Los actuales sistemas de producción de panela en el departamento de Nariño son ineficientes porque deben usar combustibles adicionales para suplir la demanda energética del proceso. Para mejorar el desempeño de las hornillas tradicionales, agrosavia, en alianza con Fedepanela, diseñó y construyó un sistema híbrido de evaporación (gases de combustión...

Women make up at least 43 percent of the agricultural workforce in developing countries, according to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Yet, women in rural and agricultural livelihoods consistently have less access than men to resources and opportunities.  As the COVID-19 pandemic spread, the virus disproportionately impacted women, whose care responsibilities...

Healthy Soil Healthy Food Initiative: Three African agricultural development organisations from Uganda, Kenya and Malawi present their experience of testing new farming principles learned from the Community Managed Natural Farming initiative in India.

In West Africa, many organisations had interventions on sustainable agriculture, but each one was working in isolation. In 2015, the JAFOWA program was born, whereby several organisations, foundations and NGOs decided to join forces to support Farmers' organisations to work towards sustainable agriculture by adopting agroecological practices. This video highlights...

La palmeraie de Skoura se situe dans la province de Ouarzazate, enclave arabe dans une région berbère où les populations vivent essentiellement d’une agriculture oasienne. C’est en réalité une oliveraie depuis plus de 100 ans. L’olivier a progressivement remplacé le palmier dattier, résistant mieux à la salinité de l’eau, liée...

Remembering Paul Onyango, researcher of small-scale fisheries in Lake Victoria, who passed away on 10 April 2022. I first met Paul Onyango at the MARE Conference in Amsterdam in 2001. He later enrolled in my university’s International Fisheries Management Master Program, where he graduated as scheduled after two years. He became...

Implementing sustainable production practices to rehabilitate soils is a grand challenge of our day, particularly for resource-poor farmers. The West African Sahel requires attention to balancing the need for increasing agricultural production against harsh environmental conditions. While there is much research documenting technologies for soil regeneration in the Sahel, there...

Este documento elaborado en el marco del Proyecto “Caracterización de gestiones económicas de sistemas de producción agropecuarios de pequeña y mediana escala” (vigente desde enero del 2020) presenta estimaciones sobre comportamientos de resultados económicos de modelos productivos y tiene como propósito aportar información que favorezca la inclusión de productores, mejore...

Guided by the Global Action Plan of the United Nations Decade of Family Farming 2019-2028, this legal brief examines concrete ways that legislation can effectively support policy processes aimed at advancing family farming’s contribution to the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals. Building on Legal Paper 108 “Legislative and Regulatory...

La tendencia actual es que los mangos para comercialización sean frutas sin fibra, jugosas, sabrosas, de color rojo amarillo, con un diámetro máximo de 20 cm. El mango de azúcar, con su tamaño pequeño, escasa fibra, buen aroma y sabor, ha ganado espacio en los mercados internacionales, principalmente europeos, que...

Para el manejo integrado del complejo de barrenadores, realice control cultural mediante el uso de semilla sana, buena preparación del lote y destrucción de residuos de cosecha. Más Información: Bibliografía completa de la corporación Editorial Agrosavia Repositorio Institucional (BAC) Podcast Dimensions Agriperfiles Google Scholar LaReferencia Redalyc Redcol ResearchGate WhastApp Noticias científicas AGROMETRICS CRIS AGROSAVIA: https://vivo.agrosavia.co/

Levedy Céleste Lossangoye developed a passion for fish farming at an early age. She grew up surrounded by fish ponds on her family’s fish farm in Andem in the Central African country of Gabon. Located around 60 kilometres from Libreville, the country’s capital, her family’s farm has 21 ponds across...

The 14th edition of the Pecheurs du Monde film festival in Lorient, France, showcased the resilient cultures of fishing communities around the world. Discovering the world of fishers can be exciting and enriching. About 2,500 spectators made that discovery in Lorient, France, and in its surrounding towns from March 20 to...

This book brings to the fore the different dimensions of the deprivation of human capabilities and the intricate relationship between food security and economy, ecology, and state policy within the Indian state of Punjab.

This e-learning course will introduce key concepts related to pest surveillance, pest status determination and pest reporting, particularly as it relates to new pest detections and emerging pests. It will provide practical guidance to assist National Plant Protection Organizations (NPPOs) in strengthening their national surveillance systems and surveillance activities to support early pest detection,...

The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) has just published the latest issue of SAMUDRA Report, its triannual journal on fisheries, communities and livelihoods. The current edition, SAMUDRA Report No. 87, dated March 2022, features a range of articles from Africa, Asia and Europe, with a special focus on the International Year...

Cette étude s’inscrit dans le cadre du projet «Consolidation de la paix dans la zone frontalière du nord-est de la Côte d’Ivoire, par le biais d’une gestion participative et planifiée des ressources naturelles » (PBF GPRN) financé par le Fonds du Secrétariat des Nations Unis pour la Consolidation de la...

My wife and I have always dreamt about going back to the rural areas to start farming. Mainly to start growing our own food, spending days tending a flock of chickens, and maybe growing a big garden for our family and perhaps allowing our children to enjoy what nature is...

As the food crisis comes to prominence on national and international agendas, there is increased urgency to rethink global agrifood systems to be efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable. Greater international cooperation and coordination is vital to secure this, and the need for collaborative action on human rights has never been...

Las prácticas culturales evitan condiciones favorables para el incremento de un insecto o enfermedad y disminuyen sus efectos adversos en el cultivo. Más Información: Bibliografía completa de la corporación Editorial Agrosavia Repositorio Institucional (BAC) Podcast Dimensions Agriperfiles Google Scholar LaReferencia Redalyc Redcol ResearchGate WhastApp Noticias científicas AGROMETRICS CRIS AGROSAVIA: https://vivo.agrosavia.co/