In Saint Lucia, farmers are increasingly facing the yellow curly leaf virus as an emerging hazard, affecting their livelihoods. Pests and diseases can seriously damage farmers’ crops and reduce their yields. Farmers were getting apprehensive about continuing with tomato production in the way they did in the past, due to...

Bamboo and rattan are ideal resources for development that integrates poverty reduction and environmental sustainability, and INBAR’s priority is giving people at all levels the knowledge and skills they need for long-term development involving bamboo and rattan. The following, is an overview of simple, traditional technologies and tools for processing...

Poultry reared on dirt floors with deep litter, particularly when the litter gets wet, are predisposed to fungal infections, such as aspergillosis and other protozoan diseases, such as avian coccidiosis. The litter within most poultry pens with dirt floors poses a management challenge, since leaking or faulty waterers allow soaking...

Although, rattan (climbing tree) is an ideal resource for development that integrates poverty reduction and environmental sustainability, the cultivation of rattans is only practiced on a relatively small scale. INBAR’s priority is giving people at all levels the knowledge and skills they need for long-term development involving rattan. Therefore, the...

Greetings from the African Centre for Biodiversity! We are happy to share with you our first newsletter. The onset of the Covid-19 pandemic and ensuing flux has led to deep reflection, as we grapple with how to meet unprecedented challenges. And through the stringent lockdown, our agile and mostly young and women-led team were reaching out to partners locally,...

Financed by the French Development Agency (AFD) and the European Commission, with a budget of 12 million euros, and orchestrated by Group for Research and Technology Exchanges (GRET), with scientific coordination by the French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD), the far-reaching five-year project Agroecology and Safe Food System Transitions (ASSET) will involve 27 partners in...

6 agriculteurs du réseau Agr'eau nous parlent de leur ferme. L'agroforesterie, la conservation des sols, la réintroduction de l'élevage sur une ferme céréalière, l'alimentation du troupeau 100% à l'herbe, sont autant de pratiques vertueuses mises en place par ces agriculteurs.

Our current way of life is unsustainable. It is driving significant changes in land and sea use, has drastic consequences on organisms that are overexploited, causes climate change, pollution, and the spread of invasive species, all contributing to the rapid decline of biodiversity worldwide. A sustainable balance must be found...

In the 2017 and 2018 editions of the Africa Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition, FAO reported that the prevalence of undernourishment was rising in the region. The latest data shows that the deterioration has slowed, but there remain 256 million hungry people in Africa today. The upward trend...

The livelihoods of millions of family farmers in Pakistan have been affected by a series of natural hazards in the last 14 months and stand now to be devastated by COVID-19. In rural parts of Sindh province of Pakistan livestock are an integral part of poor people’s livelihoods, contributing to household...

La conferencia contó con palabras de apertura y comentarios de Julio Berdegué, Sub-Director General de la FAO y Representante Regional para América Latina y el Caribe. Los especialistas invitados fueron: Jeannette Sánchez, Directora División de Recursos Naturales de CEPAL Carolina Trivelli, Investigadora Principal del Instituto de Estudios Peruanos (IEP) Benjamin...

The ENRD newsletter provides all the latest rural development news from Europe straight to your inbox once a month. From policy updates to ENRD meetings and from project outcomes to online videos, this new and updated tool aims to provide something for everybody interested in rural development policy in Europe....

Bamboo and rattan are ideal resources for development that integrates poverty reduction and environmental sustainability, and INBAR’s priority is giving people at all levels the knowledge and skills they need for long-term development involving bamboo and rattan. Bamboo culms provide excellent raw material for processing different kinds of paper and...

September 2020 Nesletter, came with a lot of news.

The achievement of the first two Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – end poverty and hunger by 2030 – requires substantial investments. To fully contribute to sustainable development, both public and private investments should be perfectly aligned with the SDGs. In this context, empowering youth to invest in their own farms...

The international campaign we are all engaged in to reduce our tragic losses to the Covid-19 crisis is just a rehearsal for the big campaign that lies ahead – to preserve and build sustainable local and territorial food systems that connect producers and consumers and provide healthy, nutritious food for...

Saint Lucia as an island in the Southeast Caribbean basin and lies within the hurricane belt. As such, the agriculture sector, among others, is highly affected by the impact of wind storms and hurricanes. In addition, the sector also faces water shortages during the dry season (variable, but typically from...

Markets Collapse and Fishers Left without Social Protection

Due to its location and geology, Dominica is highly vulnerable to many hazards, such as hurricanes, storms, heavy rainfalls, and landslides. These hazards directly affect agricultural productivity and production and increase the potential for soil erosion, which leads to a loss of productive topsoils. Therefore, careful soil management practices in...

The Philippines, due to its geographical location and physical environment, is among the world’s most disaster-prone countries. Disasters include floods, typhoons, monsoon storms and drought. The country experiences an average of 20 typhoons yearly. Natural hazards severely affect people’s livelihoods as they trigger landslides, flash floods, mudslides, widespread flooding and...