Following the detection of foot-and-mouth disease serotype SAT2 (FMD SAT2) in West Eurasia and the Near East in February 2023, a qualitative risk assessment was conducted. Serotype SAT2 usually circulates only in Africa, and so most animals in the region are fully susceptible to infection by this virus. The likelihood...

On behalf of the Agroecology Fund project by the ECA Community of Practice on Agroecology, the team at Agro-Perma-Lab (Poland) is preparing a series of articles, online Agroecology Schools' series as well as 3x quarterly newsletters in 2023. This series is designed for anyone with an interest to advance Agroecology in...

Feed access est une application créée dans le but d’aider les éleveurs des pays du Sud à optimiser l’alimentation de leurs animaux. Totalement gratuite, elle intègre une base de données d’ingrédientset les besoins des animaux aux différents stades de croissance.

This trilingual report is on the Regional Workshop on Fish Health Management and Fish Diseases, a hybrid event, which was held on 20–22 December 2021 in Antalya, Türkiye in partnership with the Central Union of Aquaculture Producers of Türkiye (SUYMERBIR). The study has been developed within the scope of the...

The National Gender Profile of Agriculture and Rural Livelihoods Cambodia provides findings of an assessment of men’s and women’s roles, gender division of labour and gender gaps, including women’s needs and constraints in the agriculture and rural development sectors in Cambodia. It also presents findings from the assessment of policies...

Cet article donne la parole à Malick Sow, technicien supérieur horticole de formation. À travers ses démarches de recherche-action pour obtenir des plants robustes et sains en pépinière maraîchère, il témoigne du changement opéré ces dernières années en matière d’agroécologie au Sénégal.

La agenda internacional al desarrollo, por medio de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS), expresa la importancia de avanzar hacia la igualdad de género (ODS 5) y el poner fin a todas las formas de discriminación contra mujeres y niñas, garantizando de tal forma el ejercicio de los derechos humanos...

From expert consultation, literature review, and the Pacific Food System regional dialogues (2021), this report distills seven recommendations, and their rationale, for realizing and maintaining the full nutritional and health benefits of fish and other aquatic foods in the Pacific Island region. The majority of Pacific Islanders live close to the...

ON a beach south of Ivory Coast’s economic hub Abidjan, a group of fishermen are spending the day sitting in the shade and playing cards. Normally, they would be out on their boats – long canoes known as pirogues –and hunting the seas.   But this month, they have been banned from doing...

Our food and farming systems need to respect the planetary boundaries, be climate neutral, circular, diverse, and fair. They need to be resilient and prepared for external shocks and crises like we recently experienced with the Covid-19 pandemic, the Russian war in Ukraine and the related energy, fertiliser and food...

The case study aims to take a snapshot of the municipal waste management ecosystems of certain countries in the Global South, particularly focusing on private sector-led good practices, inclusive growth and sustainable financing. The countries were selected upon criteria such as GDP, total waste production and geographic variety. The study...

En raison des interrogations sur la capacité des services de conseil Agricole à faciliter les transitions agroécologiques, cette étude, conduite sur 5 pays (Bénin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinée et Niger), croise agroécologie et conseil agricole. Elle tente d’apporter des éléments de réponse à ces interrogations en (i) identifiant les besoins de transitions agroécologiques dans les cinq...

Usted está accediendo a la experiencia del curso facilitado "Monitoreo de bosques y tierras para la acción climática – SEPAL" disponible en la Academia de aprendizaje electrónico de la FAO en este enlace: https://elearning.fao.org/course/view.php?id=966 Se basa en la primera edición, que se impartió del 24 de marzo al 7 de mayo de 2023 en...

Through the “Women and cooperativism” project, led by the WRF together with six regional organizations, 23 successful experiences were identified and analyzed, which served as the basis for developing a cycle of exchanges and material outlining recommendations and lessons learned from women in cooperatives in Africa, Asia, and the Americas. As...

Cette sélection de la bibliothèque numérique de l’Agriculture et du développement rural au Niger (Duddal) propose des ressources documentaires sur les bonnes pratiques de fertilisation biologique des sols et en particulier sur le compost et sa fabrication. Elle contient des fiches techniques, des articles, des livrets et des guides.

Ce document résume l’essentiel du contenu du cours de formation sous-régional sur la pêche continentale pour les pays du fleuve Sénégal qui a eu lieu du 3 au 6 mars 2022 à Saly Portudal, au Sénégal. Ce cours de quatre jours a réuni les délégués du Mali, de la Mauritanie,...

Multi-stakeholder collaboration is an important process that can serve as a tool and strategy to solve complex issues and problems such as transforming national food systems towards more sustainable outcomes. This guide aims to support stakeholders working at all levels of the food system in the implementation of actions to transform...

All of a sudden, they are there. Just a moment ago, helpers had cut a cocoa pod and draped it on the table. They had straightened the cube-shaped seats while wistfully staring at the half-empty aisles. Everything was still being set up and food was still cooking in kettles on...

Cet outil vous permettra de  consulter et télécharger des ressources techniques et pédagogiques de différentes natures dans le champ de la petite irrigation et du développement rural (posters, fiches techniques, rapports, études, cartes, émissions de radios, dossiers photographiques, vidéos, ...)  Cette bibliothèque est collaborative. Nous vous invitons  à l'enrichir en proposant...

Sustainable, ecological approaches to European farming, the heart of the European Green Deal, are needed to safeguard food supplies for EU citizens and protect the long-term livelihoods of rural communities. The emergence of more support for organic systems as a form of agro-ecological production can help address these policy challenges...