Gloves make part of the beekeeper's protective gear. They protect the beekeeper's hands and fore arms from bee stings. The material used to make the gloves, generally a soft durable leather, should not allow the bees to sting through it.

El presente informe desarrolla una propuesta para identificar criterios de resiliencia climática e indicadores en políticas públicas y programas sobre desarrollo agrícola rural y agricultura familiar en particular. Para apoyar a los países en este esfuerzo de identificación de criterios y desarrollo de indicadores clave, se proponen algunos ejemplos para...

Corpoica Turipaná LCER 0007 es una nueva variedad de algodón de tipo convencional con tolerancia media a enfermedades foliares, que se obtuvo del cruzamiento entre las variedades Vallenata M-135 y Delta OPAL. Apta para zonas algodoneras pertenecientes al Caribe húmedo colombiano. Más Información: Bibliografía completa de la corporación Editorial Agrosavia Repositorio Institucional (BAC) Podcast Dimensions Agriperfiles Google Scholar LaReferencia Redalyc Redcol ResearchGate WhastApp Noticias...

Conservation Agriculture (CA), No-till method of farming which is climate smart, increases organic carbon of the soil, essentially are generative agricultural practice, considerably increases productivity of the land and adds to the amazing happiness & confidence of the farmer." The Saguna Regenerative Technique (SRT) cultivation method was evolved in 2011...

Brazil used to be a country rich in biodiversity, but in the semi-arid North East of the country, Extensive livestock raising, slash and burn agriculture and uncontrolled demand for wood fuel has have led to widespread environmental degradation of its unique Caatinga biodiversity. Adeline and her granddaughter Jucimara are among...

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the difficulties cities face in managing crises that are exacerbated by population density and depend on supply chains that often start outside the city for their resolution. For this reason, one of the unfortunate consequences of the pandemic crisis has been an increase in hunger...

El establecimiento de bancos forrajes en el área rural de Pasto tiene importancia fundamental, dado que la alimentación de animales y productividad de las fincas tiene un alto costo, que se busca reducir junto con mejorar la productividad. Los bancos forrajeros son cultivos intensivos para la producción de grandes volúmenes...

Los diagnósticos participativos llevados a cabo en las comunidades Kaqchiqueles y en las que trabaja el PESA (Xibalbay, Oratorio y Chaquiyá, municipio de Sololá) indicaron un déficit en acceso y consumo de proteína animal, por lo que se decidió trabajar con Módulo Pecuario (MP) de pollos de engorde. Las aves...

Sandeep Narayan Jamjade is a farmer residing in Jalochi Village, Baramati, and Pune, India. He is 37 years old with a family of 11. He started his farming venture when he was 24. It took him years of trial and error to adopt various practical solutions leading to ecologically sustainable agricultural...

Two new studies published by the Agriculture Policy Research in Africa (APRA) collaboration present a bleak picture of Malawi's smallholder farmers' future. This article builds on the results of APRA Working Papers to better understand the realities of smallholder farming in Malawi and what the future holds for those who...

This publication describes the analytical process carried out under the European Union-funded SALSA project which enabled the development of a European map of the distribution of small farms at the NUTS-3 level and assessed the capabilities and usefulness of Copernicus Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 satellites for small farms monitoring, specifically in...

A working group pooling members of the international scientific community and civil society was formed in 2008 as a French initiative. It aims to address the imperatives outlined in the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification: developing a minimum set of indicators to help policy makers assess desertification and land...

SINUANA M-137, proviene del cruzamiento entre la variedad Africana STAMF y la Liena Cesar LC85-90-M-9-1-7. Se caracteriza fundamentalmente por sus excelentes rendimientos en campo, alto porcentaje de fibra y por su excelente calidad para la industria textil. 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/

Las personas beneficiadas por la aplicación de esta tecnología han recibido capacitaciones en el manejo de la especie caprina, construyen cabrerizas y luego reciben una cabra hembra en etapa reproductiva, sin coste, pero con el compromiso escrito de entregar una cría hembra de más de 6 meses para favorecer a...

The practice of natural agriculture focuses on biodiversity preservation and promotes seed conservation.  This approach emphasizes the environment's fundamental characteristics and supports the Satoyama concept that integrates ecological compatibility among landscape and seascape management. In this session, part of the Oxford Real Farming Conference 2021 programme, Shumei Natural Agriculture presented a virtual tour of natural agriculture farms...

Aquaculture is vital for feeding the world's expanding population and the conference is considering a range of issues and opportunities ranging from traditional family farming in vulnerable communities to cutting-edge technology.  Themes to be discussed at the conference include: innovation, genetic resources, biosecurity, the social and human dimension, value chains...

The transformation of food systems is a burning topic across the globe, in response to concerns about the nutritional, environmental and equity impacts of our current system. Food system transformation is inextricably linked with efforts to eradicate hunger and poverty, since the livelihoods of a large share of the world’s...

In a joint statement released today, FAO, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), and the World Health Organization (WHO), committed to strengthening multi-sectoral coordination and efforts to combat health threats associated with interactions between humans, animals, and the environment across Europe and Central Asia. This message was reiterated in a virtual...

Agriculture, forestry and fi shery statistics provides a selection of recent, topical data. Information is presented for the European Union (EU) and its Member States, and is supplemented (when available) with data for the United Kingdom, EFTA members, candidate countries to the EU and potential candidates. This publication aims to...

La variedad de berenjena C015, fue obtenida de una colecta realizada en fincas de productores del Caribe Colombiano, específicamente en el Valle del Sinú, Sabanas Colindadas de Córdoba, Sucre y Bolívar, y Zona Bananera del Magdalena. Se caracteriza por tener frutos alargados de color lila, con rendimiento promedio de 31,43...