The aim of the research was to attempt to ascertain and better understand the marketing practices of agricultural mechanization hire service enterprises (AMHSEs) in development contexts. The research approach taken was mainly qualitative and abductive. It took an exploratory, historical and descriptive approach and was based on two literature research...

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. 86, dated November 2021, features a range of articles from Africa, Asia and South America, specifically from Ghana, Kenya,...

On 6-10 September, some 2,500+ organic stakeholders, farmers, researchers and policymakers will address questions around resilience, societal transformation, health, and food sovereignty during the world’s largest organic gathering. The #OWC2021 will offer a truly global, diverse space that inspires positive change through knowledge exchange, learning, and the formulation of organic, sustainable solutions, for a...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today launched two practical instruments designed to encourage soil organic carbon maintenance and sequestration, a key tool for climate action. Carbon sequestration involves the removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere in the form of soil organic carbon (SOC), with the...

The Agrobiodiversity Innovation Challenge is seeking innovators driven by a passion for solving challenges in the agri-food sector by utilizing or conserving agrobiodiversity. As part of the 2nd International Agrobiodiversity Congress, November 15-18, 2021, in Rome, the Agrobiodiversity Innovation Challenge will recognize new products, services, and best practices that can help...

Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2030 Agenda) and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the United Nations (UN) in 2015, has set targets for achieving zero hunger and transforming the agri-food system, amongst many other universal goals. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United...

The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) has released the latest edition of Yemaya, its newsletter on gender and fisheries.Yemaya No. 64, dated November 2021, features articles from Sri Lanka, The Gambia, Gender dialogue took place in Central America, issues of gender seafood industry, meditative reflection on gender equity...

La cacaocultura en Colombia es considerada uno de los sistemas agrícolas más importantes. Las semillas de cacao son la materia prima en la preparación de un sin número de productos de chocolatería, sin embargo estas deben ser sometidas previamente a un proceso de fermentación y secado en los cuales se...

Rice field agroecosystems produce food for more than half of the world’s population and deliver important services supporting farmers’ livelihoods. However, traditional rice field agroecosystems are facing a variety of problems, including pests or markets that are hard to access. This research explored indigenous farmers’ perceptions of the problems, their...

In Latin America, the so-called informal sector associated with family farming and the agroecology movements were instrumental at coping with and adapting to the COVID-19 challenges. The objective of this communication is to characterise the initial responses that the family farming and the agroecology movements developed to overcome the threats and...

La crise sanitaire de la Covid-19 nous a rappelé à quel point le métier d’agricultrice et d’agriculteur, partout dans le monde, est essentiel à la vie humaine. L’enjeu de la formation des prochaines générations en Afrique paraît ainsi fondamental. Mais former à quelle agriculture et à quel système de production...

The Regional Technical Platform of Family Farming is a network that brings together the most successful experiences, technical knowledge and the latest innovations to be shared throughout the world. It is available to governments, family farming organizations, the scientific and academic community, and the private sector. It works as a digital...

Potenciar y escalar los cambios que se están acelerando como respuesta al COVID-19 requiere diseñar nuevos modelos institucionales, apoyados por múltiples actores, que puedan ser aplicados en forma descentralizada. En este sentido, el Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Agricultura...

La Guía rápida de trámites en la agricultura familiar –FAENA– fue elaborada con los aportes de profesionales y técnicos de la Dirección Nacional de Inocuidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria y la Coordinación de Agricultura Familiar del Senasa. Según la localidad o provincia, alguna de la información contenida en esta guía pueden...

The document is intended to provide guidance on designing and developing e-learning-based solutions for trainers and instructional designers who are new to e-learning design. The guide also provides basic concepts and information on the processes and resources involved in e-learning development, which may be of interest to human resource (HR)...

The productivity of livestock in Asia is found to be far below the global benchmark. The milk production per cattle in Bangladesh and Nepal, for instance, is only 305 kg and 459 kg per animal per year, respectively, compared to 7500 kg/animal/year in the USA and Europe (SAARC 2015). Improved...

Shanta Neupane had a vision. From Panauti Municipality, in central Nepal, she could see how hard women in the rural forest and farming communities around her worked in their family smallholdings, helping to feed their households. But although, like Shanta herself, they were members of community forest user groups, these same...

En las regiones de laderas de la República Dominicana se cultiva guandul en forma de monocultivos desde la época del descubrimiento de América. Sin embargo, los cultivares tradicionalmente cultivados (Puerto Rico, Kaki, Blanco, Barrosial, Enerito, Haitiano y Mena), presentan serios problemas cuando hay excesos de lluvias o cuando los períodos...

  Bio-inputs replaced chemical inputs on farmers fields With 11 years of experience in organic farming and 5 years working with marginalpaddy farmers (organic) at Gondeda, Tal. Chimur, Dist. Chandrapur, Maharashtra, last season of Kharif, we (Generous Technologies Pvt Ltd) tried our hands in the high pest pressure zone of paddy area...

From 31 October, world leaders, experts, and climate activists from across the world will gather in Glasgow, Scotland for COP26, the biggest climate conference since the Paris Accords. IFAD will be there, calling for greater investments in climate adaptation – and we will be giving the floor to rural small-scale producers...