This is Method Gundidza an Earth Jurisprudence Practitioner in Bikita, Zimbabwe. Method shares how five communities in Bikita have catalysed a transformation in their food and farming system, as well as in their relationship with wild places, by reviving indigenous varieties of millet, their most sacred crop. “Bringing back millet reminded us...

Los actuales sistemas de producción de panela en el departamento de Nariño son ineficientes porque deben usar combustibles adicionales para suplir la demanda energética del proceso. Para mejorar el desempeño de las hornillas tradicionales, agrosavia, en alianza con Fedepanela, diseñó y construyó un sistema híbrido de evaporación (gases de combustión...

La palmeraie de Skoura se situe dans la province de Ouarzazate, enclave arabe dans une région berbère où les populations vivent essentiellement d’une agriculture oasienne. C’est en réalité une oliveraie depuis plus de 100 ans. L’olivier a progressivement remplacé le palmier dattier, résistant mieux à la salinité de l’eau, liée...

Implementing sustainable production practices to rehabilitate soils is a grand challenge of our day, particularly for resource-poor farmers. The West African Sahel requires attention to balancing the need for increasing agricultural production against harsh environmental conditions. While there is much research documenting technologies for soil regeneration in the Sahel, there...

La tendencia actual es que los mangos para comercialización sean frutas sin fibra, jugosas, sabrosas, de color rojo amarillo, con un diámetro máximo de 20 cm. El mango de azúcar, con su tamaño pequeño, escasa fibra, buen aroma y sabor, ha ganado espacio en los mercados internacionales, principalmente europeos, que...

Para el manejo integrado del complejo de barrenadores, realice control cultural mediante el uso de semilla sana, buena preparación del lote y destrucción de residuos de cosecha. Más Información: Bibliografía completa de la corporación Editorial Agrosavia Repositorio Institucional (BAC) Podcast Dimensions Agriperfiles Google Scholar LaReferencia Redalyc Redcol ResearchGate WhastApp Noticias científicas AGROMETRICS CRIS AGROSAVIA: https://vivo.agrosavia.co/

Levedy Céleste Lossangoye developed a passion for fish farming at an early age. She grew up surrounded by fish ponds on her family’s fish farm in Andem in the Central African country of Gabon. Located around 60 kilometres from Libreville, the country’s capital, her family’s farm has 21 ponds across...

This is Simon, community animator and Earth Jurisprudence Practitioner. Simon shares how indigenous communities in Tharaka, Kenya, have been working to bring their beekeeping traditions back from the brink. “We are turning the tide on the history of loss in our own lands.” By working with the bees, attending to their needs, the...

No se puede discutir que la demanda de “café sostenible” está en su punto más alto. Ahora, más que nunca, tanto las marcas como los consumidores se dan cuenta de la importancia de cultivar, comprar y beber café que sea social y ambientalmente sostenible. Hay una serie de razones complejas que impulsan este...

This diagnostic tool advances the implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication (SSF Guidelines) through policy and legal frameworks. It is a key tool for use by any actor, including small-scale fishers, who is interested in contributing to...

To secure technical support in developing small animal sub sector in West Nile region, in 2012, the Agency For Accelerated Regional Development (AFARD) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Africa Institute for Strategic Animal Resource Services and Development (AFRISA) a not-For-Profit and autonomous government institution furthering Academic-Community-Private-Public Partnership (ACP3) engagement...

Fish may not suffice to ensure global food security, but there will no global food security without fish: even as more than 800 million of us suffer from hunger, seafood products make up a fifth of the animal protein intake for nearly half of the world’s population. To eat fish...

Consumers’ purchasing motives are linked to their financial status, use-by-dates, product composition, the origin of foods but also food safety or nutritional characteristics such as nutritional contribution to diet, risks of allergens, ecological, ethical, religious factors and others. Few analytical techniques can be used to verify the authenticity of related...

Conventional agriculture is very productive. But high productivity comes at a cost: soil that is depleted or eroded, watercourses that are polluted or drying up, and a food system that produces 20–40% of greenhouse gas emissions. Many people now agree that we urgently need to transform the food system, including...

Using mason bees can ensure optimal pollination in intensive fruit orchards when naturally occurring pollinators are not (yet) present or are too few. Practical recommendations The two most important managed wild bees for fruit crops pollination are the European orchard bee (Osmia cornuta) and the Red mason bee (Osmia bicornis),...

Benefit of Composting Composting manure with biological products is the process of decomposing animal and plant waste into organic matter that is easier for plants to digest after just a few weeks or months. This process reduces odor, disease germs, helminth eggs, and harmful bacteria. Using compost will improve soil fertility,...

La construcción de un micro-tranque facilita la acumulación del agua de la lluvia y la pone a disposición para riego. Con la captura de agua, mejora el abastecimiento para uso agrícola y para enfrentar mejor las temporadas de sequía. Gracias a la disponibilidad regular de agua para el riego, la...

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.

Digital tools are making access to information more and more possible, and participatory videos are a great way for farmers to share their experiences with other farmers in their own countries and beyond. In the RFS Uganda project sites, Farmer Field Schools have partnered up with Access Agriculture to get...

Características agroindustriales para tener en cuenta al momento de elegir una variedad de caña en campo, en industria. Más Información: Bibliografía completa de la corporación Editorial Agrosavia Repositorio Institucional (BAC) Podcast Dimensions Agriperfiles Google Scholar LaReferencia Redalyc Redcol ResearchGate WhastApp Noticias científicas AGROMETRICS CRIS AGROSAVIA: https://vivo.agrosavia.co/