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Agroecological guide for onion production
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...
Uganda
2020 - Caritas Switzerland, Advance Afrika, Agency for Accelerated Regional Development, and Gulu Women Economic Development and Globalization
Article de revue spécialisée
Belize: Reform Agenda for Empowering Women
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),...
Belize
2020 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Article de blog
Impacts of a national lockdown on smallholder farmers’ income and food security: Empirical evidence from two states in India
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...
India
2020 - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Étude de cas
Free, Prior and Informed Consent
Un exitoso proceso de diálogo y codecisión con y para los Pueblos Indígenas de Panamá
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...
Panama
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Manuel
Actualización tecnológica y buenas prácticas agrícolas (bpa) en el cultivo de aguacate
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...
Colombia
2020 - Corporación colombiana de investigación agropecuaria - AGROSAVIA
Vidéos
Hay que luchar por la creación de pequeñas empresas cooperativas
"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...
2020
Bulletin d'information
February 2020 ENRD Newsletter
The ENRD newsletter provides all the latest rural development news from Europe straight to your inbox once a month. From policy updates to ENRD meetings and from project outcomes to online videos, this new and updated tool aims to provide something for everybody interested in rural development policy in Europe....
European Union
2020 - The European Network for Rural Development (ENRD)
Vidéos
Biological control of Tuta absoluta (Tomato leaf miner) with Necremnus tutae in greenhouses
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...
2020 - The Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL)
Site web
Food Policy Forum for Change
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...
2020 - Biovision
Article de blog
A Delicious Story Made of Chocolate
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...
Colombia
2020 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)
Note/document d'orientation
Migrant workers and the COVID-19 pandemic
The policy brief reviews the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on migrants working in agri-food systems and their families in rural areas of origin. It points out some of the policy implications and presents key policy recommendations. Measures affecting the movement of people (internally and internationally) and resulting labour shortages,...
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Pratiques
Introduction to organic agriculture
Organic agriculture is an integrated production management system that promotes and enhances agroecosystem health, including biodiversity, biological cycles and soil biological activity. It emphasizes the use of natural inputs (i.e. mineral and products derived from plants) and the renunciation of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides.
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Pratiques
Slope agriculture land technology (SALT)
The objective of implementing the slope agriculture land technology (SALT) is to stabilize the slope and improve the terrace or the contours in order to control soil erosion along the slopes and improve soil fertility. This practice describes how to implement the SALT method.
Nepal
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Pratiques
Draught animal power technologies in East Africa
The technology was developed in collaboration with farmers in the Teso farming system of Uganda. It comprises of the development of appropriate animal-drawn implements, primarily for weeding but also for ridging (sweet potatoes), line planting and lifting (groundnuts). These implements are now being manufactured locally. Impact assessments showed that adoption...
Uganda
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Article du bulletin d’information
France: A resolute mussel farmer
Amélie Dennebouy has challenged gender stereotypes to become a successful mussel entrepreneur in Pénestin, France. “ We don’t employ women!” Just how many times Amélie Dennebouy, a mussel farm worker, heard that phrase since she began working in the sector at age 17, it would be impossible to say. “Ten years...
France
2020 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Article de revue spécialisée
France: Crashing the Blue Party
Confronted with plans for an offshore wind farm, the fishers of the Bay of Saint Brieuc in France are clamouring for their rights to be respected and guaranteed. It is important to highlight that the millions of people who, to this day, still rely on ocean space for their lives and...
France
2020 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Partie d’un ouvrage
Agricultores hortícolas de la región Caribe de Colombia: perspectiva fitosanitaria
Dentro de la construcción de la línea de base tecnológica y socioeconómica de la producción de hortalizas, se consideró como uno de los elementos más importantes que afecta la competitividad y la inocuidad de los productos hortícolas la presencia de plagas en el sentido amplio, lo cual afecta la sanidad...
Colombia
2020 - Corporación colombiana de investigación agropecuaria - AGROSAVIA
Article de revue spécialisée
A population-based approach to study the effects of growth and division rates on the dynamics of cell size statistics
The dynamics of the size distribution in growing and dividing rod-shaped bacteria can change depending on the perspective through which the cell population is observed. From the perspective of single-cell lineages, only one descendant is followed after each division, while in population snapshots all of the offspring is considered. In...
Colombia
2020 - Corporación colombiana de investigación agropecuaria - AGROSAVIA
Note/document d'orientation
Social Protection and COVID-19 response in rural areas
Measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 include strong restrictions of movement which dramatically change daily lives and impact agricultural livelihoods. These measures are particularly difficult for the rural poorest and most vulnerable, who tend to hold jobs and occupations which cannot be performed remotely. Many of the world’s poor...
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Article de blog
Coronavirus y monoculturalidad: las pandemias para los Pueblos Indígenas
A través de este documento, nos interesa proponer una reflexión crítica en torno a la situación actual de impacto mundial de la pandemia del Coronavirus o Covid-19 y su relación con la vida y territorios indígenas, frente a la cual ha quedado en evidencia una serie de situaciones que, a...
Chile
2020 - Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales (CLACSO)
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