En esta ficha de contexto se mencionan los aspectos importantes de la cadena de arándanos enfocados a su marco productivo, regional, económico, comercio internacional, así como sus perspectivas y tendencias frente al mercado, dando a conocer su entorno de Ciencia y Tecnología e Innovación. Más Información: Bibliografía completa de la corporación Editorial Agrosavia Repositorio...

Methodological recommendations to better evaluate the effects of farmer field schools mobilized to support agroecological transitionsThe Farmer Field School (FFS) approach, based on group experimentation of innovative practices and/or farming systems, is in line with participatory farm advisory efforts. This approach has an ambitious goal: strengthening farmers’ skills so that...

Data from breeder hens and chicks are particularly critical for the development of vitamin B2 recommendations for organic poultry. To test safe thresholds of supplementation, 100 breeder hens (Hubbard JA 57 K) and ten cockerels were allocated to ten housing groups, with each receiving supplementation of either 4.0 (treatment CON) or 2.5 mg...

The reduction of copper-based plant-protection products with the final aim of phasing out has a high priority in European policy, as well as in organic agriculture. Our survey aims at providing an overview of the current use of these products in European organic agriculture and the need for alternatives to...

Although input use in organic agriculture is strictly regulated, and significantly less contentious inputs are applied in organic than in conventional farming systems, copper, mineral oil, external nutrient input, anthelmintics, antibiotics and vitamins are still commonly used among organic farmers in the EU, partly due to the scarce availability of...

Modelo tecnológico para el cultivo de fríjol voluble (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) en el departamento de Antioquia Más Información: Bibliografía completa de la corporación Editorial Agrosavia Repositorio Institucional (BAC) Podcast Dimensions Agriperfiles Google Scholar LaReferencia Redalyc Redcol ResearchGate WhastApp Noticias científicas AGROMETRICS CRIS AGROSAVIA: https://vivo.agrosavia.co/

Es fundamental conocer las características físicas, químicas y biológicas del suelo. Los análisis de suelos, indican la disponibilidad de los nutrientes para el cultivo, los cuales, junto con los requerimientos nutricionales del fríjol, proporcionarán la información necesaria para una fertilización adecuada. Una buena toma de muestra y un adecuado análisis...

How is a new generation of French winegrowers responding to the extreme temperatures and droughts becoming more pronounced in recent years? This summer, Adèle Pautrat visited Sainte Marie des Crozes, an organic and biodynamic Domaine in the village of Douzens in southern France. Winery Manager Christelle Alias and her team...

La época de cosecha del fríjol, depende del tipo de mercado al que vaya enfocado: Fríjol seco o en verde. Más Información: Bibliografía completa de la corporación Editorial Agrosavia Repositorio Institucional (BAC) Podcast Dimensions Agriperfiles Google Scholar LaReferencia Redalyc Redcol ResearchGate WhastApp Noticias científicas AGROMETRICS CRIS AGROSAVIA: https://vivo.agrosavia.co/

Costantino is one of the farmers in the Operational Group SISCCCA. The project develops sustainable integrated systems to control the brown marmorated stink bug.

Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL October 2022 Newsletter News highlighting FiBL’s research, training and advisory services

In areas ravaged by droughts intensified by climate change, women from traditional cattle farming communities in Kenya are expanding their knowledge and skills so that they can get climate smart and adapt to an increasingly arid environment.

The European Farm-to-Fork strategy considers organic farming as a core element for improving agricultural sustainability, due to manifold best practice examples for sustainable farm management. Conversion to organic farming requires comprehensive knowledge about organic production practices, and good understanding of the conversion process itself and the related rules and regulations....

The first wave of desert locust swarms hit Somalia in 2019. Carpets of hopper bands and clouds of locust swarms resembling those of a storm started appearing throughout the country. As the locusts descended on any vegetation they could find, crops succumbed to their appetite; fields became barren with nothing...

ECO_FRUCT_BN, a Romanian Operational Group, is testing different methods and technologies to improve insect pest control in organic fruit production. On 4 pilot organic farms in the hill and mountain area of Bistrita county, the project partners is carrying out trials for integrated pest management (IPM) strategies and a solution...

El cultivo de lima Tahití se desarrolla en Colombia desde los 0 a 1.600 m.s.n.m, pero se recomienda cultivarlo de manera comercial por debajo de los 1.200 m.s.n.m para obtener fruta de mejor calidad y acceder a los mercados de exportación. Más Información: Bibliografía completa de la corporación Editorial Agrosavia Repositorio Institucional (BAC) Podcast Dimensions Agriperfiles Google Scholar LaReferencia Redalyc Redcol ResearchGate WhastApp Noticias...

Poultry waste is rich in nitrogen and other nutrients, and is good food for beneficial microbes in the soil. Mix it with decomposed cow dung and carbon-rich materials. To speed up decomposition, sprinkle organic decomposer or Trichoderma on the waste. From rotten eggs you can make a growth promoter, by...

Despite their important ecological roles for soil health and soil fertility, free-living nematodes (FLN) have received relatively limited research attention. The present study evaluated the community structure and diversity of FLN in a field setting. The experiments were conducted in on-farm and on-station field plots sown to maize (Zea mays) and...

Boletín Territorio y Libertad. Número #3. Soberanía y autonomía alimentaria. PARTE 2. Editado por el Grupo de Trabajo CLACSO Estudios críticos del desarrollo rural

Harvest the soft okra every two days, so they don’t become ripe. But leave the smallest ones for the next harvest. If you leave the pods on the plant to become ripe, this takes energy from the plant and slows down new growth. An okra plant whose pods are harvested...