The physical and financial scale of EU livestock production means that it has far-reaching environmental, economic and social consequences. Livestock production is an important part of the economy and vitality in many regions including some marginal rural areas. Its social importance extends beyond employment; many of the valued landscapes and...

A través de las propuestas del plan de fomento, muchos ganaderos han reconocido las bondades y los atributos de las razas bovinas criollas para la producción de carne y leche en el país. Una de estas razas es el Sanmartinero (sm), la cual se destaca por su fertilidad y adaptación...

“This gathering of indigenous delegates from communities around the Americas is a way to dignify our cultures and our identity. Our youth is being bombarded by the globalization of the world and the message from multinational companies telling us what to eat, how to think and act. However, our vision...

La lactogénesis es la habilidad de producir lactosa y consiste en un período de transición caracterizado por la diferenciación funcional de las células del tejido mamario, las cuales cambian de un estado no lactante (no secretorio) a lactante (secretorio) (McManaman & Neville, 2003; Tru-chet & Honvo-Houéto, 2017). Más Información: Bibliografía completa de...

The COVID-19 pandemic is a major economic and labour market shock, presenting significant impacts in terms of unemployment and underemployment for informal workers. In rural areas, the livelihoods of especially the self-employed and wage workers are at risk, because agri-food supply chains and markets are being disrupted due to lockdowns...

SEVA in association with National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), IFAD assisted Post Tsunami Sustainable Livelihood Project trained women, self-help group members on herbal treatment for animals upto 21 days. Selected women members were trained intensively to work as Community Livestock Volunteers (CLVs). Then they train local village...

In Ecuador, for a large portion of the population, the “stay at home” measures implemented to halt the spread of COVID-19 have meant losses of income and limited access to food or even clean water. These restrictions have also put a strain on smallholder producers’ access to markets, in turn...

Homestead gardening, which is not designed for marketing/profit-making, aims primarily to improve ongoing access to nutritious food and buffer the sudden fluctuations in prices of the major crops of the farming households during calamities and enhance family nutrition. The use of hazard tolerant crop varieties (like drought-tolerant) in homestead gardening...

The project has validated a participatory breeding approach for developing superior, mosaic disease-resistant cassava, demonstrating that it can provide a means by which farmers, plant breeders and plant pathologists could work together in an effective and inclusive manner. It also provided an environment whereby farmers made a significant and consistent...

In Belgium we have an expression: “all Belgians are born with a brick in their stomach”, meaning that all citizens aspire to build their own house someday. But when bricks are literally eaten, something has gone seriously wrong.  

Onion is a biennial vegetable grown in temperate regions as an annual crop. Onions are especially suitable for smallholder farming in many countries because they require a small amount of initial capital. Onions require a small piece of land and they take a relatively short time to mature. Onions can...

A study of three fishing communities shows only with empowerment can women occupy positions of power in fisheries cooperatives. What do young fisherwomen in Belize need? How can decent work and empowerment come to them? A collaboration among three bodies addressed these questions; they included the Belize Fishermen Cooperative Association (BFCA),...

In early 2020, the unprecedented nature of COVID-19 prompted India, among many other countries, toput in place stark measures to stem the virus’ spread and the cost of human lives. We analyze data fromphone-based surveys on disruptions to agricultural production and food security, administered with1515 smallholder producers in the states...

The Panama Country Office of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has promoted several initiatives with and for the country's indigenous peoples. These initiatives, thanks to their scaling-up and coordination, have given shape to FAO’s Indigenous Agenda in the country, helping to develop the economic basis...

El aguacate ha sido plantado y consumido desde hace más de nueve mil años sobre la Tierra, sin embargo, solo hacia finales del siglo XX se dio un aumento sostenido de su cultivo y producción, que sobrepasó, en 2018, los 5,6 millones de toneladas. Además ha adquirido una gran valor...

"La primera plaga que debe enfrentar la agricultura familiar es la soledad", afirmó José Mujica, agregando que "hay que luchar por el agrupamiento, por la creación de pequeñas empresas cooperativas" para "sacarse de encima la intermediación que se queda con la parte más importante de la rentabilidad" y llegar de...

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Tuta absoluta (Tomato leaf miner) is a threat to the tomato production worldwide, as Tuta is resistant to most insecticides. In this video, Eduardo Crisol and Jan van der Blom from Coexphal explain how Tuta can be successfully controlled by a natural enemy called Necremnus tutae. This tiny wasp enters...

Join an interactive network of policy makers interested in making our food systems sustainable in the face of current global challenges. Through this network you will have the opportunity to meet, learn and get inspired by other policy makers via peer-to-peer exchanges. Share your experiences, get to know the evidence...

Did you know that chocolate is obtained from beans extracted from the fruit of a tree called Theobroma cacao? The fruits are yellow or deep red pods that contain beans covered with a sweet-bitter pulp. Cacao originated in the Amazon region and, for this reason, South America has the highest...