This training guide was written by the members of AVSF (employees and volunteers)who are deeply concerned about the growing use of pesticides and veterinary products in developing countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, many of which are no longer authorized in developed countries due to their high toxicity. This situation has...

El Proyecto Sembrando Capacidades es una iniciativa de cooperación Sur-Sur trila-teral celebrada entre el Ministerio de Agri-cultura y Desarrollo Rural de Colombia (MADR), el Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería y Abaste-cimiento de Brasil (MAPA), la Agencia Brasileña de Cooperación (ABC) y la Organización de Na-ciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la...

Since 2010 all of FAO’s work is guided by a Strategic Framework prepared for a period of ten to fifteen years, reviewed every four years.  The Strategic Framework 2022-2031 was developed in the context of major global and regional challenges in the areas of FAO's mandate, including the COVID-19 pandemic. It was developed...

According to a new multi-agency report coordinated by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), changing precipitation patterns, rising temperatures, and more extreme weather contributed to rising food insecurity, poverty, and displacement in Africa in 2020, compounding the socioeconomic and health crisis triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic.  The State of the Climate...

A Rede Brasileira de Pesquisa em Soberania e Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional (Rede PENSSAN), realizou em 2021 o Inquérito Nacional sobre Insegurança Alimentar no Contexto da Pandemia da Covid-19 no Brasil, cujos resultados estão sendo agora divulgados. Os resultados do inquérito mostram que nos três meses anteriores à coleta de dados, menos...

The Roundup includes recent publications, films added to our Documentation centre, meetings coming up, websites  which are important to small-scale fisheries, flashback of editorial from old issues of samudra report related to the theme  and Endquote from the world of literature related to fisheries. 

Retrouvez notre conférence organisée le 11 mars 2021 avec Pierre-Marie Aubert, chercheur, coordinateur de l’initiative Agriculture européenne à l’Iddri (Institut du Développement Durable et des Relations Internationales) : L'agroécologie pour nourrir l'Europe d'ici 2050, le scénario TYFA "Ten Years For Agroecology"

Fue adaptada por la FHIA y es aplicable en los lugares donde se siembra plátano. Tradicionalmente el productor de plátano realiza la siembra de áreas nuevas con cormos obtenidos de las plantaciones destinadas a la obtención de fruta; esta práctica debilita las plantas y reduce los rendimientos. La multiplicación rápida...

El proceso de deshidratación del limón utilizado en Guatemala consiste en secarlo de forma directa y completamente al sol, sin el uso de ningún tipo de elemento artificial ni agregados químicos pero cumpliendo las más estrictas normas de calidad: buenas prácticas agrícolas, adecuado manejo de producto en campo, higiénicos sistemas...

There are growing calls to transform the current food system in response to hunger, malnutrition, climate change, and biodiversity loss. Financial institutions and donors and other actors have tended to focus on increasing productivity and developing global value chains, which has caused great harm to the environment while failing to...

Known for their smaller size and brown colour, Busha cattle have withstood the harsh climate and living conditions in mountainous parts of the Balkan Peninsula for centuries. In Serbia, the Busha breed is not only an important element of animal genetic diversity, but also a source of food and income...

Agricultural technology was fairly stable for centuries, but slowly began to change in medieval times, which brings us back to the windmill.

Women smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe have appealed for government assistance, claiming that they are often ignored when authorities and other organizations visit their regions to provide agricultural assistance. Despite their significant contribution to the country's food security, female smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe who practice agroecology (AE) and grow 'women seeds,'...

The assessment of water productivity in livestock supply chains has a critical role to play in developing productive and sustainable food production systems worldwide. In particular, the evaluation of water productivity improvement options is key to addressing growing food demand and the projected impacts of climate change under conditions where...

This new manual by the Youth Employment Funders Group (YEFG) features two ICA case studies - ChispaRural and the Youth Inspiring Youth in Agriculture initiative - as examples of meaningful youth engagement in youth employment programmes.

The first part of the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report was released earlier this year. It confirmed what many had been saying for a long time: human-induced climate change is happening now. Some impacts are already irreversible, and future impacts are inevitable. The world is expected to reach 1.5° C of warming within...

En los años 1970s se implementó un programa del cultivo de marañón (anacardo) a nivel nacional en Guatemala con el objetivo de industrializarlo. El programa no tuvo el éxito deseado pero quedaron las plantaciones que actualmente dan la materia prima para microempresas familiares.

The beehive frame grip is a useful tool for the beekeeper. It allows removing frames from the hive with one hand only, leaving the other hand free. Usually frames are glued to the hive or to each other with propolis. Propolis is a resinous substance that makes the loosening and...

Regenerative agriculture (RA) is proposed as a solution to reverse climate change, biodiversity loss, declining water quality and health of freshwater ecosystems, wellbeing crisis in rural and farming communities, and food system dysfunctions. RA may also open overseas premium and niche markets. However, there is a lack of clarity about...

It has been since 1998 that Valdibella Cooperative is working in Camporeale, Italy to create and spread alternatives to the food system in Sicily. With more than 30 members, Valdibella Cooperative aims at restoring dignity to farmers by promoting concrete actions against commercial and labour exploitation and by applying organic agricultural methods...