A co-founder of ICSF addresses the issue of gender equity and social justice at a trans-disciplinarity workshop. On April 1st I opened my email to find a request from Too Big to Ignore, the global network on small-scale fisheries, asking if I would share my reflections on the question of Gender Equity...

Compuesto por los picudos negro (Cosmopolites sordidus), rayado (Metamasius hemipterus) y amarillo (M. hebetatus). Adulto de color negro, cuerpo estrecho y alargado; cabeza pequeña con pico largo y curvo, y estrías en cada una de sus alas rígidas y duras (élitros). Su daño causa amarillamiento, bajo desarrollo de plantas y...

Un factor central para el éxito del programa de formación -cuyos contenidos se desarrollan en el “Manual práctico para la pesca artesanal y la acuicultura a pequeña escala”- será la facilitación del proceso de aprendizaje, por lo cual es recomendando desarrollar un proceso guiado por un equipo de, al menos,...

The International Committee of URGENCI is pleased to announce Decolonize your Plate, Amazonize the World, the online International Symposium of Community -Supported Agriculture (CSA), 25-30 October 2021. It will be the 8th edition of URGENCI’s International Symposium, and will combine with the 5th European Meeting of CSA movements. It will also mark the...

Esta tecnología explica e ilustra con fotos qué equipos son necesarios para el uso de tractores en siembra directa y cómo deben ser usados. Se discute, en particular, el limpiador de surcos, el disco de corte y el abresurcos. El limpiador de surcos es usado para remover el exceso de...

Rwanda's climate and rich and varied melliferous flora are favourable for the development of beekeeping.  This document explains how to make a traditional hive model composed of elongated cyclinder made with the stems of Pennisetum (Urubingo), bamboo or papyrus. This hive model is very suitable to promote among smallholder producers...

In light of the 10 elements of agroecology and the 13 agroecological principles adopted by the High-Level Group of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE), the importance of rethinking the production of knowledge and its sharing, and include agroecological transition processes in participatory approaches, is today largely a consensus. On paper, these principles seem fairly...

UC Santa Cruz Farm Garden Manager Christof Bernau gives an overview of different watering tools and demonstrates how to water seedlings depending on the stage of development.

Like many African countries, Rwanda’s population is young. A third of Rwandans are aged between 15 and 34, and youth employment is a critical policy issue that directly affects national food security. Indeed, youth engagement in agribusiness in developing countries is a crucial asset to achieving sustainable food security. Recognising...

In South-West Uganda, manure is highly valued for sustaining yields of East African Highland Banana, but it is in short supply. As a result, banana growers import manure from rangelands up to 50 km away. We aimed to explore the potential of this regional banana-livestock integration to meet crop nutrient requirements...

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In this year’s Global Gender Gap report, 156 countries have been benchmarked with the sombre tidings that there has been a step back compared to 2020 and as an extra 36 years have been added to the time remaining to close the gender gap. The 2018 report had stated that...

If people in small-scale fisheries wish to make the Blue Economy work for them, they must take control of the language, to avoid a rhetoric that further marginalizes them. The risks and opportunities of small-scale fisheries in the ‘Blue Economy’ is a topic I have talked and written about for a...

De acuerdo con la metodología planteada para la fase práctica del segundo curso internacional: “La genómica y su aplicación en la conservación y caracterización de los recursos zoogenéticos”, los asistentes conformaron grupos de trabajos para poner en práctica la estructura de conocimientos de origen teórico y práctico; esto, con el...

La bacteriosis es una enfermedad causada por la bacteria Dickeya sp. Puede sobrevivir en el suelo y en desechos vegetales. La incidencia de la enfermedad aumenta por prácticas deficientes de manejo del cultivo y por la presencia de heridas en la planta. Más Información: Bibliografía completa de la corporación Editorial Agrosavia Repositorio Institucional (BAC) Podcast Dimensions Agriperfiles Google...

Este documento brinda una visión general del concepto, los principios fundamentales y los beneficios de la agricultura de conservación (AC). AC es un concepto para el manejo de agroecosistemas para una productividad mejorada y sostenible, mayor rentabilidad económica y seguridad alimentaria, conservando y reforzando al mismo tiempo los recursos naturales...

Se trata de una práctica de bajo coste que permite almacenar agua de lluvia para utilizarla posteriormente en huertos familiares, ganado, etc., por un periodo de aproximadamente 3 meses. Consiste en la construcción de un aljibe aéreo o subterráneo. Esta tecnología fue probada durante dos años por la Asociación de...

The beekeepers suit is an essential element of the protective gear. It protects the body from bee stings when working with bees. There exist different models of bee suits, and in this practice, we describe how to make a protective jacket. This practice was developed by the Beekeeping Network North-South...

Agroecology is not a new invention. It has already been applied for decades in family farmers’ practices and has guided both policymakers and grassroots social movements in various countries around the world. However, recent global discussions on agroecology across its three different dimensions, namely scientific discipline, agricultural practice and political-​social...

The United Nations General Assembly declared 2022 the International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture (IYAFA 2022), highlighting that fisheries and aquaculture is about people as much as it is about fish. The objective of IYAFA 2022 is to focus world attention on the role that small-scale fishers, fish farmers...