Siguiendo el proceso mencionado en los capítulos anteriores, diferentes variedades han sido desarrolladas a través de procesos de cruzamiento y selección en poblaciones segregantes, así como también a través de la verificación y desempeño agronómico superior en poblaciones o genotipos previamente desarrollados. En este capítulo se describe la información de...

NATI00NS is a European project funded under the HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02 programme and coordinated by Aarhus University (Denmark). The main objective of NATI00NS is reaching out to and preparing regional and national stakeholders across Europe to apply for and implement soil health Living Labs, facilitating the deployment of the EU Mission “A Soil Deal...

Listen to what German farmers have to say about their experience with Agroforestry in this video about the AGROMIX German pilot project field visit. The field visit was coordinated by IfaS which took place on the 9th of February 2023 in Palatinate, Germany. The field visit took participants around three...

L’initiative européenne DeSIRA finance de nombreux projets d’innovation agricole à travers l’Afrique. Au Burkina Faso, douze sont actuellement opérationnels. Bioénergies, intensification agroécologique, nouvelles technologiques d’irrigation… : le secteur agricole burkinabè innove constamment. En juin, le Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique et la délégation de l'Union européenne au...

Wilber de la Rosa de Regenerative Agricultural Alliance con sede en Minnesota, EE.UU. enseña los cultivos anuales y perennes que dan sombra a los pollos en los potreros. Entre los anuales están el maíz y el girasol. Sirven sobre todo en los primeros años de crianza de pollos al aire...

Este libro tiene tres propósitos: 1) educar y despertar el interés de todos los lectores por las verduras y las frutas, 2) incentivar el estudio de las ciencias biológicas, y 3) promover el cultivo de verduras, frutas y otros alimentos vegetales y fomentar su consumo.

In Indonesia, smallholders have historically practiced agroforestry, which warrants examination in terms of food and livelihood security within sustainable community forest frameworks. Based on a literature review, we analysed these two forms of security related to smallholder agroforestry practices. Findings indicate diverse agroforestry systems, with 88% focusing on non-timber forest...

This is a podcast series designed to help African planning scholars and urbanists to think through how and why food can be incorporated in urban planning and governance.  If you’re not a planner, don’t tune out. If you listen along you will find out how looking at a city through...

The link between increasingly severe climate events and the rising suicide rate among India’s farmers has long been a concern. But with the latest national data reporting the highest ever number of deaths by suicide, effective action to prevent the risk factors endangering farmers — and the climate events that...

Sea cucumbers are harvested and traded in more than 90 countries worldwide. They are exploited in industrial and small-scale fisheries, nearly from pole to pole, especially in the tropics. In some fisheries, more than 20 species are exploited by fishers. Fishers in general know how to distinguish the species they...

En esta ficha de contexto se mencionan los aspectos importantes de la cadena de fresa enfocados a su marco productivo, regional, económico, comercio internacional, así como sus perspectivas y tendencias frente al mercado, dando a conocer su entorno de Ciencia y Tecnología e Innovación.

¿Por qué para nosotros es importante la gallina en un sistema regenerativo?" Wilber de la Rosa de Regenerative Agricultural Alliance con sede en Minnesota, EE.UU. explica los múltiples beneficios de criar pollos. Más allá de los huevos y la carne, las gallinas restauran la fertilidad del suelo, eliminan plagas y enfermedades y...

Over more than three-quarters of a century, FAO’s work on forest product statistics has made the Organization the recognized authority for data fundamental to what we now call the global bioeconomy. Forest product data are essential in monitoring impact and innovation in the global wood industry; responding to climate change...

Durante la Conferencia Internacional sobre Agroecología de Oaxaca el 30 de noviembre de 2023, Laura Gómez de Chapingo nos habló sobre su experiencia de impulso a la naranja orgánica en Papantla, Veracruz.

Climate change has adversely affected the agriculture of indigenous farmers. Farmers can lessen agricultural losses by using adaptation strategies to climate change. However, the adaptation process depends on several factors, including barriers. This paper examines the farmers’ opinion toward adaptation barriers and tries to identify how the barriers influence farmers’...

Organic farming´s systemic approach Helps mitigating climate change Supports farmers´adaptation to climate change Creates resilient farming systems All while it protects and improves biodiversity #OrganicIsPartOfTheSolution

En el presente capítulo se aborda el contexto del mercado para las raíces frescas de yuca que se destinan principalmente para la producción de almidón nativo y almidón fermentado en Colombia. Se hace una descripción general de algunas dinámicas prospectivas y de las principales variables del mercado que afectan el...

El proceso de inscripción de un nuevo cultivar o variedad mejorada, en el Registro Nacional de Cultivares Comerciales del ica, requiere de una descripción mínima de atributos del clon a registrar como variedad, de manera que sea fácilmente distinguible y que a su vez aporte información respecto a características de...

World Water Day 2023 is about accelerating change to solve the water and sanitation crisis. Dysfunction throughout the water cycle undermines progress on all major global issues, from health to hunger, gender equality to jobs, education to industry, and disasters to peace. In 2015, the world committed to Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 as part...

About #HerLand campaign Together with partners, activists and influencers, UNCCD is launching the campaign #HerLand to promote successful examples of women and girls’ contributions to sustainable land management and mobilize support to advance land rights for women and girls around the world.  You too can lend your support by reaching out to your communities and advocating...