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Treating anoestrus cases in cattle and small ruminants
Livestock including cows, sheep and goats do not come to heat due to lack of hormones and proper nutrition. Inductions of heat by chemical hormone is costly, and their residues can be seen in milk and meat, which can be hazardous. Livestock can be induced to heat by phytohormones. There...
India
2021 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Ouvrage
Agricultural transformation in Asia
Policy and institutional experiences
Over the past few decades, some countries in Asia have been more successful than others in addressing poverty and malnutrition. The key question is what policies, strategies, legislation and institutional arrangements have led to a transformed agricultural sector, effectively contributing to poverty alleviation and addressing malnutrition. The great majority of...
Bangladesh - Republic of Korea - Thailand - Viet Nam - Yemen
2021 - FAO
Fiche d'information
Dharamitra in India
The initiative is located in Central India, encompassing the Vidarbha District and the adjoining districts of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. Dietary-based anemia is a widespread problem, especially amongst young women. The area is facing an acute agrarian crisis. One of its causes is climate change and the increasingly unpredictable monsoon...
India
2021 - CARI, Gosavi Bahuudeshiya Sanstha (GBS)
Article de blog
Drought threatens the livelihoods of 7 million farmers in Afghanistan
FAO calls for urgent humanitarian assistance for the winter wheat season
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has appealed for humanitarian assistance to be scaled up as Afghanistan continues to be hit hard by an ever-worsening drought that threatens the livelihoods of more than 7 million people who rely on agriculture or livestock.
Many of these people are...
Afghanistan
2021 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Bulletin d'information
Climate-smart agriculture - Solutions for resilient farming and forestry
The realities of a changing climate are increasingly affecting European farming and forestry. Climate-smart agriculture is an approach that can help farmers and foresters build resilience and adapt to the effects of climate change, and increase productivity and incomes in a sustainable way. Climate-smart practices can focus on ways to...
2021 - Eip Agri, Agriculture & Innovation
Document de conférence
América Latina y El Caribe rumbo a la Cumbre sobre los Sistemas Alimentarios
El Diálogo Regional sobre los Sistema Alimentarios es organizado por la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe de las Naciones Unidas (CEPAL) y la Oficina Regional para América Latina y el Caribe de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO / RLC),...
2021 - Naciones Unidas
Article de blog
Experts examine ways to reduce harvest and post-harvest food losses
Post-harvest food loss is a leading cause of food insecurity for millions of people across the world. In 2019, 690 million suffered from hunger and the situation has worsened due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, everyone involved, including farmers, handlers, traders, and governments, are part of the solution to prevent...
2021 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Directives
Organic farming practices
Organic farming works in harmony with nature. Since organic farmers don’t use synthetic fertilizers, GMOs, or pesticides, they have to fight insects, disease and weeds and grow abundant food with the help of other methods. What connects all organic farming practices is their ultimate goal: to build and improve the...
2021 - Rodale Institute
Fiche d'information
Componente ambiental: biología del suelo
El modelo productivo presenta una gran variedad de formas biológicas representadas por la presencia de microflora, microfauna, mesofauna y macrofauna. Son responsables de la dinámica y la transformación de la materia orgánica y mejoramiento de propiedades físicas del suelo, como la infiltración del agua y la aireación de los suelos,...
Colombia
2021 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)
Rapport
Characteristics and performance of fisheries co-management in Asia
Synthesis of knowledge and case studies: Bangladesh, Cambodia, Philippines and Sri Lanka
The overarching objective of this report was to determine, from current evidence and experiences from the region, a view of co-management application and performance. Among the findings of the review are: (1) Co-management is associated with positive trends across a range of social, ecological and governance indicators; (2) While overall...
Bangladesh - Cambodia - Philippines - Sri Lanka
2021 - FAO
Apprentissage en ligne
Agroecología: Transición hacia sistemas alimentarios sostenibles
Este curso 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), y pretende además ser un aporte para estimular el intercambio y la difusión de buenas prácticas de agroecología en el contexto del...
2021 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Fiche d'information
Voluntary Association of Agricultural General Development Health and Reconstruction Alliance in India
The mission of the Voluntary Association of Agricultural General Development Health and Reconstruction Alliance in India (VAAGDHARA) is to create and nurture vibrant institutions of poor and tribal peoples in Western India so that they have sustainable livelihoods through scientific, indigenous and appropriate knowledge and technologies and their children are well educated...
India
2021 - CARI, Gosavi Bahuudeshiya Sanstha (GBS)
Ouvrage
Caderneta agroecológica : o saber e o fazer das mulheres do campo, das florestas e das águas
Dizem que uma mulher que lê é uma mulher perigosa. O que dizer, então, de mulheres que escrevem? E que escrevem não apenas textos, livros, mas a própria história? Não importa se essa história é escrita de forma tradicional, com palavras, frases, referências bibliográficas, ou se é escrita no dia...
Brazil
2021 - Centro Tecnologias Alternativas
Article de revue spécialisée
Searching for family farming in Argentina: chronicles of a technological innovation between two worlds
This paper proposes a contribution to the analysis of the processes that accompany the increasing fragmentation of agricultural worlds between contrasting models of development. To this end, we examine an area that has until now attracted little attention in this respect, that of the scientific and technological actors involved; we...
Argentina
2021 - Review of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Studies, Springer
Article de blog
Eastern and Southeastern Europe commits to restore more than 4 million hectares of land by 2030
The countries of Eastern and Southeastern Europe are taking bold action with the commitment to restore more than 4 million ha of land by 2030 under the Global Bonn Challenge. This was announced today at the Ministerial meeting organized by UNECE and FAO as part of the UN’s Decade of Ecosystem Restoration.
Today,...
2021 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Article de revue
Early effects of the COVID-19 outbreak on the African dairy industry: Cases of Burkina Faso, Kenya, Madagascar, and Senegal
This paper provides an early assessment of the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak and of subsequent response measures on milk production, collection, processing, marketing and consumption in Africa. We focus on the period surrounding the first wave of the outbreak (from February to June 2020), during which the number of...
Burkina Faso - Kenya - Madagascar - Senegal
2021 - Cahiers Agricultures
Article de blog
Female farmers to improve livelihoods with support of experienced peers
Olga Babayeva, a 52-year-old farmer from Samukh region, in northwestern Azerbaijan, is a well-recognized businesswoman in her community. Apart from being the biggest producer of vegetable seeds for onions, coriander, dill, radishes, and parsley, among others, she is also known for her strong support of women’s engagement in farming.
She was...
2021 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Article
Capacidad de infección de hongos asociados a la pudrición seca de los Tubérculos de Ñame : Fungal infection
La pudrición seca de los tubérculos es una de las enfermedades más devastadoras en la producción de ñame espino (Dioscorea rotundata Poir.) en la región Caribe de Colombia. Esta enfermedad ataca los tubérculos ocasionando pérdidas de producción durante el cultivo. En previos experimentos se lograron aislar e identificar 11 morfotipos de...
Colombia
2021 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)
Ouvrage
Good Gardening and Growing Root and Seed Crops in Ethiopia
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...
Ethiopia
2021
Partie d’un ouvrage
Experiencia Agrosavia en Sistemas Silvopastoriles Trópico Alto
Sistema de producción ganadera en el Altiplano Cundiboyacense
La acacia amarilla (Acacia decurrens) es una especie arbórea que se encuentra distribuida en el Altiplano Cundiboyacense (Uribe et al., 2011). Es utilizada como suplemento alimenticio para el ganado, por lo cual se tuvo la iniciativa de aislar rizobios nativos como herramienta biotecnológica para mejorar la calidad del forraje. Teniendo...
Colombia
2021 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)
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