El proyecto Sembrando Capacidades (Brasil- Colombia-FAO) finaliza su gestión después dos años de trabajo enfocados en el fortalecimiento de instrumentos y políticas para la Agricultura Campesina, Familiar y Comunitaria (ACFC) en Colombia a partir de la gestión del conocimiento e intercambio de experiencias entre ambos países, alrededor de cuatro ejes: extensión...

Women play critical roles in food systems—as producers, processors, traders, consumers, scientists, and policy makers. Women represent on average 43% of the agricultural labor force globally and are essential agents of change in ensuring the shift to more efficient and climate-resilient food systems. The empowerment of women is associated with...

Bacillus velezensis Bs006 has shown antagonistic activity on Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. physali and biocontrol activity against Fusarium wilt (FW) in golden berry (Physalis peruviana). We hypothesized that strain Bs006 has the ability to synthesize antimicrobial cyclic lipopeptides (CLPs) like other members of the same species. However, if so, the...

By applying a range of agroecological practices, you can avoid disease infestation in  your rice crop.

The UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration is a rallying call for the protection and revival of ecosystems all around the world, for the benefit of people and nature. It aims to halt the degradation of ecosystems, and restore them to achieve global goals. Only with healthy ecosystems can we enhance people’s livelihoods,...

A study has come up with specific recommendations for the development and welfare of the fisheries sector and its small-scale fisher communities in Bangladesh, the ‘Land of Rivers’. With 230 rivers coursing through the country, Bangladesh is called the ‘Land of Rivers’. It also has the world’s largest flooded wetland. Rivers...

FAO Armenia brochure is dedicated to the FAO's 75 anniversary and the work in Armenia since the founding of FAO Armenia Representation office in 2004. It covers the main projects implemented in the country, the major outputs, key stakeholders, beneficiaries, donors, etc. The purpose of this publication is to inform the...

The provisional political agreement reached by the European Parliament and Council on the new Common Agricultural Policy introduces a fairer, greener, more animal friendly and flexible CAP. Higher environmental and climate ambitions, aligned with Green Deal objectives, are to be implemented from January 2023. The new CAP will also ensure...

The International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems (IPES-Food) has released a new report in collaboration with the ETC Group 'A Long Food Movement: Transforming Food Systems by 2045'. The report maps out two very different futures for food systems, people and the planet. First, what do the next 25 years have in store...

New Organic Regulation (EU) 2018/848 will apply from 1 January 2022. The basic regulation published in June 2018 will be accompanied by around 23 acts of secondary legislation, most of them not yet published.  Additional acts of secondary legislation will be published in the following months and years, making reading and...

La Comisión de Semillas de Federación Agraria Argentina, con la participación de Agricultores Federados Argentinos (AFA), la Federación de Cooperativas Federadas (FECOFE) y la Cámara Argentina de Semilleros Multiplicadores (CASEM), manifestó su preocupación ante el avance de algunas empresas que pretenden controlar todos los eslabones de la cadena bajo argumentos...

El Secretario General de las Naciones Unidas, António Guterres, ha convocado a una Cumbre sobre los Sistemas Alimentarios, en 2021, como parte del Decenio de Acción para alcanzar los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) de aquí a 2030. La Cumbre pondrá en marcha medidas nuevas y audaces para avanzar en...

El estudio de caso sobre la gobernanza del agua en la cuenca del río Los Amates, Guatemala, forma parte del programa global de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO) sobre la gobernanza de los recursos hídricos para un uso más eficiente, transparente y...

The efficacy in the control of mango cv. Azúcar anthracnose in postharvest was determined by subjecting the fruit to a hydrothermal treatment at 53 °C, later two wounds of 2 mm deep were made and the fruits were immersed in suspensions of the antagonists or chitin in different concentrations. After,...

Las páginas de este folleto están dedicadas a presentar los resultados del Concurso 10 Iniciativas y Evidencias Innovadoras de Agricultura Sostenible y Agroecología para el desarrollo rural, escalables a Políticas Públicas en Cuba. Se describen las experiencias y los principales resultados de las 15 iniciativas seleccionadas en el proceso de...

In an effort to improve the often inadequate standard and impact of training for small-scale agricultural producers, a non-governmental organization (NGO) in Ukraine has developed a two-pronged strategy that involves conducting performance-based training and evaluation to analyse how effective it is.

Flowering plant species within a cultivated field are increasingly implemented as an eco-scheme to re-establish functional agrobiodiversity providing shelter, overwintering sites, and alternative prey and food resources to natural enemies (predators and parasitoids). We evaluated the effect of sown flower strips designed to attract and support natural enemies of Brassica...

The new year brought new beginnings, including the launch of Solidaridad’s new website. At the center of the refreshed design, content, and structure is the smallholder producer. Take a look around to see what’s new!

Este documento elaborado en el marco del Proyecto "Caracterización de gestiones económicas de sistemas de producción agropecuarios de pequeña y mediana escala" y del "Centro de Información de Actividades Porcinas CIAP". Presenta estimaciones sobre comportamientos de resultados económicos de modelos productivos y tiene como propósito aportar información que favorezca la inclusión...

Structural transformation in Southeast Asia poses challenges to the regions' food security and inclusive agricultural growth agenda. Integration of agricultural markets within ASEAN is high on the policy agenda given the current pressure on moving towards the establishment of a common market. An improvement in agricultural value chains' competitiveness is...