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Indigenous tenure security and local participation in climate mitigation programs: Exploring the institutional gaps of REDD+ implementation in the Peruvian Amazon
The Reduction of Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+) mechanism faces implementation challenges related to tenure security and governance institutions. In response, multiple regional climate mitigation initiatives have emerged. In Peru, indigenous networks have created their own Indigenous Amazonian REDD (RIA), an initiative aiming to strengthen property rights for...
Peru
2020 - Swiss National Science Foundation
Boletín informativo
IFPRI Resources and Analyses on COVID-19 (also known as Coronavirus)
IFPRI is curating a series of analyses from IFPRI researchers and guest contributors on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on national and global food and nutrition security, poverty, and development. The webpage will continue to be updated with new analyses in the coming weeks and months.
2020 - IFPRI
Artículo de blog
Challenges for emerging small-scale livestock farmers in Nigeria
Engaging in crop and animal production, seems like a dead-end in order to diversify the country’s economy. But what are the challenges that farmers are facing during the process of a more sustainable and food secure future?
According to Food and Agriculture Organization, around 60 to 70% more food will have...
Nigeria
2020 - Food Security Center
Prácticas
The FAO-Thiaroye processing technique: how to use and operate it
The FTT-Thiaroye is a technique drawn from the collaborative efforts between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the National Training Center for Fisheries and Aquaculture Technicians (CNFTPA) training institute in Senegal. Its development addresses the need to improve small-scale fish drying and smoking operations. The...
Senegal
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Prácticas
Alternative seedbed methods for T. aman rice under drought prone conditions
The agriculture sector in Bangladesh is highly sensitive to climate variability and climate change. Agriculture-based subsistence economy employs almost two thirds of the population, and adaptation to climate change is vital to maintain sustainable development. In north-western Bangladesh adaptation practices need to target transplanted aman rice, the most important crop...
Bangladesh
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Prácticas
Management of flood control, drainage and irrigation (FCDI) sluice gates
Many floodplains have been compartmentalized to give more control over water for rice growing. This in turn has restricted access to fish, which would normally contribute significantly to resources available to poor communities. Sluice gates are used to control water in the compartments. An improved regime for the operation of...
Bangladesh
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Directrices
A Mini Barefoot Guide Agroecology Series - Whole Landscapes, Whole Communities
Working with Nature to Heal, Transform and Regenerate Landscapes
This mini Barefoot Guide is an introduction to the Seed Knowledge Initiative (SKI) partners’ journey of landscape-level work with communities in the Southern African region. It is a resource to those communities and those working with them to think about why this landscape-level work is important. They will find inspiration and lessons from successful...
2020 - The Seed Knowledge Initiative (SKI)
Artículo de revista especializada
Characterization of eggplant producers in the Caribbean region of Colombia: socio-economic aspects and local production technology
Eggplant represents one of the most widely accepted vegetables in the Colombian Caribbean region due to its cultural and socio-economic importance. In this region, 585 ha werecultivated with a production of 4,298 t, in 2018, grouping 900 growers and representing 93% of the national production. However, despite its representativeness, no characterizationstudies of the species...
Colombia
2020 - Revista Agronomía Colombiana
Vídeo
Desarrollo de bioinsumos para la producción sostenible de hortalizas con pequeños agricultores
Proyecto FONTAGRO "Desarrollo de bioinsumos para la producción sostenible de hortalizas con pequeños agricultores para una soberanía alimentaria en los Andes".
2020 - FONTAGRO
Artículo de blog
How to support mountain agriculture during the COVID-19 crisis? Get inspired by some initiatives
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, farmers face various issues to continue feeding people but also to find alternative distribution channels for their products. With the closure of markets in many countries and the shift of consumer demand to certain types of products, such as flour and eggs, different...
2020 - Euromontana
Prácticas
Comment faire une ruche à barres supérieurs mobiles (modèle du Kenya)
Cette technologie décrit méthodiquement comment faire une ruche à barre supérieures (modèle du Kenya). Une ruche à barres supérieures, (ou une ruche à barres mobiles) est une caisse rectangulaire couverte avec des barres d’une largeur fixées. Les abeilles commenceront la construction de leurs rayons à partir du centre des barres...
Malawi
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Prácticas
Labour-saving technologies and practices: weed wipes and knapsack sprayers
The following technology contains features of weed wipes and knapsack sprayer agricultural tools. It justifies when its utilization might be convenient in terms of its advantages and disadvantages. Advantages include labour-saving, livelihood resilience strengthening, equipment, skills and cost. Disadvantages include skills, cost, risk and infrastructure.
Description
Weeding by hand using traditional hoes...
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Prácticas
Rice weed management (Africa Rice Center video on rice advice)
As effective weed control may increase yields by more than 50 percent, it surely is worthwhile taking a closer look. In this video we learn to differentiate between annual and perennial weeds, while farmers in Mali explain to us how and when to control weeds most effectively. This video presents...
Benin
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Prácticas
Management guidelines for harvest reserves or sanctuaries for tropical river fisheries
The fish stocks of floodplain river systems support intensive artisanal fisheries in many tropical countries, particularly throughout the densely populated Asian region. Although in practice the definition varies across countries, artisanal fisheries are small-scale fisheries carried out by people who rely on fishing to support their families and other local...
Indonesia
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Vídeo
Prácticas Agrícolas Arroceras (SICA/SRI)
Cultivar más con menos: Adaptación, Validación y Promoción del Sistema Intensivo del Cultivo Arrocero (SICA) en las Américas como una respuesta al cambio climático.
2020 - FONTAGRO
Artículo de revista especializada
Telefarming - When Push Comes to Shelve in Responding to COVID-19
COVID-19 has introduced new ways of completing jobs virtually. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, over 22 million Americans filed for unemployment through mid- April 2020 (Long, 2020). Approximately 747,000 citizens in North Carolina alone have been forced out of work due to social distancing requirements (Chiwaya & Wu,...
2020
Prácticas
Introduction à l'agriculture de conservation des sols (AC)
Le labour constitue la principale opération dans l'agriculture conventionnelle. La charrue, l'équipement le plus usité pour réaliser cette opération, est devenue un symbole de l'agriculture. Dans le passé, le labour était considéré comme le gage de l'amélioration de la fertilité des sols, en raison de la minéralisation des éléments nutritifs...
China
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Prácticas
Rice transplanting (Africa Rice Center video on rice advice)
“Yields are much higher when rice is transplanted. Compared to broadcasting, yields are two or three times higher.” This video presents methods of transplanting rice and explains the effect of planting depth, distance and age of seedlings on rice tillering.
Benin
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Artículo de blog
How PGS Changed the Law on Organic Agriculture in the Philippines!
The Senate in the Philippines has approved a bill recognizing Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS) and amending the current legal framework for organic agriculture in the country. PGS are locally focused quality assurance systems of organic products certification which small farmers can afford, and which provides access to healthy and safe...
Philippines
2020 - Organic Without Boundaries
Manual
New trainers’ guide "Participatory On-Farm Breeding of Organic Cotton" published
The "Manual for Participatory On-Farm Breeding of Cotton" aims to assist trainers in conducting instructional and practical training courses on Participatory Plant Breeding (PPB) in their communities and focus areas. It serves as a facilitator handbook to train farmers and help organise their cotton breeding programmes in a participatory manner.
The...
2020 - FiBL
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