Exponentially growing cells regulate their size by controlling their timing of division. Since two daughter cells are born as a result of this cell splitting, cell size regulation has a direct connection with cell proliferation dynamics. Recent models found more clues about this connection by suggesting that division occurs at...

What does digitalisation mean from the perspectives of a diversified, dairy family farm in rural Japan? For more than three generations, the Sudo Family has adapted their farm to the challenges and opportunities of working and living in the southern tip of the Bōsō Peninsula of Japan, Chiba Prefecture. As...

The webinar was co-chaired by the Animal Production and Health Division (NSA) and Plant Production and Protection Division (NSP), two FAO divisions in charge of the development of TAPE. Remi Cluset, Agroecology Advisor at NSP, gave an overview of the TAPE mandate, the development process as well as the objectives of the tool. Dario Lucantoni, a Livestock and Agroecology Specialist...

Despite the fact that the latest IPCC report recognized "African indigenous knowledge systems" as smart adaptation strategies against worsening climate change, this article argues that smallholder farmers who have benefited from planting their indigenous seeds are under threat from the government's law, which has placed restrictions on the informal seed...

L’Union des Travailleuses et Travailleurs de la Terre (UTT) a lancé le « Corridor Souverain de Patagonie », un parcours de 4 500 km tout au long duquel un camion distribue des aliments sains à Buenos Aires, La Pampa, Neuquén, Río Negro et Chubut. Cela permet de réduire les coûts...

Small-scale farmers in low- and middle-income countries face vastly different realities, which translate into diverse challenges and opportunities. Some businesses, governments and development agencies have been promoting smallholder inclusion in global value chains and smallholder commercialisation as an essential part of addressing challenges and creating opportunities. This is happening against a backdrop of growing corporate concentration in agri-food...

The global banana industry is threatened by one of the most devastating diseases: Fusarium wilt (FWB). FWB is caused by the soil-borne fungus Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense (Foc), which almost annihilated the banana production in the late 1950s. A new strain of Foc, known as tropical race 4 (TR4),...

This activity is conducted by the Provincial Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Preah Vihear with the support from the Department of Agricultural Land Resources Management (DALRM), General Directorate of Agriculture (GDA), and CIRAD. Under the support program Water resources Management and Agroecological Transition for Cambodia (WAT4CAM-CS/04-02)led by the...

Un petit matin de septembre 2022 : Hamado Sawadogo et son équipe d’agronomes ont quitté la ville de Ouagadougou aux aurores. Ils filent vers le nord-ouest rejoindre un groupe de paysans de la commune d’Arbollé. Le pick-up abandonne le goudron puis progresse en zigzag sur une piste de latérite, contournant les flaques...

Digital and automation solutions can solve labour bottlenecks, increase agricultural productivity, resilience and efficiency, and improve environmental sustainability. However, access is limited in low- and lower-middle-income countries, especially for small-scale producers. Based on ten case studies in sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean and Asia, this study investigates the suitability...

This monthly e-newsletter gives a bird’s eye view of all the exciting updates from Access Agriculture, a world-leading organisation for quality agricultural training videos in international and local languages, working across the Global South.

Dedicated to “the Ancestors who stewarded the ocean” an interactive story map created by the Pacific Sea Garden Collective reawakens traditional ways of harvesting food from the sea from Panama to Australia to the Pacific Northwest.

The key to implementing farmer field schools (FFS) is to trigger an experimentation process based on collaboration between a group of farmers and a facilitator. The purpose of this document is to provide project managers, technicians and designers with practical information on how to use the FFS approach and adapt...

L’efficacité de l'approche agroécologique dépend des moyens financiers qu'on lui accorde. Or, le budget consacré à l’agriculture et à l’alimentation est, aujourd’hui, 284 fois plus important dans l’Union européenne qu’en Afrique subsaharienne. La priorité est donc de construire des systèmes financiers nationaux favorables au développement de l’agriculture.

This publication showcases initiatives that have been successfully implemented to help youth build resilience in the agrifood system, despite the severe consequences of climate change and formidable social and economic challenges. It aims to inspire potential policies and programmes by portraying key needs, challenges and initiatives, as well as lessons...

The Access Agriculture Panorama features information on new videos, audio podcasts, blog posts, articles contributed by experts, partner highlights, voices from the field and upcoming events.

The Organic Europe’s Youth Event (OEYE), taking place on 31 August-1 September in Frick, Switzerland, is an event for youth interested and active in organic. It will provide a platform to discuss and learn about the potential and challenges of organic production and its role as a sustainable food system.The youth event...

Addressing human and social values is a core element of agroecology, including questions of equity and social justice in food systems, supporting autonomy and well-being of food producers, fostering meaningful, dignified forms of food systems work, and reshaping ways of interacting with nonhuman species and ecosystems. In this article, we...

Desde BID Lab creemos que el uso de soluciones tecnológicas en la agricultura y las cadenas de valor agropecuaria ayudarán a reducir las brechas de productividad de forma más sostenible, apoyar a los productores a diseñar estrategias frente a las crisis climáticas; asegurar la inclusión de los pequeños y medianos...

The Organic Farm Knowledge platform (organic-farmknowledge.org) provides access to a wide range of tools and resources about organic farming that can help improve production. We are pleased to share this month’s newsletter with you.