This report is the outcome of a consensus-building project to agree on best practices for environmental and nutritional Life Cycle Assessment (nLCA) methodology, and identify future research needs. The project involved 30 nutritional and environmental LCA researchers from 18 countries. It focused on the assessment of food items (as opposed...

El presente documento, es una propuesta de Mapeo de políticas públicas de la cadena de valor agroalimentaria, para sentar las bases y fortalecer la investigación a través de la recapitulación de las visiones y acciones de ocho países de la región iberoamericana. En su primer capítulo, se desarrolla una compilación de...

The European Green Deal is at the centre of the Commission’s policy agenda. Its prime objective is a sustainable, climate-neutral Europe by 2050, acting as a vehicle for investment and growth . The Green Deal emphasizes that it is ‘key’ to manage the transition towards a more sustainable food system,...

La propagación de material vegetal en el cultivo de arracacha se realiza comúnmente de forma vegetativa a través de semilla asexual, esta actividad ha permitido su multiplicación y conservación en el tiempo. El material vegetal disponible es de baja calidad, afectando el desarrollo y rendimiento potencial del cultivo y por...

Las intervenciones en cadenas de valor que alcanzan buenos resultados en relación con objetivos de reducción de la pobreza pueden traer también beneficios desde el punto de vista de la adaptación al cambio climático, puesto que permiten incrementar los activos de los agricultores y forjar vínculos institucionales. Sin embargo, para los...

The Blue Transformation of the region’s aquatic food systems is crucial to ensuring food and nutrition security in the Near East and North Africa (NENA) region, FAO Assistant Director-General and NENA Regional Representative Abdulhakim Elwaer said today during a webinar organized by FAO on World Oceans Day. “The Blue Transformation initiative...

For decades, rural peoples movements of peasant farmers, indigenous people, pastoralists, and fisherfolk (to name a few) have organized at the global level for a new food system based around the concepts of the human right to food, food sovereignty, and agroecology. Increasingly, grassroots movements and frontline communities from North America...

Agroecology Fund (AEF) launched a new video, “Agroecology: Grassroots Solutions to Global Crises”, a 7-minute short film featuring grantee partners, advisors, allies, and donors from the global AEF community.  Filmmaker and photojournalist Rucha Chitnis is in conversation with Rutendo Zendah from the African Centre for Biodiversity in South Africa, Pius Ranee from the North...

FAO Agroecology Newsletter - February 2021 issue, with a lot of news from the Agroecology world

El bosque seco tropical concentra la mayor parte de la biodiversidad del mundo y, sin embargo, es uno de los ecosistemas más degradados en Colombia. Para su conservación es importante conocer la diversidad de microorganismos del suelo que lo integran, como los hongos micorrízicos arbusculares (HMA). En este estudio se...

More than 600 million people, or 1 in 10, fall ill and 420 000 die each year from eating food contaminated with bacteria, viruses, parasites, toxins or chemicals. Most of the deaths are among the poor and young. Low and middle-income countries could save up to USD 95 billion annually...

FAO office in Algeria is launching, as part of the regional project on water efficiency, productivity and sustainability (WEPSRNE), two Farmers field schools in Algeria in the irrigated perimeter of El Hamiz, one of the largest perimeters of the country. The perimeter covers an area of ​​18,000 ha and extends...

Finca Marta es reflejo de la Cuba de ayer y de hoy. Se proyecta a lo más íntimo de un país que sueña con un futuro mejor. Finca Marta es el campo cubano que ríe y llora, que se empeña en hacer algo diferente. El libro intenta transmitir esperanza e inspiración...

La agricultura de jardines flotantes (conocida localmente como vasoman/dhap chash) es una tecnología de innovación de producción de cultivos locales para el ecosistema sumergido en las regiónes del sur de Bangladés. Tradicionalmente, los agricultores de los distritos Gopalganj, Pirojpur y Barisal han usado la práctica ya desde hace casi dos...

In this paper, efforts were made to the impact of full and seasonal stall feeding technology on households’ economic, ecological, and social welfare outcome indicators in rural Northern Ethiopia using data obtained from the survey of 518 rural farmers. In order to address our primary objective, an endogenous switching regression...

About 80 per cent of South Asia’s poor live in rural areas, most of whom depend on agriculture for their livelihood. Agriculture and rural development are the keys to eradicate poverty and create conditions for sustainable and equitable growth. South Asian agriculture faces several new challenges – ranging from a...

Alors que s’ouvre la Conférence de l’ONU sur les changements climatiques (COP26) à Glasgow, le Fonds international de développement agricole (Fida) plaide pour augmenter significativement les investissements destinés à financer l’adaptation au changement climatique dans les pays en développement. L’organisation tire la sonnette d’alarme, notamment sur la situation des petits exploitants agricoles. Bien qu’ils produisent...

The report covers the EU in its current composition (EU-27). It presents the medium-term outlook for EU agricultural markets, income and environment to 2031, based on a set of macroeconomic assumptions deemed most plausible at the time of the analysis. Oil price, population forecasts (based on IHS Markit), the USD/EUR...

Viet Nam, a major timber importing and processing country, has seen exponential growth of its forest-based industries over the past decade. Besides importing timber from some 80 countries across Asia, Africa and South America, Viet Nam exports timber products worth USD 7 billion (all figures 2016) to major markets worldwide....

Food loss and waste is a major issue in the Asia and Pacific region and coordinated, strategic actions are needed to address the impact it is having on climate change, food security, and the region’s overall economy. This was the conclusion of 18 Member countries during a virtual consultation convened by the...