Cuando las asociaciones locales de campesinos son debidamente capacitadas y empoderadas, pueden desempeñar un papel fundamental en la gestión de riesgos. En el 2007, la Ley Nacional de Cooperativas de Campesinos fue adoptada en China, estableciendo un marco institucional sólido para el desarrollo de cooperativas agropecuarias a nivel local. Sin...

En el presente estudio se presenta un análisis de los retos y las oportunidades que tiene la agroecología para ser promovida desde las políticas públicas. Esta investigación, propone una hoja de ruta para evidenciar las problemáticas en torno a el escalamiento de la agroecología desde diversos tipos factores. Esta propuesta...

The concept of Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) came about to enable mid and small-sized farms to survive by attracting people to become loyal members of our farms. No two CSAs that are ever exactly alike. The CSA concept is supremely adjustable to individual circumstances, and that’s the brilliance of it....

Global fisheries and aquaculture have been hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic and could face further disruption in 2021 as lockdowns affect supply and demand across the sector, according to a report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

Cozinhando Agendas Políticas – Guia Feminista Sobre o Direito à Alimentação e à Nutrição das Mulheres Rurais oferece a essas mulheres – pertencentes ou não a organizações locais ou nacionais – orientações práticas para a construção coletiva de estratégias e ações transformadoras com ênfase nesse direito fundamental, conhecido pela sigla Dhana,...

Nuestra directora de la Asociación de Consumidores Orgánicos en CDMX fue entrevistada junto con José Luis Bustamante de Pro-Oaxaca por la Radio Universidad Autónoma Benito Juárez sobre los amparos que han otorgado los jueces a Bayer/Monsanto y al Consejo Nacional Agrario contra el Decreto de Prohibición del glifosato.

Fission yeast cells prevent mitotic entry until a threshold cell surface area is reached. The protein kinase Cdr2 contributes to this size control system by forming multiprotein nodes that inhibit Wee1 at the medial cell cortex. Cdr2 node anchoring at the cell cortex is not fully understood. Through a genomic...

From the 2nd to the 3rd of June, the Global Landscapes Forum hosted the first digital conference focused entirely on Africa’s drylands and how integrative restoration practices can see them flourish once again. Dryland ecosystems cover some 43 percent of Africa. They’re home to more than half a billion people...

'Organic in Europe - Prospects and developments for organic in national CAP Strategic Plans' highlights how much of the national CAP budgets will need to be dedicated to organic farming in all Member States to reach the EU Farm to Fork and Biodiversity Strategies’ average target of 25% organic land...

El mapeo de las iniciativas de agricultura familiar es una herramienta que busca entregar una visión completa sobre panorama de cada país de América Latina y el Caribe. Este resumen presenta una categorización de las distintas leyes que se implementaron e implementaran.

Climate change is a major challenge for life on Earth. It is mainly manifested through modifications of average temperature, rainfall intensity and patterns, winds and solar radiation. These modifications significantly affect basic resources, such as land and water resources. Populations at disproportionately higher risk of adverse consequences with global warming...

El mapeo de las iniciativas de agricultura familiar es una herramienta que busca entregar una visión completa sobre el panorama de cada país de América Latina y el Caribe. Este resumen presenta una categorización de las distintas leyes que se implementaron e implementaran.

The Annual Meeting is an important mechanism for promoting more sustainable practices and functioning of GFRAS, regional networks, and national forums. The topic of the 12th GFRAS Annual Meeting is “Overcoming COVID-19: How Agroecology and Rural Advisory Services can Support Recovery and Stronger Value Chains”. 

n the framework of World Soil Day 2020, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS), and the Global Soil Partnership (GSP) launched a children's book contest on Soil Biodiversity with the motto "Keep soil alive, protect soil biodiversity". The book...

Investing in farmers – what is known as ‘agriculture human capital’ – is crucial to addressing challenges facing our global agri-food systems, from sustainably feeding the world’s growing population with food that is safe, healthy and nutritious to finding innovative solutions for more resilient and climate-smart agriculture. Investing in farmers...

The plateaux of Togo have been witnessing land and soil degradation due to inappropriate agricultural practices, the use of chemical fertilizers, climate change, and deforestation. Since 2004, Young Volunteers for the Environment (YVE), alongside the African Institute for Economic and Social Development (INADES) and the National Institute for Agricultural Training, has been...

Least developed countries (LDCs) are currently dealing with multiple shocks from both climate and COVID-19-related impacts. IIED and country partners have been undertaking in-depth research to explore policy responses to build forward better from COVID-19 from the LDCs’ perspective.  The COVID-19 pandemic has caused widespread disruption in least developed countries (LDCs),...

Welcome to the Burren in the West of Ireland, where Shane Casey’s family have been farming Blackhead mountain for some two hundred years. Here, the unique limestone landscape requires a unique way of farming. Traditions are passed down through many generations of Burren farmers to maintain the critical symbiotic relationship between...

The most recent numbers show that a considerable amount of the food being wasted is generated in households. In Turkey alone, around 19 million tonnes of food gets lost or wasted every year. This highlights consumer behaviour as one of the underlying drivers of food waste globally. To ensure improvement in this area, the Food...

La loque americana es una enfermedad bacteriana de las abejas que afecta a la cría. Es considerada la enfermedad de las abejas más extendida y destructiva y puede causar graves pérdidas económicas a la apicultura. El término "americana" no se refiere al hecho de que la enfermedad fue importada de...