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Pratiques
Rainwater harvesting for increased pasture production
Water availability is crucial for agricultural activities, in the dry seasons or at time of reduced rainfalls, water becomes a rare commodity. Harvesting rainwater can offer a solution to increase water availability during the dry season. This practice describes how to harvest rainwater in Kenya. Rainwater harvesting is the collection...
Kenya
2020
Pratiques
Preventing stackburn heat damage to stored maize
Stackburn in maize is heat damage characterized by a brown discoloration of the grain resulting from heat build-up in the interior of stacks held in commercial storage in sub-Saharan Africa. Affected maize may be downgraded in commercial markets or have to be diverted for animal-feed use. Where discoloration is severe,...
Zimbabwe
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Étude de cas
Changing the fortunes of farmers and families in murang’a county, Kenya
The Organic Agriculture Centre of Kenya (OACK) saw that by providing the right skills, information and support, they could help small-scale farmers move away from subsistence farming and into thriving livelihoods that improve their local communities and the landscapes they live in.
Kangari village in Murang’a county, Kenya, has practiced mono-cropping...
Kenya
2020 - The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa
Étude de cas
La agricultura familiar y el abastecimiento agroalimentario ante la pandemia de COVID-19 en América Latina y el Caribe
Se presenta un análisis sustentado en información primaria, este se divide en tres secciones. En la primera, se sintetizan los resultados obtenidos en la consulta en la agricultura familiar y el abastecimiento agroalimentario. En la segunda se identifican los impactos de la pandemia de COVID-19 en las dinámicas productivas y...
2020 - Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA)
Article de blog
Reshaping the future of food and agriculture in the Near East and North Africa
Countries of the Near East and North Africa (NENA) region face numerous common challenges to achieving improved food security, nutrition and inclusive agricultural development. Recent conflicts and civil instability in some countries of the region, as well as rapid population growth, low growth in agricultural productivity, scarce and fragile natural...
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Article de revue spécialisée
Food supply pressure in France and Germany during COVID-19: Causes from manufacturing
The food supply has been disrupted by COVID-19. Shopping in supermarkets and grocery stores in the pandemic may not be a pleasant experience, as it can often lead to disappointment and anxiety since a lot of food items are not available or out of stock. The pandemic’s impact on the...
Germany
2020
Ouvrage
Potentially Important Fruits, Nuts and Seeds of Rwanda
Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which:
identify highly nutritious local food plants,
explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way,
detail the nutritional value of the plants and
describe why human bodies require those nutrients.
The resources created by FPS allows people to better...
Rwanda
2020 - Food Plant Solutions
Étude de cas
Bio gardening innovations
Food forests in Kenya are using modern forestry techniques to create food sovereignty and security.
The holistic gardening project in Emuhaya, Western Kenya, is attracting local and international acclaim. Bio Gardening Innovations (BIOGI) is equipping smallholder farmers to break away from monocultures and create thriving, overflowing “food forests” on their farmland.
Kenya
2020 - Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA)
Pratiques
Make a living through fish farming with a focus on Tilapia
This practice gives details on how to set up a tilapia fish farm, and recommendations for fish harvesting and storage. Fish are popular sources of protein and white-meat in many parts of Eastern Africa. However, the gap between supply and demand for fish is widening. Almost all natural fish stocks...
Uganda
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Pratiques
Selection of site and water quality testing for fishpond
The fishponds are not just a hole in the ground containing water. They are unnatural water environments that farmers must manage in order to produce profitable fish harvests. Ponds should provide a good environment for fish to live in, all requirements for fish to live a healthy life, grow well...
Uganda
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Apprentissage en ligne
Curso: La alimentación escolar como estrategia educativa para una vida saludable
Curso organizado por la Oficina Regional de la FAO para América Latina y El Caribe sobre alimentación escolar como estrategia educativa para una vida saludable.
2020 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Bulletin d'information
Romanian Rural Network Newsletter No.42 - 1/2020
From the topics: AgriFish Council of 27 January 2020, Global Forum for Food and Agriculture, News from the Ministry of Agriculture of Romania and many more.
Romania
2020 - Romanian Rural Development Network
Pratiques
Les techniques d'agriculture de conservation dans les zones rurales d'Haïti
L'application des techniques d'agriculture de conservation répond à une nécessité d'apporter des réponses pratiques à la dégradation des sols, la faible fertilité des sols, et à la protection des bassins hydrographiques de la zone considérée. Les objectifs de cette technique sont de conserver, d'améliorer et de faire un usage plus...
Haiti
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Pratiques
Improving fodder by incorporating legumes in the cropping system
This practice gives examples of different legumes that can be incorporated as livestock fodder to improve livestock productivity. Detail is given on the importance and use of legumes in terms of their nutritional content and their positive impact on soil quality. Information is provided on how to plant them and...
Uganda
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Article de blog
MEDIA ADVISORY: Forty-Six FAO Member Nations in Asia and the Pacific to chart a course for securing food systems and mitigating the effects of COVID-19 and climate change on agricultural sectors
Supply chains have been disrupted, demand has dropped for certain foods, resulting in damage to nutrition, health and livelihoods for hundreds of millions of people in this, the world’s most populous region.
In response, 46 Member Nations, along with private sector and civil society organizations, will discuss a way forward...
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations FAO
Article de revue spécialisée
COVID-19 and Food Security in Bangladesh
A Chance to Look Back at What Is Done and What Can Be Done
The COVID-19 pandemic has created a global health crisis, and the long-term impact of the pandemic is predicted to reach far beyond today. In a lower-middle-income country with upward economic growth, such as Bangladesh, it is essential first to understand the present situation in order to create a proper recovery...
Bangladesh
2020 - Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development (JAFSCD)
Étude de cas
STRENGTHENING HARVESTS Soil and water conservation practices strengthen harvests in Tanzania highlands
High rainfalls in mountainous agricultural regions trigger a need for intervention to help farmers confront food insecurity and restore and protect their soil.
Makete, in the south-west of Tanzania, is a district crossed by both the Livingstone Mountains and the Kipengere Range. Much of the landscape is hilly and at high...
United Republic of Tanzania
2020 - The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa
Rapport
Sustainable Development for Resilient Blue Growth of Fisheries and Aquaculture
This is the report of the Seventh Asia-Pacific Fishery Commission (APFIC) Regional Consultative Forum Meeting (RCFM) on Sustainable Development for Resilient Blue Growth of Fisheries and Aquaculture. The meeting was convened in Cebu, Philippines from 7 May to 9 May 2018 at the Bai Hotel and was attended by 80...
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Fiche d'information
SALSA Policy Brief Lessons from Africa
The main challenge for African food systems in the future will be to provide food for a rapidly growing population with changing diets and food preferences. Whilst the population of Europe is decreasing, with consumers demanding food that is produced in an environmentally and socially responsible way, Africa’s population will...
2020 - SALSA
Étude de cas
A pathway to food security
Tackling the Issue of Land Rights as a Pathway to Food Security in Uganda
Amplifying the voices of women farmers is proving an effective way to help tackle gender inequality and promote agroecology, helping small-scale farmers take back power over their land.
Uganda
2020 - Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA)
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