The 2023 ECOSOC Youth Forum is convened by the President of ECOSOC and co-organized by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), and the Office of the Secretary General’s Envoy on Youth, in collaboration with the United Nations Inter Agency Network on Youth Development (IANYD), and co-convened by the Major Group...

La mallette pédagogique FABA est basée sur une bibliothèque de 13 vidéos pédagogiques détaillant les étapes de production d’une banane plantain, de la plantation du jeune plant à la récolte du régime de fruits, dans le cadre d’une culture sans pesticide. Ces vidéos pédagogiques sont disponibles pour de l’auto-formation des...

The position paper represents a real milestone and provides for a guide that has been expected from many organic stakeholders within and outside the EU. With this position paper we aim to make it widely recognized that organic production is performed in a contaminated world with the omnipresence of pesticides...

Como punto de partida de la retrospectiva del Sistema Nacional de Semillas (sns) de Colombia, es necesario identificar el recorrido de la semilla y su dinámica en el sector agropecuario con el fin de reconocer los aciertos y errores que condujeron a que se tengan los actuales actores, las normativas...

Organic agriculture and organic food have expanded in recent decades but have undergone conventionalisation. Some claim that this contradicts some or all of the principles of ‘health’, ‘ecology’, ‘fairness’ and ‘care’ established by the International Federation of Organic Agricultural Movement (IFOAM). It is currently unclear how research on organic food/agriculture...

This document synthesising knowledge on the northern sea cucumber Cucumaria frondosa was prepared for all stakeholders, including industry participants, government scientists, policymakers, and academic researchers. Its aim is to highlight the uniqueness of this marine resource to guide the industry forward and to emphasize areas that deserve further investigation. Available...

Millets are one of the Future Smart Foods (FSFs), indigenous to Nepal. Millets are rich in micronutrients, more resilient to water and heat stresses and can be cultivated in marginal lands and at different altitudes ranging from plain terai to high hills. They can contribute to the overall sustainability of...

Aimé-Félix Dzamah, 28 ans, est agronome au Togo. Il est responsable programme au sein de l'ONG française "Entrepreneurs du monde". Et il vient tout juste d'ouvrir une ferme agroécologique, appelée "Ekofoda", où les pratiques agricoles se veulent respectueuses de la terre. Pour ce jeune togolais, grâce à l'agroécologie, on peut...

ATTER (Agroecological Transition of TERritorial food systems) is an EU-funded project for scaling up agroecological transitions for territorial food systems through cross-case studies, relying on 16 territorial case studies anchored in five countries (France, Italy, United Kingdom, Brazil and USA) and 18 participating organisations. 

En Nicaragua, Mesoamérica sin Hambre AMEXCID-FAO acompaña la generación e implementación de instrumentos normativos y de política pública relacionados con la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional, la producción y comercialización de semillas, la inocuidad, la agroecología y la protección y sanidad agropecuaria. Además, brinda apoyo en el fortalecimiento de las capacidades...

Con el propósito de conocer la visión de los actores y en reconocimiento a su trayectoria, interés y accionar en el mundo de las semillas en Colombia, se realizó una encuesta en donde personas de distintas instituciones participantes compartieron sus aportes, experiencias y perspectivas para la construcción del análisis retrospectivo...

Este artículo analiza por un lado, las dinámicas de la gobernanza global de las semillas. Se trata de un proceso inherentemente conflictivo en torno a las regulaciones sobre el acceso a estas, su uso y control, derivado de disputas de poder entre una multiplicidad de actores con intereses diversos y...

Para finalizar el análisis del estudio retrospectivo, se realizó un taller de “lecciones aprendidas” con el fin de identificar los eventos que han generado aciertos y desaciertos a lo largo de la historia de las semillas en Colombia y la dinámica del sns, a través de una serie de preguntas...

En esta ficha de contexto se mencionan los aspectos importantes de la cadena cárnica porcina enfocados a su marco productivo, regional, económico, comercio internacional, así como sus perspectivas y tendencias frente al mercado, dando a conocer su entorno de Ciencia y Tecnología e Innovación.

The farmer field school (FFS) has been promoted as an approach for educating farmers on making adaptive farming decisions. In Malawi, the FFS has been used to enhance food security within the context of adaptation to climate change. Monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) extends the learning cycle from the core...

The Fall Armyworm (FAW) (Spodoptera frugiperda Smith) is a pest native to the Americas. This hungry caterpillar feeds on different plants but prefers maize. Integrated Pest Management or IPM for short, is a combination of strategies that focusses on reducing the environment’s suitability for FAW increase. Agro-ecological approaches form the...

Global food insecurity remains at record levels. According to the mid-year update of the Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC), published on 14 September, the situation remains similar to 2022, when 258 million people were considered to be acutely food insecure (IPC/CH phase 3 or above or equivalent) in 58...

Le projet « Renouveler les services de conseil agricole pour accompagner les transitions agroécologiques de l’agriculture familiale en Afrique subsaharienne » (ACOTAF) est mis en œuvre par le consortium que constituent le CIRAD, l’IRAM, Inter- réseaux et le RESCAR-AOC. Il vise à renforcer la gestion des connaissances et les capacités...

  As the unabating drought in Kenya persists, pastoralists in the region are struggling as millions of their livestock perish and vast swaths of crops die. About 4.4 million people in the country are food insecure. International food agencies are calling it a dire humanitarian situation and highlight the vital need to...

At the thirty-sixth session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), held in Mexico City from 23 to 27 May 2016, the member States adopted resolution 700 (XXXVI), Mexico Resolution, which established the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development as a regional...