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Protecting Biodiversity with Agroecology
In agreements made through the United Nations, countries around the world have committed themselves to curbing the drastic loss of biodiversity on our planet. Agroecology could play a key role and combine sustainable agriculture with biodiversity protection. An interview with Dr John Garcia Ulloa from Biovision about major challenges and...
2024 - Biovision
Rapport
Feria FAO Transforma 2023
Conectando el conocimiento de América Latina y el Caribe
En este informe se profundiza en las 14 experiencias presentadas durante la segunda edición de la Feria FAO Transforma para que los equipos interesados en incorporar buenas prácticas o lecciones aprendidas de estas iniciativas puedan acceder a esta información de forma sistematizada y detallada. En el presente documento se consolida...
2024 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Article du bulletin d’information
SSF-LEX: A Robust Platform
The database SSF-LEX provides detailed information on the legal and policy frameworks governing small-scale fisheries across several countries.
The 10th anniversary of the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication (the SSF Guidelines) is just the occasion to celebrate and highlight SSF-LEX,...
2024 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Article de blog
Problem With Termites? How Using Plants Offers a Cheap and Sustainable Solution
As an informed farmer looking to integrate Euphorbia tirucalli, aka pencil euphorbia, into your pest management strategy, you’re likely well aware of the challenges termites pose to your crops. These pests can devastate agricultural productivity, prompting the need for effective and sustainable control methods. Euphorbia tirucalli, known for its termite-repellent properties, offers an...
2024 - Knowledge Centre for Organic Agriculture and Agroecology in Africa (KCOA)
Article de blog
Reinventing salt-tolerant rice breeding on ground zero
Salinity is an agricultural problem that significantly affects rice production and is spreading in fields across the world. Poor irrigation practices, insufficient irrigation water during cropping seasons with low rainfall, high evaporation, increasing saline groundwater levels, and saltwater intrusion in coastal areas are among the significant causes of salinity.
Salinity cuts...
2024 - International Rice Research Insitute IRRI
Manuel
Buenas prácticas para un manejo sostenible de la ganadería camélida en el territorio altoandino
Guía de Campo
La ganadería camélida es una práctica extensiva tradicional y ancestral que data de tiempos prehispánicos. El manejo sostenible de esta práctica, desarrollada por las comunidades indígenas en el territorio Altoandino, busca preservar los recursos naturales y promover la subsistencia de las comunidades locales contribuyendo a la seguridad y soberanía alimentaria....
2024 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Article du bulletin d’information
South Pacific Islands: Parametric Insurance
A comprehensive approach through insurance programmes to protecting small-scale fisheries and fisherfolk from the increasing risks that result from climate change.
The World Risk Report 2020 identifies the Pacific as a hotspot for climate change and disaster risk. Vanuatu, Tonga, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Fiji and Kiribati are listed in...
2024 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Pratiques
Prácticas sostenibles para el manejo del algodón de la agricultura familiar en el Ecuador
La agricultura sostenible tiene como objetivo reducir el impacto sobre el medio ambiente, ser justa y social y económicamente viable para las familias campesinas. A su vez, el algodón sostenible busca una producción con las mejores prácticas desde una perspectiva ambiental, con uso eficiente del agua, fertilizantes, pesticidas, reducción de...
Brazil - Ecuador
2024 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Article de revue spécialisée
China’s nature-based solutions in the Global South: Evidence from Asia, Africa, and Latin America
China increasingly engages in environmental diplomacy through South-South cooperation across the developing world. Since 2019, the rise of the discourse of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) within this cooperation has been exponential. Coined just over ten years ago, NbS refers to the underexplored potential of leveraging the natural world to address socio-environmental...
China
2024 - Wageningen University, Netherlands
Article du bulletin d’information
Ghana: Go Back, Retrieve It
The Sankofa Project seeks to investigate the gendered socio-economic effects of the fisheries closure in four coastal regions of Ghana to understand how the policy affects communities.
A research project was launched in Ghana to focus on equitable, inclusive and sustainable fisheries management. Titled Creating Synergies between Indigenous Practices and Scientific...
Ghana
2024 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Article du bulletin d’information
From the Editor, Yemaya Newsletter No.69, June 2024
Yemaya No. 69, dated June 2024, features articles from Barbados, India, Spain, a regional study focusing on Kenya, Sri Lanka and Cambodia and Women in Fisheries Action plans from ICSF’s IYAFA workshops from Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America and the Caribbean Islands.
A series of regional workshops were held through...
2024 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Article de blog
Green Manures: You Can Use Them to Improve Your Soils
Green manures boost soil fertility, improve soil structure and support the biodiversity of life in the soil. They typically have high nutrient content and when put back into the soil, also contribute to soil organic matter. Soil organic matter is critical for good plant growth. They improve soil structure even...
2024 - Knowledge Centre for Organic Agriculture and Agroecology in Africa (KCOA)
Étude de cas
Construcción de cisternas para cosecha de agua de lluvia en tres comunidades indígenas de Charagua
Una tecnología socialmente adaptable
Esta publicación describe el proceso de transformación comunitaria vivido en el Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia, donde las dinámicas climáticas pueden oscilar entre la sequía y las lluvias torrenciales, con enfoque en la participación colectiva intergeneracional y el desarrollo de innovaciones gracias a la implementación de cisternas para cosecha de agua...
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
2024 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Article du bulletin d’information
India: Spawning, Banning, Learning
An analysis of spawning periods of marine fish resources along both India’s west coast and east coast reveals differences in the peak spawning periods for pelagic and demersal stocks.
A new analysis of the spawning period of species along both the coasts of India suggests it may be appropriate to review...
India
2024 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Article du bulletin d’information
IYAFA/Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America and the Caribbean Workshops: What Women Want
Learnings from ICSF’s regional workshops held across the world to mark the 2022 International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture
The invisibility of women in fisheries has been discussed for some time now, but was brought into sharp focus in a series of regional workshops that took place from 2022 to...
2024 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Partie d’un ouvrage
Mass Scale Seed Production of Indigenous Small Fish Species
A promising solution to scale nutrition-sensitive aquaculture
This book chapter explores the potential of indigenous small fsh (ISF) species as a solution to address undernutrition and promote nutrition-sensitive aquaculture. ISF, characterized by their small size and remarkable reproductive capacity, offer a rich source of protein, micronutrients, and essential fatty acids. Despite their nutritional advantages, ISF populations are...
India
2024 - WorldFish
Article de revue spécialisée
Periodic Table of Food Initiative for generating biomolecular knowledge of edible biodiversity
The Periodic Table of Food Initiative addresses food biomolecular composition information gaps through a standardized, accessible and enabling platform based on analytical tools, data and capacity building. Data from 1,650 foods serve as starting point for demonstrating the capacity of this initiative to contribute to nutrition, health and food systems...
2024 - International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
Fiche d'information
Ficha de proyecto: Medios de vida resilientes de pequeños agricultores vulnerables en los paisajes mayas y el Corredor Seco de Guatemala
El proyecto Medios de vida resilientes de pequeños agricultores vulnerables en los paisajes mayas y el Corredor Seco de Guatemala (RELIVE) busca apoyar a familias que dependen de actividades agrícolas y agroforestales en condiciones de vulnerabilidad en los territorios de Guatemala para que adaptarse a los impactos del cambio climático....
Guatemala
2024 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Article du bulletin d’information
Brazil: Caught in the Deluge
The extreme flooding in South Brazil hig4hlighted the vulnerability of small-scale fishers to climate-induced disasters.
Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil suffered extreme flooding in the months of May and June of 2024. It has severely disrupted the livelihood of small-scale fishers who depend on the region’s aquatic ecosystems (see Table...
Brazil
2024 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Article du bulletin d’information
France/Film: Festival Living Off the Sea
The 16th edition of the Pêcheurs du Monde film festival, held in Lorient, France, focused on how fishing is vital for both ocean biodiversity and livelihoods.
The Pecheurs du Monde film festival in Lorient, France, took some 3,000 people on a journey around the oceans of the world on 15-24 March...
2024 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
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