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The Inga tree model: regenerative agroforestry
Inga alley-cropping is a system of deep mulching using pruned green leaves from the trees which are contour-planted in hedgerows. Within about 24 months, the Inga trees will have recaptured the site from invasive grasses and will be ready for their first pruning. Following cropping, the trees are left to...
Honduras
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Prácticas
Biosecurity measures in beekeeping concerning main honeybee diseases of Apis mellifera
Biosecurity measures in beekeeping are all the operational activities implemented by beekeepers to reduce the risk of introduction and spread of specific honeybee disease agents. Biosecurity measures can differ between different regions due to local factors such as climatic conditions, beekeeping equipment used, or bee races, and the prevalence, virulence...
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Prácticas
Flood-tolerant rice variety
This technology describes the performance of flood-tolerant rice varieties in flood-prone areas of Lao PDR, including a comparison with local rice varieties monitored within the same farms. Details on local and improved varieties are provided as well as a step by step description on its usage. Additionally, major costs and...
Lao People's Democratic Republic
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Manual
The Global Action for Fall Armyworm Control: Action framework 2020–2022
Fall armyworm (FAW), or Spodoptera frugiperda, is a plant pest originating in the tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas. Over the last few years, FAW has rapidly spread around Africa, Asia and and, most recently, Oceania. Concerted action is essential to prevent this pest from threatening the food security...
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Prácticas
Mejorando la resistencia a sequías de los cultivos de trigo
El Cantón de Juye, un área localizada en una zona de depresión, recibe 500 mm en promedio de precipitación anual. Sin embargo, durante las últimas décadas, la imprevisibilidad del cambio climático ha expuesta esta región a graves sequías, sobre todo en primavera e invierno. Por otro lado, China es el...
China
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Sitio web
THE BARN - A repository of collective action stories
Inside the Barn you’ll find different examples of collective action in sustainable agriculture, marketing and the environment. Some are works in progress, some are works concluded, others are just at the start or even a plan of a project with an expected impact. They are united by a common objective...
2020 - The BOND Project
Artículo de blog
Europe's Agroecology Movement – Progressing in Times of COVID-19
In a series of webinars organized by Forum Synergies and ARC2020, four innovative and committed agroecology initiatives gave an insight into how they strengthened to the challenge at the time of COVID-19. Dozens of people from across Europe and beyond took part in the conversation. The event provided a moment of reflection, some...
2020 - Forum Synergies and ARC2020
Artículo de revista especializada
Ethnic and cultural diversity amongst yak herding communities in the Asian highlands
Ethnic and cultural diversity amongst yak herding communities in the Asian highlands
Yak (Bos grunniens L.) herding plays an important role in the domestic economy throughout much of the Asian highlands. Yak represents a major mammal species of the rangelands found across the Asian highlands from Russia and Kyrgyzstan in the west to the Hengduan Mountains of China in the east. Yak...
2020 - ICIMOD
Aprendizaje en línea
Taller: “Control de chapulines en tu huerto”
Germán Palacios, parte del equipo Vía Orgánica, nos da estas increíbles explicaciones de cómo lidiar con las plagas de chapulines, hay plagas que podrían ser tus aliadas, siempre y cuando actúes a tiempo o sepas identificar el momento preciso.
2020 - Vía Orgánica
Estudio de caso
A community of farmers and fisherfolk, a community of heroes
The resilience of Valencia’s “L’Horta” in times of COVID-19
Amparo Aleixandre's routine is no longer the same. These days, she receives orders through text messages, most of them come from her neighbors in the town of El Palmar, an island with about 700 inhabitants, surrounded by the Albufera lagoon, rice crops and orchards. El Palmar is several kilometers away...
Spain
2020 - FAO
Prácticas
Good beekeeping practices (GBP): extensive list of GBP classified according to the general management operations in the apiary
Good beekeeping practices (GBPs) are a set of integrative activities that beekeepers apply to obtain optimal health for humans, honeybees and the environment. They are general measures valid for beekeeping activities and are globally accepted. They are a tool for beekeepers to successfully address the challenges face in day-to-day apiary...
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Informe
Women’s empowerment through collective action: how can forest and farm producer organisations can make a difference
This research report explores different organisational structures and social and cultural services from a gender-equality and women’s empowerment perspective. More specifically, it examines how access to social and cultural services can facilitate women’s participation in economic and political life. The producer organisation business model provides advantages in creating job opportunities...
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Prácticas
Marketing animals and milk
This practical guide provides advice on where pastoralists can sell their products. It explains different outcomes for milk and animal product types and identifies advantages and disadvantages of market types and market chains.
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Prácticas
Cashing in with parboiled rice (demonstration video)
Rice is highly nutritious, however a lot of its quality is lost during processing. This results in poor quality rice on the market. Therefore, consumers turn to imported rice. In this video you will learn about parboiling, a way to improve rice quality by treating paddy with warm water and...
Benin
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Prácticas
Participatory approaches: client-oriented rice-breeding
High potential rice production systems have diverse biophysical and socio-economic environments, but there is a lack of rice varieties matching this diversity. A number of advanced breeding lines have recently been developed to match these production systems. Therefore, suitable varieties for diverse rice-producing environments were developed in high potential production...
Nepal
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Documento técnico
FAO COVID-19 Response and Recovery Programme for Europe and Central Asia
The COVID-19 pandemic is jeopardizing human health and disrupting the food systems that are the foundations of health. Unless we take immediate action, we could face a global food emergency of severity and scale unseen for more than half a century.
FAO is calling for USD 1.2 billion in initial investments to finance FAO’s COVID-19 Response and Recovery...
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Hoja informativa
Managing rangelands: promoting sustainable rangeland management practices-Grazing management for improving soil stability, plant health and ecosystem integrity
Brief about the key components of grazing management, benefits of proper grazing and Effective grazing management.
Tunisia
2020 - International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)
Aprendizaje en línea
Taller: “Cultiva Hortalizas de temporada”
Sonia Piña y Kristal, del equipo de Equipo Vía Orgánica nos comparte a un taller más para aprender a cultivar hortalizas en temporada de lluvias.
2020
Vídeo
Management of Newcastle disease
In this video we will learn how to recognise Newcastle disease, and the signs, causes, prevention, control and management of this devastating disease.
Malawi
2020 - Access Agriculture
Artículo de blog
Ministros y Secretarios de Agricultura de 34 países de las Américas coordinan acciones para garantizar la alimentación frente al COVID-19
FAO e IICA facilitaron una inédita reunión hemisférica para fortalecer la respuesta de 34 países de las Américas a la pandemia del coronavirus COVID-19.
Ministros y Secretarios de Agricultura de 34 países de las Américas se reunieron hoy de forma remota para compartir sus políticas, acciones y planes para enfrentar el impacto de la pandemia del COVID-19 en la seguridad alimentaria de sus poblaciones, en la agricultura, los sistemas alimentarios y el mundo rural.
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2020 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
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