I want to tell the whole world to switch to organic farming. There is nothing to fear and you will find it highly beneficial.” Meet Muhammad, a farmer from Pakistan who has been farming organically for many years now

The food policy world has been abuzz with talk of transforming food systems. It’s part of growing recognition that we’re way off course to meet the second Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) – to end hunger, improve nutrition and green agriculture. The coronavirus pandemic has put added strain on food systems, especially in terms...

In this issue: El derecho como herramienta para reducir la pérdida y el desperdicio de alimentos: la experiencia en América Latina, Food for Thought on Food Fraud, Les mécanismes d’incitations financières en faveur de la transition agro-écologique, Reducing Food Loss and Waste with Legislation

More than the COVID-19 pandemic itself, the lockdowns to prevent its spread have harder hit Nigeria’s unorganized small-scale fishers. The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally struck all facets of life in affected countries and the small-scale fisheries (SSF) of Nigeria are no exception. The pandemic has hit the country’s small fishers both...

A video about the Impact of COVID-19 on small holder farmers in Laos

The acute food insecurity forecasts for 2020 were produced before COVID-19 became a pandemic and do not account for its likely impact in food crisis countries. The combined effects of conflict, macroeconomic crisis, climaterelated shocks and crop pests, including fall armyworm and desert locusts, were likely to ensure that Yemen...

Viral honeybee diseases are spread throughout the world. They can cause serious economic losses if combined with other bee diseases. Their impact is usually underestimated by beekeepers. Following is a list of the main honey bee viruses and a brief overview of the symptoms of the main viral diseases of...

The losses caused by seasonal floods in the agricultural sector in the Juye county, in the southwest of the Shandong Province, have increased during the last decade. The Juye county is the lowest lying area of a topographical depression zone in the region. Rain water from the nearby other six...

Northwestern Bangladesh is increasingly exposed to drought, climate variability and slowly increasing temperatures. Strategies enhancing the ability to withstand the negative impact of natural trends and hazards on agriculture are a means to strengthen the livelihoods of the two thirds of the population employed in this sector. One such strategy...

This topic addresses the resilience of agricultural livelihoods and the food system to COVID-19. Lessons learned by those who have had to manage disasters indicate that it is critical to understand, monitor, and anticipate the impacts of crises on agriculture and agricultural livelihoods early on. Timely and accurate monitoring enables...

O ganhador do World Food Prize concedido pela Norman Bourglow Foundation, David Nabarro, iniciou em 2018 uma iniciativa global denominada Food Systems Dialogues , pelo qual co-organiza ou dá suporte a sejam realizados Diálogos sobre os Sistemas Alimentares pelo mundo, para que, juntos, esses debates formem uma rede de tópicos e compromissos globais. Trata-se...

¿Sabemos cómo se producen los alimentos que consumimos diariamente? La agroecología es una propuesta que nace en los ‘80 como respuesta a los estragos provocados por la agricultura industrial, que se centraba en monocultivos y uso intensivo de agrotóxicos. Hoy en día, algunas corporaciones se están apropiando de la palabra...

Our food system has been disrupted. Shopping at a grocery store during the COVID-19 pan- demic is not a pleasant experience, and, for some of the most vulnerable, it can be outright dangerous. It may become worse. How long will supply chain disruptions continue and what are upcoming challenges? From illness in the...

El Caldo Sulfocálcico es utilizado especialmente por sus características fungicidas y acaricidas. Éste consiste en la mezcla de una medida de azufre en polvo y media medida de cal, hervidas en agua. El uso de la cal favorece la dilución del azufre en el agua que una vez decantado y...

El Fondo Regional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (FONTAGRO), y la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO), acordaron cooperar y contribuir a la investigación, el desarrollo y la innovación para el sector agroalimentario. El memorando de entendimiento fue firmado hoy por Julio Berdegué, Representante Regional de la...

This video has been produced as a replacement for a field trip to the farm Gothenborg that was originally planned to take place during the OK-NET EcoFeed meeting in Billund in May 2020. Due to the COVID19 situation, instead the meeting was held online. The video replaces the farm visit...

En nuestro país, la arveja se consume principalmente como rehidratada y enlatada. Pero existen muchos productos elaborados a partir de ella, como las sopas instantáneas, snacks, productos de cereales congelados, hamburguesas, barritas energéticas, harinas y concentrados de proteínas que se utilizan para sustituir total o parcialmente sustancias de almidón; con...

Renewed calls for marine conservation must not bulldoze the democratic route that has allowed small island nations to improve fisheries and incomes without damaging the marine ecology. I wanted to share some concerns regarding the danger that threatens to disrupt the management of the Pacific Islands’ signature fisheries and main independent...

Family Farming (which includes all family-based agricultural activities) is a means of organizing agricultural, forestry, fisheries, pastoral and aquaculture production which is managed and operated by a family and predominantly reliant on family labour, including both women’s and men’s. The family and the farm are linked, co-evolve and combine economic,...

O Ministério da Educação (MEC) e o Fundo Nacional de Desenvolvimento da Educação (FNDE) publicaram na segunda (13), no Diário Oficial da União (DOU), a Resolução nº 2/2020, que traz orientações para a distribuição de alimentos adquiridos pelo Programa Nacional de Alimentação Escolar (PNAE). Na última semana, o presidente da República,...