, a small island nation, is continuously facing climate change impacts and adapting to them. One of the risks of climate change in the Maldives is the sea-level rise that threatens the livelihoods of Maldivians. This paper looks at how farmers in the Maldives adapt to changes in climatic...
Maldives
2021 - Institute of Research and Development Maldives
Artículo de blog
TO PREPARE FOR THE UNEXPECTED
In resilience theory, most results come from analysing cases of natural resource governance within which — whether global or local (but very specific) — challenges are to be solved.
In other words, we are able to answer the questions of ‘resilience of what to what?’ — these are cases of specific resilience. Of...
2021 - CEEweb for Biodiversity
Estudio de caso
Mapeo de iniciativa de agricultura familiar en Perú
Resumen de iniciativa vinculadas a la agricultura familiar
El mapeo de las iniciativas de agricultura familiar es una herramienta que busca entregar una visión completa sobre panorama de cada país de América Latina y el Caribe. Este resumen presenta una categorización de las distintas leyes que se implementaron e implementaran.
Peru
2021 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Artículo de revista
Reflexiones en torno a los resultados del Censo Nacional Agropecuario de 2018 en Santa Fe
En el presente artículo, nos interesa reflexionar sobre algunos resultados brindados para la provincia de Santa Fe por el Censo Nacional Agropecuario 2018. Esta indagación se enmarca en el Proyecto de Investigación y Desarrollo: “Cartografía socio productiva de la provincia de Santa Fe” radicado en la FCA. Recuperando algunos de...
Argentina
2021 - Universidad Nacional de Rosario/ Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias
Artículo de revista especializada
Philippines: Rendering Visibility
The lived experiences of women fisherfolk in the Philippines during the COVID-19 pandemic reveal how invisible they remain in policies and programmes. Despite the significant size of the fishing industry in the Philippines and the fact that fish is a huge part of Filipino diets, fisherfolk remain among the poorest in...
Philippines
2021 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Artículo
Gnotobiotic system for selecting microorganisms with biocontrol potential against Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. physali
The cape gooseberry (Physalis peruviana) is a Solanaceae species with enormous economic importance in Colombia, it is the second most exported fruit, after bananas. Vascular wilt caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. physali (Fox) is the most limiting factor of this crop, with losses of up to 80% of production....
Colombia
2021 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)
Libro
Food Plants for Healthy Diets in Cameroon
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...
Cameroon
2021
Vídeo
Making money move for agroecology – transforming development aid to support agroecology
It is widely recognised that a radical transformation of food and agriculture systems is urgently needed in order to address converging social, economic, health and ecological crises. The potential of agroecology to transform food systems and render them more resilient, sustainable and inclusive is increasingly recognised and backed by a...
2021 - CIDSE and the Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience (CAWR) of Coventry University
Artículo de revista especializada
France: To Memory, Poetry...and the Future
Although this year’s edition of the much-lauded Pêcheurs du Monde film festival in Lorient, France, had to virtually reinvent itself, the outcome was a rich and intense experience of visual delight. The 12th edition of the Pêcheurs du Monde film festival, traditionally held in Lorient, France, could not take place in...
France
2021 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Informe
Regional Consultative Workshop Strengthening Aquaculture Governance for Sustainable Development in Asia-Pacific
Aiming to build regional capacity in aquaculture governance in Asia-Pacific, FAO and NACA jointly implemented a regional consultation in collaboration with NACA member governments to assess the status of aquaculture governance in Asia, share experiences and lessons learned in aquaculture governance among countries, and recommend strategies and actions for further...
2021 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Artículo de blog
¿Qué es la permacultura social? ¿Cómo puede ayudarnos a diseñar relaciones humanas regenerativas?
La permacultura es mundialmente reconocida como un sistema de diseño de ambientes humanos sostenibles. Con la naturaleza como guía y maestra, es una disciplina que estudia sus patrones y dinámicas para luego incorporarlas en sistemas agrícolas saludables.
Argentina
2021 - Regeneration International
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