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The voices of women vendors in popular market dining areas in La Paz
Bolivian diets have changed significantly in recent years as a result of urbanisation, increased purchasing power, and changes in consumer preferences. Despite this, the food system in cities like La Paz is still based on traditional wholesale and retail markets. Popular dining areas, where cooked food is sold inside these...
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
2020 - International Institute for Environment and Development
Allocution
Carta abierta de los Frentes Parlamentarios
El hambre y la malnutrición, la otra cara del coronavirus
Carta abierta de los Frentes Parlamentarios a América Latina y El Caribe.
2020 - Frentes Parlamentarios
Pratiques
Video on how to prune a mango tree
Pruning is the selective removal of unproductive shoots and branches. There are several reasons why to prune a mango tree. The practice allows for light and air to be admitted into the canopy of a tree, it enhances flowering to achieve high quality fruits and it improves effective control of...
Ghana
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Pratiques
Soya and other leguminous crops
Plants that belong to the legume family (Leguminosae) have pods in which beans grow. Legumes absorb nitrogen from the air. Many crops that are unable to do this are dependent on the nitrogen that is present in the soil. Most soils in tropical areas do not contain sufficient nitrogen, an...
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Pratiques
Working with farmers to control sweet potato virus disease
Sweet Potato Virus Diseases (SPVD) are an important biotic constraint to sweet potato production in parts of East Africa. Technologies consisting of participatory selection procedures and an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) package were developed to improve the performance and farmer-acceptability of locally selected sweet potato clones resistant to SPVD. These...
United Republic of Tanzania
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Bulletin d'information
Mercados mayoristas: Acción frente al COVID-19: Nº4
En esta cuarta edición del boletín conjunto de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO) y la Federación Latinoamericana de Mercados de Abastecimiento (FLAMA) analizamos los impactos de la crisis sanitaria detonada por la pandemia de COVID-19 en las inversiones y el desempeño de...
2020 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Article de blog
Natural Farming and Agroecology Could Accelerate Inclusive Economic Growth in India
During a convention organized by the National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog), international experts endorsed the significant efforts to boost agroecological and natural farming approaches in India.
NITI Aayog highlighted the transformation and renewal of agriculture in India, addressing agroecology and natural farming as an alternative that can ease the excessive and...
India
2020
Rapport
Agriculture and food security in climate sensitive areas in the Mediterranean
The Mediterranean region is characterised by very limited arable land resources, 95% of which are already farmed (UfM, 2016). With almost no room left for the expansion of cultivated areas, the future of Mediterranean agriculture and its contribution to food security relies on the preservation of fragile lands threatened by...
2020 - CASE , European Committee of the Regions , IEMed
Article du bulletin d’information
Profile: Born to serve: Jharna Acharya
Fifty-year-old Jharna Acharya is a social activist and a popular name among the Sabar, Lodha and Baiga communities of Paschim Medinipur and Jhargram districts of West Bengal. Her father, Kashinath Acharya, was a well-known activist of his district and had a profound influence on her life. He was associated with the...
India
2020 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Article de blog
Justo Guevara, ejemplo de que a través del asociativismo y el apoyo del Estado, los pequeños productores de Huaco pueden progresar
Justo Guevara nació hace 53 años en Huaco, una localidad muy pequeña del departamento de Jáchal, al norte de la provincia de San Juan. Estuvo casado, tiene tres hijos con quienes compartió la vida en el campo, pero que al momento viven con su madre en La Rioja. En su...
Argentina
2020 - Federación Agraria Argentina (FAA)
Pratiques
Video on how to defeat the mealy bug
Since its introduction, the papaya mealy bug (Paracoccus marginatus) causes serious damages to papaya plantations in Ghana. Conventional control with pesticides was unsuccessful because the mealy bug has become resistant to them. A promising solution that proved to be successful is the biological control of mealy bugs using small parasitic...
Ghana
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Pratiques
Seed propagation of Allanblackia spp.
This technology describes the various processes of propagating the seeds of Allanblackia. Allanblackia seeds do not germinate easily. The use of growth promoters to break dormancy has been explored, but does not promote seed germination. The storage of fruit for six weeks before seed extraction and/or removal of the whole testa do however...
Kenya
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Pratiques
Duck keeping in the tropics
This technology describes management practices involved in successful rearing of ducks in the tropical regions. Advantages and disadvantages of duck keeping compared to chickens are provided along with clarifications on the different types of breeds. Different processes of breeding and breeding stock are explained as well as explanations on how...
Uganda
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Note/document d'orientation
Nature-based solutions (NbS) for climate change: a vision from indigenous peoples
The Nature-Based Solutions (NbS) is a new terminology specifically introduced in order to promote nature to provide solutions to the challenges of mitigation and adaptation to climate change. The concept of NbS is rooted in the relationship between biodiversity and human well-being. Nevertheless, this relationship has been recognized for centuries under the concept of...
2020 - Indigenous Peoples’ International Centre for Policy Research and Education (Tebtebba )
Étude de cas
Organizaciones campesinas en Chile. Caracterización, contribuciones y desafíos
La Política Nacional de Desarrollo Rural (PNDR) define como territorio rural a aquel “que se genera producto de la interrelación dinámica entre las personas, las actividades económicas y los recursos naturales, caracterizado principalmente por un poblamiento cuya densidad poblacional es inferior a 150 habitantes/km², con una población máxima de 50.000...
Chile
2020 - Centro de Políticas Públicas UC
Événement
¿Cómo recuperar y transformar los sistemas agroalimentarios de América Latina y el Caribe post COVID-19?
Dada la complejidad que ha significado el manejo de la pandemia del COVID-19 y sus efectos especialmente negativos en las economías de la región, la FAO ha decidido convocar a actores relevantes que inciden en el funcionamiento de los sistemas agroalimentarios tras un acucioso proceso de levantamiento de necesidades desde...
2020 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Article de blog
Familia Bergia: Una experiencia de ganadería ovina donde la genética, el trabajo de la familia apoyada por el Estado y la capacitación dan frutos
Esta familia cordobesa realizó un cambio importante en el año 2000. Luego de vender el ganado bovino que tenían se volcaron a la ganadería ovina. En 2009 comenzaron una cabaña donde crían raza texel, en la que mejoran día a día la calidad genética con la que ya cuentan, y...
Argentina
2020 - Federación Agraria Argentina (FAA)
Pratiques
Making farm-made fish feed for small-scale farms
Fish feed/aquafeed is one of the most expensive inputs for small aquaculture farms. At the same time, it is very important to have a well-balanced feed. This practice describes different kinds of fish feed with step by step description on the preparation of fish feed. Two simple recipes for a...
Bangladesh
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Pratiques
Animal husbandry in organic agriculture
Integrating animal husbandry into crop producing farms is one of the principles of organic farming. In temperate and arid zones, animal husbandry plays an important role in the recycling of nutrients, while it is less emphasised in the humid tropics. The caring, training, and nurturing of animals is considered an...
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Pratiques
Try the rabbit: a practical guide
Through proper guidelines, rabbit rearing not only requires minimal capital investment but also provides increased livelihood income and yield. This step-by-step guide details rabbit breeds, behaviour, and handling. It instructs how to construct rabbit hutches, kindling boxes, weaner cages and where to place the rabbits. Information on breeding management is...
Nigeria
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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