The quiet residential area of Upper Renfrew in St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda, is home to Indies Greens, the island’s only aquaponics farm and training centre, which combines aquaculture and hydroponics to produce fish and vegetables at the same time. This unique farm and training facility was established in 2016, to...

The year 2020 was unprecedented in many ways. For rich and poor countries alike, the coronavirus pandemic and the associated policy responses brought a widespread health calamity, economic hardship, severe disruptions to services, and previously unimaginable restrictions on movement. Many poor and vulnerable people have faced serious threats to their...

ICSF’s Posters on World Fisheries Day (November 21, 2021)

En Colombia, Conotrachelus psidii presenta una distribución geográfica generalizada y es considerado un insecto plaga de importancia económica en los principales sistemas silvopastoriles y tecnificados de Psidium guajava; la cual representa una importante fuente de desarrollo e ingresos para productores, por su utilización en la agroindustria y consumo en fresco....

Monitoreo: Recorridos en los lotes en zigzag, “X” o “W” semanal o quincenalmente. Evaluar aleatoriamente daños causados por la plaga en 10 % de las plantas establecidas. Registrar en planillas o cuadernillos las plagas observadas. 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/

Los efectos del cambio climático ya son evidentes, y dada la vulnerabilidad del sector pesquero artesanal y de la acuicultura a pequeña escala, resulta urgente tomar acciones que contribuyan a mitigar su impacto y desplegar acciones que contribuyan a mejorar la capacidad de adaptación de estas comunidades frente a este...

All living organisms have enemies. EU-funded research has harnessed the enemies of banana plants’ enemies for a natural battle in which banana plants, people and the environment are all winners. Population growth and global climate change are putting tremendous pressure on our agricultural food chain, making it even more imperative to...

En la descripción de esta tecnología se explica el uso de tracción animal y tractores de un eje para la siembra directa. En particular, se describen e ilustran los diferentes instrumentos o implementos utilizados para siembra directa. Los elementos principales para el funcionamiento de sembradoras directas son: un disco para cortar...

La tecnología para la producción artesanal de semilla de Chiltoma o pimiento dulce (Capsicum annum L.) permitirá al productor obtener unas semillas de buena calidad y que puedan ser adaptadas a sus condiciones climáticas.

The Kenyan topbar hive is having great success in African and is gaining popularity in other continents. This hive model allows the transition from a traditional beekeeping with fixed comb hives, to a more sophisticated, but still easy to practice beekeeping. In fact, the advantage of this hive model is...

This guidebook is an offshoot of the research outputs, lessons learned, challenges, and recommendations of the project Piloting and Upscaling Effective Models of ISARD implemented by SEARCA in partnership with the Visayas State University, the Mindoro State College of Agriculture and Technology (now the Mindoro State University), and the local government units (LGUs) of...

This case study, “Solutions to youth agripreneurship challenges”, is an output deriving from the assessment of the Youth Inspiring Youth in Agriculture (YIYA) Initiative in Uganda. In 2017, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Government of Uganda, through the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) as...

Addressing gender inequality in fisheries value chains can lead to a variety of positive outcomes, including environmental ones. The sustainable seafood movement, composed predominantly of environmental non-profit organizations based in the global North and Latin America, has the lofty goal of improving the environmental sustainability and social responsibility of global seafood...

The bulletin provides the latest food price developments at world, regional and national level. It focuses on countries where prices are abnormally high, based on GIEWS analysis and the Indicator of Food Price Anomalies (IFPA) for SDG target 2.c. Learn the latest from this month's edition. Key Messages International prices of grains...

Emplea la combinación de diferentes métodos de manejo. Busca causar el menor impacto sobre la salud humana y el medio ambiente. Involucra: Reconocimiento, monitoreo, prevención e intervención cuando se presenta un incremento en la población de la plaga. 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/ ...

Scopulariopsis fungi genus has 112 recognized species in Index-Fungorum (http://www.indexfungorum.org/Names/Names.asp). Some species are classified as a human opportunistic FFHP (Jagielski et al., 2016). These species are able to produces toxins or carry allergens, which cause health hazards (Woudenberg et al. 2017). In environmental sciences, a new species of S. gossypii...

La valona ou trona est une construction circulaire en pierres sèches qui entoure le tronc des arbres, les protégeant ainsi du vent et offrant de nombreux avantages aux agriculteurs. Ce type de constructions est très présent sur la côte méditerranéenne espagnole, en particulier en Catalogne et dans la Communauté de Valence, où...

Peer-to-peer learning can be very effective in sharing knowledge and experience, and encouraging the adoption of new practices and technologies among farmers including youth. FAO training approaches, like the Junior Farmer Field and Life Schools (JFFLS), encourage youth facilitators to share their knowledge in the respective communities, mobilizing and sensitizing...

A co-founder of ICSF addresses the issue of gender equity and social justice at a trans-disciplinarity workshop. On April 1st I opened my email to find a request from Too Big to Ignore, the global network on small-scale fisheries, asking if I would share my reflections on the question of Gender Equity...

Compuesto por los picudos negro (Cosmopolites sordidus), rayado (Metamasius hemipterus) y amarillo (M. hebetatus). Adulto de color negro, cuerpo estrecho y alargado; cabeza pequeña con pico largo y curvo, y estrías en cada una de sus alas rígidas y duras (élitros). Su daño causa amarillamiento, bajo desarrollo de plantas y...