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FAO: Rural women can be agents of change in migration
Six out of ten international migrants reside in Asia and Europe, and a large share of them are from rural areas. Often, when these migrants settle into urban areas and find work, they send money back home to the families they’ve left behind.
The connections among migration, agriculture and the situation...
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Vidéos
5 test semplici per valutare la qualità del suolo (mutanda, slake, té, vanga, vaso Barber)
Il suolo è la base della produzione agricola. In questo video, Sandie Masso di Agridea vi presenta cinque strumenti di diagnostica del suolo che sono sia semplici sia rapidi per l'agricoltore: - metodo della mutanda - slake test - metodo del té verde e roiboos - test della vanga -...
2018 - The Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL)
Article de blog
Conference eyes sustainable future for Black Sea fisheries and aquaculture
Fisheries experts convene today in Sofia, Bulgaria – to take stock of progress towards sustainable fisheries and aquaculture in the Black Sea and propose actions to maintain the momentum.
All Black Sea countries signed the landmark Bucharest Declaration in 2016, with the goal of a sustainable future for fisheries and aquaculture in the...
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Article de blog
FAO supports Belarus in reviewing the country’s food safety system to meet modern requirements
As one short-term FAO intervention on food safety ends in Belarus, another will soon begin. This is what governmental representatives agreed upon this week in Minsk during five days of talks to conclude the previous project and set priorities for future work.
FAO has been working in Belarus to understand the...
Belarus
2018 - Food and Agriculture organization of the United Nations FAO
Article de blog
FAO launches regional initiative on sustainability, climate change
Managing natural resources sustainably while also coping with climate change is the focus of a new FAO initiative for food and agriculture in Europe and Central Asia. The initiative was endorsed by FAO’s regional governing body when it convened last month in Voronezh, Russian Federation.
The FAO Regional Conference for Europe...
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
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Transformation of the Macedonian pepper
Red pepper is the most important type of produce for the Macedonian food industry, with some 70 000 tonnes processed every year. Ajvar is usually prepared in late summer and early autumn. It is a regular element of the winter menu because the ingredients are available in abundance, and it...
North Macedonia
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Article de blog
New partnership to help Ukraine close gaps in food safety
Representatives of three major organizations gathered in Kyiv recently to tackle issues of food safety and sanitary service in Ukraine.
Hosted by Volodymyr Lapa, the head of the State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection, the meeting was attended by Marta Everard, head of the World Health Organization...
Ukraine
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Article de blog
FAO report offers hope for improved food value chains in Azerbaijan
The Soviet Union collapsed nearly 30 years ago, but its effects linger in the fragmented farm structures and market channels that plague food value chains throughout Europe and Central Asia.
A series of FAO publications is dedicated to improving this issue by revealing a path forward to a system that is...
Azerbaijan
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Article de blog
FAO, GEF launch project to nurture natural resources in Central Asia and Turkey
In the past 50 years, the population of the Central Asia region has tripled. With the need to feed a larger number of people amid increasingly limited water resources and highly vulnerable climatic conditions, the region faces serious food security challenges.
A newly launched regional project from FAO and the Global...
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Ouvrage
Azerbaijan Value Chain Gap Analysis
The Value Chain Gap Analysis Report on Azerbaijan is meant to fill the “gap” in professional literature via providing a snapshot on how the government, the private sector and donor organizations work on creating an enabling environment to support value chain (VC) development. The report won’t answer any particular questions...
Azerbaijan
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Événement
Festival of northern fishing traditions brings global small-scale and indigenous fishermen to north
Co-organised by Interreg Nord Summer Whitefish and Snowchange Cooperative, the Festival of Northern Fishing Traditions has wrapped up successfully in Tornio, Finland. Over 150 small-scale and Indigenous fishermen around the world joined forces to discuss climate change, traditional knowledge, governance and direct exchanges on common challenges.
Finland
2018 - Interreg Nord Summer Whitefish
Vidéos
Progrès Herbe: Trois éléments pour garantir le bon fonctionnement des estivages jurassiens
Le potentiel des pâturages d’estivage jurassiens est très bon. Il est possible de produire 20kg ou plus de lait par vache rien que sur la base d’herbage de qualité. 3 facteurs sont toutefois pour exprimer ce potentiel ; les accès doivent être facile et pratique, bien aménagés, l’approvisionnement en eau...
2018 - The Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL)
Article de blog
Researchers conclude 21 days at sea surveying Black Sea fish
The Bosphorus, the narrow strait in Istanbul that connects the Black Sea basin to the rest of the world, hosted a special guest on 12 July. Affectionately named “Bilim” (Turkish for “Science”), the oceanographic research vessel (RV) from Middle East Technical University (METU) in Ankara, Turkey was just embarking on...
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Article de blog
Hungarian folk art festival showcases FAO’s work on rural crafts in Central Asia
A Hungarian master attentively places his basketry utensils while Konobaeva Venera, a weaving master from Kyrgyzstan, packs up after a weaving workshop. Nearby, other masters from Uzbekistan and Hungary prepare for their time slots in the FAO stand at the Festival of Folk Arts, which runs through 20 August at...
Hungary
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Article de blog
Montenegro looks to Austria to develop recipe for food, agriculture and tourism
Montenegro is looking to strengthen the links between agriculture, food and tourism, uniting its mesmerising coastline and spectacular mountains with its traditional foods – ranging from speciality cheeses and cured hams to bitter greens and crisp wines.
As part of this agritourism push, at the end of June a Montenegrin delegation...
Montenegro
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Vidéos
Participatory soil regeneration with farmers in Ghana – ORM4Soil Project
This video shows the recent progress of the activities of the ORM4Soil Ghana Team in the field. Farmers from around the study area of Kade were invited to inspect the results of the trials which they had contributed to design in the beginning of the study. The importance of organic...
2018 - The Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL)
Vidéos
Progrès herbe: L’autonomie se cultive : développer l’apport protéique sur la ferme (Alain Chabloz)
Par un souci d’autonomie et de meilleure valorisation des récoltes, Alain Chabloz nous explique pourquoi il a décidé de produire lui-même des protéines pour ses vaches laitières. Les trois raisons principales sont : il fabriquait déjà une partie de ses concentrés à la ferme, mais surtout à base de céréales,...
2018 - The Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL)
Article de blog
Greenhouses opened in Armenian schools to improve students’ nutrition
Greenhouses are opening in rural schools in Armenia’s Ararat region today with the goal of increasing schoolchildren’s dietary diversity and improving their nutrition. All three greenhouses – in the public schools of Vedi, Verin Artashat and Surenavan – are equipped with modern heating, ventilation and drip irrigation systems.
This activity is...
Armenia
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Étude de cas
Agroecological weed management for organic farmers
gronomic practices and management decisions can have a significant impact on the type and number of weeds on a farm. Understanding this relationship can help organic producers manage weeds through avoidance, and various cultural management practices.
The most important steps of non-chemical weed management are prevention, diagnosis, and a number of...
Hungary
2018 - Association for Hungarian Organic Farming (MÖGÉRT/AHOF)
Pratiques
L'atelier paysan: a network for farmer-driven technologies and practices
Small-scale agroecological and organic farming systems require appropriate machinery and technologies, and a change of paradigm in the way they are conceived, produced, sold and patented. The mainstream agricultural model has led to machines that are getting increasingly bigger and more expensive and complicated, and thus inaccessible for many farmers...
France
2018 - L’Atelier Paysan
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