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Tifawine Cooperative in Morocco
The initiative is located in the valley of Asni, at the foot of the High Atlas Mountains. In 2010, the family farms of the Tifawine cooperative decided to change their practices to improve the value of their orchards. Since this transition to agroecology, yields have increased by 27% and so...
Morocco
2021 - CARI, Agrisud International
Artículo de blog
Knowledge for success in organic farming
A field robot autonomously hoed sugar beet for the first time in the canton of Thurgau. And FiBL filmmaker Thomas Alföldi was right there with his video camera. First he filmed the robot from all angles, sent up his drone and then interviewed the farmer about his the material into a...
2021 - FIBL
Vídeo
Asociación Almejas del Pacífico - Historia de éxito del Corredor Seco Centroamericano
Este video muestra una historia de éxito del Corredor Seco Centroamericano, localizada en El Salvador donde la Asociación Almejas del Pacifíco es la responsable.
El Salvador
2021 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Informe
Food Outlook
BIANNUAL REPORT ON GLOBAL FOOD MARKETS
The recent upsurge in agricultural input prices has triggered considerable alarm about rising costs of food production, which in a free market economy will be typically passed onto consumers through higher food prices. Already, the impacts on prices are captured by the rising FAO Food Price Index (FFPI), which reached...
2021 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Artículo de blog
Organic Farm Knowledge Platform expansion
The Organic Farm Knowledge Platform provides practical information for organic farmers and advisors. Initially, the platform was set up to cover tools and information on organic arable farming, addressing current bottlenecks. In the past two years, materials on the feeding of monogastrics and seeds/breeding were added. Now the platform has...
2021 - Organic Farm Knowledge Platform
Artículo
Technological and socio-economic analysis of the local production system of the pink Zaragoza bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) in the Caribbean of Colombia
The objective of this study was to characterize the Zaragoza pink bean production system in the Colombian Caribbean from the technical and economic point of view. A survey was randomly applied to 32 farmers in producing areas. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, measurements of central tendency and contingency...
Colombia
2021 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)
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Zirâa Al Hayate Cooperative in Morocco
The initiative is taking place in the Rabat region. The Zirâa Al Hayate "Seed of Life" cooperative in the Rabat region distributes plant products from 10 farms with agroecology practices. The cooperative's farms started their activities with agroecology techniques in 2017.
The 10 participating farms of the cooperative are labeled Participatory...
Morocco
2021 - CARI, Agrisud International
Artículo de blog
Inspirational ideas: Weed control without chemicals
Over the past decades, agriculture has become increasingly dependent on the use of herbicides and of pesticides. While they have contributed to boosting yields, herbicides can have negative effects on the environment, on biodiversity and also on human health. Therefore, the EU has more recently created policies which seek non-chemical...
European Union
2021 - Eip Agri, Agriculture & Innovation
Artículo
Yield response of yam (Dioscorea rotundata Poir.) to inoculation with Azotobacter and nitrogen chemical fertilization in the Caribbean region of Colombia
En estudios previos, realizamos una colecta de raíces y suelos asociados a cultivos de ñame (Dioscorea rotundata Poir) en la región Caribe de Colombia, de los cuales se lograron aislar e identificar varias cepas de Azotobacter chroococcum y Azotobacter vinelandii, que en estudios de laboratorio y casa de malla mostraron...
Colombia
2021 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)
Artículo de blog
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
Parte de un libro
Enrollador de las hojas en guayaba Strepsicrates smithiana Walsingham, 1891 (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
Strepsicrates smithiana es considerada una de las principales plagas en el cultivo de guayaba en el Valle de Cauca, donde puede ocasionar pérdidas superiores al 50% (Canacuán Nasamuez & Carabalí Muñoz, 2015, Carabalí Muñoz et al., 2015). Los estados larvales ocasionan defoliación de brotes jóvenes que afectan el posterior desarrollo...
Colombia
2021 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)
Prácticas
Concentrados caseros para aves
Esta publicación orienta a la familia en la forma de preparar alimentos para tener aves de corral sanas y productivas; utilizando granos como maíz, sorgo o maicillo, los que mezclados y preparados con frijoles, hojas de árboles forrajeros, hojas de leguminosas, sales minerales y cáscaras de huevo, entre otros ingredientes,...
Honduras
2021 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Artículo de blog
Inspirational ideas: Sustainable farming in French Guiana
Growing sustainable tropical crops in an outermost region of the European Union: that’s what Julien Villard has been doing since 2016. He left his job as a civil engineer on the European mainland and became a farmer in French Guiana. He set up Villandia Farm, 3 hectares of land where...
France - French Guiana
2021 - Eip Agri, Agriculture & Innovation
Artículo
Decision-making in the purchase of equipment in agricultural research laboratories: a multiple-criteria approach under partial information
Investments in the agricultural sector represented by innovations and new technologies strongly influence the economic growth in developing countries. In this context, purchasing decisions have become more relevant. Multiple-criteria decision-making techniques are well suited for decision-makers (DMs) who are considering the introduction of new technologies. In this paper, a multi-criteria model...
Colombia
2021 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)
Artículo de revista especializada
Tanzania: Buying into a Noble Idea
An early champion of the interests of small-scale fishers, the East African nation of Tanzania is among the trailblazers in plans to implement the SSF Guidelines. The United Republic of Tanzania is endowed with about 349,000 sq km of marine and freshwater bodies, comprising substantial fishery resources. This has made the...
Taiwan Province of China
2021 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Vídeo
A Food System to Heal the Planet
Food is essential for our bodies, our economies and our communities—but the way we produce food right now isn’t always good for the planet. Feeding people doesn’t have to come at nature’s expense, though. Regenerative food systems actively restore nature while also ensuring we’re able to feed many generations to...
2021 - The Nature Conservancy
Sitio web
Youth Art Contest for the One Health Future We Want
With the COVID-19 pandemic signaling a historic moment to build transformative resilience across our health, food and ecosystems, the momentum to strengthen a One Health approach is gaining greater political and stakeholder traction.
As the international community ramps up for a bigger One Health movement, FAO, through the World Food Forum, is organizing a...
2021 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Vídeo
Celebraciones del Día Mundial de la Alimentación 2021 en América Latina y el Caribe
Este video es un compendio de las distintas celebraciones que se han dado en la región en el marco del Día Mundial de la Alimentación 2021.
2021 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Proyecto
Strengthening livestock production chains based on species-rich forages to overcome meat and dairy sector and improve sustainability of livestock farm
The project consists of seven WPs and 32 activities aimed to:- study the status and potential of milk and meat supply chains based on species rich grasslands- improve the organization and efficiency of the supply chains based on species rich grasslands, and implement innovative solutions in the farms- develop an...
Italy
2021 - Eip Agri, Agriculture & Innovation
Vídeo
Stronger plants with raised beds
Raised beds must be 20 to 30 centimetres high, 80 to 100 centimeters wide and the furrows 30 to 40 centimeters wide. The beds can be 50 to 100 meters long depending on the slope of the field. Because the beds are wide, water is channelled faster through the land,...
2021 - Access Agriculture
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