On July 26, 2021, AFA’s Secretary-General Ms. Estrella Penunia delivered an opening speech during the UNFSS Plenary’s Opening Session. With the theme “A Bold Ambition to Improve Food Systems,” Ms. Penunia highlighted the current state of our global food systems, and she emphasized what being bold means for small-scale food...

In Europe and Central Asia, FAO has remotely trained hundreds of animal health professionals in African swine fever (ASF) preparedness. African swine fever is a viral disease of pigs (and wild boar) with a lethality rate of up to 100 percent that leads to huge economic losses, trade disruptions, and...

Throughout rural Europe, most people have little or no choice about how they travel. Their only choice is whether they can travel at all. Almost all travel is made by private car, other than what can be accessed nearby on foot, also with consequences on air quality and the emissions of...

As the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic continues to claim lives, ruin the health and livelihoods of millions across the Asia-Pacific region, particularly in South Asia at present, a team of veterinary scientists, epidemiologists, sociologists and other One Health experts is beginning a two week session to map out a five year plan...

Building sustainable food systems together’ is an annual gathering of European stakeholders interested in helping to shape the EU’s path towards sustainable food systems. Stakeholders across the food value chain, public authorities, international and civil society organisations, as well as other citizens and the interested public are invited to join the...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) introduced the Farmer Field School (FFS) approach in 1989 to educate farmers on improved agricultural practices. The FFS approach has been used widely where a season-long school is established for farmers to engage in group learning and training activities. As...

The objective of this study is to provide insights into potentialities, steps, and best practices in applying blockchain technology (BCT) to use cases in agriculture in the context of climate change, to explore the opportunities and challenges in applying the BCT in agricultural sectors with the aims of reducing greenhouse...

Existing health and community nutrition systems have the potential to deliver many nutrition interventions. However, the coverage of nutrition interventions across the delivery platforms of these systems has not been uniform. We (1) examined the opportunity gaps between delivery platforms and corresponding nutrition interventions through the continuum of care in...

Africa is not on track to meet 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 most recent estimates show that 281.6 million people on the...

Les maladies virales des abeilles sont répandues à travers le monde. Elles sont généralement sous-évaluées par les apiculteurs. Elles peuvent causer de graves pertes économiques si elles sont associées à d'autres maladies des abeilles. L'acarien varroa destructor a grandement contribué à augmenter l'incidence des maladies virales. Varroa est un support...

Lugares con poca capacidad natural productiva requieren estrategias especiales para convertirse en sistemas productivos agropecuarios. En la zona de Yavi el uso de cultivos locales, el trabajo con abonos compuestos y las prácticas ancestrales permiten aumentar la resiliencia productiva. El objetivo es cuidar de la biodiversidad, diversificar la producción en...

Proviniendo una flexibilidad en el manejo de los pastos debido a la facilidad desde el punto de vista de transporte, instalación y manejo, el cerco eléctrico ofrece una buena alternativa al clásico cerco fijo para pequeños agricultores. En esta ficha técnica se describen las ventajas, los modos de uso y...

La producción de miel a nivel rural se realiza todo el año en las áreas rurales por ser una actividad rentable y poco exigente en cuanto a tiempo requerido y necesidades de mano de obra. La recolección de la miel se realiza de manera colectiva en las comunidades. Esta práctica...

Gloves make part of the beekeeper's protective gear. They protect the beekeeper's hands and fore arms from bee stings. The material used to make the gloves, generally a soft durable leather, should not allow the bees to sting through it.

El presente informe desarrolla una propuesta para identificar criterios de resiliencia climática e indicadores en políticas públicas y programas sobre desarrollo agrícola rural y agricultura familiar en particular. Para apoyar a los países en este esfuerzo de identificación de criterios y desarrollo de indicadores clave, se proponen algunos ejemplos para...

Corpoica Turipaná LCER 0007 es una nueva variedad de algodón de tipo convencional con tolerancia media a enfermedades foliares, que se obtuvo del cruzamiento entre las variedades Vallenata M-135 y Delta OPAL. Apta para zonas algodoneras pertenecientes al Caribe húmedo colombiano. Más Información: Bibliografía completa de la corporación Editorial Agrosavia Repositorio Institucional (BAC) Podcast Dimensions Agriperfiles Google Scholar LaReferencia Redalyc Redcol ResearchGate WhastApp Noticias...

Conservation Agriculture (CA), No-till method of farming which is climate smart, increases organic carbon of the soil, essentially are generative agricultural practice, considerably increases productivity of the land and adds to the amazing happiness & confidence of the farmer." The Saguna Regenerative Technique (SRT) cultivation method was evolved in 2011...

Brazil used to be a country rich in biodiversity, but in the semi-arid North East of the country, Extensive livestock raising, slash and burn agriculture and uncontrolled demand for wood fuel has have led to widespread environmental degradation of its unique Caatinga biodiversity. Adeline and her granddaughter Jucimara are among...

El establecimiento de bancos forrajes en el área rural de Pasto tiene importancia fundamental, dado que la alimentación de animales y productividad de las fincas tiene un alto costo, que se busca reducir junto con mejorar la productividad. Los bancos forrajeros son cultivos intensivos para la producción de grandes volúmenes...

Los diagnósticos participativos llevados a cabo en las comunidades Kaqchiqueles y en las que trabaja el PESA (Xibalbay, Oratorio y Chaquiyá, municipio de Sololá) indicaron un déficit en acceso y consumo de proteína animal, por lo que se decidió trabajar con Módulo Pecuario (MP) de pollos de engorde. Las aves...