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Pratiques
Biorremediación del agua
La biorremediación del agua usa la capacidad purificadora de plantas y de otros organismos (bacterias, etc.). Si se usan plantas para la biorremediación del agua se habla de fitorremediación lo que permite adsorber, acumular, metabolizar, volatilizar o estabilizar contaminantes presentes en el suelo, aire, agua o sedimentos.
2024 - EncontrAR
Article de blog
Reviving Resilience: Chimanimani’s Journey from Cyclone Devastation to Sustainable Recovery
Five years after the catastrophic Cyclone Idai hit Chimanimani District in Zimbabwe, claiming over 500 lives and causing extensive destruction, the community's journey towards recovery and resilience offers a beacon of hope. This article by John Willson delves into the heart of Chimanimani's efforts, showcasing how the district is confronting...
Zimbabwe
2024 - Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA)
Rapport
State of the Global Climate 2023
The publication provides a summary on the state of the climate indicators in 2023 with sections on key climate indicators, extreme events and impacts. The indicators include global temperatures, greenhouse gas concentration, ocean heat content, sea level rise, ocean acidification, Arctic and Antarctic sea ice, Greenland ice sheet and glaciers...
2024 - World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
Fiche d'information
Brief Guide to Food Plants in the Magdalena Milpas Altas Region
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...
Guatemala
2024 - Food Plant Solutions
Article de revue spécialisée
Using behavioral science to increase women’s participation in natural resource management in Mexico
In Mexico, sustainably and inclusively investing in natural resource management could create jobs and prevent environmental degradation. Despite some progress, significant gender gaps persist in this area. In 2020, only 1.15 percent of the funds of Mexico's main forest sector support program were allocated for exclusively women-led projects. Also, funds directed...
Mexico
2024 - World Bank Group
Article du bulletin d’information
West Africa: Broadcast Reform
A network of trainers and community radio broadcasters has been working hard to disseminate SSF Guidelines in West Africa, relying on local media and grassroots initiatives.
The Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication (the SSF Guidelines) is an international framework adopted...
2024 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Pratiques
Dual-purpose poultry genotypes in organic and low-input outdoor farms
Animal welfare is an important factor for consumers’ acceptance of products (eggs, meat) from organic and low-input poultry production systems. There is an increasing concern and awareness about the ethical aspects of killing of one-day-old male chicks from pure layers strains.
2024 - INRAE - National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment
Article de blog
Battle for Biodiversity: AfCFTA’s Intellectual Property Protocol Unveiled
The African Union is in the process of finalizing a draft protocol on intellectual property rights under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), sparking concerns among civil society organizations about the potential impacts on seed systems and the rights of smallholder farmers. While the AfCFTA, enacted in May 2019,...
2024 - Food Tank
Note/document d'orientation
Policy brief: Fisheries other effective area-based conservation measures
Area-based management measures by any sector can deliver outcomes that collectively align with the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Convention on Biological Diversity’s (CBD) Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations’ (FAO) Strategy on Mainstreaming Biodiversity across Food Production Sectors....
2024 - FAO
Audio
WorldFish Director General Essam Yassin Mohammed Talks Blue Economy
WorldFish Director-General, Essam Yassin Mohammed, recently appeared on the Victorian Hour, ABC Radio Australia, sharing insights on how the Blue Economy must benefit fishing communities in the Global South.
In the radio interview, he spoke about how it is imperative that blue economy initiatives benefit fishing communities in developing and small island...
2024 - Victorian Hour, ABC Radio Australia
Pratiques
Acondicionamiento y restauración de suelos
El acondicionamiento de suelos consiste en aplicar una serie de técnicas para restaurar las condiciones óptimas de materia orgánica, nutrientes, actividad biológica y otros elementos esenciales para la producción agrícola; con ello se reduce el impacto de sequías, extremos de calor y cambios bruscos de temperatura en cultivos. El incremento...
2024 - EncontrAR
Article de blog
World Pulses Day: Slow Food’s Planting the Future
How our diet can protect the planet
On February 10th we celebrate the World Pulses Day 2024, whose topic is nourishing soils and people. Slow Food addresses the topic, supported by the recently presented Plant the Future report, and by the international Planting the Future challenge organized with the Slow Food Youth Network (SFYN). The challenge will be running over the month of...
2024 - Slow Food
Manuel
Empowering rural women to engage in responsible agricultural investments (RAI) in Sierra Leone
FAO developed this manual, in collaboration with Solidaridad West Africa, to support trainers in preparing and delivering the training on empowering rural women to engage in responsible agricultural investments (RAI). The design of this training programme is based upon a specific methodology that meets the learning needs of rural women...
Sierra Leone
2024 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Article
Impact of participatory guarantee systems on sustainability outcomes: the case of vegetable farming in Vietnam
Sustainable food systems require mechanisms that assure consumers about the sustainability of agricultural production. Building on the existing literature on the impact of sustainability standards, this study is the first to assess the effectiveness of participatory guarantee systems (PGS) for the certification of organic produce. The study uses representative farm-level...
Viet Nam
2024
Article de blog
Agroécologie : une chercheure recommande la mise en place de politiques intégrées et systémiques
Laure Tall, directrice de recherche à l’Initiative prospective agricole rurale (IPAR), a suggéré, mercredi, à Dakar, la mise en place de politiques intégrées et systémiques pour relever les multiples défis liés au développement de l’agroécologie au Sénégal et en Afrique.
Senegal
2024
Article
Caractérisation de l’élevage Camelin du Mali pour en assurer la préservation et la Valorisation
Quels sont les systèmes de gestion et les pratiques de sélection des dromadaires dans la région de Gao au Mali ? Quelle est la typologie des élevages camelins dans cette région, avec un accent sur la diversité des pratiques de gestion des ressources animales camélines ? La thèse présentée par Bakary...
Mali
2024 - Université de Liège - Faculté de Médecine Vétérinaire
Article de revue spécialisée
Anthropogenic and atmospheric variability intensifies flash drought episodes in South Asia
Flash droughts are abrupt and rapid intensification of droughts that affect agriculture, water, and ecosystems and are commonplace in South Asia. Despite their potential impact, flash drought evolution characteristics and underlying mechanisms in South Asia remain underexplored. We use a multivariate approach to analyze the onset speed, frequency, severity, duration,...
Afghanistan - India - Pakistan
2024 - Hohai University, China
Directives
Standards of practice to guide ecosystem restoration: A contribution to the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030
The United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021–2030 (hereafter “UN Decade”) aims to prevent, halt and reverse ecosystem degradation and recover biodiversity, and ecosystem integrity; enhance human health and well-being, including sustainable delivery of ecosystem goods and services; and mitigate climate change. To create a shared vision of ecosystem restoration,...
2024 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Article du bulletin d’information
National Plan of Action for Small-Scale Fisheries: Leaving No One Behind
The National Plans of Action for Small-Scale Fisheries help implement the SSF Guidelines at the country level, factoring in varying national and regional legal and policy frameworks.
No matter where in the world, small-scale fisheries (SSF) represent a critical source of food security, nutrition and livelihoods for coastal and riverine communities....
2024 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Pratiques
Biol y biocidas
a) Biol: abono foliar que sirve para que las plantas estén verdes y den buenos frutos. El biol nutre, recupera, reactiva la vida del suelo y fortalece la fertilidad de las plantas. El biol es un abono orgánico líquido que se elabora por descomposición y transformaciones fisicoquímicas de la materia...
2024 - EncontrAR
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