The initiative is taking place in the Rabat region. The Zirâa Al Hayate "Seed of Life" cooperative in the Rabat region distributes plant products from 10 farms with agroecology practices. The cooperative's farms started their activities with agroecology techniques in 2017.  The 10 participating farms of the cooperative are labeled Participatory...

Strepsicrates smithiana es considerada una de las principales plagas en el cultivo de guayaba en el Valle de Cauca, donde puede ocasionar pérdidas superiores al 50% (Canacuán Nasamuez & Carabalí Muñoz, 2015, Carabalí Muñoz et al., 2015). Los estados larvales ocasionan defoliación de brotes jóvenes que afectan el posterior desarrollo...

Esta publicación orienta a la familia en la forma de preparar alimentos para tener aves de corral sanas y productivas; utilizando granos como maíz, sorgo o maicillo, los que mezclados y preparados con frijoles, hojas de árboles forrajeros, hojas de leguminosas, sales minerales y cáscaras de huevo, entre otros ingredientes,...

Raised beds must be 20 to 30 centimetres high, 80 to 100 centimeters wide and the furrows 30 to 40 centimeters wide. The beds can be 50 to 100 meters long depending on the slope of the field. Because the beds are wide, water is channelled faster through the land,...

Los recursos zoogenéticos se componen de especies de animales que la sociedad utiliza o puede utilizar para la producción de alimentos, bienes o servicios. Estos recursos genéticos constituyen una parte importante y estratégica del patrimonio biológico de un país, son la materia prima para los programas de selección y mejoramiento...

This report introduces foodscapes. Foodscapes are the geographical components of the global food system, a combination of production system and place that represents the world food system spatially. Mapping and analyzing foodscapes reveal the transitions needed on the ground to meet this century’s most pressing challenge: the threats posed by...

The two main dock species broad-leaved dock (Rumex obtusifolius) and curly dock (Rumex crispus L.) are a problem for many organic farms in most areas. Although docks are not specifically an ‘organic’ problem, management on organic farms without recourse to herbicides can be particularly challenging. To date, there is no...

The Focus Group (FG) on sustainable beef production was launched in 2020 as part of the activities carried out under the European Innovation Partnership 'Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability' (EIP-AGRI). The main question for this Focus Group was “How can grass-based* beef production systems, based on agroecology principles, remain sustainable?”. Beef...

La disponibilidad de alimentos es uno de los factores que condicionan la cantidad y calidad de productos que consume la familia, donde los niños, niñas y mujeres embarazadas, requieren de una dieta más variada. El huerto familiar integrado constituye una alternativa apropiada para que la familia produzca y consuma a...

En el Centro de Investigación (ci) Motilonia, que pertenecía al Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario (ica), se centró la investigación en el algodón, cuando Agustín Codazzi (Cesar) era la ciudad blanca de Colombia. Alrededor de este cultivo estaban especialistas a nivel de doctorado y maestría, en todas las áreas del conocimiento. Fue...

Legumes are important in crop rotations, because they reduce weeds and enrich the soil by partnering with nitrogen-fixing bacteria in the soil. To be sure your soil has the right bacteria, you can buy an inoculant of Rhizobium bacteria. Rhizobium bacteria can survive several years in your soil, so you...

Technology Platform of Organic Agriculture Extremadura (PTAEEx), an Operational Group belonging to the European Innovation Partnership on Agricultural Productivity & Sustainability (EIP-AGRI), elaborated a Research & Innovation Agenda which identifies the main priorities and challenges of the sector with the objective of reaching a sustainable organic sector and its optimal development in...

En Nicaragua la FAO junto con el sector privado vienen trabajando en la implementación de una Alianza Nacional Contra el Hambre que reúne actores del sector privado, público y organizaciones comprometidas en la lucha contra el hambre; con el propósito de desarrollar con financiamiento de la empresa privada, inversiones en...

Yapuchiris are expert farmer-researcher-extensionists on the semi-arid, high plains of Bolivia. At 4000 meters above sea level (over 13,000 feet), seasoned farmers know how to observe plants and animals, clouds and stars, to predict the weather, especially to answer the Big Question on their minds: when will the rains start,...

En la ganadería del trópico bajo colombiano han predominado los sistemas de producción extensivos, caracterizados por una baja eficiencia en el uso del suelo y una marcada estacionalidad de la zona (Lerner et al., 2017). Además, el deterioro ambiental, especialmente del suelo, atribuido a la deforestación, las quemas, la erosión...

El sistema tradicional de preparación de suelo involucra la utilización de una serie de máquinas y consumo de energía, que permite el establecimiento de cultivos con millonarias pérdidas de suelo. Se estima que en Estados Unidos debido a la labranza tradicional se depositan 100 millones de ton/año de sedimentos en...

Mastitis is an inflammation of one or more quarters of the udder (dairy herds) usually caused by bacterial infection. Several types of bacteria cause distinctly different mastitis infections. As a consequence, the udder is inflamed, swollen, and blood may come out with milk which yields to reduction in milk yields....

Rust diseases spread through wind and can rapidly develop in cool, wet weather. To know if your crop has rust disease, rub over the infected plant part to see if a yellow, brown or black powder sticks to your fingers. By combining organic methods, you will be able to grow...

The commune of Ghassate, in the province of Ouarzazate, is involved in the agricultural transition of many farming families. The adoption and dissemination of agroecology practices have secured and developed agricultural activities that had been undermined by a very difficult geographical context. In market gardening, fruit growing, and animal husbandry, the families...

Livestock including cows, sheep and goats do not come to heat due to lack of hormones and proper nutrition. Inductions of heat by chemical hormone is costly, and their residues can be seen in milk and meat, which can be hazardous. Livestock can be induced to heat by phytohormones. There...