In May 2016, a total of 1702 records were available in the SOTA ISSF layer. Among them, 61% are found to be peer-reviewed papers, 20% reports, 10% books or books chapters, and 3% conference proceedings. Information on SSF are also disseminated through newsletters, PhD theses, documentaries, monographs, handbooks, or teaching...

Transformar a luz solar, o ar ou substâncias orgânicas em energia pode ser uma ótima opção para os agricultores familiares. Além de ajudar na preservação do meio ambiente, a prática impacta positivamente no bolso. Energia renovável foi um dos temas discutidos na III Caravana da Agricultura Familiar promovida pela Federação...

The Arctic is warming twice as fast as the global average with overlooked consequences for the preservation of the rich cultural and environmental records that have been stored for millennia in archaeological deposits. In this article, we investigate the oxic degradation of different types of organic archaeological deposits located in...

Central Asia is geopolitically and strategically important because of its geographic position. The Central Asian states Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan are situated in the heart of the Eurasian continent and form a trade link between China, the Middle East, and Europe. Upon entering into membership in the Shanghai...

This report begins by evaluating Africa’s data landscape to monitor poverty. It maps out and assesses in detail the availability and quality of the data needed to track monetary poverty (expenditures, prices, GDP) and also reflects on the governance and political processes that underpin the current situation. Carrying the work...

This study is undertaken to quantify the benefits of contract farming (CF) on farmers’ income in a case where new market opportunities are emerging for smallholder farmers in Nepal. CF is emerging as an important form of vertical coordination in the agrifood supply chain. The prospect for CF in a...

This annual report provides an overview of EU dairy farms based on the latest available data from the Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) for 2013. It provides trends in milk margin per tonne and in income per work unit from 2004 to 2013, and estimates of gross milk margins for...

L’utilisation du feu et de la fumée pour extraire le miel des ruches ou de colonies naturelles permet une protection des piqûres d’abeilles. Cependant cette pratique non seulement nuit à l’environnement et à la santé des colonies mais impacte de manière négative la qualité du miel. L’utilisation d’un enfumoir métallique...

Este curso de autoaprendizaje y gratuito ha sido diseñado principalmente para Médicos Veterinarios y Técnicos Pecuarios de los Servicios Veterinarios Oficiales (SVO), vinculados a los programas nacionales de prevención y control de la Rabia Paralítica Bovina, y en particular para aquellos que desarrollen acciones sanitarias en terreno. El alcance también...

Up to 2.5 billion people depend on indigenous and community lands, which make up over 50 percent of the land on the planet; they legally own just one-fifth. The remaining five billion hectares remain unprotected and vulnerable to land grabs from more powerful entities like governments and corporations. There is...

A traditional Central American practice is to bend over the maize stalk to help dry the maize and to protect it from disease and pest damage. If you do this at just the right time, you will harvest more. Maize grains keep growing until a black spot appears at the...

Au Sahel, environ 65 pour cent de la population active travaillent dans le secteur agricole et leurs conditions de vie sont ainsi tributaires des aléas climatiques, des marchés et des facteurs environnementaux. Plus de la moitié sont des femmes. Les crises récurrentes constituent de réelles préoccupations pour l’atteinte d’une sécurité...

With greater market orientation of EU policies and increasing trade liberalisation in recent years, the EU agriculture sector is no longer shielded from global developments in the food supply chain. The participation of the European agri-food sector in global markets has created important trading opportunities, but also exposed it to greater market instability and increased price volatility.

In drought-prone Eritrea, livestock is a farmer’s most valuable asset. Animal husbandry is not only one of the main sources of livelihood for farmers, but it is also a form of insurance that enables poor rural people to cope with drought and other disasters. IFAD-funded projects invest in rebuilding livestock...

Dans les exploitations de polyculture-élevage du Burkina Faso, les producteurs ont des difficultés à mettre en œuvre des projets d’élevage familiaux (PEF) qui répondent à leurs attentes en termes de revenus et de services. La présente étude vise à rechercher et à expliquer les causes de ces faiblesses. L’étude a...

The newsletter of August and September 2016 includes: LIFE presents its contribution to the “Extraordinary Plan for the Management of the Mediterranean Spanish coast” for 2017-2019 to the Spanish Ministry The Low Impact Fishers of Baltic Countries present their Action Plan to the EU Commission Other news from around the EU News from our...

ince the launch of the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in 2015, the EU’s farmers have suffered a string of crises. The CAP’s greening measures have helped farmers maintain their revenue, but the questions of job creation and access to land have proved harder to answer. EurActiv France reports. Europe’s farmers...

Environmental change, population growth and economic development are all having far reaching effects on vulnerable coastal communities. How is it possible to strengthen community’s resilience and enable people to adapt and control their future?

Three billion people live in rural areas in developing countries. Conditions for them are worse than for their urban counterparts when measured by almost any development indicator, from extreme poverty, to child mortality and access to electricity and sanitation. And the gulf is widening, contributing to large-scale migration to urban...

The opening ceremony and the inception workshop of the project “Agricultural Implication for Ecosystem Based Adaptation (EBA) to Climate Change in Steppe Ecosystems” will take place in Ankara, Turkey. Co-funded by the European Union and the Government of Turkey, the project aims to restore healthy ecosystems in Anatolian steppes and raise levels of...