The potential of organic agriculture and agroecological approaches for improving food security in Africa is a controversial topic in global discussions. While there is a number of meta-analyses on the environmental, agronomic and financial performance of organic farming, most of the underlying data stems from on-station field trials from temperate regions....

En este documento se presentan medidas implementadas por los Gobiernos de América Latina y el Caribe para atender la situación de las mujeres durante la pandemia por COVID-19. La información comenzó a recopilarse a muy pocos días de declarada la pandemia a nivel mundial. En el marco de la reunión...

Over 240 videos from the Organic Farm Knowledge Platform are now available on its own YouTube channel organised into six playlists, along with a short introduction video.

Objetivo: identificar aprendizajes derivados de la implementación de planes de finca mediante un proceso participativo en los departamentos de Nariño, Cundinamarca y Boyacá para el fortalecimiento de la cadena de valor lácteo colombiano. Materiales y métodos: fue a través de la identificación de tres ejes temáticos financiero, técnico y comercial...

For better nutrition outcomes, national fisheries and food policies in Kenya should include aquaculture in developing positive attitudes towards consumption of value-added fish products. Fish has become an important component of food systems in the global agenda for nutrition and food security, with the fisheries and aquaculture sector providing essential protein...

Su objetivo es conocer el estado nutricional del cultivo. Antes de realizar el muestreo de las hojas, se debe considerar. Fuente principal Modelo productivo para la producción de plátano en los Llanos Orientales Modelo productivo para el cultivo de plátano en la zona central cafetera de Colombia :paquete tecnológico Más Información: Bibliografía completa de la...

The necrotic streak of the fique (Furcraea spp.) or “Macana” disease is considered the most limiting disease for this crop in Colombia, whose causal agent is the Furcraea Necrotic Streak Virus - FSNV (RNA +). Currently, there are no strategies to control the disease, being necessary to develop methods for...

The Tropical Agriculture Platform (TAP) Newsletter  July 2021

Há décadas a ciência alerta para o uso predatório que a humanidade tem feito dos recursos naturais do planeta, que levam a questões tão complexas como a crise climática, a escassez de matérias primas e os desafios na lida com os resíduos. Com a crescente pressão social acerca do cuidado com...

Considering the many challenges small-scale cattle breeders face, FAO launched a project on artificial insemination to boost breeders’ livelihoods. The project aims to improve breeding and service quality in the livestock sector through a better organized and high-quality system for delivering artificial insemination and animal production services to farms. Improved and...

Dietary inclusion of contain-tannin legumes may reduce enteric methane emission in ruminants. To evaluate methane emissions from sheep fed a kikuyu grass (Cenchrus clandestinus) diet partially substituted with lotus (Lotus uliginosus), twelve growing rams, with 23±2 kg average liveweight, were assigned randomly to two treatments and with three measurement periods...

The administration and governance of grant funding across global health organizations presents enormous challenges. Meeting these challenges is crucial to ensuring that funds are used in the most effective way to improve health outcomes, in line with the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3, “Ensure healthy lives and promote...

The Agricultural Outlook 2021-2030 is a collaborative effort of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. It brings together the commodity, policy and country expertise of both organisations as well as input from collaborating member countries to provide...

Un pressoir à miel est un outil qui permet à l'apiculteur d'extraire le miel plusieurs rayons à la fois. Le modèle de presse à miel présenté ici est un modèle basique qui peut être facilement fabriqué localement car il ne nécessite que du bois, un seau en plastique, des vis...

The analysis of the food data collected in the 2019/20 Kiribati Household Income and Expenditure Survey (KHIES) found that on average one I-Kiribati in 12 does not have access to the amount of dietary energy needed to maintain a normal, active and healthy life. This prevalence is further confirmed by...

The overall objective of FUTUREEUAQUA is to effectively promote the sustainable growth of climate-change resilient, environmentally-friendly organic and conventional aquaculture of major fish species and low trophic level organisms in Europe, to meet future challenges with respect to the growing consumer demand for high quality, nutritious and responsibly produced food....

Today, agricultural systems are facing multiple challenges, including climate change, loss of biodiversity, dwindling resources, degradation of soil and water quality. Agroecology can strengthen the sustainability and resilience of farming systems and thus contribute to addressing these challenges. Based on the premise that Open Innovation Arrangements (OIAs) and in particular...

The compendium The Politics of Knowledge: Understanding the Evidence for Agroecology, Regenerative Approaches, and Indigenous Foodways (English | Español | Français) tackles the dominant questions about evidence that are holding back food systems transformation. Authors unpack the narratives and legacies behind these questions and explore the many ways funders, researchers, and...

The impact of COVID 19 on food security in Africa has been among the most widely discussed subjects since the first cases of COVID-19 in Africa broke in February 2020. Most of the narratives were alarming. The headlines put Africa at the brink of an unprecedented humanitarian crisis caused by...

The Food for Europe podcast is a European podcast series about the food we eat and the farmers who produce it. The first five episodes focus on organic farming, a sector that is at the heart of the EU’s plans for the future of agriculture. The organic sector is a key...