Pastoral systems have evolved to function with the natural environment and therefore with variability. By identifying variability as an entry point, this paper aims at (i) engaging FAO in the mainstreaming of pastoralism by establishing the understanding of pastoralism, and its systematic inclusion in the normal operations of FAO, and...

Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which: identify highly nutritious local food plants, explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way, detail the nutritional value of the plants and describe why human bodies require those nutrients. The resources created by FPS allows people to better...

Even before COVID-19, hundreds of millions of people suffered from hunger. Billions more were malnourished, with no access to healthy diets. The agriculture food systems (agri-food systems) of the world are under tremendous stress from loss of biodiversity and climate change. To meet the challenges of growing enough food for...

La presente cartilla es un producto del Macroproyecto de Investigación Participante “Este es mi campo” de la Fundación Universitaria Agraria de Colombia; experiencia articuladora de las funciones sustantivas universitarias (formación, investigación y extensión), de los pilares institucionales (sostenibilidad ambiental, cultura del emprendimiento y desarrollo regional); y al mismo tiempo, integradora...

Forests, and the communities who protect and manage them, are critical in tackling climate change and nature loss. From COP26, guest blogger Gustavo Sánchez explains why they can no longer be ignored in the distribution of climate finance and describes a new fund that gets money directly to local forest...

We present results from the FAOSTAT agri-food systems emissions database, relative to 236 countries 21 and territories and over the period 1990-2019. We find that in 2019, world-total food systems emissions were 16.5 billion metric tonnes (Gt CO2eq yr-1 22 ), corresponding to 31% of total anthropogenic emissions. Of the...

Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which: identify highly nutritious local food plants, explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way, detail the nutritional value of the plants and describe why human bodies require those nutrients. The resources created by FPS allows people to better...

The main aim of this study was to evaluate SOC sequestration, the national distribution, and the results with different sustainable soil management (SSM) practices. SOC sequestration potential after the adoption of SSM practices under specific conditions was expressed in different ways depending on the definition of SOC baseline stocks and...

The narrative that ‘meat and milk are bad’ because livestock production is a major greenhouse gas emitter is widespread, promoted by international agencies, campaign groups, corporations and governments. This overarching narrative has led to generalised policy prescriptions, applicable to some western diets and to some forms of livestock production. Of...

Los materiales genéticos utilizados como copas de cacao, conocidos como clones, se seleccionan según características. La compatibilidad de un material genético depende de si la flor de cacao acepta o rechaza su propio polen, la compatibilidad también se da entre materiales distintos. Más Información: Bibliografía completa de la corporación Editorial Agrosavia Repositorio Institucional (BAC) Podcast Dimensions Agriperfiles Google...

In May 2021, Gaza experienced sustained bombing over eleven days. More than 50% of the women’s farms were damaged or completely destroyed. This article contains stories of success and resilience told by women farmers as they work towards rebuilding their farms and food processes, and restoring Palestinian food sovereignty.

The Brazilian Association of Agroecology (ABA-Agroecologia) and the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) present the IV ''Agroecological Transition Collection''. The book analyses the relations between biodiversity, food culture, and gender relations, from the perspective of food security and food and nutritional sovereignty.

Animals, so important for food security – they provide us with milk, with eggs, with meat. But as global population growth has accelerated, so has the demand for animal produce – putting a strain on both farmers and the environment. Simply raising more animals is not an option; it would...

Las transiciones hacia sistemas agroalimentarios justos, resilientes y sostenibles, requieren del re-conocimiento y re-valorización de sistemas tradicionales que han sido desarrollados y preservados por la Agricultura Campesina, Familiar y Comunitaria (ACFC).

latest podcast episode focuses on the digitalisation of agriculture in the EU. We hear from one enterprising cereal farmer in Ireland who has seen his yields grow as the time he spends on repetitive tasks in the field declines, and speak to a scientist at the European Space Agency who...

Through support from the FAO-EU Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Programme, the Organization Asociación Balam has connected local carpenters to legal timber producers in the northern Guatemalan department of Petén by building and strengthening cooperatives. FAO’s partners also provided dedicated trainings to Municipal Government officials on good forest governance...

Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which: identify highly nutritious local food plants, explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way, detail the nutritional value of the plants and describe why human bodies require those nutrients. The resources created by FPS allows people to better...

With Turkey hosting more than 3.6 million Syrians, that makes it home to the world’s largest refugee population. Many of those refugees, who have been granted “temporary protection” in Turkey, work in the agri-food and livestock sectors, which offer the most opportunities in the areas where they reside. However, these opportunities...

La propagación asexual mediante injertos se emplea para mantener la identidad genética de los materiales en las plantaciones nuevas de cacao. Dos de las técnicas de injertación más utilizadas por los viveristas en el proceso de multiplicación de plantas de cacao son la de parche y la de púa terminal....

Experience FAO’s work with pastoralist communities in the Greater Karamoja Cluster in East Africa. In this immersive 360° experience, use your mouse to scroll inside the video and explore our work through the eyes of the beneficiaries: from Pokot and Karamojong shepherds, and a young girl’s passion for farming, to...