High potential rice production systems have diverse biophysical and socio-economic environments, but there is a lack of rice varieties matching this diversity. A number of advanced breeding lines have recently been developed to match these production systems. Therefore, suitable varieties for diverse rice-producing environments were developed in high potential production...

The COVID-19 pandemic is jeopardizing human health and disrupting the food systems that are the foundations of health. Unless we take immediate action, we could face a global food emergency of severity and scale unseen for more than half a century.  FAO is calling for USD 1.2 billion in initial investments to finance FAO’s COVID-19 Response and Recovery...

Brief about the key components of grazing management, benefits of proper grazing and Effective grazing management.

Sonia Piña y Kristal, del equipo de Equipo Vía Orgánica nos comparte a un taller más para aprender a cultivar hortalizas en temporada de lluvias.

In this video we will learn how to recognise Newcastle disease, and the signs, causes, prevention, control and management of this devastating disease.

Ministros y Secretarios de Agricultura de 34 países de las Américas se reunieron hoy de forma remota para compartir sus políticas, acciones y planes para enfrentar el impacto de la pandemia del COVID-19 en la seguridad alimentaria de sus poblaciones, en la agricultura, los sistemas alimentarios y el mundo rural. Autoridades...

El presente documento tiene como principal objetivo informar sobre los efectos más significativos del COVID-19 en los medios y las formas de vida de los pueblos indígenas, así como brindar recomendaciones técnicas a los Gobiernos de la región para visibilizar y fortalecer sus mecanismos de contención, mitigación y recuperación ante...

Stonebrood, or aspergillosis, is caused by different species of fungi belonging to the Aspergillus genus. The disease is identified by hard larvae covered with powdery fungal spores. It is found worldwide but, unless the colony is seriously weakened by other stresses, it is usually asymptomatic (it has no visible symptoms). Following...

Early maturing rice can be harvested before local rice varieties, thereby reducing the vulnerability of farmers to extreme events and enhancing the resilience of livelihoods. This technology describes the cost-benefit analysis of growing early maturing rice in Lao PDR and provides information on how to grow this rice variety in...

Most flowering plants, including wild species and many food crops, are pollinated by animals and are vital, therefore, for biological production and the maintenance of biodiversity. Pollinators benefit from diverse natural habitats for forage and nesting, especially when these are limited in plant production systems. Landscape and forest management practices...

Marie-Odile Smets, current president of 'The Green Basket' (Au Panier Vert), and member of CUMA, uses this video to share an insight into the functioning of this successful local food production and short supply chain farmer collective in the North of France. The Video was used as a teaching exercise as...

This study highlights the links between agroecology and climate change, by providing evidence on the technical (i.e. ecological and socio-economic) and policy potential of agroecology to build resilient food systems. The report aims to answer the following question: How can agroecology foster climate change adaptation, mitigation, and resilience through practices and...

Parafraseando o chefe de cozinha francês JeanFrançois Piège, aprendemos a cozinhar com a memória dos outros e em algum momento constituímos a nossa memória gastronômica. Todos os cozinheiros de profissão ou vocação aprenderam as técnicas básicas de culinária na cozinha de casa, observando a mãe, a avó, preparando as refeições...

This Newsletter provides updated information on Agroecology, more concrete about the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) policy convergence process on agroecological and other innovative approaches, the outcomes of the Conference on Ecological Agriculture in Tanzania and other agroecology highlights.  

En este video, técnico de #DICTA Arlex Amador habla sobre el trasplante de semilla de aguacate. #honduras

The COVID-19 pandemic has stopped many businesses and closed most production, but this isn’t true for the farmers and food producers who need to keep working so that the world can continue to eat. Their vital contribution to the pandemic response cannot be overlooked.  In this crisis, eating healthy with fresh...

La finalidad del presente documento temático, solicitado por el Presidente del Comité de Seguridad Alimentaria Mundial (CSA), es contribuir a abordar las repercusiones para la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional de la pandemia de la COVID-19 y fundamentar los preparativos para la Cumbre de las Naciones Unidas sobre los Sistemas Alimentarios...

Investments in agriculture, including in innovation in the banana sector, are crucial to increasing the capacity for agricultural productivity and sustainable food production systems are necessary to achieve #ZeroHunger. With a general public audience in mind, the brochure Together, we can prevent the spread of TR4 seeks to explain why...

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc globally, generating significant challenges that could result in risks to food security and nutrition in many countries. Countries are ordering lockdowns, restricting movement and observing physical distancing to curb the pandemic. Disruptions in supply chains resulting from blockages on transport routes, transport restrictions...

Coconut shells are used to make honey harvesting easy and to decrease the mortality rate of young bees or the brood. The usual way of harvesting honey from wild colonies destroys a large portion of the nest. The bees spend long time to mend the damaged nest. This problem is...