Over a period of two weeks, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Lebanon, through a project funded by the European Union, trained facilitators on the Farm Business School (FBS) approach. The facilitators are now able to guide farmers from all over Lebanon in managing their farm...

The European Network for Rural Development (ENRD), in close cooperation with the European Commission, is organising a webinar on 10 May 2021: 'Getting the CAP Strategic Plans done: the voice of regions and stakeholders'. The aim of the event is to share views and exchange experiences regarding the participation of regions...

En el Día Internacional de la Tierra este Conversatorio ofrecerá la oportunidad de difundir el trabajo de becarias y becarios de nuestro Programa de Investigación y Formación en sistemas agroecológicos andinos de CLACSO y Fundación McKnight, fruto del trabajo que a lo largo de 4 años fue consolidando una comunidad...

Este vídeo de animação explica o passo a passo para acessar a Boa Prática da Alimentação Escolar para Povos e Comunidades Tradicionais. A partir dos esclarecimentos de uma Nota Técnica emitida pelo Ministério Público Federal, agora é mais fácil para as famílias agricultoras venderem seus alimentos tradicionais para o Programa...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has launched a Market Information and Early Warningdashboard as part of its efforts to strengthen food security and nutrition early warning data and information in Yemen. The dashboard is the first publicly available near real-time price information in Yemen that will present market...

During the last several years, there has been an increase in the monitoring of meteorological phenomena. For accurate analysis of the spatial and temporal variability of precipitation as well as air temperature, recorded observations must be trustworthy. Therefore, one must implement effective methods for assuring data quality. This paper implements...

Primer sorgo forrajero para suplementación animal, especialmente para épocas de sequía o de excesos de agua en las cuales se afecta la cantidad y calidad de los pastos. En condiciones adecuadas de humedad del suelo, la plántula emerge a los 5 días después de la siembra. La variedad de sorgo...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has completed a month-long livestock vaccination and treatment campaign in Yemen as part of its continued efforts to control transboundary animal diseases and build resilience of communities through regular vaccination and treatment activities.  Over 600 000 sheep and goats in 16...

Acute hunger is expected to soar in over 20 countries in the next few months, warns a recent report on global “hunger hotspots” from the FAO and the World Food Programme (WFP). An estimated 34 million people are “one step away from starvation”, pushed to the brink by climate shocks, conflict, and the...

Proper nutrition for fish is dependent on the quality of the ingredients used to make their feed, how it is formulated (recipe), the techniques and equipment used in producing it, care taken during storage and the feeding technique applied. This manual of good practices in fish nutrition and feeding in the...

Public development banks are “part of the solution” to ending hunger and transforming agri-food systems, as they have the power and reach to narrow funding gaps and consolidate bridges between stakeholders, QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), said today. With their unique combination...

Genetic diversity is being lost at an alarming pace, according to a recent study from the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS). But farmers and scientists are working to conserve the genetic diversity of crops to ensure future food systems resilience.

Farmer Field Schools (FFS) have been used as a way to enhance local farming techniques through targeted capacity development activities delivered in the form of on-the-job training to Palestinian farmers. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), under the regional project “Implementing the 2030 Agenda for water...

This policy brief is one in a series led by Chulalongkorn University with support from the Office of the Higher Education Commission, Ministry of Education, Thailand, in partnership with FAO. The series was initiated to support the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Work Plan on Education, 2016–2020 implementation while...

Maize is most important food crop after rice and wheat contributing towards national food security with an annual production of 28.7 million metric tonnes. The major maize producing states are Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh. Maize is a relatively less water demanding crop and gives higher yield...

This monthly e-newsletter gives a bird’s eye view of all the exciting updates from Access Agriculture, a world-leading organisation for quality agricultural training videos in international and local languages, working across the Global South. The Access Agriculture Panorama features information on new videos, audio podcasts, blog posts, articles contributed by experts,...

L’élevage de porcs est pratiqué en milieu lacustre au Bénin malgré une forte présence d’eau de surface. L’étude vise à identifier les facteurs de risque de la dissémination de la peste porcine africaine (PPA) dans les pratiques d’élevage des milieux lacustres afin de proposer des mesures de biosécurité adaptées à...

In the past decade, the demand for organic food has grown exponentially in the EU. The EU has set rigorous criteria for European farmers who want to have their products certified with the EU organic logo, but what rules apply to products imported from non-EU countries? In the fourth episode of...

In many parts of the foothills of the Orinoquía region of Colombia, cattle production takes place on poorly drained soils. The region is dominated by extensive grazing systems of Brachiaira humidicola cv. Humidicola, a grass with high adaptation potential under temporal waterlogging conditions. Inadequate management practices and low soil fertility...

Reward-based wildflower strips are the most common approach for pollinator protection in high-income countries. Low- and middle-income countries cannot afford this practice. A promising pilot study in Uzbekistan introduced an alternative approach, Farming with Alternative Pollinators, focusing on farmers as target group, marketable habitat enhancement plants and a method-inherent incentive:...