This e-update is provided through the FAO Technical Network on Small-Scale Fisheries. It informs about recent and upcoming developments in relation to the implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication (SSF Guidelines). The aim is to capture FAO-initiated developments as...

Los sistemas de producción agrícolas en la subregión Valle del Sinú, en Colombia, en los últimos 50 años, se han basado en la siembra de cultivos en rotación o alternancia de maíz - algodón y arroz, y se caracterizan por el uso intensivo de implementos de mecanización e insumos agrícolas....

In 2019, the South Korean organic movement in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs submitted a proposal to the Ministry of Economy and Finance. This was for the provision of environmentally-friendly food[1] to pregnant women and new mothers in Seoul, Gyeonggi and Jeonnam Province, and twenty-three...

En este video te mostramos en detalle y paso a paso, como cultivamos nuestro Zapallo Colgado. Desde la siembra, hasta obtener tus Zapallos Anco, viendo el crecimiento, como se conducen las ramas y como se refuerzan algunos zapallos para que luego se conserven colgados por muchisimo más tiempo, sin problemas...

Many farmers in Europe and North America are burdened with debts due to the heavy investments they have made over the years to buy farm machinery. A new tractor easily costs 100,000 Euro or more. New agricultural policies often force farmers to change as well.

Este video muestra cómo seleccionar, reproducir y almacenar semillas criollas, a diferencias con semillas híbridas.

There is widespread acknowledgement and appreciation in Northern Europe of the important role that small farms play in supporting rural livelihoods, conserving biodiversity, and maintaining traditional landscapes, rural traditions and cultural heritage. The EU-funded SALSA project set out to examine another potentially important role of small farms – their contribution...

 How far do risks related to rainfall inter-annual variability limit the shift from extensive to intensive farming systems in family agriculture of the tropics? We explored this question in the Brazilian cerrado, where high average rainfall (up to 1500mm y-1) but large inter-annual variability of weather translates into strongly varying...

Conozca las actividades más destacadas en el Informe Anual FONTAGRO del período 2017-2018. FONTAGRO se creó 1998 con el propósito de promover el incremento de la competitividad del sector agroalimentario, asegurando el manejo sostenible de los recursos naturales y la reducción de la pobreza en la región. El objetivo de FONTAGRO...

The following provides features of improved stores facilities for grains. It also details the advantages and disadvantages of this practice? which include labour saving, livelihood resilience strengthening, livelihood diversification, skills, equipment, cost, and risk.

La pandemia provocada por el COVID-19 requiere, además de las medidas sanitarias adoptadas por los gobiernos, respuestas coordinadas para proteger a los sectores más vulnerables; mantener los sistemas agroalimentarios eficientes, inclusivos, resilientes y sensibles a la seguridad y soberanía alimentaria y nutricional. Y, consecuentemente, poder mitigar los efectos sociales y...

El sector agroalimentario, pese a cumplir una función social de primera necesidad, no ha sido inmune al novel coronavirus, cuya retahíla de efectos ha interrumpido el normal funcionamiento de las cadenas alimentarias. En el sector agroalimentario, los inéditos problemas han dado lugar a inéditos desafíos. En América Latina y el...

‘“Business as usual” is no longer an option for a food-secure future. Pastoralism can be an innovative system: a time-tested, undervalued alternative to high-input and resource-intensive farming, and a valuable lesson for the much needed evolution towards ‘farming with nature’, with largely-untapped potential for income growth and employment in marginal...

Aquaponics is the integration of recirculating aquaculture and hydroponics in one production system. Although the production of fish and vegetables is the most visible output of aquaponic units, it is essential to understand that aquaponics is the management of a complete ecosystem that includes three major groups of organisms: fish,...

The following technology provides some examples of the utilisation of animal power as an energy source for post-harvest operations. It details features of draught animal-driven equipment, motorized grain milling (plate, roller and hammer mills), motorized oil extraction (screw-auger press, cage press, and centrifugal cracker for palm oil), motorized cassava processing,...

Tsetse flies live in 36 countries and a total area of between 9 and 10 million square kilometres in Africa. Throughout this area the disease transmitted by the tsetse fly, Trypanosomiasis (or Trypanosomosis), has a significant effect on large numbers of livestock. About 50 million cattle and tens of millions of...

Drying meat under natural temperatures, humidity and circulation of the air, including the direct influence of sun rays, is the oldest method of meat preservation. It consists of gradual dehydration of pieces of meat cut to a specific uniform shape that permits the equal and simultaneous drying of whole batches...

Half of the 1.5 billion people globally who rely on forest landscapes for subsistence and cash income are women. Many see the benefits of participating in various forest and farm producer organisations (FFPOs). These include both general community, smallholder farmer and indigenous people’s organisations and more specific women-only groups –...

In February 2020, more than 100 participants from nearly 30 countries gathered together for a week-long global learning exchange on agroecology.  The practitioners work at the intersection of policy, scientific research, grassroots movement-building, and natural farming practices. They were joined by 18 donors, a half-dozen advisors, and other agroecology allies.  The...

This report explores the politics and practices of small-scale fisheries (SSF) in the context of the global movement for agroecology and food sovereignty. It frames the policy context and explains the challenges related to SSF initiatives and communities and how they organize to address them. It shows how alternative food...