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Growing azolla for feed
Azolla fixes nitrogen from the air and stores this in its leaves. Azolla is richer in protein, vitamins and minerals than grains and most green fodder. Because of this and because azolla grows fast and easily in a small area, it makes an ideal addition to feed.
2016 - AccessAgriculture
Revista especializada
Making Public Procurement Programs Work for Asian Family Farmers
Public procurement refers to the process through which governments or public agencies acquire goods and services to undertake its daily operations, and deliver basic services to its constituents. Governments buy, lease and/ or secure goods and services through other means of exchange in order to implement their plans and programs....
2016 - Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA)
Artículo de revista especializada
Local knowledge and practices of guarana producers (Paullinia cupana Kunth var. sorbilis) on the middle Amazon: two grassroots organizations confronting innovation
Guarana (Paullinia cupana Kunth var. sorbilis) is a native plant of the Amazon, known worldwide for its stimulant properties. Since 1974, a process of modernization of farming systems has been widespread in the region by monopolistic agribusiness and agricultural research companies. This has resulted in the dissemination of modernizing technological...
Brazil
2016
Vídeo
Water users associations
In Kenya, WRUAs first began forming in the 1990’s. They are established by communities along rivers and guarantee the participation of their members in all management decisions taken on the use of the river water.
Kenya
2016 - Access Agriculture
Artículo de blog
Minas Gerais chega à marca de 7 mil famílias no programa de regularização fundiária rural
Durante uma semana no mês de dezembro, técnicos da Secretaria de Estado de Desenvolvimento Agrário (Seda), em parceria com a Emater-MG e com o Sindicato dos Trabalhadores Rurais, atenderam posseiros de Curvelo, Felixlândia e Inimutaba, interessados em participar do programa estadual de regularização fundiária rural, que estava paralisado desde 2011.
Com...
Brazil
2016 - Secretaria de Estado de Desenvolvimento Agrário (SEDA)
Miscelánea
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreements
ENHANCE FISHERIES GOVERNANCE FOR SUSTAINABLE EXPLOITATION, FISH SUPPLY AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE FISHERIES SECTOR
EU has committed many Sustainable Fisheries Partnerships with third countries to enhance sustainable exploitation of fisheries. The annual contribution from the EU to these countries is € 180 million.
European Union
2016 - European Commission
Artículo de blog
Un manejo integral y holístico, método efectivo contra las plagas
El manejo agroecológico presenta alternativas sustentables como restauración de la biodiversidad funcional, uso de feromonas sexuales, extractos vegetales y enemigos naturales de las plagas
Como parte de la campaña Bajío Agroecológico, hemos estado usando el término de “agroecológico” para designar un método de control de plagas más amigable con el ambiente; pero, ¿a qué nos referimos? La palabra clave de esta opción de manejo es biodiversidad, ya que el manejo agroecológico de plagas (MAP) no busca...
Mexico
2016 - Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo (CIMMYT)
Manual
Be Part of CSA Trainers' Manual
The “Be part of CSA!” project - a European Participatory Training Programme for Community Supported Agriculture - has been designed to spread widely CSA initiatives by providing knowledge, skills and competences to local communitie in Hungary, Czech Republic and Romania, and disseminates its outcomes at the European level.
The Booklet is here to...
2016 - Urgenci
Informe
The EU fishing fleet trends and economic results
This paper summarises the key findings of the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF) ‘2015 Annual Economic Report on the EU Fishing Fleet’, and provides additional insight on trends in economic performance and the potential drivers of such trends. It also includes supplementary analyses focusing on trends by...
European Union
2016 - European Union - European Commission
Artículo de blog
Trigo mexicano predomina en campos agrícolas del mundo
Las variedades de trigo que ha desarrollado el Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo, con sede en el Estado de México, han sido replicadas en todo el mundo en países como Australia y Argelia.
Las variedades de trigo que ha desarrollado el Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo, con sede en el Estado de México, han sido replicadas en todo el mundo en países como Australia y Argelia.
En un mundo donde se proyecta que la población alcanzará 9,000 millones de habitantes para...
Mexico
2016 - Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo (CIMMYT)
Vídeo
Organic farming in the EU
In the European Union, the use of organic agricultural land has almost doubled in recent years. Austria, Sweden and Estonia have the highest proportion of organically farmed land in Europe. EU citizens are also increasing their demand for organic products. Europe is the second largest market in the world, worth €22.7 billion. Germans,...
European Union
2016 - EurActiv
Artículo de revista
El ingeniero agrónomo y sus incumbencias profesionales: la visión de los futuros graduados
En el trabajo se analizan las incumbencias, la formación esperada por los futuros ingenieros agrónomos en el campo laboral que visualizan como futuros ingenieros agrónomos.
Argentina
2016 - Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias/Universidad Nacional de Rosario
Prácticas
Rice-fish Culture System (RFC)
Rice-fish culture is the simultaneous or alternate production of fish in a rice field. It consists of stocking the rice field with fish of selected size and species to obtain a fish crop in addition to rice which is the main crop. If properly implemented it could increase rice farmer’s...
Guyana
2016 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Informe
Research for agri committee - the interactions between the EU's external action and the common agricultural policy
The CAP has been strongly influenced by the EU’s External Actions. The various Enlargements, and trade policies to favour its neighbours to both the East and South, and for its former colonies, have left their mark. However it is external pressures through the GATT/WTO that have had the most defining...
European Union
2016 - European Commission
Revista especializada
Alternatives Rurales - Revue de communication et débat sur les alternatives agricoles et rurales
La revue Alternatives Rurales est une revue qui a pour objectif d’offrir un espace de communication, réflexion et débat sur le développement rural et agricole au Maroc, mais aussi dans d’autres pays de la région.Cette revue s’adresse aux acteurs du développement agricole et rural, aux acteurs institutionnels, aux chercheurs, aux organisations professionnelles,...
Morocco - Tunisia
2016 - Collectif Dynamiques Rurales, Innovations et Développement Durable (DRIDURA)
Artículo de blog
World Food Day 2016 : “Climate is Changing. Food and Agriculture must too”
Cairo, 16 October 2016: The Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation (MALR) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) celebrated the World Food Day 2016 under the theme “Climate is Changing. Food and Agriculture must too.” The highlight of this year’s celebrations was on the critical relationship...
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Artículo de blog
Inspirational ideas: Herbivorous Project
A group of farmers, a university and an advisory centre in Latvia have set up a project called Herbivorous Project. Through the exchange of knowledge in the livestock sector between farmers and scientists, the project aims to promote a cost-effective and competitive method of livestock farming whilst improving quality and...
Latvia
2016 - EIP - Agri
Revista especializada
Rural Responses to Challenges in Europe
This edition of the ENRD’s EU Rural Review focuses on the contribution that rural areas can and do make to some of the most pressing challenges facing Europe today. It also examines in detail some of the new policy tools and opportunities that can be used to optimise the positive...
European Union
2016 - EU RURAL REVIEW
Artículo de blog
Organic farmers could feed the world
Organic farming could provide ample food for the whole human population, while causing less pollution and fewer health problems than conventional agriculture, according to a team of American scientists.
European Union
2016 - Eur Activ
Artículo de blog
Southern Africa lays out roadmap to eradicate the small ruminant plague
PPR eradication important for accessing markets
Small ruminants, such as sheep and goats, play a significant role in the global livestock sector, particularly within developing countries where they are critical for livelihoods and food security. Sheep and goats have a direct impact on the economy and well-being of the population. However, the presence of infectious diseases...
Zimbabwe
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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