Cultivating lotus in raised beds is a local adaptation practice in flood prone areas of the Quang Tri province of north central Viet Nam. Communities traditionally collected lotus seeds from plants grown in common water bodies and sold them in markets. However, there was no initiative to further develop, promote...

The Practical Guide for Gender Analysis in Small-scale Fisheries and Aquaculture is aimed at providing guidance to SEAFDEC (Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center) Departments and ASEAN Member States in the implementation of the SEAFDEC gender strategy as well as human rights-based and gender-equitable approaches in the whole value chain of...

Uncle Wiz is a shining example of a thriving smallscale farming and food distribution business that not only farms without chemicals but also focuses on and promotes indigenous food crops. Owners Wisdom and Mpumi Edward live in south Johannesburg and farm on land in Vanderbijlpark. Not only do they grow...

A partir da II Guerra Mundial, teve início a organização dos Sistemas Agroalimentares atualmente hegemônicos. Estes sistemas deram origem a grandes corporações transnacionais que progressivamente passaram a controlar as cadeias de valor vinculadas à alimentação. Além disso, este modelo de organização do setor alimentar provocou profundos impactos ambientais, econômicos, sociais...

Sustainable food systems are fundamental to ensuring that future generations are food secure and eat healthy diets. Many food system activities must be reconstructed to transition towards sustainability, and myriad actors worldwide are starting to act locally. While some changes are more comfortable than others, knowing how to navigate them...

Actualmente, el 56% de la población mundial se concentra en las ciudadesi y se estima que 7 de cada 10 personas vivirá en ciudades hasta el año 2050. Este escenario conlleva a una urbanización acelerada que genera diversos desafíos, principalmente relacionados al empleo, el acceso a servicios básicos y la...

Diego Machuca, ingeniero agrónomo y encargado de la Unidad Productiva Agroecológica de centro Ceres, nos entrega una serie de recomendaciones para desarrollar en nuestras casas una almaciguera ¡Míralo y celebra con nosotros la curiosidad! #FECI2020#CienciaPública#ExploraValpo

A new virtual platform for knowledge sharing and engagement that collates experiences and stories from small-scale fishery actors around the world. Small-scale fisheries are vulnerable to persistent threats from climate change, overfishing and lack of representation in policy discussions and decision making processes. As we have seen over the last year,...

On the final day of the 32nd Session of the Regional Conference for Europe, FAO Members from Europe and Central Asia reinforced their commitment to transform agri-food systems through innovation, digital technologies and sustainable practices, as well as create inclusive growth in rural areas, taking into account the impacts of the...

If managed sensibly, inland water bodies can go a long way to provide India with a sustainable future and food security for its population. Fish production in India registered a remarkable 16-fold increase during the last six decades to reach 12.59 mn tonnes (MT) in 2017-18, propelling the country to the...

La emergencia producida por la pandemia del COVID-19 genera efectos diversos en el sector de la agricultura y en el mundo rural, los cuales son todavía muy inciertos. Las principales tendencias muestran diversos grados de impacto, tanto en la oferta como en la demanda de alimentos. Como parte de los...

The Haller Foundation is a UK based charity that was set up in order to educate rural farmers in East Africa on sustainable pioneering farming techniques to maximise their food production and to help build self-sustaining communities. Since our launch back in 2004, we have worked with over 25,000 people...

Every step in the grain’s value chain contributes to the nutritive value of the final product. We created an infographic explaining what farmers, processors, traders, transporting companies and consumers can do to preserve the highest nutritional content of traditional grains when they reach the plate.

Frequent landslides in mid-hill districts in Nepal have caused damage to productive land at the lower basin and affected human settlements and agriculture activities both upstream and downstream. Extensive areas of productive land were left fallow because of their vulnerability to landslides, and many settlements were displaced, mostly from the...

This practice describes how water logging tolerant wheat varieties can mitigate the impact of water-logging and drought spells on wheat crops through the introduction of more hazard resilient varieties and innovative cultivation technologies. This practice aims to mitigate the impacts of drought spells on wheat crops through the introduction of...

This practice describes the most common diseases attacking sweet potato in sub-Saharan Africa. It will help the farmers to identify them and to treat the plants.

Las diez medidas propuestas buscan tres objetivos: i. Que todos los hogares, especialmente aquellos en condición de pobreza extrema e inseguridad alimentaria severa, accedan a una alimentación suficiente y nutritiva. ii. Que todas las empresas y actores del sistema alimentario puedan realizar sus tareas sin interrupciones. iii. Que los países cuenten con suficientes...

La situación de emergencia por la enfermedad covid-19 ha retrasado el proceso editorial, ya que algunos artículos llegaron tarde y el mismo equipo editorial de LEISA está limitado a actuar solo remotamente. También consideramos que las muchas circunstancias de esta condición de salud, que afecta a la mayoría de los...

This study assesses the economic security of the city of San Jorge, Samar, Philippines, in terms of livelihood, income, and health in order to analyze the extent of the effect of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) on the populace. The study evaluates the responses provided by the government, private nongovernmental organizations...

Las metas de la Agenda 2030 de Desarrollo Sostenible relacionadas con la seguridad alimentaria y la nutrición no podrán alcanzarse mientras en algunos territorios de América Latina y el Caribe sigan viviendo poblaciones con niveles de malnutrición que, como mínimo, duplican los promedios nacionales. A menudo, las oportunidades económicas en...