La última información disponible, a partir de un proveedor de datos privado, muestra que en la mayoría de los países de América Latina y el Caribe el cambio porcentual de los precios de los alimentos, entre el 10 de abril y el 10 de mayo, no ha sido homogéneo. En...

Despite the raise of awareness on the use of pesticides during the last 30 years, pesticide industries grew up thanks to the lack of information about the real damage these products could cause on the environment, human health and on producers’ incomes. The lack of knowledge using large and small...

The following describes the preservation by solar drying of perishable fruits and vegetables. It highlights the features of solar drying as well as its advantages and disadvantages. These include labour saving, livelihood resilience strengthening, equipment, cost, skills, risk and infrastructure.   Description Many perishable fruits and vegetables, such as raisins, prunes, and yams...

Small-stocks play a particularly important role in many forest margin farming systems. A range of simple management strategies, techniques and interventions allow for improved productivity and better integration of animals into these farming systems. In particular, these interventions benefit poorer farmers. In addition to on-farm participatory research activities, a series...

Growing concerns relating to land degradation, threat to eco-systems from over and inappropriate use of inorganic fertilizers, atmospheric pollution, soil health, soil biodiversity, and sanitation have rekindled the global interest in organic recycling practices, like composting. The potential of composting to turn on-farm waste materials into a farm resource makes...

Publicación virtual de un nuevo número de Yemaya, la revista del CIAPA sobre el género en la pesca, en castellano. El último número de Yemaya (núm.61), la revista del Colectivo Internacional de Apoyo al Pescador Artesanal (CIAPA) sobre temas de género en la pesca, publicado en inglés en agosto de 2020,...

Our well-being is highly dependent on biodiversity and the ecosystem services it provides. Yet the loss of soil biodiversity is considered one of the main global threats to soils in many regions of the world. If an enabling environment is built, soil biodiversity could be a nature-based solution to many...

Paternal behaviour of stallions was revealed in the study of our team members in collaboration with colleagues from the University of South Bohemia, which was recently published in the prestigious journal Animal Cognition. Unique long-term research was conducted in the Czech Republic in the semi-feral Exmoor pony harem herds living in...

En medio de la pandemia del Covid-19, muchas familias panameñas han producido para subsistir y comercializar parte de sus cultivos. Es un trabajo noble que en Pananá se encuentra reglamentado.

In collaboration with Biovision and the Institute of Development Studies, IPES-Food analyses the all-important financial flows in food system research that go to sub-Saharan Africa. Our new data shows that only a fraction of agricultural research funding in Africa is being used to transform food and farming systems.

El Foro Rural Mundial - FRM lanza una nueva iniciativa con el objetivo de promover el COOPERATIVISMO AGRARIO aprovechando la oportunidad que nos ofrecen para ello los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS). AgriCOOPDS da a conocer el cooperativismo agrario, mediante la difusión de buenas prácticas y mostrando con claridad la contribución...

El objetivo de esta nota es compartir con la comunidad educativa de la Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias de la Universidad Nacional de Rosario (FCA-UNR) y con los ciudadanos de la región el acontecimiento de una experiencia técnica-pedagógica excepcional en la formación profesional de un grupo de estudiantes. Experiencias que nos plantean...

Dû à un écart croissant entre l’offre et la demande de poisson, la pisciculture est l’élevage de poissons qui sert comme source alimentaire et de revenus. La pisciculture du poisson tilapia est une pratique qui se développe rapidement, peut satisfaire cette demande croissante, et permet un entretien facile. L’établissement d’étangs...

The following provides information on the features of manually operated groundnut strippers and maize shellers. The former separates the pods from the plant whereas the latter removes the kernels from the cob. Advantages and disadvantages of these practices are also provided in terms of labour saving, livelihood resilience strengthening, livelihood...

Mung bean cultivation may be one of the most important long-term adaptation options for drought-prone areas in the northern and northwestern parts of Bangladesh. Since mung beans require minimum moisture, they can be cultivated after the t. aman rice harvest, using the residual moisture in the fields, thus responding to...

Crossbred milking goats have proved to be a popular source of cash income, household daily milk requirements, and manure for smallholder farmers in medium to high potential zones of Kenya. The three-quarter Toggenburg crossbred appears to be the most suitable in terms of both milk production and growth rates. This...

Voici un document très complet sur les avancées de l'agroécologie en Afrique de l'Ouest, et les expérimentations réalisées avec nos partenaires sur place. Depuis bientôt 30 ans, Terre & Humanisme transmet et soutient l’agroécologie vers tous les publics, pour accompagner la transition vers un modèle agricole écologique, humain et solidaire....

Cultivar testing is used by breeding and seed companies, farmers and variety testing authorities to assess the general performance or specific traits of a cultivar. Three different forms of cultivar testing can be distinguished: pre-registration testing, registration testing and post-registration testing.

This technology describes utilizing rooftop water harvesting facilities to increase the availability of water for domestic use and irrigation of backyard ntula/ eggplant (Solanum aethiopicum L.) gardens. This measure allows small-scale farmers to harvest rainwater from roofs and store it in tanks, ensuring ntula production also during the dry season,...

The following technology provides information on the features of grain milling, oil extraction, rice hulling, cassava processing, and coffee processing. Advantages and disadvantages of the practices are also given, including labour saving, livelihood resilience strengthening, livelihood diversification, equipment, infrastructure, costs and risks. This technology is also available in: Portuguese (ID1317)     Description 1. Features of...