FAO, along with its partners in Albania, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Türkiye, and Uzbekistan, is taking action to accelerate the digital transformation of agriculture and rural areas through the Digital Villages Initiative (DVI).  Join us for the “Digital Villages in Action in Europe and Central Asia” virtual event, where...

Le bassin de collecte d’eau de ruissellement est un ouvrage qui a pour but de stocker les eaux de ruissellement à des fins utiles pour le producteur pendant les poches de sécheresse.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is organizing the FAO Science and Innovation Forum 2023 (SIF 2023), which will take place from 16 to 20 October 2023 in a hybrid mode, at the Headquarters of FAO in Rome, Italy, and virtually. SIF 2023 builds on the success...

Despite the global economic and political challenges in 2022, FAO reached a new milestone in resource mobilization by surpassing the USD 2 billion mark. This was made possible by harnessing long-term partnerships with a record number of Resource Partners (+110), among which 32 provided their highest-ever annual contribution. The year...

In this video, How I Build Soil in My Garden, Nasira Habib explains how nature works to provide nutrients to plants. She also shares her experience of hot and cold composting. Additionally, she tells about the compost water extract.

Alors que le conflit russo-ukrainien s’installe dans la durée, l’approvisionnement en blé des pays d’Afrique qui dépendent de l’extérieur constitue une source d’inquiétude majeure. Cet approvisionnement est avant tout tributaire des capacités de l’Union européenne et de la Russie à exporter et la réduction de l’offre ukrainienne en blé renforce...

The documentary film about the steadfastness of Palestinian women farmers in  Gaza/Palestine reflects the continued struggle of urban and peri-urban women agripreneurs to restore food sovereignty and face challenges. These activities of the Urban Women Agripreneurs Forum (UWAF) come as an extension of the partnership project between the Gaza Urban...

Le jardinage hors sol est fait sur des sacs vides de céréales, remplis de terre mélangée à du compost avec au milieu du gravillon ou quartz et qui assure le développement d’une plante en dehors de la pleine terre.

The study is a part of a series of original research on social development and sustainable fisheries undertaken by ICSF in eight countries. The study documented the status of social development and decent work programmes, schemes, policies, legislation and institutional support (including community-based initiatives) to demonstrate how they strengthen the...

ECHO is an international nonprofit organisation that seeks to reduce hunger and improve lives through agricultural training and resources. Its resources comprise a vast knowledge-base of practical information, technical support and a seed bank of beneficial underutilised plants.

Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which: identify highly nutritious local food plants, explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way, detail the nutritional value of the plants and describe why human bodies require those nutrients. The resources created by FPS allows people to better...

el Laboratorio de Historia de los Agroecosistemas (https://lha.es/es/) de la Universidad Pablo de Olavide y el think tank Alimentta (https://alimentta.com/) son los organizadores del IX Congreso Internacional de Agroecología, que tendrá lugar en Sevilla (estado español), en las instalaciones de la Universidad Pablo de Olavide entre el 19 y el...

Seeds and people: we have shaped each other. Throughout most of our history, people have chosen the most resilient, most productive, most nutritious seeds. Those seeds have nourished us for the following year, and the year after that. Sowing, selecting, saving and sharing the source of new life was an intrinsic...

El artículo habla de las ventajas del pulque que es una bebida viva y compleja, que a pesar de casi 2000 años de historia de producción en México, ha resistido cualquier intento de ser embotellada y comercializada a gran escala.

Cakin blooming, pumpkin, purslane, moringa, bitter cucumberUse, key nutrients, common name, scientific name   Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which: identify highly nutritious local food plants, explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way, detail the nutritional value of the plants and describe why human...

One of the most important staple foods, rice, is agronomically- and nutritionally-sound and provides the calories needed by around half the world’s population. There is an urgent need to take all necessary actions to produce rice in a sustainable manner in order to fulfil the future demand for food that...

La autora, representante de la Comunidad Demandante contra el Maíz GM en México, hace un análisis de los logros y retos a 10 años de una demanda colectiva.

The study is a part of a series of original research on social development and sustainable fisheries undertaken by ICSF in eight countries. The study documented the status of social development and decent work programmes, schemes, policies, legislation and institutional support (including community-based initiatives) to demonstrate how they strengthen the...

Finger millet, maize, taro, Chinese taro, Sweet potato, country potato Scientific name, common name, use, key nutrients   Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which: identify highly nutritious local food plants, explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way, detail the nutritional value of the plants...

Soil is our lifeline. It sustains life with a variety of foods, holds and filters water to provide us with clean and safe potable water and maintains ecological balance by storing carbon. But there is so much to understand about soil and how it works. Agroecology is a holistic approach...