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Production of high-quality cassava flour
High-Quality Cassava Flour (HQCF) is an attractive alternative to cassava starch that can form the starting point for a cassava-based industry. HQCF production is less capital intensive and requires lower levels of inputs for success, compared to cassava starch. HQCF can be used as an alternative to starch and other...
Ghana
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Vídeo
Impact of COVID-19 on Farmers in Sagwara, India
It is now harvest season in Sagwara district in India. However, the country was placed under lockdown to contain the spread of COVID-19. In effect, harvesting machines and laborers are not allowed to go outside or to travel to other villages. Without help from laborers, farmers will not be able...
India
2020 - SEWA
Informe
Mapping Agroecology in Hungary
This report is the result from a 10-month-long mapping project in 2019-2020, commissioned by Agroecology Europe, carried out by Védegylet Egyesület with the help of Environmental Social Science Research Group (ESSRG), Hungary.
It provides a general overview of the present state of agroecology in Hungary, through attaining an understanding of the historical and political contexts in...
Hungary
2020 - Agroecology Europe, Védegylet Egyesület, Environmental Social Science Research Group (ESSRG)
Artículo de revista especializada
Food production and gender relations in multifunctional landscapes: a literature review
High expectations are put to multifunctional land use systems that they can provide solutions to the increasing global demand for land and food. In this literature review, we ask whether multifunctional landscapes hold specific opportunities for women in enhancing food production and security in a context of gender inequality guided...
2020
Artículo de blog
Europe and Central Asia discuss solutions to promote sustainable agri-food systems
The 32nd Session of the FAO Regional Conference for Europe started as FAO Members from Europe and Central Asia will discuss several challenges facing the region on food and agriculture, particularly how to promote sustainable agri-food systems and healthy diets as well as solutions for youth, employment and developing rural areas.
Hosted by Uzbekistan in...
Uzbekistan
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN FAO
Vídeo
7 técnicas compostaje casero
En este video se realiza una explicación paso a paso de cómo tratar residuos domésticos y a la vez, producir un abono orgánico tipo compost para tu huerta urbana o rural.
2020
Conferencia/Reunión
7ª Conferencia Online FAO - Serie COVID 19
Agricultura familiar: situación y desafíos frente al COVID-19
La Séptima Conferencia contó con palabras de apertura de Julio Berdegué, Subdirector General y Representante Regional de la FAO para América Latina y el Caribe, y también con la participación de las siguientes autoridades y especialistas:
• José Ángel López Camposeco, Ministro de Agricultura, Ganadería y Alimentación de Guatemala
• Marcela...
2020 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Prácticas
Harvesting honey from giant honey bees
Harvesting honey from colonies of giant honey bees, Apis breviligula and Apis dorsata can be a profitable village enterprise. Smoke is used to drive away the bees from their nest. The honeycomb is cut and separated from the pollen and brood. The comb is processed in a honey house to...
Philippines
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Prácticas
Fisheries stock assessment using the FMSP stock assessment tool and a simple guide to writing a management plan
Stock assessment tools and fishery management guidelines were synthesised into a framework guide. The guide assists fisheries managers in using Fisheries Management Science Programme (FMSP) stock assessment tools. It describes a process for writing and implementing a fishery management plan and shows how stock assessment tools can support fishery managers...
India
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Vídeo
Impact of COVID-19 on Farmers in India
In Gamda Bamaniya village in India, many farmers cultivate wheat. However, right now they face challenges in terms of their livelihood. It is the harvest season now, but due to the lockdown being implemented in the country to stop the spread of COVID-19, laborers from other villages cannot travel to...
India
2020 - SEWA
Artículo de revista especializada
Assessing agroecological practices using a combination of three sustainability assessment tools
The alignment of the environmental, economic and social sustainability of farms is necessary for enhancing the provision of public goods in farming. This study combines the use of three tools for the assessment of farm sustainability. It provides first insights into the sustainability performance of farms at different stages of agro-ecological...
2020
Vídeo
#IGrowYourFood - Meet Togia Tavita Faletoese, an organic farmer from Samoa
We’re trying to teach our young ones that there’s no rocket science to it. It’s about keeping that natural balance and it will just keep giving.” 🌱 Meet Togia Tavita Faletoese, a Samoan organic farmer who set up a youth farm to pass on traditional knowledge
Samoa
2020 - IFOAM - Organics International
Hoja informativa
Organic Arable Production: Soil fertility overview
Healthy crops in organic systems need good soil fertility. This is built and maintained with leguminous and other green manures; Farm Yard Manure (FYM) and compost from the farm.
2020 - Soil Association
Artículo de blog
Farm to Fork strategy for sustainable food
The Farm to Fork strategy for Sustainable food is a key component of the European Green Deal. European food is famous for being safe, nutritious and of high quality. It should now also become the global standard for sustainability.
European Union
2020 - European Commission
Vídeo
Cómo reproducir Microorganismos de Montaña
Este video enseña cómo realizar recolección y reproducción de Microorganismos de Montaña: aplicaciones en actividades agropecuarias, método japones, mejoramiento de suelo, agroecología y bioinsumos.
2020
Artículo de blog
A common ground
Farmers need new ideas, and researchers need data. When these two professional groups meet in the framework of collaborative or participatory research, it is often not clear who has to evolve in what direction: do farmers need to learn about research protocols, systematically collecting and analysing data, or do researchers...
Niger
2020 - AgroInsight, Access Agriculture
Vídeo
Vermiwash: an organic tonic for crops
Vermiwash is the liquid that is collected after water passes through compost made by earthworms. It is rich in plant growth hormones, micro-nutrients, and major nutrients like nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium.
India
2020 - Access Agriculture
Artículo de blog
Farmers in El Salvador adapt livelihoods to the new realities of COVID-19
Growing vegetables to meet changed demands during the pandemic
11/05/2020
Juan Carlos Rivera lives in the Dry Corridor of El Salvador, an area where high temperatures, low rainfall and regular droughts pose constant regular problems to his way of life. He is a farmer who sells rabbits and quail, but with the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, he and his...
El Salvador
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Conferencia/Reunión
8ª Conferencia Online FAO - Serie COVID 19
El rol de los institutos de investigación agropecuaria
La conferencia tuvo palabras iniciales de Julio Berdegué, Subdirector General y Representante Regional de FAO para América Latina y el Caribe, y fue moderado por Rubén Echeverría, Investigador Senior del Instituto Internacional de Investigación en Políticas Alimentarias.
Presentaciones:
Susana Mirassou, Presidenta del Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), Argentina
Jorge Diaz, Director Ejecutivo...
2020 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Actas de conferencia
The future of food safety
This technical summary prepared by FAO and the World Health Organization (WHO) reports on the two international food safety conferences held in Addis Ababa and Geneva in February and April 2019. It recalls the key actions and strategies presented to address current and future challenges to food safety globally and...
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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