For as long as he could remember, Benito González from western Mexico had struggled to make ends meet and lived on the margin of society. As many indigenous peoples – anywhere – do. His life started to change for the better in 2016, when the Government of Mexico and FAO made...

Indigenous cocoyams in Burundi have the potential to increase food and nutrition security and contribute to improved livelihoods, but farmers’ capacity to meet the growing demand for them has been constrained by a lack of good quality seed and technical knowhow. The Good Seed Initiative targeted both seed and cocoyam...

As mulheres rurais são essenciais para a produção de alimentos. Porém, muitas vezes são invisíveis e trabalham em propriedades rurais familiares sem receber nenhum tipo de remuneração, pois seu trabalho é considerado apenas uma ajuda. A colombiana Sandra Mendoza é uma dessas mulheres. Há alguns anos, Sandra herdou de seu pai uma...

El estado de la biodiversidad para la alimentación y la agricultura en el mundo ofrece una evaluación de la biodiversidad para la alimentación y la agricultura (BAA) y su gestión en todo el mundo, basándose en la información proporcionada en 91 informes de países (preparados por más de 1 300...

Desde el Centro de Información de Actividades Porcinas (CIAP) se revisaron resultados económicos de modelos productivos porcinos y se observó que las pérdidas de mayor magnitud y duración sucedieron en sistemas que no pudieron optimizar sus manejos productivos. Según las mediciones mensuales de resultados económicos de modelos productivos porcinos, el precio...

Alarmed by the continuing threat of infectious diseases that can spread between animals and humans in Asia and the Pacific, three international organizations have announced they are increasing their coordination to respond more effectively across the region. From rabies to zoonotic influenza, zoonotic diseases pose a threat to human and animal...

The CFP has Created a Distorted Sea

The Mainstreaming of Organic Agriculture And Agroecology in the Himalaya Region: Adequate policies that advance the transition towards sustainable agriculture and food systems to ensure healthy food for all, to overcome social and economic inequalities and to protect our environment, climate, and biodiversity, are urgently needed. After highlighting the world’s...

Agroforestry belongs to sustainable farming practices. The practice is based on ecological principles that are observed in natural ecosystems. Trees greatly help to mitigate negative effects of modern agriculture on the environment. They offset pollution from farms and make food production systems more resilient. But learning about the disadvantages of this...

Environmental non-governmental organizations can work in partnership with fishing communities to secure vibrant fishing communities and thriving marine ecosystems

Tout au long des 40 dernières années, la FAO s'est engagée dans le développement durable à long terme dans la région, en coopération avec les gouvernements des pays hôtes. Cela se reflète dans le travail de l'Organisation où, par exemple, le bureau du Liban est resté pleinement actif tout au...

Chagfood is a community-supported market garden supplying a seasonal ‘share of the harvest’ to 90 households across the north-east edge of Dartmoor. As a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farm, Chagfood’s customers become ‘members’ and commit to support the farm with an annual subscription. This subscription supports the farm with a guaranteed...

A United Nations food security assessment in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (also known as North Korea) has found that following the worst harvest in 10 years, due to dry spells, heatwaves and flooding, about 10.1 million people suffer from severe food shortages, meaning they do not have enough...

The Too Big to Ignore (TBTI) Digest contains all of the project's recent activities and outputs.

The voices of small-scale fishers and civil society organizations were loud and clear at the 3rd World Small-Scale Fisheries Congress

The excessive use of pesticides has multiple adverse effects on the environment and human health. For a long time this problem was focused on the technical, agronomic, medicinal and pest management’s aspects, while the problem is a behavioral problem and the socio-economic aspect plays an important role. In order to...

The Too Big to Ignore (TBTI) Digest contains all of the project's recent activities and outputs.

PRO-PRODUCTION is a Slovenian Operational Group (OG) developing and promoting an irrigation decision support system to increase water use productivity at farm level. “Key factors must be considered to achieve the best results with irrigation: soil properties, plant growing phase, soil water content, weather forecast, timing and quantity of water...

Nalini Nayak and Cornelie Quist reflect on the 7th Global Conference on Gender in Aquaculture and Fisheries (GAF7), held in Bangkok during 18-21 October 2018

Valorando los saberes tradicionales de las comunidades indígenas que habitan en la región del Gran Chaco Americano, el movimiento El Futuro está en el Monte busca incoporar tecnología. Con los grupos de artesanas, por ejemplo, se trabaja en la construcción de nuevos conocimientos para reducir los tiempos de trabajo y así...