The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) invites you to the launch of IFAD’s first comprehensive report on a holistic approach to sustainable production and food systems. Based on a stock-take of recent IFAD-supported projects assessing their promotion of agroecology, this learning session will discuss key findings and recommendations for more...

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is the name we give to a diversity of approaches that all aim to strengthen direct farmer-eater relationships. This includes sharing risks and benefits. This is the essence of CSA. #CSADay was first launched in 2015 by Small Farm Central as a sign-up day in the USA. Since then, CSA...

La desigualdad de género ha sido históricamente un rasgo estructural en América Latina y el Caribe, que está en la base de la insostenibilidad del modelo de desarrollo dominante. A su vez, la pandemia de enfermedad por coronavirus (COVID-19), además de profundizar los nudos estructurales de la desigualdad de género,...

Table of Contents 1. AgroforestryWhat is agroforestrySALMImportance of TreesCommon Agroforestry TreesCommon Agroforestry Fruit TreesWhy do we need treeHow to plant a tree 2. Climate ChangeWhat is climate change?What causes climate changeWhat are the solutions 3. Clean & Safe EnvironmentReduce and reuseRecycle 4. Nutritional GardenColour and Name VegetablesCOlour and Name FruitsBenefits of having a nutritional...

Les agriculteurs s’adaptent face à cette évolution mais dans leurs dynamiques, plusieurs aspects rentent encore largement méconnus. Il s’agit notamment  des  espèces qu’ils choisissent,  leurs sources d’approvisionnement en semences, etc.  Depuis quatre ans une équipe de chercheurs du Cirad de Montpellier, en lien avec cinq institutions académiques et quatre organisations paysannes du Niger, du...

El daño ocasionado por una plaga es el resultado de la interacción de una planta susceptible a cualquier especie vegetal o animal o agente patógeno que en un ambiente favorable para su desarrollo conlleva al detrimento económico de la actividad productiva. Más información: Bibliografía completa de la corporación Editorial Agrosavia Repositorio Institucional (BAC) Podcast Dimensions Agriperfiles Google Scholar LaReferencia Redalyc Redcol ResearchGate ...

MOAN is an institutional platform for representatives of Ministries in charge of agriculture to exchange data, knowledge and experience for the development of Mediterranean Organic Agriculture. MOAN is a tool to promote cooperation and policy dialogue for sustainable production and consumption patterns in changing Mediterranean communities and territories, through the diffusion...

As more youth move to cities, in Africa, but also in South Asia and Latin America, development experts worry about the future of rural communities. So, we can learn a lesson by taking a glimpse at a region where most youth left agriculture some three generations ago.

En el contexto de la pandemia de enfermedad por coronavirus (COVID-19), las entidades del sistema de las Naciones Unidas en América Latina y el Caribe integrantes del grupo de trabajo sobre juventud de la Plataforma de Colaboración Regional para América Latina y el Caribe impulsaron la realización de una encuesta...

The document summarizes the report that, based on a review of more than 250 studies, demonstrates the importance and urgency of climate action to protect the forests of the indigenous and tribal territories of Latin America as well as the indigenous and tribal peoples who protect them. These territories contain...

Le secteur agricole constitue une activité importante au Maroc, représentant 14 % du produit national brut et employant 40 % de la population active. Avec l’émergence de la pandémie de la Covid-19, il a été ébranlé par des incertitudes économiques et par la distanciation physique qui a accentué les contraintes du travail. Toutefois,...

El desarrollo tecnológico de biofertilizantes requiere el trabajo en equipo de especialistas en diversas disciplinas que abarcan la biología, la ingeniería agrícola, la microbiología, la ingeniería química y la química farmacéutica, entre otras, con el fin de aplicar sus conocimientos y experiencia en las diferentes etapas de investigación en campo,...

Agroecology designs sustainable agroecosystems by applying ecological and agronomic concepts and principles. Ecosystem services functional to crop growth (e.g. soil quality, pollination, natural pest control) are maximised through appropriate resource management and farming practices. The use of synthetic inputs is reduced to the minimum or eliminated. The nutrient cycle is...

Agroforestry benefits which make it the most suitable food system for ensuring the right to food for all: 1. Diversified and nutritional diet, from fruits and vegetables, nuts and palms, mushrooms, fodder and forage, and animal source foods (rabbits, fish, insects). 2. Increasing income by higher production of agroforestry products and crops...

In order to support the development of the pilot project European Consumer Food Waste Forum and address prevention of food waste at the level of consumers, the Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety is seeking support of the Joint Research Centre. In this regard, the Joint Research Centre is looking...

Naile lives in a small Turkish rural town called Yolu, situated in the district of Suruç, Şanlıurfa province, a few kilometres from Syria. From afar, she used to watch her neighbours in Kobani, Syria, through the wire mesh of the border fence. With her neighbours she shared the Kurdish language...

Welcome to Ciasnocha Family Farm – a 730 ha regenerative grassland farm in the Vistula delta of northern Poland. In his first Letter From The Farm, Mateusz Ciasnocha walks us through what’s involved throughout the year on his farm. But first, Mateusz gives us a whistlestop tour of the farm’s...

The Organic Innovation Days 2021, TP Organics’ annual public event and the only EU event on research and innovation for organic agriculture, was successfully held online on 30 November and 1 December, under the title “Better inputs for organic agriculture”.

Just south of the busy city of Agadir lies the rural Chtouka Ait Baha region of Morocco. Despite its proximity to several spots along Morocco’s tourist trail, Chtouka Ait Baha’s empty desert mountainscapes are worlds away from the colourful, bustling streets of the country’s cities. However, the relatively remote area...

El modelo productivo que se ofrece en el presente documento resulta importante dado el panorama descrito hasta aquí. El documento muestra la actualidad del sector cacaotero en Santander y brinda información sobre la oferta tecnológica que AGROSAVIA y otros actores han desarrollado para el departamento. El fin de esta oferta...