On April 20, from 10:00 to 13:00, via zoom, the expert in organic citrus Rosa Vercher, from the Polytechnic University of Valencia will give the BIOFRUITNET course on organic citrus in Spanish. The topics to be discussed will be as follows: Phytosanitary risks. Emerging problems for organic citrus Functional Biodiversity Pest management strategies After the...

Conventional gender-sensitive methodologies that tend to focus on treating the symptoms of gender discrimination, such as women’s unequal access to resources and benefits, without addressing the structural determinants of gender inequality, have repeatedly failed to achieve long-standing and transformative impacts. Discriminatory gender norms and roles, unequal power relations and social structures...

Agricultural expansion is responsible for almost 90 percent of deforestation worldwide, making it a leading driver of biodiversity and habitat loss. Cropland expansion is the main driver, causing almost 50 percent of global deforestation, followed by livestock grazing, which accounts for 38.5 percent. This situation of great concern presents a...

“Guía básica de aprendizaje: Establecimiento y manejo de plantaciones forestales polifuncionales en zonas invadidas por el marabú. (MARFOM), es una guía técnica para la implementación de módulos agroforestales que contribuyen a la resiliencia climática de comunidades agrícolas en siete municipios de Cuba que forman parte del proyecto "Resiliencia climática en...

This document builds on efforts by practitioners to improve FFS processes and adopt to new ways of facilitating farmer field school (FFS) processes including during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, when governments imposed lockdowns across the globe, which made normal face-to-face facilitation difficult. This document is primarily intended to...

In March 2023 the Forest and Farm Facility (FFF) ran refresher training on the market analysis and development (MA&D) approach designed to enable local forest and farm producers to develop sustainable income-generating enterprises. The FFF is committed to increasing entrepreneurship as well as access to markets and finance through business development services within forest and...

Adaptive social protection and effective fisheries management can be the best approach to move towards climate-resilient fisheries. Livelihoods and jobs based on small-scale fisheries are the most vulnerable to climate-driven changes in marine resources and ecosystem services, observes the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report 2022 (SAR 2022). They would, as a result,...

CSA as a LifeCOACH, a film developed by filmmakers Ondrej Sovik and Martin Matej, explores the value of mentorship and apprenticeship in small-scale, agroecological farming in the beating world of community-supported agriculture (CSA). To resist the loss of agroecological knowledge, to combat the devastating consequences of climate change, and to...

The Saamaka, an Afro-descendent tribal community, reside deep in the heart of Suriname’s Amazonian rainforest. They’ve maintained their plots of land and small farms for generations, relying on the bounty of fruits, nuts and medicines the surrounding tropical forest provides.   But lately, their forested territory has seen unwelcome visitors.  A logging...

Improved feed diversity and more resilient feed production, less dependent on soybean imports. This strategy helps to mitigate droughts effects, through an “avoidance strategy”, with production of forage during seasons less likely to be affected by such phenomenon. Other benefits include improved soil biodiversity and soil health, reduced leaching during...

  As the world faces conflicts, a climate crisis, COVID-19 and the depletion of natural resources, parliamentary action to tackle hunger and malnutrition is critical. Parliamentarians – with their powers to draft and adopt legislation, approve public budgets and monitor the implementation of public policies and government commitments – are well...

Las ferias libres pueden jugar un papel clave para aminorar el impacto del incremento de los precios de los alimentos en la coyuntura actual. Además, constituyen un espacio constante de acceso a alimentos saludables, que es de suma importancia para la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional de la población. El presente...

The speedometer indicates the proportion of land likely to be affected by one or more soil degradation processes or by soil sealing in the EU. It is based on the convergence of evidence approach described below. This figure is subject to a degree of uncertainty. It is likely an under-estimate...

State of the World's Plants and Fungi 2023 Our fifth report in the State of the World’s series lays out the current condition of the world’s plants and fungi globally, and is titled 'Tackling the Nature Emergency: Evidence, gaps and priorities' It is the second report that is accompanied by a full volume of expert-reviewed scientific...

Farmers are frequently facing agricultural waste production problems (which incorrect disposal may determine a damaging environmental impact) and soil fertility depletion. Sustainable valorization of crop residues could allow recovering valuable components as substrates and nutrients in microbial/enzymatic controlled processes, such as composting.

Evidence has shown that the improvement in food and nutrition security is principally due to policies, programs and frameworks that are anchored in legislation. Parliamentarians are fundamental custodians of political commitments on food security and nutrition; therefore critical partners in achieving food and nutrition security. Foremost amongst the 17 Sustainable Development...

Millets have finally arrived on the global scene. With 2023 being declared as the International Year of Millets, by the United Nations, the spotlight is on millets. While half a billion people across the globe consume millets as a traditional food, it has taken decades, for it to get its...

The study is a part of a series of original research on social development and sustainable fisheries undertaken by ICSF in eight countries. The study documented the status of social development and decent work programmes, schemes, policies, legislation and institutional support (including community-based initiatives) to demonstrate how they strengthen the...

Este documento forma parte de una serie de Notas Técnicas que sistematizan hitos de cooperación de FAO en la agenda regional sobre modernización de los actores del canal tradicional y su importancia en el abastecimiento urbano y la mejora de los sistemas agroalimentarios. En esta ocasión se abordan los procesos...

his first book volume collects country reports produced by the AE4EU Horizon 2020 project and the European Association Agroecology Europe which involved a large number of organisations, as well as more than 25 "mappers" who conducted the work in different European countries. Among them were many members of the Agroecology...