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Artículo de blog
Marking end of the International Year of Pulses through IPM-FFS learning event in Ethiopia
Pulses have a huge share in Ethiopia’s agriculture crop production. As figures show, Ethiopia annually produces over 400 000 metric tons of chickpea, which places the country among the top ten largest chickpea producers in the world.
About five million Ethiopian smallholder farmers are relying on the production of pulses for...
Ethiopia
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Artículo de blog
High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF)
The United Nations High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) was established in June 2013 through a Resolution by the UN General Assembly as the main forum for sustainable development issues within the UN framework. Its establishment is one the main outcomes of the Rio+20 conference on sustainable development...
European Union
2016 - European Commission
Informe
A small-scale vessel registration system
for Pacific Island countries and territories
This report, achieved through a two-month consultancy, was only possible with equal financial contributions provided by the Western and Central and Pacific Commission’s Japan Trust Fund (JTF) and the Pacific Fisheries for Food Security Program funded by the Australian Government. Artisanal fisheries in Pacific Island countries and territories (PICTs) provide...
2016 - Pacific Community (SPC)
Documento técnico
Mainstreaming Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity into Agricultural Production and Management in the Pacific Islands
The international community is increasingly aware of the link between biodiversity and sustainable development and its direct impact on wealth, health and well-being. Biodiversity is the origin of all crops and domesticated livestock. It is also the source of vital ecosystem services and functions, including soil conservation, water cycling, pollination,...
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Convention on Biological Diversity, Pacific Community, Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme
Hoja informativa
Addressing Rural Youth Distress Migration
Migration out of rural areas is a complex issue, especially when caused by distress and lack of alternatives. The decision to migrate depends on a number of variables, including poverty, food insecurity, lack of employment opportunities, conflicts, natural disasters, poverty employment opportunities, and as well as household and individual characteristics....
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Miscelánea
Socio-Economic Considerations of Salinity: Descriptive Statistics of the Iraq Sampled Farms
This paper is aimed to obtain an understanding of the impacts of salinity on agriculture production, the livelihood options of farmers and responses to technologies available to cope with the salinity problem; Mussayeb, Dujaila and Abu Al-Khaseeb are chosen to conduct a socioeconomic analysis. Although descriptive analysis of the field...
Iraq
2016
Artículo de blog
Winds of change blow through Iran farming
Iran is expanding dryland farming as a lingering drought is forcing the country to use its resources more prudently and cast off deep-seated wasteful ways.
Expansion of dryland farming might also help persuade legions of farmers, who rely on dwindling aquifers, not to abandon their vocations. Many of them have moved...
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
2016 - PressTV
Artículo de revista
Traditional crops ... the basis of our food and farming systems
Mariam Mayet is the director of the African Centre for Biodiversity (ACB). In a recent report, ACB turns their attention towards genetic modification of non-commercial ‘orphan crops’ and the way this technology is replacing farmer managed food systems. In this interview Mariam explains what is wrong with genetic modification of...
2016 - Leisa India
Artículo de blog
Indonesia to issue first license certifying legal timber entering Europe
FAO welcomed an agreement by Indonesia and the European Union (EU) to issue the world's first Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) timber license as a major achievement in the fight against illegal logging.
As of 15 November, the FLEGT license can accompany shipments of timber exported from Indonesia to...
Indonesia
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Prácticas
Innovations developed in Moringa Oleifera (Drumstick tree, horseradish tree) propagation
This practice describes how moringa plant can be propagated by air layering to promote vegetative propagation of trees and produce seedlings. Farmers nowadays might prefer propagation of moringa through air-layered cuttings rather than through seed propagation because through vegetative propagation the air layered seedlings represent the characteristics of selected mother...
India
2016 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Prácticas
Tecnologías para el ahorro de mano de obra: limpiadores de malas hierbas y pulverizadores de mochila
La siguiente tecnología contiene características de limpiadores de malas hierbas y pulverizadores de mochila. Justifica cuándo su utilización puede ser conveniente en términos de sus ventajas y desventajas. Las ventajas incluyen ahorro de mano de obra, fortalecimiento de la resiliencia de los medios de vida, equipos, habilidades y costos. Las...
2016 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Artículo
Increased consumption of dairy products in Asia-Pacific is good news for small farmers while improving child nutrition
The increased consumption of dairy products in Asia and the Pacific is playing a vital role in improving child nutrition and boosting the livelihoods of small farmers across the region, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) announced.
The announcement was made during the opening session of the...
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Artículo de blog
ASEAN Member States to present a united voice at COP22 on shared vision to adapt agriculture to climate change
ASEAN Ministers of Agriculture and Forestry (AMAF) have adopted a common regional position on agriculture sector issues and will be promoting it at the forthcoming 22nd Conference of Parties (COP22) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that begins this week in Morocco.
The ASEAN Common Position on Issues...
Thailand
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Artículo de blog
FAO launches Agriculture Capacity development programmes for farmers and technicians in both Hajjah and Hodeida, Yemen
The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), in the presence of the FAO Regional Manager of the Small Scale Family farming and Farmer Field Schools (FFS) Regional Coordinator for the Near East and North Africa, Dr Alfredo Impiglia, FAO Country Representative, Dr Salah El Hajj Hassan, Ministry...
Yemen
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Estudio de caso
Malawi Farmer to Farmer Agroecology project
Malawi is a small landlocked country in southern Africa, bordered by Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia. The majority of Malawians are smallholder farmers, who grow crops for both food and income. More than half of the Malawian population lives in poverty, and the rate of food insecurity is very high. Typical...
Malawi
2016 - University of Malawi
Estudio de caso
Revitalizing Agroecology in China
China is a large country with diverse agro-ecosystems and numerous different agricultural production systems. These agricultural systems are managed by more than 200 million households who provide agricultural products to meet the needs of almost a fifth of mankind.
Agriculture plays numerous key functions, including not only the provision of...
China
2016 - Institute of Rural Reconstruction of China
Parte de un informe
Research for agri committee - farm structural change in Western Europe and the cap
This document discusses the process of structural change in the agricultural sectors of the western Member States (MS) of the European Union (EU). Conventional agro-political discourse and scientific theory (especially agricultural economics) generally understands structural change as being a uni-directional process that involves the gradual disappearance of small farms and...
European Union
2016 - European Parliament
Revista especializada
Ecosystem services and socio-economic benefits of Mediterranean grasslands
Mediterranean grasslands (including rangelands, pastures, meadows, fodder crops) are important resources covering up to 48% of the whole region. Although these ecosystems are a key element in the production of high quality animal products and in the livelihoods of producers, they provide a range of ecosystem services besides forage production,...
Algeria - Greece - Sudan - Tunisia
2016 - International Center for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM)
Actas de conferencia
Sécurité hydrique pour une justice climatique
Les changements climatiques se manifestant le plus à travers le cycle de l’eau, ces initiatives considèrent que l’eau constitue un connecteur : • l’eau connecte entre les politiques, les secteurs économiques, les sociétés, et devient aussi un outil de coopération et de construction de la confiance. Pour relever les défis...
Morocco
2016 - Royaume du Maroc
Artículo de revista especializada
Risks, resources and reason: understanding smallholder decisions around farming system interventions in Eastern Indonesia
Adoption of new cattle management practices by Indonesian smallholders occurs less as a ‘technology transfer’ in the classical sense but rather as a series of conscious decisions by farming households weighing risks and resources as well as matching innovations to livelihood strategies. This paper uncovers the context of decisions and...
Indonesia
2016
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