Agriculture plays a key role in economic development, alleviating poverty and malnutrition, especially in the early stages of agricultural development. Several studies have demonstrated that neglecting agriculture, especially at the early stages of industrialization, can disrupt the process of economic transformation. This paper reviews the process of agricultural transformation in Asia...

Ecological organic farming provides many benefits for health, the environment and societal welfare, but is generally perceived as not productive enough to meet growing food demands. However, research has demonstrated that farm productivity on well-managed organic farms can match that of conventional – this requires active, holistic management practices, e.g.,...

The EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) supports sustainable land use including the establishment and maintenance of agroforestry systems. The new CAP Strategic Plans (CSPs) for 2023-2027 provide Member States with options and opportunities to support agroforestry systems where trees are grown on agricultural land to help boost farm incomes while...

This study provides an overview of the effect of the decline in the number of farms across the EU on the European farming model (EFM), which is built around the notion of multifunctionality and provision of public goods by agriculture. It concludes that in order to foster sustainability and resilience,...

You can add good micro-organisms to your pond water to ensure good water quality. You can also treat the fry before stocking the pond. By adding good micro-organisms to your feed, it will be safer and better for the fish. At the time of harvesting your fish, sprinkle some micro-organisms...

On 4 May 2017, the European Committee of the Regions’ Commission (CoR) for Natural Resources (NAT) and the Rurality-Environment-Development (RED) international association held a conference in Brussels entitled “RURAL post-2020: more ambitious, more transversal! A Rural Agenda to re-enchant the European project”. One of the aims of the conference was...

Women’s capacity for entrepreneurship calls for more opportunities in alternative livelihoods to be made available for women in the coastal villages of Kuching, Sarawak. Coastal research in Sarawak, Malaysia, typically, does not target gender. Some projects have added gender-segregated data, but gender studies in fisheries generally remain unfunded. Given the difficulty...

This monthly e-newsletter gives a bird’s eye view of all the exciting updates from Access Agriculture, a world-leading organisation for quality agricultural training videos in international and local languages, working across the Global South.

In June, Solidaridad launched a four-year food and nutrition security and climate-resilience project funded by the Louis Dreyfus Foundation to drive sustainable maize production in Bungoma County, Kenya.

PUEBLA, MÉXICO — El mezcal, la tradicional bebida espirituosa de México hecha con agave, ha capturado los paladares nacionales y del extranjero. Sin embargo, al mismo tiempo que se dispara su popularidad, emerge una amarga consecuencia: la cantidad de desecho generado por la producción de mezcal y los riesgos que...

Since the end of 2021 and so far in 2022, the world faces a shortage of fertilizers, driven by a rise in prices. In addition, fertilizers have ceased to be available on the market, as numerous production plants, which faced negative margins, stopped production, among other factors, due to the...

Imataca is a vast tropical forest in southeast Venezuela spanning 38,000 square kilometers. Rich in biodiversity, the forest is home to thousands of plant and animal species. Decades of illegal logging and mining have led to deforestation and loss of wildlife. The Karina indigenous people living in the forest are...

Las mujeres, especialmente las campesinas e indígenas, son fundamentales en diversos procesos relacionados con los ecosistemas. Además, su rol en el desarrollo sostenible de las montañas es mencionado en el discurso internacional. Sin embargo, en la práctica, la inclusión de una perspectiva de género en las políticas relacionadas con la...

The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) has collaborated with partners to organize the first trailblazing three-day continental convening on AFRICAN AGROECOLOGICAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND TERRITORIAL MARKETS in Munyonyo, Uganda, from May 24th to 26th, 2022. The gathering brought together actors from over 30 countries, with over 130 persons in attendance in person and...

CounterPoint is PANAP’s policy paper on global and regional issues related to people’s food sovereignty and elimination of pesticide harms. The latest CounterPoint focuses on how agroecology must advance in the context of widespread landlessness and massive corporate land grabbing.

El Proyecto Ganadería baja en emisiones, una contribución al desarrollo sostenible del sector en Suramérica (TCP/RLC/3714), realizado en Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay y Uruguay; tiene como objetivo la generación de evidencia para la toma de decisiones mediante el análisis costo beneficio de las prácticas y tecnologías disponibles; la identificación de...

Bananas are one of the most commonly grown fruit crops in Malaysia, but local production has declined in recent years. Through site visits and interviews with 74 smallholder banana farmers, this study sought to know the current situation of the local smallholder banana industry, the challenges faced in commercial banana...

This factsheet introduces soil fertility and health, explains how the holistic organic farming approach improves soil fertility, provides some practices which contribute to improving soil health and help meet the nutrient requirement of crops, animals and humans. The information is based on long-term experiments and on-farm research conducted in the...

The 2nd thematic group (TG) meeting shared Member State policy experiences aimed at growing the organic value chain and identified potential areas of intervention that can support collective actions across the organic value chain and in doing so strengthen the role of organic farmers.

A business case for applying a gender lens in fisheries businesses. In a business sense, fisheries and aquaculture are slotted in the category of food and beverage manufacturing. As in any other sector, investor demand and regulatory pressure are driving the growing push towards advancing gender diversity and inclusion and integrating...