This paper explores the role of the global food system as the principal driver of accelerating biodiversity loss. It explains how food production is degrading or destroying natural habitats and contributing to species extinction. The paper outlines the challenges and trade-offs involved in redesigning food systems to restore biodiversity, prevent...

Effective decision-making requires real-time, integrated, and localized information to facilitate a comprehensive analysis of problems. The challenge for decision-makers is to access advanced and user-friendly data management tools at an affordable price.

There have been numerous economic difficulties felt by several countries in the Near East and North Africa (NENA) in recent years, generating difficult and region-specific challenges for the food and agriculture systems of the region. The COVID-19 pandemic and the consequent economic crisis made a bad situation worse. This report...

El programa colabora a la seguridad alimentaria, dirigida a la producción agroecológica en pequeñas escala de alimentos frescos. Se brinda capacitación y asistencia técnica continua para el establecimiento de huertas y granjas, mediante una red de promotores locales de voluntarias femeninas; se beneficia a familias y organizaciones de productores en...

This publication provides an overview of the common and unique sustainability elements of Indigenous Peoples' food systems, in terms of natural resource management, access to the market, diet diversity, indigenous peoples’ governance systems, and links to traditional knowledge and indigenous languages. While enhancing the learning on Indigenous Peoples food systems,...

For over 30 years, LEAF has been developing and promoting regenerative agricultural practices and outcomes through Integrated Farm Management (IFM). IFM is a site-specific, whole farm approach that blends the best of modern technology and traditional methods, providing a framework to support farmers with continuous improvement. This video covers the...

The Pulicaro farm is located in Tuscia Viterbese, between Orvieto and Lake Bolsena, Italy. It occupies an area of 33 hectares divided between forest and farmland associated with poultry and livestock. It is an integrated management system designed to manage many aspects. It focuses on agroecology, intercropping and sustainable practices...

African swine fever (ASF) virus continues to spread across the globe with a huge socio-economic impact. Coordinated efforts among all relevant stakeholders are needed to achieve control of this deadly disease. Public and private partnerships (PPPs) can provide optimal use of the unique strengths of both sectors when they are...

Pastoralism, a traditional and extensive form of raising livestock, employs more than 200 million people in 100 countries. Pastoralists guide and feed their animals through diverse landscapes such as prairies, savannas or tundra. Employing different species of local breeds that adapt to variable environments, pastoralism is critical to reducing poverty and...

Este artículo habla del libro lanzado, una obra que reúne los resultados de un equipo de trabajo abocado a mejorar la sustentabilidad de los sistemas agroalimentarios.  Orientados a buscar soluciones para sistemas extensivos y transiciones agroecológicas

Las herramientas digitales ofrecen una oportunidad de oro a los agricultores familiares para potenciar su inserción en los mercados. La pandemia de Covid-19, que generó un marcado aumento del comercio digital, ha aportado numerosas experiencias valiosas en ese sentido, que deben ser rescatadas y sistematizadas, para el diseño de nuevas estrategias...

Summary: In 2020, the world is in the throes of the COVID-19 global pandemic—an epidemic the likes of which humankind has not experienced for decades. This book speaks to common and fundamental underlying issues that national communities face from a humanitarian and planetary systems perspective. From the globalization initiatives of...

The 2021 Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC) highlights the remarkably high severity and numbers of people in Crisis or worse (IPC/CH Phase 3 or above) or equivalent in 55 countries/territories, driven by persistent conflict, pre-existing and COVID-19-related economic shocks, and weather extremes. The number identified in the 2021 edition is the highest in...

In Africa, agricultural Gross Domestic Product (GDP) accounts for more than 20 percent of the total GDP. The farmers’ income is mainly from the farming industry, and it accounts for more than 80 percent of total household income. However, despite Africa’s plentiful agricultural resources, the continent still faces serious food...

La iniciativa de Comunicación para el Desarrollo Rural en América Latina y el Caribe Onda Rural realizó el lanzamiento de la Campaña DAF2021, Agricultura Familiar corazón de los sistemas agroalimentarios sostenibles”, el 13 de julio de 2021. El evento contó con la participación de representantes de la Organización de las...

Climate change and extreme weather events are heightening levels of acute food insecurity and food crises around the world. As the world emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic and deals with other drivers of food security, poverty and inequality, the international community is calling for a climate-resilient and sustainable recovery. Supporting...

According to experts, overuse of pastures, as well as undergrazing, have a negative impact on the environment. If placed evenly throughout the pasture area, drinking wells for livestock can mitigate these negative consequences. However, many wells in desert and semi-desert pastures have become unusable over time, and their restoration is a...

The book shows that beyond the great bioclimatic, agroecological and socio-economic differences between the livestock farming contexts on a global scale and the diversity of livestock farming practices, there are striking similarities in the dynamics of livestock farming over the long term, similarities that partly result from public policies. It brings...

Family farmers are needed for the transformation of agrifood systems. The facts speak for themselves: they produce over 80% of the food in the world and occupy up to 80% farmland, mostly operate at small-scale level, since 95% of existing farm units are less than 5 hectares big and more than...

Uno de los aspectos más relevantes asociados a la degradación de los suelos se ha vinculado con la pérdida de carbono orgánico como consecuencia de las labranzas, los monocultivos y los extensos períodos de barbecho presentes en las secuencias de cultivo (Franzluebbers et al., 1994; Studdert y Echeverría, 2000; Sherrod...