Enhancing the productivity and efficiency of agricultural water is key to increase food production and respond to the growing food demand, while at the same time preserving healthy and sustainable ecosystems. Even more so in drought- and desertification-prone areas, whereby agricultural production is negatively affected by climate change, erratic rainfall...

Quarterly launched, the Right to Food newsletter updates timely on the progress and advancements of the right to food around the world, including news, events and resources produced by FAO and stakeholders.  2020 is a landmark year for sustainable development. The deadline to build a world in which no one is left behind is...

L'ère du numérique se développe de plus en plus et le secteur de l'agriculture, bien évidemment, n'y échappe pas. Et aujourd'hui de nombreuses innovations sont proposées, notamment par des start-up comme Naïo Technologies qui développe des robots pour l'agriculture et notamment le secteur du maraîchage, mais aussi d'autres start-up comme...

While listening to a recent broadcast on Belgium’s Radio 1 about the magic lantern and the “lanternists” who entertained paying audiences, I realised that some developments we think off as highly innovative may also be seen as a modification of something that existed hundreds of years ago.  The magic lantern projected...

Eip Agri  Newsletter on Agriculture & Innovation

Official International Year of Fruits and Vegetables website 

El pasado viernes 27/11, se dieron a conocer las historias de dos parejas de jóvenes agricultores latinos vinculados a COPROFAM y dos de sus gremiales – CONTAG, de Brasil, y FAA, de Argentina – en la primera actividad del “Ciclo de conferencias para el intercambio de experiencias exitosas de la...

Introducción. La arveja es un cultivo rentable en el departamento de Nariño el cual representa el 43% de la producción de arveja en Colombia involucrando alrededor de 8000 personas agricultoras dedicadas a su producción en vaina verde. Los agricultores utilizan variedades con altos costos de producción, lo que requiere buscar...

No usando químicos o matamalezas. Matan la vida en el suelo y solo solucionan las cosas por un tiempo. La naturaleza y nuestras decisiones son capaces de mejorar el ecosistema a corto, mediano y largo plazo sin depender de insumos.

Dans de nombreux systèmes agricoles traditionnels, on peut encore trouver une grande diversité de cultures à échelle du temps (selon les saisons) et de l’espace (selon le relief, les types de sol, etc.). Étant donné que les plantes ont des exigences différentes en éléments nutritifs, il est donc nécessaire de...

The Li seeder is a seeder that has the ability to plant single seeds per station in one operation. It was developed by the China Agricultural University. This practice describes the application range of the Li Seeder, additionally to using instructions, troubleshooting and maintenance recommendations.

This is a basic guide to the starting of a successful practice of small-scale trout farming. It summarizes all the technical information that it is important to know for small-scale trout production. In mountainous regions, where water resources could support profitable trout farming, protection of the environment is also important....

Problem Due to new restrictions and the need to make a more adequate and sustainable use of water we need to incorporate new techniques and technologies that facilitate the grower's control of the system. Solution The video presents new and simple techniques to better manage water and nutrient supply in greenhouses. Description In this video,...

Dans cette vidéo, Grégory Lemercier présente un jeu, qui permet à des agriculteurs de partager leurs expériences pour proposer à d'autres agriculteurs des nouveaux rotations et des pratiques culturales.

COVID-19 is a global health crisis that has caused a shock to food and agricultural systems around the world, affecting production, supply chains, trade, markets, and people’s livelihoods and nutrition. This second assessment, developed with our partners, provides an invaluable and wide-ranging analysis that underlines the scale and scope of...

The project team read the names of each subscribed family, to make sure they were all there, and gave each one a new steel pick, a wooden handle and a hoe, so they would have the right tools to plant the trees. Each family also got a bag of bread...

L’ajout d’ensilage d’herbe réduit les ulcères de l’estomac. (OK-Net EcoFeed Slideshow)      

El conocimiento de la estructura poblacional, la variabilidad genética y la introgresión de razas foráneas es crucial para enfocar esfuerzos para la conservación de los recursos genéticos autóctonos. Este estudio tuvo por objetivo analizar la diversidad genética de una población de bovinos Casanareño de seis sitios en Colombia usando 11...

While the immediate impact of COVID19 in most parts of the world has been primarily urban, the economic impact of COVID19 spread quickly to rural areas. In most cases, the contagion will eventually follow. Most of the world’s poor and food insecure live in rural areas, and although physical distance,...

Green Super Rice lines are tolerant to a variety of stresses such as diseases, drought and insects. Due to climate change, the Philippines has become one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world. It is exposed to natural hazards such as droughts, floods, and typhoons. In order to cope...