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Article de blog
COVID19: Tejiendo la cultura del cuidado
El proyecto +ALGODÓN se suma a la difusión oportuna de mensajes de prevención, de protección personal, cuidado del otro y la reflexión sobre el entorno en tiempos de la presente crisis sanitaria con el coronavirus COVID19, en especial para los cuidados de los agricultores y agricultoras familiares.
Gracias a la suma de...
2020 - Proyecto +ALGODÓN
Note/document d'orientation
Safeguarding input supply chains for small-scale agricultural producers in the context of COVID-19 in Africa
The African Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) indicates that 52 AU Member States had reported positive cases of COVID-19 as of 7 April 2020. Consequently, governments have rapidly put in place measures to control the spread of the pandemic. Some of these measures are not fully aligned...
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Article de blog
COVID-19: Voices of young agripreneurs in Kenya
In Kenya, the COVID-19 youth engagement initiative promoted by FAO was launched through an online survey distributed to various groups of youth in agribusiness, particularly in Kiambu, Siaya and Kakamega Counties, where FAO is currently operating for instance with the Rural youth migration, social protection and sustainable value chains programme.
A total of 55...
Kenya
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Pratiques
Indoor oyster mushroom cultivation for livelihood diversification and increased resilience
This practice describes indoor mushroom (Pleurotus spp.) cultivation as a means to diversify livelihoods and strengthen the resilience of farmers in Uganda. Indoor mushroom cultivation was promoted by the Global Climate Change Alliance (GCCA) project on Agriculture Adaptation to Climate Change in the central cattle corridor of Uganda. Mushrooms can be...
Uganda
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Pratiques
Contract farming handbook
This guide was published by the 'Competitive African Cotton Initiative' (COMPACI) in collaboration with other partners as such as Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), AISP II. It is a powerful tool for linking farmers to buyers, in an increasingly concentrated agri-food sector, and buyers to supply sources in ever-more...
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Pratiques
Animal traction and single-axle tractor drawn planters in conservation agriculture
This practice describes how small-scale farms can use oxen-drawn for soil ripping in Kenya. This practice improves water storage capacity and the productivity of the land. Conservation Agriculture (CA) is an approach to managing agro-ecosystems for improved and sustained productivity, increased profits and food security while preserving and enhancing the...
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Pratiques
Transplanting sorghum and pearl millet in semi-arid regions
The main challenges for farmers in semi-arid and arid areas of the tropics and subtropics are poor food security, yield instability and risk of crop failure. These are associated with the biggest physical constraint to crop production in these areas:erratic and unreliable rainfall resulting in shortages of water. Under these...
Ghana
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Projet
Farmers of the Future
The Common Agricultural Policy puts farmers at the core of its actions. The 2017 Commission Communication “The Future of Food and Farming” credits farmers with guaranteeing food security for over 500 million European citizens and being the first stewards of the natural environment. It fashions the role of the policy...
European Union
2020 - European Commission
Pratiques
Refuge mounds, deworming, preventive vitaminization and mineralization
This technology describes the introduction of livestock refuge mounds in the sub-Amazonian eco-region of Bolivia (Department of Beni). It is a good practice to increase the resilience of cattle raisers to recurrent floods as well as to ensure water availability in the canals during dry spells. Livestock refuge mounds are...
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Pratiques
Production of tree seeds for agroforestry: seed sourcing
A seed source is a group of trees growing together from which one can collect seed for multiplication. This may be an identified number of trees in a landscape-farmland/natural forest or a group of trees from which you obtain seeds. A good seed source for trees should provide fast-growing healthy,...
Kenya
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Pratiques
Crop rotation in conservation agriculture
Conservation Agriculture (CA) is an approach to managing agro-ecosystems for improved and sustained productivity, increased profits and food security while preserving and enhancing the resource base and the environment. The three fundamental principles of CA are:
direct planting of crop seeds;
permanent soil cover; and
crop diversity.
This practice encourages crop rotation for its...
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Bulletin d'information
Turning Points: A Decade of Change for Women in Fisheries - Q & A
The Yemaya Supplement, Turning Points: A decade of change for women in fisheries, focuses on a change that has happened over a decade: a truthful appreciation of women’s role in fisheries. Their involvement in the sector follows a similar arc the world over, despite wide differences in society, culture, politics...
2020 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Article du bulletin d’information
Yemaya Recommends: Seguridad Alimentaria (Food Security) - A short film on food Security and small-scale fisheries in Costa Rica
Seguridad Alimentaria (Food Security) - A short film on food Security and small-scale fisheries in Costa Rica. Produced by Poró Studio, directed by CoopeSoliDar R.L, 187 seconds, Spanish with English subtitles. "From the sea to the plate”, remarks Cintia Vega in ‘Seguridad Alimentaria’ (‘Food Security’), a short film directed by CoopeSoliDar. She...
Costa Rica
2020 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Directives
Comidas escolares indígenas y comunidades tradicionales
Agricultura familiar: buenas prácticas replicables para la comercialización de productos de sociobiodiversidad y agroecología
La estrategia de alimentación escolar indígena y tradicional en Amazonas fue desarrollada por Catrapoa (Comisión de Alimentación Tradicional de los Pueblos de Amazonas) con el objetivo inicial de hacer posible cumplir con la compra de al menos el 30% de los productos alimenticios de la agricultura familiar y desde los...
Brazil
2020 - Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento (MAPA)
Article de blog
Frente a la crisis: ¡¡agricultura familiar indígena campesina!!
Ante la crisis provocada por la expansión mundial del COVID-19, vemos varios artículos que resaltan la importancia indígena campesina: pequeños productores han sostenido la producción de alimentos; redes agroecológicas establecen canales directos al consumidor; trabajadores que hacen un enorme esfuerzo por mantener vivos los mercados de alimentos en las ciudades;...
2020 - Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales (CLACSO)
Rapport
Responsibility for Sustainable Development
Strategies for Food, Agriculture and Rural Areas
Joint goals for sustainable development.
With its 2030 Agenda, the United Nations has presented a global action framework for sustainable develop-ment. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals for 2030, with a total of 169 sub-goals, are the cornerstone of the Agenda. The German Sustainability Strategy is informed by the 2030 Agenda...
Germany
2020 - Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture
Pratiques
Les préalables à la lutte étagée ciblée (LEC)
Conçue au Benin par le projet Programme de Promotion de l’Agriculture (ProAgri), dans le cadre de la mise en œuvre du programme COMPACI chargé de la promotion du secteur du coton en Afrique, la fichier présent illustre les différentes étapes préalables à la lutte étagée ciblée (LEC). La technologie expose...
Benin
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Pratiques
Cover crop species, with a special focus on legumes
Conservation Agriculture (CA) is an approach to managing agro-ecosystems for improved and sustained productivity, increased profits and food security while preserving and enhancing the resource base and the environment.Keeping the soil covered is a fundamental principle of CA. Crop residues are left on the soil surface, but cover crops may...
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Pratiques
Seed priming to improve stand establishment and yield in sorghum
Crop establishment is often poor in the semi-arid tropics. However, good crop stand establishment is essential for the efficient use of water and light, and a uniform stand is a pre-requisite for cropping success. Seeds that germinate quickly produce viable seedlings that are not dependent on rapidly declining moisture in...
Pakistan - Zimbabwe
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Article du bulletin d’information
From the editor
The 60th issue of Yemaya, being brought out after a gap of a year, coincides with a time of global crisis, when nations and communities across the world are battling the effects of the COVID 19 pandemic. It is a time for sombre thought and reflection.
This pandemic has also locked...
India
2020 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
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