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Farmers in El Salvador adapt livelihoods to the new realities of COVID-19
Growing vegetables to meet changed demands during the pandemic
11/05/2020
Juan Carlos Rivera lives in the Dry Corridor of El Salvador, an area where high temperatures, low rainfall and regular droughts pose constant regular problems to his way of life. He is a farmer who sells rabbits and quail, but with the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, he and his...
El Salvador
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Conférence/Réunion
8ª Conferencia Online FAO - Serie COVID 19
El rol de los institutos de investigación agropecuaria
La conferencia tuvo palabras iniciales de Julio Berdegué, Subdirector General y Representante Regional de FAO para América Latina y el Caribe, y fue moderado por Rubén Echeverría, Investigador Senior del Instituto Internacional de Investigación en Políticas Alimentarias.
Presentaciones:
Susana Mirassou, Presidenta del Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), Argentina
Jorge Diaz, Director Ejecutivo...
2020 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Comptes rendus de conférence
The future of food safety
This technical summary prepared by FAO and the World Health Organization (WHO) reports on the two international food safety conferences held in Addis Ababa and Geneva in February and April 2019. It recalls the key actions and strategies presented to address current and future challenges to food safety globally and...
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Pratiques
Use of stingless bees for pollination
While the coconut shell technology is the easiest and cheapest way to propagate stingless bees, it may not be practical for inter-island transport for pollination of large plantation crops like mango. Thus, a suitable wooden hive was designed for this purpose. This practice describes how to build the wooden hive...
Philippines
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Pratiques
Improved feeding of dairy cattle for increased milk production and income
Having well nourished and healthy livestock represents a challenge for farmers in Uganda. Diary cattle in Uganda, in most cases, produce less milk than expected. This is mainly caused by improper feeding, which provides feed in inadequate quantities and of low quantity. It is therefore imperative that feed quantity and...
Uganda
2020
Pratiques
Marker Assisted Selection (MAS) and Participatory Plant Breeding (PPB) in rice
Drought resistance in rice is physiologically and genetically complex. There are a number of traits which are thought to contribute to drought resistance mechanisms. Drought-related traits are influenced by several or many genetic loci. Molecular linkage maps allow identification of Quantitative Trait Loci (QTLs). Corresponding molecular markers can be used...
Nepal
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Site web
Decenio Agricultura Familiar Latinoamérica y El Caribe
En diciembre de 2017, la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas proclamó el Decenio de las Naciones Unidas para la Agricultura Familiar (UNDAF, 2019-2028) para servir como marco para que los países desarrollen políticas públicas, programas e inversiones para el sector.
El decenio tiene como objetivo reconocer la importancia de los...
2020 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Rapport
Seed Markets for Agroecology
PCD Discussion Paper on Seeds and Food Security
With this briefing, ACT Alliance EU intends to share insights on the forthcoming reform in 2021 of EU seed legislation with partners in the global South. The new EU Organic Regulation and the recent adoption of the European Green Deal are expected to have far reaching impacts on EU seed...
2020 - ACT Alliance EU
Vidéos
Cœur de maïs. Al rescate de la cultura gastronómica mexicana de maíz en Francia
Entrevista sobre campaña para educar a las y los consumidores franceses sobre la riqueza de la gastronomía mexicana, basada en una gran variedad de maíces criollos y productos de la milpa llenos de colores, sabores, calidad nutricional y cultura.
Entrevistadora:
Mercedes López Martínez - Asociación de Consumidores Orgánicos
Entrevistadas:
Silvia Flores - Fundadora de...
Mexico
2020 - Asociación de Consumidores Orgánicos
Vidéos
Charla de compostaje 2020
Este video muestra todo sobre el compostaje, técnicas, aireación, uso de microorganismos, consejos, etc.
2020
Article de blog
Un terrain d’entente
Les agriculteurs ont besoin de nouvelles idées et les chercheurs ont besoin de données. Lorsque ces deux groupes professionnels se rencontrent dans le cadre d’une recherche collaborative ou participative, il est souvent difficile de savoir qui doit évoluer dans quelle direction : les agriculteurs ont-ils besoin de connaître les protocoles...
Niger
2020 - AgroInsight, Access Agriculture
Document technique
COVID-19 and the risk to food supply chains: How to respond?
As the COVID-19 pandemic turns into a global crisis, countries are taking measures to contain the pandemic.
Supermarket shelves remain stocked for now. But a protracted pandemic crisis could quickly put a strain on the food supply chains, which is a complex web of interactions involving farmers, agricultural inputs, processing plants,...
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Pratiques
The Inga tree model: regenerative agroforestry
Inga alley-cropping is a system of deep mulching using pruned green leaves from the trees which are contour-planted in hedgerows. Within about 24 months, the Inga trees will have recaptured the site from invasive grasses and will be ready for their first pruning. Following cropping, the trees are left to...
Honduras
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Pratiques
Biosecurity measures in beekeeping concerning main honeybee diseases of Apis mellifera
Biosecurity measures in beekeeping are all the operational activities implemented by beekeepers to reduce the risk of introduction and spread of specific honeybee disease agents. Biosecurity measures can differ between different regions due to local factors such as climatic conditions, beekeeping equipment used, or bee races, and the prevalence, virulence...
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Pratiques
Flood-tolerant rice variety
This technology describes the performance of flood-tolerant rice varieties in flood-prone areas of Lao PDR, including a comparison with local rice varieties monitored within the same farms. Details on local and improved varieties are provided as well as a step by step description on its usage. Additionally, major costs and...
Lao People's Democratic Republic
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Manuel
The Global Action for Fall Armyworm Control: Action framework 2020–2022
Fall armyworm (FAW), or Spodoptera frugiperda, is a plant pest originating in the tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas. Over the last few years, FAW has rapidly spread around Africa, Asia and and, most recently, Oceania. Concerted action is essential to prevent this pest from threatening the food security...
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Pratiques
Mejorando la resistencia a sequías de los cultivos de trigo
El Cantón de Juye, un área localizada en una zona de depresión, recibe 500 mm en promedio de precipitación anual. Sin embargo, durante las últimas décadas, la imprevisibilidad del cambio climático ha expuesta esta región a graves sequías, sobre todo en primavera e invierno. Por otro lado, China es el...
China
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Site web
THE BARN - A repository of collective action stories
Inside the Barn you’ll find different examples of collective action in sustainable agriculture, marketing and the environment. Some are works in progress, some are works concluded, others are just at the start or even a plan of a project with an expected impact. They are united by a common objective...
2020 - The BOND Project
Article de blog
Europe's Agroecology Movement – Progressing in Times of COVID-19
In a series of webinars organized by Forum Synergies and ARC2020, four innovative and committed agroecology initiatives gave an insight into how they strengthened to the challenge at the time of COVID-19. Dozens of people from across Europe and beyond took part in the conversation. The event provided a moment of reflection, some...
2020 - Forum Synergies and ARC2020
Article de revue spécialisée
Ethnic and cultural diversity amongst yak herding communities in the Asian highlands
Ethnic and cultural diversity amongst yak herding communities in the Asian highlands
Yak (Bos grunniens L.) herding plays an important role in the domestic economy throughout much of the Asian highlands. Yak represents a major mammal species of the rangelands found across the Asian highlands from Russia and Kyrgyzstan in the west to the Hengduan Mountains of China in the east. Yak...
2020 - ICIMOD
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