IFOAM - Organics International and its Seeds Platform recognize initiatives worldwide seeking to create an alternative model of seed production. For all these experiences to be successful some common obstacles have to be overcome. There are farmers, breeders, institutions and civil society actors that are committed to producing seeds compatible...

FAO helped to enhance diversification and competitiveness of Albanian smallholders through the promotion of agritourism and digitalization in the agrifood sector. The one-year project, which ended recently, targeted three pilot areas in the country (Belsh, Melesi Madhe, and Korca). For real impact, the project combined training and knowledge sharing leading to...

We are at an important crossroads. The economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, climate variability and extremes, conflict, and the persistence of hunger and malnutrition have shown us that now is the time for us to build more resilient agrifood systems. If we don’t, agrifood systems will not be able to ensure food...

The Water School is a platform to learn comprehensive knowledge of diverse communities spread all across the world to conserve water, recharge aquifers and revive catchments & landscapes. The Water School will give you access to an array of successful community driven & managed, decentralised water conservation methods. Language-neutral tools will...

Animal health is an important issue in Central Asia, with livestock being a staple part of the economy. Tajikistan is not an exception either, where almost half of the population works in agriculture. Therefore, the ability to prevent, detect, and manage animal diseases is critical to for the sector’s growth, as...

2021 IS THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR FOR THE ELIMINATION OF CHILD LABOUR We are making progress. Child labour has decreased by 38% in the last decade. But, 152 million children are still in child labour. It’s time to accelerate the pace of progress. It’s time to inspire legislative and practical actions to eliminate child...

De acuerdo con la teoría evolucionista, las poblaciones con baja variabilidad genética tienen menor potencial adaptativo (por tanto, menor capacidad de acoplarse a los cambios ambientales) que las poblaciones con elevados niveles de variabilidad genética. En consecuencia, preservar la diversidad genética es esencial para asegurar la supervivencia de las poblaciones...

Plátano-Musa sapientum.  Fuente principal Modelo productivo para la producción de plátano en los Llanos Orientales Modelo productivo para el cultivo de plátano en la zona central cafetera de Colombia :paquete tecnológico URI http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12324/36907 Colecciones Infografías [231]

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the global inadequacy of social-protection floors in safeguarding marginalized communities, in the process exacerbating poverty and vulnerability. The social-development case studies in this issue of SAMUDRA Report (pp 63-93) clearly demonstrate how the small-scale fishing communities in Asia, the Caribbean and Central America took a major...

La cultura Zenú, en Colombia, ha desarrollado y mantenido vivo por más de 2000 años, el ‘Sistema hidráulico de agricultura anfibia Zenú’, el cual establece canales en forma perpendicular a los ríos y caños, con el propósito de generar productividad, garantizar la protección de las viviendas y regular el flujo...

This paper examines agroecology within Europe, its dynamics, its position within a broader politico-economic framework and its political significance. It argues that agroecology is contesting and, at least in some places, effectively changing the main social relations of production in today’s agriculture. In this respect, it has a strategically important...

The UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration provides a unique opportunity to transform food, fiber, and feed production systems to the needs of the 21st century, and to eradicate poverty, hunger, and malnutrition. This report presents the case for why we all must throw our weight behind a global restoration effort. Drawing on the...

As announced in its Communication on the European Green Deal, the Commission is developing a new (post 2021) EU forest strategy. The strategy will build on the EU’s 2030 biodiversity strategy, cover the whole forest cycle and promote the many services that forests provide. The strategy will also be aimed...

FAO donated altogether 34 greenhouses to rural families living in Uzbekistan’s southeastern regions (Bukhara and Kamashi districts) as part of the socio-economic response to the global crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The greenhouses will improve the nutrition and livelihood of vulnerable families. “Low-income families were selected for FAO support on...

The pan-African Great Green Wall (GGW) is an initiative that was initially meant to involve the planting of a 15 km wide transcontinental forest belt running from Dakar to Djibouti. This major project is designed to combat desertification. The band of vegetation is to be as continuous as possible, but...

An open exchange on the Food Systems Summit took place on Friday 30 April between the UN Deputy Secretary General, Amina Mohammed, and the FSS Liaison Group of the Civil Society and Indigenous Peoples’ Mechanism. The meeting was facilitated by the CFS Chair, Thanawat Tiensin, in response to a CSM...

Los suelos saludables y productivos son fundamentales para lograr el desarrollo de una agricultura sostenible, por lo que permiten sustentar nuestros sistemas alimentarios, filtrar y regular el flujo de agua dulce, almacenar vastas cantidades de carbono y sostener a millones de organismos. Sin embargo, lamentablemente, los suelos del mundo están...

Parliamentarians are agents of change, and their role is critical to ensure a world where all people are eating healthy diets from sustainable, inclusive, and resilient agri-food systems. Members of the Parliament hold a strategic position as they can shape policies and actions for improving food availability, accessibility, and affordability...

En el ‘Sistema tradicional de la Chagras Amazónicas del medio Caquetá’ confluye una gran diversidad biológica, con variedad de grupos étnicos, quienes a través de la implementación de Chagras Amazónicas emulan los procesos de sucesión en los bosques, integrando los conocimientos sobre las plantas cultivadas, las tecnologías adaptadas a las...

Fish offer billions of people with an easily available supply of essential micronutrients such as iron, zinc, and vitamin A, emphasizing the potential for fisheries to contribute to malnutrition alleviation. Climate change and overfishing, according to the research that looked at over 800 fish species from 157 nations, may lead...