Established in 1926, International Green Week is taking place for the 81st time in 2016. The IGW is a one-of-a-kind international exhibition for the food, agricultural and horticultural industries. At the same time, the IGW is the point of origin for the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA) with...

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (“the Committee”) acknowledges the vital contributions of rural women and the urgent need to improve recognition and protection of their human rights. Through its previous Concluding Observations and General Recommendations, the Committee has identified various ways in which rural women continue...

Este es el testimonio de Nené Soneira, quien dedicó toda su vida a trabajar los derechos de aquellos olvidados. Trabajó para construir ese puente necesario entre las comunidades originarias del Impenetrable chaqueño y el Estado e impulsó la creación del municipio El Sauzalito. En 1985 se convirtió en la primera...

Onions need rich, fertile soil. Only grow onions once in 3 years in the same field. Plant the onions on raised beds, especially in the rainy season. Transplant when the onions are about 6 weeks old. Plant the onions 10 centimetres apart. By taking good care of your onions, the...

The Agency For Accelerated Regional Developement (AFARD) in partnership with Center for Governance and Economic Development (CEGED) secured a 3-year funding (2016-19) from the European Union in Uganda for Youth Economic Empowerment Project (YEEP) that aims at promoting sustainable and gainful youth employmentthrough a holistic andmulti-sectoral approach thattargets improving youth...

Este documento analiza  los sistemas de monitoreo de la SAN en los países que hacen parte del proyecto de cooperación entre el gobierno de Brasil y la Oficina Regional de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura - FAO -, denominado "Apoyo a las Estrategias...

有機3.0時代的總目標是促使對基於有機原則的真正 的可持續農業體系和市場的廣泛理解和接受，同時 貫穿一種努力創新、向最佳實踐不斷改進、透明誠 信、包容合作、體系完善和真實價值定價的文化。 有機3.0時代的概念是通過將有機定義為一種現代和 創新的體系來尋求解決前述挑戰，突出強調其成果 與影響。我們面臨的各種重大問題，諸如應對和適 應氣候變化，獲取資本和應有的收入，保護動物福 利，確保獲得土地、水、種子和健康的飲食，避免 糧食與農業系統的浪費等等，不可能都依靠不斷擴 容的標準和規則來解決。因此，我們需要採取一種 更加全面完整的和動態的發展模式。 有機3.0時代的核心是描述性的而非指定性的,其模式 是基於結果的和不斷適應當地環境的，而不是制定 一套最低準則以實現一個最終不變的結果。有機3.0 時代將仍然基於那些有清晰定義的最低要求，諸如 世界上許多的政府規章和民間體系以及《IFOAM標 準要求》所維護的內容,但該模式還將從這些基本要 求向外擴展：呼喚一種持續改進的文化，並將根據 各地的優先順序，通過由民間和利益相關者所開展 的行動，向最佳實踐努力。我們可從《IFOAM最佳 實踐指南》看到相關的具體介紹。

Agricultural biodiversity is essential to the future of food. A deep pool of biodiversity will ensure that we have plant species and varieties that can withstand changing weather patterns. Agricultural biodiversity is directly connected to global nutrition, dietary health, cultural and culinary diversity, and to the resilience of local economies...

El universo de la agricultura familiar comprende varias formas de organización social del trabajo (que corresponden a múltiples identidades culturales), todas estructuradas a partir del control sobre los principales recursos empleados para la reproducción de los medios de vida.   Para llamar la atención sobre la complejidad de la actual crisis alimentaria,...

Con diversas investigaciones, expertos del doctorado de la Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM) en México y el Proyecto Buena Milpa de Guatemala llevan a cabo estudios de investigación en diversas comunidades de Todos Santos con el objetivo principal de generar el rediseño de los sistemas agrícolas a partir de procesos participativos...

Farmers, experts, policy makers, researchers, extension specialists, and NGO representatives learned techniques for minimizing the use of pesticides at a recent FAO workshop in Dushanbe. Some 70 participants – hailing from Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan attended the three-day event (15-17 August) on Integrated Pest Management (IPM).

Agricultural intensification has only taken off to a very limited extent in Ghana. Adoption of land productivity-enhancing technology is low, even in areas with proximity to urban markets. Rather, farmers have increasingly been adopting labor-saving technologies such as herbicides and mechanization, for which vibrant private supply channels are emerging. Further...

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To conduct a non-monetary valuation of ecosystem services, this study explored combining data on the use of ecosystem resources with measuring the effort expended on agricultural activities in three communities of the lower Caqueta, Colombian Amazon. By measuring the energy expended by people during their principal subsistence activities, a measure...

Overview of the main resolutions of the Council APF CR held in Ostrava on 9-10th March. The council APF CR concluded that any of the proposed points/amendments from the previous Council held in November 2015 were not fulfilled by the Minister/ry of agriculture. Therefore APF CR insists on the previous...

Malawi has the potential to reorient its smallholder agriculture away from being primarily directed towards assuring household subsistence and self-sufficiency to increased commercial production, including of soyabean. This shift would reduce the country’s reliance on tobacco and diversify its agricultural production and exports. As a legume, furthermore, soyabean would also...

Declaración del Primer Encuentro de los Frentes Parlamentarios de Sudamérica, rumbo al séptimo Foro Regional del FHP, acontecido en asunción del 19 al 21 de septiembre en Asunción 2016.

In fact, onions can be stored for many months, if they are: • of a good variety, • fertilised properly, • harvested, dried, and stored the right way.

Odxel, Cacra, Nauxi, Bambolim and Siridao are small fishing villages running from north to south along the western coast of Tiswadi taluka (an administrative district for taxation purposes) of the Indian state of Goa. They lie on the banks of the Zuari river, which, at 92 km in length, is...

Folleto que describe brevemente cómo la FAO contribuye a los esfuerzos para la erradicación del hambre y la pobreza en diez países de Sudamérica: Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Perú, Uruguay y Venezuela. Se presentan las prioridades identificadas para el programa de trabajo de la FAO en apoyo...