Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which: identify highly nutritious local food plants, explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way, detail the nutritional value of the plants and describe why human bodies require those nutrients. The resources created by FPS allows people to better...

It describes the role that the cooperative business system plays in the transformation of food systems in the world, particularly in Latin America and the Caribbean, in addition, it addresses issues of cooperative businesses in agriculture and food, as interveners in the economy, social and business organization.

The main aim of this study was to evaluate SOC sequestration, the national distribution, and the results with different sustainable soil management (SSM) practices. SOC sequestration potential after the adoption of SSM practices under specific conditions was expressed in different ways depending on the definition of SOC baseline stocks and...

The narrative that ‘meat and milk are bad’ because livestock production is a major greenhouse gas emitter is widespread, promoted by international agencies, campaign groups, corporations and governments. This overarching narrative has led to generalised policy prescriptions, applicable to some western diets and to some forms of livestock production. Of...

Los materiales genéticos utilizados como copas de cacao, conocidos como clones, se seleccionan según características. La compatibilidad de un material genético depende de si la flor de cacao acepta o rechaza su propio polen, la compatibilidad también se da entre materiales distintos. Más Información: Bibliografía completa de la corporación Editorial Agrosavia Repositorio Institucional (BAC) Podcast Dimensions Agriperfiles Google...

In May 2021, Gaza experienced sustained bombing over eleven days. More than 50% of the women’s farms were damaged or completely destroyed. This article contains stories of success and resilience told by women farmers as they work towards rebuilding their farms and food processes, and restoring Palestinian food sovereignty.

The Brazilian Association of Agroecology (ABA-Agroecologia) and the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) present the IV ''Agroecological Transition Collection''. The book analyses the relations between biodiversity, food culture, and gender relations, from the perspective of food security and food and nutritional sovereignty.

Animals, so important for food security – they provide us with milk, with eggs, with meat. But as global population growth has accelerated, so has the demand for animal produce – putting a strain on both farmers and the environment. Simply raising more animals is not an option; it would...

Las transiciones hacia sistemas agroalimentarios justos, resilientes y sostenibles, requieren del re-conocimiento y re-valorización de sistemas tradicionales que han sido desarrollados y preservados por la Agricultura Campesina, Familiar y Comunitaria (ACFC).

latest podcast episode focuses on the digitalisation of agriculture in the EU. We hear from one enterprising cereal farmer in Ireland who has seen his yields grow as the time he spends on repetitive tasks in the field declines, and speak to a scientist at the European Space Agency who...

Through support from the FAO-EU Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Programme, the Organization Asociación Balam has connected local carpenters to legal timber producers in the northern Guatemalan department of Petén by building and strengthening cooperatives. FAO’s partners also provided dedicated trainings to Municipal Government officials on good forest governance...

Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which: identify highly nutritious local food plants, explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way, detail the nutritional value of the plants and describe why human bodies require those nutrients. The resources created by FPS allows people to better...

With Turkey hosting more than 3.6 million Syrians, that makes it home to the world’s largest refugee population. Many of those refugees, who have been granted “temporary protection” in Turkey, work in the agri-food and livestock sectors, which offer the most opportunities in the areas where they reside. However, these opportunities...

La propagación asexual mediante injertos se emplea para mantener la identidad genética de los materiales en las plantaciones nuevas de cacao. Dos de las técnicas de injertación más utilizadas por los viveristas en el proceso de multiplicación de plantas de cacao son la de parche y la de púa terminal....

Experience FAO’s work with pastoralist communities in the Greater Karamoja Cluster in East Africa. In this immersive 360° experience, use your mouse to scroll inside the video and explore our work through the eyes of the beneficiaries: from Pokot and Karamojong shepherds, and a young girl’s passion for farming, to...

This is an inspiring story from Nigeria. In 1984 a Nigerian, Father Godfrey Nzamujo created a sustainable Zero-Waste farm, 'Songhai ' in Porto-Novo, Republic of Benin, designed to mimic natural ecosystem. He said he got the idea after the devastating drought and famine in Ethiopia and decided to create a...

Somos una red nacional de cooperativas vinculadas a la cadena agroalimentaria. Buscamos construir cadenas de valor cooperativas, donde la producción, la industrialización, la comercialización y el consumo queden en nuestras manos.  Promovemos la agroecología como modo de producción, el agregado de valor basado en la industrialización de nuestros cultivos, minimizando la...

Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which: identify highly nutritious local food plants, explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way, detail the nutritional value of the plants and describe why human bodies require those nutrients. The resources created by FPS allows people to better...

957 billion. That has just been confirmed by the UN as the average amount that low- and lower-middle-income countries invest annually in agriculture. So, if agriculture accounts for more than 25% of GDP in some developing countries, employs 63% of the world’s poor people and has the potential to improve...

Fin 2019, avant le déclenchement de la pandémie de la Covid-19, la FAO estimait que 20 % d’Africains, soit 250 millions de personnes, étaient sous-alimentés. Cette prévalence était deux fois et demie supérieure a la moyenne mondiale. Se combinaient alors plusieurs facteurs : sécheresse, inondations, épidémies acridiennes, instabilité des marchés...