With this briefing, ACT Alliance EU intends to share insights on the forthcoming reform in 2021 of EU seed legislation with partners in the global South. The new EU Organic Regulation and the recent adoption of the European Green Deal are expected to have far reaching impacts on EU seed...

Entrevista sobre campaña para educar a las y los consumidores franceses sobre la riqueza de la gastronomía mexicana, basada en una gran variedad de maíces criollos y productos de la milpa llenos de colores, sabores, calidad nutricional y cultura.   Entrevistadora: Mercedes López Martínez - Asociación de Consumidores Orgánicos Entrevistadas: Silvia Flores - Fundadora de...

Este video muestra todo sobre el compostaje, técnicas, aireación, uso de microorganismos, consejos, etc.

Les agriculteurs ont besoin de nouvelles idées et les chercheurs ont besoin de données. Lorsque ces deux groupes professionnels se rencontrent dans le cadre d’une recherche collaborative ou participative, il est souvent difficile de savoir qui doit évoluer dans quelle direction : les agriculteurs ont-ils besoin de connaître les protocoles...

As the COVID-19 pandemic turns into a global crisis, countries are taking measures to contain the pandemic.   Supermarket shelves remain stocked for now. But a protracted pandemic crisis could quickly put a strain on the food supply chains, which is a complex web of interactions involving farmers, agricultural inputs, processing plants,...

Inga alley-cropping is a system of deep mulching using pruned green leaves from the trees which are contour-planted in hedgerows. Within about 24 months, the Inga trees will have recaptured the site from invasive grasses and will be ready for their first pruning. Following cropping, the trees are left to...

Biosecurity measures in beekeeping are all the operational activities implemented by beekeepers to reduce the risk of introduction and spread of specific honeybee disease agents. Biosecurity measures can differ between different regions due to local factors such as climatic conditions, beekeeping equipment used, or bee races, and the prevalence, virulence...

This technology describes the performance of flood-tolerant rice varieties in flood-prone areas of Lao PDR, including a comparison with local rice varieties monitored within the same farms. Details on local and improved varieties are provided as well as a step by step description on its usage. Additionally, major costs and...

Fall armyworm (FAW), or Spodoptera frugiperda, is a plant pest originating in the tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas. Over the last few years, FAW has rapidly spread around Africa, Asia and and, most recently, Oceania. Concerted action is essential to prevent this pest from threatening the food security...

El Cantón de Juye, un área localizada en una zona de depresión, recibe 500 mm en promedio de precipitación anual. Sin embargo, durante las últimas décadas, la imprevisibilidad del cambio climático ha expuesta esta región a graves sequías, sobre todo en primavera e invierno. Por otro lado, China es el...

Inside the Barn you’ll find different examples of collective action in sustainable agriculture, marketing and the environment. Some are works in progress, some are works concluded, others are just at the start or even a plan of a project with an expected impact. They are united by a common objective...

In a series of webinars organized by Forum Synergies and ARC2020, four innovative and committed agroecology initiatives gave an insight into how they strengthened to the challenge at the time of COVID-19. Dozens of people from across Europe and beyond took part in the conversation. The event provided a moment of reflection, some...

Yak (Bos grunniens L.) herding plays an important role in the domestic economy throughout much of the Asian highlands. Yak represents a major mammal species of the rangelands found across the Asian highlands from Russia and Kyrgyzstan in the west to the Hengduan Mountains of China in the east. Yak...

Germán Palacios, parte del equipo Vía Orgánica, nos da estas increíbles explicaciones de cómo lidiar con las plagas de chapulines, hay plagas que podrían ser tus aliadas, siempre y cuando actúes a tiempo o sepas identificar el momento preciso.

Amparo Aleixandre's routine is no longer the same. These days, she receives orders through text messages, most of them come from her neighbors in the town of El Palmar, an island with about 700 inhabitants, surrounded by the Albufera lagoon, rice crops and orchards. El Palmar is several kilometers away...

Good beekeeping practices (GBPs) are a set of integrative activities that beekeepers apply to obtain optimal health for humans, honeybees and the environment. They are general measures valid for beekeeping activities and are globally accepted. They are a tool for beekeepers to successfully address the challenges face in day-to-day apiary...

This research report explores different organisational structures and social and cultural services from a gender-equality and women’s empowerment perspective. More specifically, it examines how access to social and cultural services can facilitate women’s participation in economic and political life. The producer organisation business model provides advantages in creating job opportunities...

This practical guide provides advice on where pastoralists can sell their products. It explains different outcomes for milk and animal product types and identifies advantages and disadvantages of market types and market chains.

Rice is highly nutritious, however a lot of its quality is lost during processing. This results in poor quality rice on the market. Therefore, consumers turn to imported rice. In this video you will learn about parboiling, a way to improve rice quality by treating paddy with warm water and...

High potential rice production systems have diverse biophysical and socio-economic environments, but there is a lack of rice varieties matching this diversity. A number of advanced breeding lines have recently been developed to match these production systems. Therefore, suitable varieties for diverse rice-producing environments were developed in high potential production...