En raison des nouvelles techniques de culture et de la pression croissante des parasites, il devient de plus en plus important de surveiller efficacement les populations de ravageurs dans les champs. Dans cette vidéo, Cindy Lassoureille de la société cap2020 présente les pièges connectés. cap2020 utilise des pièges disponibles dans...

Se está frente a una crisis compleja global que se manifiesta en un entramado de relaciones múltiples y complejas que la pandemia obliga a considerar entre la sociedad, el ambiente y la economía. En este artículo se pretende realizar este entretejido partiendo primero del nivel mundo, para posteriormente resaltar los...

This technology describes the cost-benefit analysis of of rearing improved chicken breeds in chicken houses in Uganda. The improved breeds are more resistant to climatic stresses and diseases. Rearing chicken in chicken houses enhances the profitability of poultry production. The transition from free range to chicken houses allows keeping track...

Simón Laura y su hija se ocupan de su huerto familiar en las afueras de El Alto-La Paz, ayudando a garantizar el suministro de productos frescos a las ciudades cercanas

During the Coronavirus crisis, it has become clear how fragile and vulnerable agro-industrial supply chains can be. However, a movement known as "Community Supported Agriculture" (CSA) is at its peak, a model of local marketing providing healthy and nutritious products from the field to the kitchen. Members buy a share...

European farmers are faced with increasing challenges, including the effects of climate change. Agro-ecological approaches can help them to develop more sustainable and resilient farming systems that combine stable yields with enhanced biodiversity and ecosystem services. Agro-ecological approaches are inspired by natural ecosystems. They focus on the interactions between plants,...

!is section on Soil fertility management in agroecological farming is supposed to be used together with the trainings on specific commodities. !e training concept is the same as outlined for the trainings in the commodities. We provide this part on soil fertility management as a separate leaflet because it is...

WAW and PAKISAMA of Pambansang Kilusan ng mga Samahang Magsasaka share common views and interest regarding the need to develop information systems to strengthen family farmers’ organizations (FOs). Indeed, information systems are a real asset for FOs since they allow to improve their  own knowledge on their members: beyond just...

Luis Sinche, un productor de bananos del Perú, continúa recolectando sus frutos, suministrando a los pueblos cercanos productos frescos en época de la pandemia.

Malnourished children are as such because in most cases, their families are not able to feed them properly. Poor families lack the financial means to buy adequate foods in proper quantity, quality and diversity. They consequently adopt diets that lack protein, vitamins and other micro-nutrients in particular. The most affected...

Land access issues, long since recognised in international and institutional spaces, are even more urgent in the current context: both due to the COVID-19 pandemic and with the release of the European Commission’s Farm to Fork strategy, which have highlighted the importance of local food systems which can only be...

Bokashi fertilizer is a fermented organic soil amendment that functions as an inoculant and a fertility builder. This video guides viewers through the 15-day process of producing a significant amount of Bokashi and provides instructions on how to apply the product. Mastering this process allows growers to produce their own...

Mobility in West African countries has long been a traditional adaptation strategy to climatic stressors. Present environmental changes stress the agricultural sector, which accounts for 35 percent of West Africa's GDP and employs over 80 percent of the workforce. Employment in agriculture is so high that decay in agricultural production...

This report elaborated by ‘’Ecologists in Action’’ discusses how climate change affects food production and makes an assessment of the proposed strategies in the framework of international negotiations on climate change. Different issues responsible for climate change are described: among these we find land use change; industrial animal husbandry as another...

A brief overview of relevant global findings and processes on the contributions of small-scale fisheries and rights to food and nutrition security, with a focus on the FAO. In fact, the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication (SSF Guidelines) endorsed by...

As acute food insecurity levels appear to be reaching new highs globally, also as a result of the socio-economic fallout of measures imposed to contain the spread of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), this joint FAO-WFP report aims to raise an early warning on 20 countries and situations - called hotspots...

In the wake of the global pandemic, COVID-19, Countries are taking measures to halt its spread. However, such measures can have unintended consequences for food security, namely availability, access, utilization and stability of food supplies at global, national, local levels. Therefore, countries need to know and take into account the...

En 2013, la FAO a lancé l’Initiative Croissance bleue visant à stimuler le développement économique et social des communautés qui dépendent des ressources aquatiques pour leur alimentation et leurs moyens d’existence. Ces dernières années ont vu l’émergence d’une nouvelle vague d’innovateurs Croissance bleue qui luttent contre la pêche illégale qui...

The problems related to the lack of land and financial capacity to buy agricultural inputs, especially in slums can be solved by using sack gardens. Earth-filled sacks are placed on doorsteps and used to grow vegetables in. Sack gardens do not require much agricultural land nor much water. They are...

In Spain earth-banked terraces are constructed on moderately gentle slopes by agricultural machines to reduce slope gradient and length and improve soil organic matter and structure. Terraces reduce the formation of gullies and retain water from upslope and often stones are used to reinforce the terrace ridge. The terrace ridges...