CONTEXT: Integration of farms into markets with adoption of maize as a cash crop can significantly increase income of farms of the developing world. However, in some cases, the income generated may still be very low and maize production may also have strong negative environmental and social impacts. OBJECTIVE: Maize...

Austrian Operational Group looking for alternative, environmentally friendly control methods. Wireworms, the larvae of click beetles, cause major losses in potato production across Europe. The situation in recent years seems to be worsening due to climate change as Johannes Mayer, Austrian potato farmer explains: “Wireworm damage is more significant in drier...

FIAN International is a human rights organisation committed to the struggle of grassroots social movements around the globe to defend and protect the Right to Food and Nutrition and induce a paradigm shift sustained by food sovereignty principles. European Coordination Via Campesina (ECVC) is a confederation of unions and organisations...

In northern Tanzania, recurring drought in recent years caused by climate change has put pressure on communities who make their livelihoods by keeping cattle. A group of Maasai women have turned to producing honey from beehives in the forest to generate additional income. This has enabled them to pay for...

It’s a beautiful day. You take a step outside. You hear the rustling of the leaves and feel the slight brush of wind across your skin. You are surrounded by nature and the trees are making their presence known.   They stand tall, unassuming and often go unnoticed in the background....

Esta cartilla producida en el marco del proyecto +Algodón tiene como objetivo compartir información básica sobre el manejo del suelo para el cultivo del algodón, desde una perspectiva de producción agrícola basada en un enfoque ecosistémico que preserva la salud de las tierras agrícolas. Es una importante contribución del proyecto...

This course explores how to assist migratory fish populations impacted by irrigation infrastructure. The course details migratory fish ecology and how river development such as dams and weirs impact fish, biodiversity and food security. It also looks at practical solutions to modernize irrigation through policy and engineering tools that can mitigate the...

Les populations des pays du G5 Sahel connaissent une croissance rapide. Par conséquent, la plupart de la population y est jeune. Compte tenu de ces vastes cohortes de jeunes gens, au cours des cinq prochaines années, 11,4 millions de ces jeunes atteindront l’âge de 16 ans, et la plupart d’entre...

In 2013, then Secretary of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Corazon Juliano Soliman and the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Secretary Virgilio de los Reyes went on a study tour in Brazil organized by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). They understood Brazil’s 1 Zero Hunger...

In South Asia, the long-term provision of agro-ecosystem services is threatened by accelerating climate change and undesirable farming practices. Conservation farming could help ensure sustainable ecosystem services and food security. This study was conducted in nine purposively selected districts in west and northwest Bangladesh. Data on conservation farming practices were...

Since local and regional governments (LRGs) have the mandate to procure food for public canteens in the EU, the purpose of this policy brief is to provide LRGs with insights on how to connect small-scale farmers with food tendering processes in legally compliant ways. LRGs can apply more inclusive sustainable...

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FAO responses to the ongoing crisis and their impact on global food security: Data analyses, policy recommendations, and actions on the ground.

Esta publicación surge de la experiencia piloto de implementación de 17 emprendimientos juveniles en el departamento de Chiquimula (Guatemala), en coordinación entre el Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería y Alimentación y la FAO, a través del programa Mesoamérica sin Hambre AMEXCID-FAO. El documento presenta una estrategia operativa para impulsar el desarrollo...

This course is part of a series of four e-learning courses on ”Bivalve Mollusc Sanitation for growing areas". This third course in the e-learning series details the Growing Area Monitoring activity in a bivalve mollusc sanitation programme. The course describes sample plans, how to conduct sampling and the laboratory analysis of...

The contribution of smallholder farming systems to the National greenhouse gas (GHG) budget is missing in most developing countries, including Kenya. Data on the contribution of smallholder cropping systems to the GHG balance is essential for realising Sustainable Development Goal 13 on climate action, i.e., on nationally determined contributions (NDCs)...

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This publication assesses the migration and forest interface. It describes why migration outcomes in forest landscapes matter, what drives them, how they can be shaped, and who can do what to optimize those outcomes. It draws qualified conclusions about the benefits of a positive approach to managing the complexity of...

It all started on the day when I escorted our country director to Rufunsa District, which is located in Lusaka Province in Zambia. We were off to meet the village Chieftainess Mphashya, to talk about our intentions to build a community seed bank in her chiefdom. We were met with...

This policy brief provides recommendations on how to achieve these objectives with a focus on three key areas: 1. How to link small-scale farmers with the public plate; 2. School meals as a powerful tool to address social equity (all school children and young people), health (tackling fast-growing child obesity)...