This fact sheet presents a family agroecosystem, located in the community of Enjeitado in the Sertão do Pajeù in Brazil – the most populous semi-arid region in the world. Sabià Agroecological Development Center Initiative is a family agroecosystem focused on the recovery of soil fertility in the Caatinga area. The agroecosystem...

El curso Agroecología: transición hacia sistemas alimentarios sostenibles es un esfuerzo conjunto de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO) y la Sociedad Científica Latinoamericana de Agroecología (SOCLA), queriendo hacer un aporte para estimular el intercambio y promoción de los principios y enfoques agroecológicos  en el...

The negative impact of industrial livestock farming on animal health and welfare, but also on human health, ecosystems and the environment is indisputable and no longer needs to be demonstrated. Agroecology, on the other hand, makes it possible to reconfigure livestock systems and reintegrate them into agro-ecosystems in order to...

This technical brief on fall armyworm (FAW) management from the lens of farmer field schools (FFS) outlines successes from previous projects in sub-Saharan Africa. Different control methods and traditional recipes for fall armyworm management are highlighted. Through FAW-related FFS programmes in Africa, several options for mechanical and biological control and...

La hipercetonemia es una de las condiciones metabólicas más frecuentes y costosas que afectan la industria lechera. Se define por las elevadas concentraciones de cuerpos cetónicos (Beta-hidroxibutirato (ßHB o BHB), Aceto-acetato y Acetona (Ac)) circulantes (Coburn et al, 2017, Huertas-Molina et al, 2020b) y es causada por un desbalance energético...

This publication includes the abstracts of the selected papers presented by experts on the occasion of the African Network on Fish Technology and Safety (ANFTS) 2021. The abstracts are subdivided according to the following themes: (a) Reduction and prevention of post-harvest losses by: (i) Improving methods, means and the political...

El mapeo de las iniciativas de agricultura familiar es una herramienta que busca entregar una visión completa sobre panorama de cada país de América Latina y el Caribe. Este resumen presenta una categorización de las distintas leyes que se implementaron e implementaran.

En esta tecnología se explica paso a paso como elaborar y usar la harina de ortiga y el aceto balsámico para diversas amenazas a las que se ven enfrentadas las abejas. La harina de ortiga es una planta rica en ácido fórmico un componente también presente dentro de la colmena,...

Issues paper by the High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE) to the UN Committee on World Food Security (CFS) The purpose of this issues paper (update #3), requested by the Chairperson of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) in 2020 and updated further in 2021, is to...

This initiative is taking place in the Agreste da Borborema region and is led by the Oziel Pereira community. Their aim is to use the role of collective action mechanisms in the agroecological transition at the community level. The Agreste da Borborema is a region marked by high levels of rural...

Diversifying on-farm incomes insures greater financial independence and value addition opportunities and enable farmers to respond to demand from consumers. In this short video interview with Olivier Lefebvre, economist and co-founder of Perma-projects, let's discover how economic diversification strengthens ecological and socio-economic resilience of farmers and farming systems in Europe....

El webinar Vinculando la agricultura familiar con las compras públicas, que se realizará el jueves 22 de abril a las 9:00 (Perú)/16:00 (CET), tiene como objetivo abrir un espacio de difusión y discusión de estudios sobre la vinculación de pequeños agricultores a los mercados de compras institucionales. Estos estudios resultan del proyecto Promoviendo...

Camel breeding has been a common activity in arid countries in Africa (North Africa and Sahelian countries) and in Asia (Middle East, South, and Central Asia up to China) throughout history. Despite the marginal importance at the Implications • COVID-19 pandemic is affecting the camel sector, which is contributing to...

This practice describes a local innovation used by a local farmer to address the major constraints in the production of mango in Ghana, such as low productivity resulting in high cost of production, inadequate control of insect pests and diseases, poor post-harvest management relating to the handling, grading and packaging,...

El arroz se comporta como una planta acuática, debido a que en condiciones de alta humedad o riego permanente, expresa su mayor potencial de rendimiento. Esta tecnología de siembra, permite un uso racional del suelo, lográndose alcanzar rendimientos promedios hasta 6 819 kg por ha. Sin embargo es imprescindible disponer...

Ésta ficha técnica describe la producción de semilla de pasto gamba en áreas de pastoreo desde el ambiente adecuado y la selección del área hasta la cosecha y el almacenamiento. También se desarrollan las ventajas, costos, restricciones y beneficios en los ámbitos económicos, sociales y ambientales de la dicha producción....

Farmland has been on the decline in Europe for years, due to growing urbanisation. The move to protect and increase forest areas has also had an impact, making greenhouse farming more relevant than ever. While greenhouses enable farmers to produce more with less, their warm and moist conditions also allow...

A year before the country was faced with the COVID-19 pandemic, Tahmina Isayeva from Zaqatala district in northwest Azerbaijan started a small business of drying fruits in her kitchen. “In the beginning it was my hobby to preserve fruits by drying them. We arranged fruits on the drying tray, spacing them...

THE YOUTH HAVE SPOKEN! Young farmers from Asia have spoken up about the various issues affecting agriculture and forwarded their ideas on how to resolve these challenges that they also face as agriculture practitioners. Delve into the minds of today's youth. Read their letters addressed to policymakers in the agriculture sector and understand their...

The purpose of this report is to assess the current implementation of forest and landscape restoration (FLR) in Africa. It presents the context for FLR on the African continent, highlights major FLR initiatives, and provides an overview of FLR in Africa at the start of the UN Decade on Ecosystem...