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Managing rust diseases in wheat and barley
Rust diseases spread through wind and can rapidly develop in cool, wet weather. To know if your crop has rust disease, rub over the infected plant part to see if a yellow, brown or black powder sticks to your fingers. By combining organic methods, you will be able to grow...
India
2021 - Access Agriculture
Artículo de revista
Early effects of the COVID-19 outbreak on the African dairy industry: Cases of Burkina Faso, Kenya, Madagascar, and Senegal
This paper provides an early assessment of the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak and of subsequent response measures on milk production, collection, processing, marketing and consumption in Africa. We focus on the period surrounding the first wave of the outbreak (from February to June 2020), during which the number of...
Burkina Faso - Kenya - Madagascar - Senegal
2021 - Cahiers Agricultures
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Organic coating of cereal seed
The organic coat protects your seed from birds and insects, and gives the young seedlings extra moisture and nutrients. You can also sow coated seeds much earlier, before the rains start.
Burkina Faso
2021 - Access Agriculture
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Big Food in Africa: Endangering people’s health
Nearly 33 million households on the African continent are involved in smallholder farming. Smallholder farmers have long supplied Africans with safe and healthy foods, making Africa's diets among the healthiest on the planet.1 The situation, however, is changing. Multinational corporations are aggressively trying to take over food systems in Africa (and...
2021 - AFSA
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Knowledge transfer and practical learning/training model (s) in Africa
In Africa, agricultural Gross Domestic Product (GDP) accounts for more than 20 percent of the total GDP. The farmers’ income is mainly from the farming industry, and it accounts for more than 80 percent of total household income. However, despite Africa’s plentiful agricultural resources, the continent still faces serious food...
Benin - Kenya - Lesotho - Uganda
2021 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Artículo de blog
Leveraging human rights to improve the life of family farmers
Family farmers are needed for the transformation of agrifood systems. The facts speak for themselves: they produce over 80% of the food in the world and occupy up to 80% farmland, mostly operate at small-scale level, since 95% of existing farm units are less than 5 hectares big and more than...
2021 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
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Smallholder Horticulture Empowerment and Promotion (SHEP) approach as an innovative agriculture extension method
Smallholder Horticulture Empowerment and Promotion (SHEP) Approach is an extension and advisory approach, aiming to help farmers to access and benefit from markets by changing their mindset from “Grow and Sell” to “Grow to Sell”.
It was developed through the technical cooperation project in Kenya and managed to double the...
Kenya
2021 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Artículo de blog
The challenges of being a female farmer in Uganda
Nambiro Fatuma, a Ugandan farmer, talks to us about the challenges and the inequalities that make woman empowerment seem rather utopian where she lives and holds her small family farm.
Nambiro Fatuma is a single mother of 4 kids that fully depend on her. She, on the other hand, depends on her income that comes from a family farm owned by her father. “I produce bananas, maize, beans, cassava, sweet potatoes, mangoes and avocados…” she says. “I once thought about...
Greece
2021 - Food Security Center
Artículo de revista especializada
From Torrents to Trickles: Irrigation's Future in Africa and Asia
Irrigation has been a key component of agricultural intensification and transformation in Asia and has the potential to take on the same role in Sub-Saharan Africa. Irrigation has contributed to increased food production, lower food prices, higher rural employment, and overall agricultural and economic growth. At the same time, irrigation—through...
2021 - IFPRI
Artículo de blog
For Kenyan farmers, organic fertilizer bokashi brings the land back to life
Farmers in Kenya’s arid Tharaka Nithi county are growing fresh vegetables thanks to the use of an organic fertilizer known as bokashi. Made from a mix of farmyard waste, bokashi adds both nutrients and microorganisms to the soil, unlike chemical fertilizers that add only nutrients that are quickly consumed or washed...
Kenya
2021
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Examen de l’état de la restauration des forêts et des paysages en Afrique 2021
L’objectif du présent rapport est d’évaluer la mise en œuvre actuelle de la restauration des forêts et des paysages (RFP) en Afrique. Il expose le contexte de la RFP sur le continent africain, met en lumière les principales initiatives de la RFP et en donne un aperçu en Afrique au...
2021 - Organisation des Nations Unies pour l’alimentation et l’agriculture (FAO)
Artículo de revista especializada
Covid-19 management by farmers and policymakers in Burkina Faso, Colombia and France: Lessons for climate action
All over the world, the lockdown approach, which was used as the primary strategy to mitigate the Covid-19 crisis, affected various productive sectors and resulted in increased poverty (UNO Info, 2020). The agricultural sector was recognized as a priority sector and was less affected by Covid-19 related travel restrictions for...
Burkina Faso - Colombia - France
2021
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What can smallholder farmers grow in a warmer world? Climate change and future crop suitability in East and Southern Africa
According to a new study, rising temperatures and decreased rainfall in eight Southern and East African countries are likely to reduce the production of vital food crops in the region by 2050. The International Fund for Agricultural Development has issued the scientists' report, which covers Angola, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda,...
Angola - Lesotho - Malawi - Mozambique - Rwanda - Uganda - Zambia - Zimbabwe
2021 - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Artículo
Stratégies paysannes de participation à la domestication du poivre sauvage de Madagascar, le Tsiperifery
À Madagascar, le Tsiperifery, une espèce de poivrier sauvage endémique de l’île, est actuellement soumis à une surexploitation. Un programme participatif de domestication de cette plante a été lancé pour assurer la durabilité de son exploitation. Des techniques de culture sont co-construites par des chercheurs et des paysans sur trois sites...
Madagascar
2021 - École Doctorale Gestion des Ressources Naturelles et Développement, École Supérieure des Sciences Agronomiques, Université d’Antananarivo, Antananarivo, Madagascar
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Vulnerability and resilience of West African coastal socio-ecosystems: current knowledge and questions about the future of the Bissau-Guinea-Senegal coastal area
Due to its geographical position (proximity to the Atlantic Ocean), the richness of its ecosystems (predominantly mangrove rivers) and the importance of socio-economic activities (fishing, rice growing, tourism, etc.), West Africa remains one of the most important regions in the world. It is among the regions most affected by environmental...
2021 - Revue Belge de Géographie
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How to make starter strips for topbar hives
In the management of a topbar hive (TBH), an essential step is the application of starter strips on the top bars, from which the bees will build their combs. These starter strips guide the bees to build their combs nicely down from the top bars. This will allow the beekeeper...
Senegal
2021 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Artículo de revista
Les systèmes alimentaires aux défis de la crise de la Covid-19 en Afrique : enseignements et incertitudes
La crise liée au SARS-CoV2 (syndrome respiratoire aigu sévère–coronavirus 2) a donné lieu à une profusion de documents et webinaires sur la sécurité alimentaire au niveau international, ce qui tend à brouiller la compréhension des dynamiques à l’œuvre sur le terrain. Cet article se propose de faire le point sur...
2021 - Cahiers Agricultures
Libro
Potentially Important Food Plants of Nigeria
Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which:
identify highly nutritious local food plants,
explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way,
detail the nutritional value of the plants and
describe why human bodies require those nutrients.
The resources created by FPS allows people to better...
Nigeria
2021 - Food Plant Solutions
Artículo de revista especializada
How is organic farming performing agronomically and economically in sub-Saharan Africa?
The potential of organic agriculture and agroecological approaches for improving food security in Africa is a controversial topic in global discussions. While there is a number of meta-analyses on the environmental, agronomic and financial performance of organic farming, most of the underlying data stems from on-station field trials from temperate regions....
2021
Prácticas
Extraction du miel par pressage - Pressoir à miel de Goma (RDC)
Un pressoir à miel est un outil qui permet à l'apiculteur d'extraire le miel plusieurs rayons à la fois. Le modèle de presse à miel présenté ici est un modèle basique qui peut être facilement fabriqué localement car il ne nécessite que du bois, un seau en plastique, des vis...
Congo
2021 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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