This proof-of-concept TEEB AgriFood study explores the true cost of maize in Mexico, looking at dependencies and impacts across different regions and production systems. The findings recognize maize as indispensable to the future of the global food system and inextricably entwined with Mexican national and Indigenous identities. It demonstrates the...

Just how bad are the twin climate and biodiversity crises, and what is anyone doing about it? The first of a two-parter on the topic from ARC2020’s Oliver Moore.

A better and more complete understanding of family farms is urgently needed to guide policy makers’ efforts towards achieving a number of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This paper takes stock of the number of farms worldwide, and their distribution and that of farmland, on the basis of agricultural censuses and...

O Instituto Socioambiental (ISA), em parceria com produtores rurais, organizações de ensino, de pesquisa, pequenos e médios agricultores, índigenas e poder público, conseguiu reflorestar em 12 anos de trabalho uma área de 4 mil hectares, apenas 1,34% dos mais de 300 mil hectares de matas ciliares que precisam ser reflorestados...

En este estudio se realizaron algunas aproximaciones a la aplicación del uso de imágenes aéreas obtenidas mediante sensores aerotransportados en Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV, por sus siglas en inglés) para el monitoreo sanitario de plantaciones de palma de aceite de los Llanos Orientales de Colombia, con el fin de presentar...

The notion that maize is central to food security in Malawi is a widely held view. To date, however, ‘maize-led development’ has produced disappointing outcomes. The study provides an overview of the historical, political, environmental context of the maize agrifood system in Malawi, and uses the TEEBAgriFood framework to analyze...

In part 2 we introduce the social and solidarity economy, and the interesting lessons we can learn from separatist movements from the past and present, from Quebec to Ireland.

“Los árboles nos unen” es un Proyecto de Extensión del Vivero Forestal Agroecológico, que actualmente se está desarrollando con las comunidades de Maggiolo, San Francisco de Santa Fe y el Paraje San Marcos (Venado Tuerto), ubicadas en el Sur de la Provincia de Santa Fe. La misión es acercar a...

Natural do Xingu, Tapi Yawalapiti tenta evitar que o idioma de seu povo desapareça. Com a ajuda da memória dos mais velhos, ele está criando uma gramática e um dicionário para a língua. Tapi é linguista. Há um ano, faz um mestrado na Universidade de Brasília (UNB). Sua dissertação analisa aspectos...

During the VI Mediterranean Forest Week, which took place from 1 to 5 April in Brummana, Lebanon, hundreds of researchers, policy-makers and other relevant stakeholders from the wide Mediterranean basin gathered to discuss Mediterranean-wide forestry issues. Emerging topics included: the role of forests for achieving NDC targets for COP21, existing linkages...

El Programa Colaborativo de Investigación en Cultivos (Collaborativecrop Research Program) de la Fundación Mcknight financia investigaciones colaborativas entre pequeños productores, investigadores y promotores de desarrollo para generar conocimientos que contribuyan a lograr sistemas agroecológicos sustentables. El Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales (CLACSO) es una institución internacional no- gubernamental con status asociativo...

South Asia, comprised of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, is home to about 1.8 billion people -- nearly 25% of the world’s population. But with an area of 5.2 million square kilometers, or some 1% of the world’s area, South Asia is the most densely...

For thousands of years, farmers have looked to the clouds for the next sign of rain to irrigate their crops. Now farmers are also looking to another cloud—the digital cloud—for insights that can make a critical difference for their operations. Through this network of servers, satellites, and mobile devices, the...

Os próximos dez anos reservam à agricultura familiar um tempo de ascensão e destaque mundial. A Organização das Nações Unidas para a Alimentação e a Agricultura (FAO), agência que lidera esforços para a erradicação da fome e combate à pobreza, lançou a Década da Agricultura Familiar entre os dias 27 e 29 de maio neste ano,...

Traditionally, extensive farming has been one of the activities that has fixed more population in disadvantaged rural areas in Europe and the Mediterranean. Moreover, it creates jobs and shapes most of our ecosystems. However, isolation and depopulation in these areas translate into the loss of their activities and the landscapes...

This book comprises a total of 14 articles addressing the issue of deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon and its impacts, not only on the Amazonian environment and wildlife but particularly on the communities inhabiting the area. These impacts are being facilitated by informal dynamics for which the state is largely...

The FAO project “Strengthening food security and nutrition in Caucasus and Central Asia” has proven to be an innovative initiative that is concretely contributing to the eradication of poverty, food insecurity and malnutrition of the most vulnerable communities in the region. Funded by the Russian Federation, the project is working...

El avance de este trabajo fue presentado en formato poster en las Jornadas de Ciencia y Técnica organizadas por la UNR en 2018, y también se realizó un artículo con lo trabajado hasta ese momento en el mismo año. Esta investigación interdisciplinaria, sobre las formas de expresión con relación al...

The e-Agriculture is a global community of practice where people from all over the world come to exchange information, ideas and resources related to the use of ICTs for agriculture. In this context, a number of activities are carried out such as Capacity Development; Good Practices; Blogs and Webinars. These activities are...

AFSA continued the work started in 2017 with more training courses on bio-fertiliser production and saw a growing demand and uptake of the technologies. Trainees have been energised to pass on the knowledge to others, and have recognised through practice and on-farm trials that this technology is a success, and...