Video que muestra como con recursos y conocimientos locales han logrado un incremento de la producción agroecológica del cacao, menteniendo el equilibrio con la naturaleza y su biodiversidad. Esta experiencia ha abierto un sendero para el desarrollo que promueve la identidad local, su inclusión y el arraigo generando una cultura de...

Smallholder farmers particularly in climate vulnerable developing countries such as Myanmar are facing increasing challenges related to food insecurity and climate change. Research has increasingly pointed towards agro-ecology as a movement, with the science and approach suitable to building the resilience of smallholder farmers. Since 2014, the Myanmar Institute for Integrated Development (MIID) has been actively...

For centuries, rural people in Azerbaijan have produced honey. The country's mountainous regions allow for the production of high-quality, natural, mountain flora honey that has a high market value. Native Caucasian bees -- naturally resilient to the environment and to parasites -- make it possible to achieve good productivity rates. Today...

FAO report points to pressing need to boost regional food systems, accelerate action to improve diets and nutrition According to the findings of FAO’s 2017 Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutritionreport, there is a pressing need to tackle malnutrition alongside further promotion of the consumption of healthier foods while curbing the...

Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which: identify highly nutritious local food plants, explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way, detail the nutritional value of the plants and describe why human bodies require those nutrients. The resources created by FPS allows people to better...

Croatia’s horticultural sector is beset by challenges including lack of know-how in modern production techniques, and fragmentation of production. Fruit and vegetable value chains rely largely on the country’s small-scale producers, but many of those producers lack the financing to upgrade their operations and struggle to supply processors and retailers with...

Food security and global peace go hand in hand. The EU’s proposed organic food regulation is not perfect, but it is a step towards the sustainable food system we need, write a group of Green MEPs.

Esta publicación presenta los resultados de un estudio de la Red PP-AL sobre las políticas públicas a favor de la agroecología en América Latina y El Caribe. El objetivo era realizar un estudio regional latinoamericano, transversal y comparativo sobre la contribución de diversos instrumentos de políticas públicas, para apoyar la transición...

Better rural development is possible, and local people are willing to deliver, but they need a support. EU and national authorities need to empower villages and small towns with new programmes that are flexible enough to be adapted to the diverse needs of Europe's rural areas. Positive examples should be...

Farming organically, using indigenous crops, can contribute to food security and be part of a climate change solution.In this video, organic farmers in Kenya share their experiences with drought, and the benefits organic farming provides for them to building healthy soils and continue producing food.

As seções que compõem este artigo estão estruturadas da seguinte maneira: a primeira busca apresentar os dados mais recentes sobre a segurança alimentar no mundo. Na segunda seção, serão abordadas as principais mudanças, em curso, nos três domínios destacados anteriormente, e como elas afetam o futuro da segurança alimentar. E...

Everyday Experts explains how knowledge built up through first-hand experience can help solve the crisis in the food system. It brings together fifty-seven activists, farmers, practitioners, researchers and community organisers from around the world in 28 original chapters to take a critical look at attempts to improve the dialogue between...

Organic farming is not a new method for Macedonian farmers. It dates back years to when every family owned their own land for crops and produced food for their personal needs. Commercial agriculture that uses chemical fertilisers has emerged in the last century and has overtaken the market, but trends...

This report provides an overview of the main characteristics and structure of the current Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and its developments in the last 25 years. The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is the primary agricultural policy instrument of the European Union. This report focuses on the new features and institutional context...

Legislative discussions around the new regulation on organic farming have been going on for almost two and a half years. A record in the history of the European Union. The 18th and very long trilogue of 28 June 2017 ended the negotiations between the European institutions, in a context of...

Mlekarna Planika (Planika dairy) implemented a step by step technical and technological modernisation that effectively transformed it from a milk powder producer to one of the leading producers of high quality fresh milk and cheese in Slovenia. The modernisation was carried out on a step by step approach as in...

A plantação feita pelas mãos de moradores da Área de Preservação Ambiental (APA) Baía Negra em Ladário (MS), coordenada pelos pesquisadores da Embrapa Pantanal, é inspirada nos processos ecológicos que acontecem de forma natural no ambiente. Através do Quintal Agroecológico Sucessional, implantado na região em maio do ano passado, foi...

STACCATO is a BiodivERsA funded EU project which will focus on the analysis and evaluation of Ecosystem Services (ESS), both in isolation and in concert, and their sensitivity to land use patterns in agriculturally dominated landscapes. The starting point of STACCATO is based on the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MEA). For the...

Spots-vidéos reçus lors du concours national de vidéo "Cuisine et Interdépendance" organisé dans le cadre du projet EAThink, par le Réseau International Urgenci. Action réalisée avec le soutien de l'Union européenne, la Région Normandie, l'Académie de Caen et la Fondation Charles Léopold Mayer.

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