Esta publicación compila una serie de recomendaciones alineadas a las disposiciones y orientaciones de instrumentos internacionales para fortalecer la sostenibilidad de la pesca y acuicultura artesanal en pequeña escala, y que a su vez permitan mejorar las condiciones de vida de pescadores y acuicultores artesanales de América del Sur.

The international symposium on “Inland Fisheries and aquaculture: advances in technology, stock assessment and citizen science in an era of climate change” was organized in conjunction with the thirty-first session of the European Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture Advisory Commission in Killarney, Ireland on 20–21 June 2022. The symposium was organized...

CropLife Europe is an organisation which represents the crop protection industry, working together to find and promote sustainable, innovative, science-based crop protection solutions. Their annual conference took place on 7-8 March 2023. Presentations can be downloaded here .

A call for applications for the second edition of the EU Organic Awards is now open (until 14 May 2023). Organic agri-food systems remain a keen interest for the EU CAP Network and we have been contributing to the transition of organic production in a range of ways, including through our Thematic...

Agrifood systems directly employ more than one billion people, and almost half the world’s population live in households linked to agrifood systems, a new study shows. Around 1.23 billion people were employed in the world’s agrifood systems in 2019, and more than three times that figure, or almost half the world’s...

Climate change’s impact on food production Climate change and its consequences threaten agricultural systems and our food production. Farmers are already facing big challenges as a result. At the same time, 11% of EU’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions come from agriculture. Time to steer the wheel around is limited. But,...

En 1957, el Gobierno colombiano decidió promover la sustitución de grasas animales por vegetales, tarea que encomendó al Instituto de Fomento Algodonero (IFA), el cual inició la investigación para el mejoramiento genético y el fomento del cultivo de palma de aceite. El trabajo fue continuado por el Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario...

This project led by the Himalayan Permaculture Center is implemented in the Karnali Province, where the NGO has been working since 2011. In this Province, which has the lowest population density and is home to the poorest and marginalized population in Nepal, the project works to collaboratively design and create...

The fisheries, aquaculture, forestry and livestock sectors are critical for sustainingrural livelihoods and achieving food and nutrition security around the world. Yet eachof these sectors produces and sustains important gender and other social inequalities,hindering people who rely on these livelihood systems from achieving their full potential.Drawing on Njuki et al.’s...

Members of the Slow Food Indigenous Peoples’ network will be present at the Forum, including six delegates from Taiwan, representing the Amis, Taroko and Paiwan indigenous peoples’ communities. They are there to showcase the incredible biodiversity of Taiwan, and how Indigenous communities have protected it. “We would like the world to be...

Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) is a growing threat to human and animal health. It endangers modern human and veterinary medicine and undermines the safety of our food and environment. AMR occurs when micro-organisms including bacteria, parasites, and viruses develop resistance to antimicrobials such as antibiotics, antifungal, antiparasitic and antiviral drugs. It threatens...

En 1957, el Gobierno colombiano decidió promover la sustitución de grasas animales por vegetales, tarea que encomendó al Instituto de Fomento Algodonero (IFA), el cual inició la investigación para el mejoramiento genético y el fomento del cultivo de palma de aceite. El trabajo fue continuado por el Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario...

Dear readers, The Organic Farm Knowledge platform (organic-farmknowledge.org) provides access to a wide range of tools and resources about organic farming that can help improve production. We are pleased to share this month’s newsletter with you. We look forward to sharing more news with you in November.

This paper addresses women’s empowerment in agriculture and discusses innovationsin measuring it and emerging evidence on its relationship to development outcomes.Women’s empowerment and gender equality are at the core of gender-transformativechange in agriculture and a more holistic and inclusive approach to how we addressgender in agriculture. We discuss the evolution...

Esta publicación explora los desafíos y estrategias para la gestión del agua en los sistemas agrícolas de Chile. Enfatiza la necesidad de una mejor coordinación entre los actores involucrados, soluciones de financiamiento mixtas y la implementación de las recientes reformas al código de aguas. La prueba piloto de Consejos de...

La Organización de Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO) y el Gobierno de Guatemala firmaron el acuerdo del proyecto Medios de vida resilientes de pequeños agricultores vulnerables en los paisajes mayas y el corredor seco de Guatemala (RELIVE), iniciativa que proveerá de condiciones para mejorar la seguridad...

With the SDGs, countries agreed that Peace, Planet, Partnership, Prosperity and People are connected. To maximise synergies and minimize trade-offs, their interactions need to be better understood. While 'SDG interlinkages' are increasingly studied, SDG 16 is rarely covered. This new publication builds on the first, ground-breaking study ‘Connections that Matter:...

Calls to rethink responses to food crises have arisen from recent overlapping shocks to food systems — including the COVID-19 pandemic, increased food prices, conflicts, and natural disasters — and from concerns that crises are becoming more frequent, complex, and protracted. Now is an opportune moment to develop more permanent...

FOODRUS is working to tackle the food waste and losses by creating resilient food systems across nine European regions. To achieve this, the project will test 23 circular solutions through diverse forms of collaborative innovation, including: technological (blockchain solutions to manage food losses and waste), social (educational materials and citizen science...

The CAP Implementation Contact Point’s Thematic Group (TG) focussed on youth employment in rural Europe is continuing to network and share experiences and new ideas to help young people live and work in the countryside. The CAP Implementation Contact Point’s Thematic Group (TG) on rural youth employment is continuing to network...