Five genes of large phenotypic effect known to confer abiotic stress tolerance in rice were selected to characterize allelic variation in commercial Colombian tropical japonica upland rice cultivars adapted to drought-prone acid soil environments (cv. Llanura11 and Porvenir12). Allelic variants of the genes ART1, DRO1, SUB1A, PSTOL1, and SPDT were...

Yemaya No. 63, dated May 2021, features articles from US, The Netherlands, Myanmar, Senegal, and an article on women in fisheries and human rights.The article from the US by Linda Behnken argues that a growing coalition of small-scale, community-based fishers is calling for the recognition and protection of Alaska’s invaluable...

O governo da Bahia está lançando uma campanha intitulada “Viva a Feira”, cujo objetivo é apoiar os municípios a adequarem as feiras livres, feiras orgânicas, feiras agroecológicas e mercados municipais às normas de saúde recomendadas para enfrentamento da Covid-19. A iniciativa é promovida por meio da Secretaria de Desenvolvimento Rural...

The August to November edition of the Hunger Hotspots report provides the results of a joint FAO-WFP early warning analysis of acute food insecurity hotspots, highlights countries that are at risk of significant food security deterioration, and in particular acute hunger and associated malnutrition. The analysis takes into account all...

En la apicultura actual con las nuevas variables que se incorporan, se requiere de la sistematización de los procesos y manejos para ordenar, además de realizar la toma de decisiones en base a información clara y objetiva. Para lo cual el apicultor debe decidir en base a sus líneas productivas...

Leading the European Union-funded Programme for Support to Rural Entrepreneurship, Investment and Trade in Papua New Guinea (EU-STREIT PNG), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) focuses on promoting fair participation of women in all nodes along three targeted value chains of Cocoa, Vanilla and Fisheries under...

The Desert Locust (Schistocerca gregaria) is the most destructive migratory pest in the world. In response to environmental stimuli, dense and highly mobile Desert Locust swarms can form. They are ravenous eaters who consume their own weight per day, targeting food crops and forage. Just a single square kilometer of...

Goal 5 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) “Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls” recognizes the fundamental role of women in achieving poverty reduction, food security and nutrition. Target 5.a aims to “Undertake reforms to give women equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to...

Actores locales o regionales, privados o públicos que prestan algún servicio o suministran algún equipo requerido en la producción de plátano.

El uso de herramientas que no han sido desinfectadas y los insectos del género Xyleborus predisponen la aparición de esta enfermedad. La marchitez es el síntoma más característico, las hojas quedan colgadas en posición vertical. Seleccionar patronajes resistentes. Cicatrizar heridas con pasta bordelesa. Identificar y erradicar plantas enfermas antes de...

This video tells the story of Sireesha - one of the thousands of women and men farmers in Andhra Pradesh, India, practicing agroecology in Farmer Field Schools facilitated by the Andhra Pradesh Community managed Natural Farming Programme and FAO. Through agroecology and FFS, Sireesha and her family improved their incomes; consume healthy and...

Durante los últimos años, como consecuencia de la expansión de la frontera agrícola, el número de ejemplares arbóreos presentes en los establecimientos agropecuarios se ha visto ampliamente disminuido, ocasionando problemas de índole ambiental y productivo, viéndose afectada la sustentabilidad de los sistemas de producción. El estrés por calor en bovinos...

El estudio examina el desempeño de la producción ganadera en Bolivia y Colombia. Se trata de dos ganaderías con diferente trayectoria, madurez tecnológica, y desempeño productivo, y que tienen en común la existencia de “frontera agrícola”, es decir, cambios de uso del suelo que permiten incorporar tierras de pastoreo a...

La República Argentina tiene una superficie total de 3.761.274 km2, con un sector continental de 2.791.810 km2. Su extensión de norte a sur es de 3.694 km y de oeste a este, de 1.423 km. Su clima es diverso, varía de templado a cálido, árido y frío, y se pueden...

Across the world, more than a year since it first struck, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to take lives, destroy livelihoods and paralyse economies with unprecedented lockdowns and supply chain disruptions. Lockdown and physical distancing measures in particular impact vulnerable small-scale fishers; the frequent disruption of economic activity is an enormous...

A study illustrates the deep influences that guide the gilded ocean economy: just 100 companies generated 60 per cent of revenues from the largest ocean-based industries in 2018. The promise and potential of the ocean as an ‘economic frontier’ in the 21st century has attracted attention from governments, the private sector,...

The UN Food Systems Summit has revealed the 15 action areas with more than 50 solution clusters that will serve as a key element to underpin discussions at the Pre-Summit gathering in Rome, Italy from July 26-28. Each action area, developed by more than 500 members of the Summit’s five Action Tracks,...

Action Aid International gathered stakeholders on Tuesday to discuss ways to improve agro-ecology and eco-restoration on the Gambia's south, middle, and north banks, with the goal of ensuring community resilience to climate change, achieving food security, climate justice, and comprehensive disaster prevention. The Agroecology, Eco-Restoration, and Resilience Building Project, according...

The digital hub ConectAgroecology is a meeting space for the members of the CPLP Agroecology Network and a tool to support the training of farmers, fishermen, and other food producers, technicians from public entities, and all people interested in developing knowledge and practices in agroecology. It is intended to contribute to the development of...

Pastoralism is a form of livestock farming based on continuous or seasonal, local or regional herd mobility. This livestock rearing strategy is geared towards meeting the herd’s nutritional needs via intermittent grazing of fodder resources of often spatiotemporally varying availability and quality. In Sahelian-Saharan areas, pastoral livestock farming is family-based,...