Indigenous chickens play an important role in the livelihoods of most rural families in Eastern Africa. Despite increased use of commercial breeds by large-scale producers, around three quarters of chickens in the region are indigenous breeds. This manual gives information on improved management practices of rearing indigenous chickens. The following...

Tsetse flies (Glossina spp.) infest over 11 million sq km of Africa, and are vectors of Trypanosomosis (or Trypanosomiasis) in both humans and domestic livestock. For example, it is estimated that tsetse cover over 7 percent of Zimbabwe and 60 percent of Tanzania and Trypanosomosis has an important negative impact on livestock...

A project initiated by the Pastoralist Development Network of Kenya investigated and documented the community initiative in the Olgos area of Narok county to reverse the perilous effects of the fragmentation of Maasai rangelands and fencing off of individual parcels. It was essentially a reflection on the functional experiential learning...

The high rate of adult obesity observed in Samoa (almost 46 percent in 2016) points to access to an amount of dietary energy that is well above the minimum amount of dietary energy needed by the population to be in good health and to be socially active. The analysis of...

Alicia llegó a la apicultura por casualidad. Y empezó a especializarse a partir de un error. Pero se enamoró de la actividad, se asoció con otros productores, gracias a lo que accedió a distintos programas que le permitieron multiplicar su producción. Hoy es referente en la materia, además de ser...

Cactus pads are rich in minerals like calcium, phosphorous and magnesium, and have moderate levels of protein and fibre. You can start harvesting cactus pads one year after planting and harvest pads every 4 months as per your needs. Cactus will give fodder for more than 20 years.

Les presentamos el video de cierre del Proyecto FIC Agricultura Familiar Campesina. En este video les mostramos lo que hemos hecho junto a los pequeños agricultores de la región de Valparaíso, en donde se han implementado prácticas sustentables, competitivas y de asociatividad. #AgricultoresRegiónDeValparaíso#PrácticasSustentablesEnAgricultura

El nitrógeno es uno de los nutrientes principales que necesitan todas las plantas, por lo que los árboles de mezquite y huizache tienen un papel importante en su ecosistema, uso en la vida diaria y son una fuente rica en proteína que antes se consumía en diversas regiones del país....

Chalkbrood is caused by the fungus Ascosphaera apis and affects the brood. Spores of Ascosphera apis are transmitted through the food. Chalkbrood disease occurs worldwide, especially during the colony’s growth in spring, when there are not enough adult bees present in the hive to keep the rapidly expanding brood warm. The brood located on...

Load Tracking is one of a suite of loss assessment tools, including the Informal Fish Loss Assessment Method (IFLAM) and the Questionnaire Loss Assessment Method (QLAM). Prior to the research which informed their development, with the exception of work by FAO and NRI, little effort had been made to develop...

This issue was designed as a special edition to complement ICSF's campaign celebrating the contributions of small-scale fisheries to nutrition and food security within a human-rights-based framework. As the SAMUDRA Comment notes, the COVID-19 pandemic reminds us of the connection between food, health systems, sustainable development and human rights, and...

The Roundup includes recent publications, films added to our Documentation centre, meetings coming up, websites  which are important to small-scale fisheries, flashback of editorial from old issues of samudra report related to the theme  and Endquote from the world of literature related to fisheries. 

In this video, a small scale farmer illustrates how to make organic fertilizer using plants, ash and urine. This fertilizer can also act as a pesticide for crops like bananas.

The Asia and Pacific region is very dynamic and the countries vary in terms of socio-economic status, physical size (and that of their populations) and agro-climatic zones. Therefore they can often face both similar and/or very different challenges. The kind of support programmes that FAO provides also vary widely, with...

La cire est un produit de la ruche obtenu soit par récupération des vieilles cires lors du changement des cadres usés soit par les opercules lors de la désoperculation des cadres de miel lors d'une récolte. La cire est produite par les jeunes abeilles chargées des travaux de la construction...

The COVID-19 pandemic is a health and human crisis threatening the food security and nutrition of millions of people around the world. Hundreds of millions of people were already suffering from hunger and malnutrition before the virus hit and, unless immediate action is taken, we could see a global food...

This note highlights the importance of engaging members of the community in documenting the wealth of traditional knowledge regarding feed and fodder systems across different agro-ecological regions. This process enhanced their self-respect and dignity in terms of their heritage and inspired them to revitalise and reintegrate some of these practices...

Planning and policy-making for the development of the post-harvest fisheries sector have been hampered by the lack of practical tools to understand post-harvest fish losses. The Informal Fish Loss Assessment Method (IFLAM) is a practical, flexible way to quickly generate qualitative and indicative quantitative data on post-harvest fish losses. This...

Dans les oasis de Beni-Isguen, du Ghoufi et du Ghout, les agriculteurs utilisent des méthodes ancestrales pour lutter contre les insectes et les maladies. Pour préserver la nature et l'écosystème des oasis, les agriculteurs locaux pratiquent des techniques agricoles ancestrales, comme le traitement des maladies et des insectes par le...

This initiative on strengthening policy engagement capacity to improve food security was a three-year project from 2013 to 2016. Funded by the European Union, it was implemented jointly by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the Tanzania Natural Resource Forum (TNRF) in Longido District in northern Tanzania....