Changing land use patterns threaten the livelihood of female crab collectors in Merauke, Papua, Indonesia. Over the years, crab collection in mangrove and wetland forests has been a major source of income for women of the indigenous Asmat and Mappi communities of the island of Papua in Indonesia. These women harvest...

Iniciaron los primeros días de septiembre los nacimientos de larvas de las centollas (Lithodes santolla) mantenidas en el acuario del Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Pesquero (INIDEP).Las “madres”, que corresponden a dos camadas de hembras procedentes de aguas de plataforma en el Área Central de administración de la pesquería...

One of the greatest challenges humanity faces is feeding the world’s human population in a sustainable, nutritious, equitable and ethical way under a changing climate. Urgent transformations are needed that allow farmers to adapt and develop while also being climate resilient and contributing minimal emissions. This paper identifies several illustrative...

Collective entrepreneurship has been found to alleviate extreme poverty by helping poor individuals integrate into their societies and overcome their multiple intertwined liabilities. We complement this line of inquiry by exploring the conditions under which group structures may instead reinforce economic and gendered poverty constraints. We conducted grounded-theoretical interviews with 104...

The latest Atlantic tragedy reaches thousands in Brazil and remains unsolved. Oil spill disasters in the ocean often devastate marine and coastal ecosystems, profoundly affecting fisheries resources and fishing communities. Urgent and early-warning actions are needed to avoid a tragedy in biomes and communities when such accidents occur. In late-July 2019,...

En raison des nouvelles techniques de culture et de la pression croissante des parasites, il devient de plus en plus important de surveiller efficacement les populations de ravageurs dans les champs. Dans cette vidéo, Cindy Lassoureille de la société cap2020 présente les pièges connectés. cap2020 utilise des pièges disponibles dans...

Se está frente a una crisis compleja global que se manifiesta en un entramado de relaciones múltiples y complejas que la pandemia obliga a considerar entre la sociedad, el ambiente y la economía. En este artículo se pretende realizar este entretejido partiendo primero del nivel mundo, para posteriormente resaltar los...

This technology describes the cost-benefit analysis of of rearing improved chicken breeds in chicken houses in Uganda. The improved breeds are more resistant to climatic stresses and diseases. Rearing chicken in chicken houses enhances the profitability of poultry production. The transition from free range to chicken houses allows keeping track...

Simón Laura y su hija se ocupan de su huerto familiar en las afueras de El Alto-La Paz, ayudando a garantizar el suministro de productos frescos a las ciudades cercanas

During the Coronavirus crisis, it has become clear how fragile and vulnerable agro-industrial supply chains can be. However, a movement known as "Community Supported Agriculture" (CSA) is at its peak, a model of local marketing providing healthy and nutritious products from the field to the kitchen. Members buy a share...

European farmers are faced with increasing challenges, including the effects of climate change. Agro-ecological approaches can help them to develop more sustainable and resilient farming systems that combine stable yields with enhanced biodiversity and ecosystem services. Agro-ecological approaches are inspired by natural ecosystems. They focus on the interactions between plants,...

!is section on Soil fertility management in agroecological farming is supposed to be used together with the trainings on specific commodities. !e training concept is the same as outlined for the trainings in the commodities. We provide this part on soil fertility management as a separate leaflet because it is...

WAW and PAKISAMA of Pambansang Kilusan ng mga Samahang Magsasaka share common views and interest regarding the need to develop information systems to strengthen family farmers’ organizations (FOs). Indeed, information systems are a real asset for FOs since they allow to improve their  own knowledge on their members: beyond just...

Luis Sinche, un productor de bananos del Perú, continúa recolectando sus frutos, suministrando a los pueblos cercanos productos frescos en época de la pandemia.

Malnourished children are as such because in most cases, their families are not able to feed them properly. Poor families lack the financial means to buy adequate foods in proper quantity, quality and diversity. They consequently adopt diets that lack protein, vitamins and other micro-nutrients in particular. The most affected...

Land access issues, long since recognised in international and institutional spaces, are even more urgent in the current context: both due to the COVID-19 pandemic and with the release of the European Commission’s Farm to Fork strategy, which have highlighted the importance of local food systems which can only be...

Bokashi fertilizer is a fermented organic soil amendment that functions as an inoculant and a fertility builder. This video guides viewers through the 15-day process of producing a significant amount of Bokashi and provides instructions on how to apply the product. Mastering this process allows growers to produce their own...

Mobility in West African countries has long been a traditional adaptation strategy to climatic stressors. Present environmental changes stress the agricultural sector, which accounts for 35 percent of West Africa's GDP and employs over 80 percent of the workforce. Employment in agriculture is so high that decay in agricultural production...

This report elaborated by ‘’Ecologists in Action’’ discusses how climate change affects food production and makes an assessment of the proposed strategies in the framework of international negotiations on climate change. Different issues responsible for climate change are described: among these we find land use change; industrial animal husbandry as another...

A brief overview of relevant global findings and processes on the contributions of small-scale fisheries and rights to food and nutrition security, with a focus on the FAO. In fact, the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication (SSF Guidelines) endorsed by...