Initial forecasts predicted severe financial losses for small and midsized farmers as the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted usual market channels nationwide. Early reports both confirmed and challenged these fears,as some farmers could notfind new markets while others established or expanded their direct-to-consumer sales to replace their lost outlets. To understand the...

El turismo se ha planteado como una alternativa económica para las zonas rurales; sin embargo, como en cualquier otro negocio, lograr un buen desempeño pasa, entre otros factores definir una propuesta de valor y conectar de manera adecuada con un segmento de mercado.La actividad turística es compleja, va más allá...

Esta serie de orientaciones que presentamos en esta Guía, forman parte de los elementos estratégicos para fortalecer el desarrollo de la Red Nacional de Proveedores de Semillas Forestales en la República Bolivariana de Venezuela, mediante la promoción y establecimiento de procedimientos y recomendaciones técnicas para mejorar las prácticas de manejo...

An online advisory and problem-solving service is helping livestock farmers to overcome challenges and increase production in Benin and other parts of West Africa. The private service grew out of a blog written by Louis Agbokou, who works as livestock advisor at a government agricultural agency in Benin. During on- site...

A fully restored animal health diagnostic laboratory in Aleppo city is set to play a major part in strengthening Syria’s animal production and disease control/prevention capacity; ultimately, it will help protect herders’ livelihoods and secure them with a source of food and income. This has been achieved by FAO, with...

With our modern lifestyles adding more stress on natural resources and a population to feed that will grow to almost 10 billion by 2050, sustainable gastronomy is something we should all keep in mind as we source, cook and eat our food. Sustainable gastronomy means choosing and cooking food in a way...

La unidad de riego de Xibalbay (URX) agrupa tres barrios periurbanos del municipio de Sololá, integrando a 250 familias. En el diagnóstico participativo y de género de la organización surge la necesidad de dar mayor participación a la mujer en grupos organizados mediante proyectos productivos que mejoren sus condiciones de...

Khweng has the highest agrobiodiversity with over 319 crops followed by Marmain, which are both villages from Ri Bhoi, indicating rich biodiversity in the communities.This was informed by Senior Associate, Research, North East Slow Food and Agrobiodiversity Society (NESFAS), Dr. Bhogtoram Mawroh, at a state-level dissemination workshop on findings of...

Tonle Sap Lake in northeast Cambodia is one of the most productive inland fishing waters in the world, due to flooding and monsoon. Fisheries are the backbone of country’s economy, with Tonle Sap contributing over half of the country’s fish production. Yet the lake’s 4.8 million residents are some of...

Fishing has been the main source of livelihoods for many communities in northeast Nigeria, especially in Borno State which borders Lake Chad. However, long-running armed conflict in the region has caused one of the worst humanitarian emergencies in the world. Fishing in Lake Chad has been banned on security grounds, depriving...

Una forma de garantizar la producción de alimentos limpios y suficientes para las familias agrícolas es optimizar el uso del agua, en ese sentido, la modernización del riego es una opción atractiva. Para lograr un mejor uso del agua se debe optimizar su captación y conducción mejorando la infraestructura de...

Este informe de política sintetiza los resultados de un estudio que analizó 11 tipos de políticas públicas de rescate y recuperación económica en el contexto de la COVID-19 y su influencia en la resiliencia cllimática de los sistemas agroalimentarios, así como de los principales factores que podrían afectar la resiliencia...

Cette revue de la littérature fait partie d'une série de quatre revues sectorielles. Elles visent à éclairer l'élaboration de notes d'orientation pour l'intégration de la nutrition dans les secteurs de la production végétale, de la pêche et de l'aquaculture, de la foresterie et de l'élevage dans 12 pays d'Afrique subsaharienne....

The small island developing state of Cabo Verde, off the west African coast, faces recurrent droughts and other environmental and socio-economic vulnerabilities. Recognizing the extent of needs, a national school feeding programme began in 1979 with the support of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). After more than 30...

Bayer/Monsanto suffered another in a long string of setbacks in its battle to grow genetically modified (GM) corn in Mexico when the country’s highest court on October 13 refused to overturn a precautionary injunction restricting the cultivation of GM corn. In its unanimous decision, the court agreed with the citizen...

Climate change is likely to exacerbate gendered vulnerabilities and compound intersecting forms of discrimination against women. International donors and policymakers are increasingly interested in strengthening social protection programmes to address such adverse impacts, but there is a lack of evidence about how this can be achieved. Addressing this gap, this paper...

The challenges food systems face are highly complex, context-specific and often unpredictable. Transformation to sustainable food systems is needed, in a coherent manner, as appropriate, and in accordance with and dependent on national context and capacities. There is no single approach for achieving food security and nutrition and all food...

Africa is not on track to meeting the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2 targets to end hunger and ensure access by all people to safe, nutritious and sufficient food all year round and to end all forms of malnutrition. The number of hungry people on the continent has risen by...

In 1991, the European Union (EU) became the 161st Member of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), marking an institutional breakthrough: it was the first time that FAO welcomed a Member Organization. The EU–FAO partnership has since been sound and growing, as evidenced by the upward...

With the introduction of imported, hybrid crops, many farmers across Nepal have stopped growing indigenous crops altogether. Agriculturalist Kushal Poudel is hoping to change that by reintroducing native crops through age-old farming techniques.