A survey on the diversity of bees and wild pollinators and the status of the bee industry was conducted in the Philippines, Thailand, and Viet Nam. The data were made available to the respective National Coordinators (NC) for the Management of Animal Genetic Resources and the Food and Agriculture Organization...

OGA webinar with Roger Hitchings, Tim Deane, and Phil Sumption on converting land to organic horticulture. Phil Sumption introduced the webinar with an overview of relevant findings from the Defra-funded Conversion to Organic Field Vegetable Production project, and the latest in conversion payments. Roger's talk focused on the kind of...

Agroecological techniques (AET) have been recognized by many farmers, NGOs, and farmers’ organizations (FOs) as a promising solution for slowing down the persistent soil fertility degradation in West African drylands. In the context of Burkina, the promotion of AET is the result of the interactions between NGOs and farmers’ knowledge...

Operationalizing effective subnational veterinary services as major contributor to disease surveillance, reporting, diagnoses and One Health requires resources and mindset change. Here we describe workforce capacity building in animal health in Kenya and an approach that can be used to skill-up this workforce to respond beyond animal health challenges to...

Farm gate nutrient budgets are an easy and efficient tool to assess the main nutrient flows in and out of the farm. They can reveal whether there is a nutrient surplus or deficit.

Digital tools hold the potential to open the untapped potential for agroecology across Africa. One such tool, aiming to reach rural farmers in their own language, interactive voice response, was put to the test in Mali, yielding good results.

En Amazonie, les scientifiques du Cirad et leurs partenaires orientent et accompagnent les initiatives de territoires qui allient agriculture et élevage durables, inclusion sociale, conservation et restauration des écosystèmes forestiers.

This guide presents the egg and larval descriptions of 150 species of fishes belonging to 57 families, which are most likely to be present in plankton samples collected in the continental shelf and oceanic waters off northwest Africa. The guide is structured in two parts. The first introductory part describes...

Join Ben Raskin of the Soil Association and Andy Dibben of Abbey Home Farm as they discuss agroforestry systems in horticulture. They'll be taking us through step by step how to design and set up a system that you can apply to your own market gardens and farms. The discussion...

This is a literature review on land use and integrated land use management systems in Uzbekistan. The review aims to synthesize and examine the state of knowledge and the scope for establishing various integrated resource and land use management strategies such as types of agroforestry systems and integrated pastoral management...

Species of zoophytophagous genus Dicyphina, plant bugs (Hemiptera: Miridae: Bryocorinae) are among the most abundant and effective predators of tomato pests. Nesidiocoris tenuis Reuter, 1895 (Hemiptera: Miridae) is the predominant species of Dicyphina sp. and it is considered to be a major natural enemy of insect pests in tomato crops...

El Banco de soluciones tecnológicas de bajo costo y/o basadas en recursos locales es una iniciativa del Grupo de Trabajo Temático de Transferencia de Conocimiento y Buenas Prácticas de PLACA. La segunda edición de este concurso regional busca relevar soluciones tecnológicas de bajo costo y/o basada en recursos locales que contribuyan a mejorar...

En esta ficha de contexto se mencionan los aspectos importantes de la cadena ovino-caprina enfocados a su marco productivo, regional, económico, comercio internacional, así como sus perspectivas y tendencias frente al mercado, dando a conocer su entorno de Ciencia y Tecnología e Innovación.

Agriculteurs, acteurs institutionnels et membres du Cirad se sont réunis pour un atelier d’échange sur les pratiques agricoles pour faire face aux enjeux de préservation des ressources en eau et de la biodiversité. Le but ? Restituer des résultats sur la qualité de l’eau et sur le suivi des populations...

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...

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...

En prenant des mesures préventives pour prévenir les maladies et les ravageurs, en planifiant la récolte et en stockant les fruits correctement, les agriculteurs peuvent maximiser leur rendement et fournir des produits de qualité supérieure à leurs clients.Tuteurage ou Haubanage, quelle méthode choisir en fonction de l’implantation de sa parcelle...

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...

Le Guide pour l’évaluation de l’agroécologie propose une démarche et des outils méthodologiques pour apprécier, d’une part, les effets des pratiques et des systèmes agroécologiques sur les performances agro-environnementales et socio-économiques de l’agriculture et, d’autre part, les conditions de développement de l’agroécologie. Il vise à aider les acteurs du développement à...

Problem Inter-row soil management in organic orchards should aim at reducing soil compaction and erosion, increasing soil fertility and biodiversity without interfering with other practices. Solution To adapt strategies that besides increasing the orchard biodiversity, will also function as an internal source of nitrogen, increase soil fertility and keep the soil covered. Description Mixtures of...