Guest blog dedicated to Access Agriculture 10th Anniversary  Join us in celebrating Access Agriculture’s 10th Anniversary this year. I wish to describe this milestone as “a decade of innovative farmer learning,” achieved through the promotion of agricultural training videos in local languages, such as Yoruba -- my native language -- and...

Es recomendable hacer la preparación del suelo para el cultivo de fríjol voluble cerca de la época de siembra, para así, obtener un terreno más suelto y manejable. Fuente principal Modelo tecnológico para el cultivo de fríjol voluble (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) en el departamento de Antioquia Más Información: Bibliografía completa de la corporación Editorial Agrosavia Repositorio...

In 1989, a disease outbreak left cocoa plants and production in Brazil’s eastern state, Bahia, fully devastated. The land became abandoned until a group of rural farmers, who used to work on those fields, saw the untapped potential and rehabilitated it. Today, the Brazilian short movie “Two rivers – Cocoa...

When an 8 000-year-old pearl was identified as the oldest ever found, it made global headlines. The natural pearl was found in 2019 during archaeological excavations at Marawah Island in Abu Dhabi, one of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The pearl industry was once the cornerstone of the UAE’s economy, when...

The UN-Nutrition Journal is an annual thematic peer reviewed journal, focusing on perceived knowledge gaps and emerging nutrition issues and providing a space to exchange ideas on what works and how, and to identify innovative approaches to enable action. Importantly, UN-Nutrition Journal gives voice and opens the academic publication space...

Have you ever asked yourself what is needed so that you can enjoy some delicious tortillas? Do you think you only need maize? Of course, maize is key but by simply grinding it you can’t make tortillas, tostadas or delicious tlayudas (large maize crisps). There is an ancient technique called...

The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) Trust organized a national workshop on the SSF Guidelines and Women in Fisheries, India at Asha Nivas Social Service Centre, Chennai, India, on April 8-10, 2022. There were sixtyone participants from five coastal states of Goa, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and West...

This report presents a summary of the main highlights and results achieved by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in the Near East and North Africa (NENA) region from January to June 2022. The report is organized according to the four regional priorities: 1. Rural transformation and...

According to the latest Global Land Outlook report, from South Africa, where unprecedented floods this month washed away farmland, to the excessive logging of Kenya's mountain forests, Africa is fast losing healthy land, putting millions of people at risk of hunger and losing their homes and incomes. Factors such as...

The Roundup includes recent publications, films added to our Documentation centre, meetings coming up, websites  which are important to small-scale fisheries, flashback of editorial from old issues of samudra report related to the theme  and Endquote from the world of literature related to fisheries. 

Plusieurs organisations membres de la Plateforme souveraineté alimentaire mettent en œuvre des projets d’appui à des pratiques agroécologiques, notamment en Afrique sub-saharienne. Ces projets forment des paysans et paysannes-ressources, qui ensuite transmettent leurs connaissances et leurs pratiques à d’autres familles paysannes. Les bénéfices des pratiques agroécologiques sont de mieux en mieux...

Regar adecuadamente es conocer cuándo y cuánto regar. Para el caso de la lima ácida Tahití, se realiza con un sistema localizado de alta frecuencia. (goteo o microaspersión) Fuente principal Modelo productivo de lima ácida Tahití (Citrus × latifolia Tanaka ex Q. Jiménez) para Colombia Más Información: Bibliografía completa de la corporación Editorial Agrosavia Repositorio Institucional...

International collective in support of fishwokers (ICSF) in partnership with Sustainable Development Foundation (SDF) Thailand had organized an International Workshop titled “IYAFA 2022-Celebrating Sustainable and Equitable Small-scale Fisheries: Asia” from 4 to 8 May 2022 at Bangkok, Thailand. The Asia workshop was the first of the series of four regional...

Ce carnet retrace l’accompagnement conduit par le Gret pour la création d’un périmètre agroforestier dans la province du Haut-Katanga en République démocratique du Congo, et la façon dont s’est structurée sa gouvernance. En réponse à la pression grandissante sur l’écosystème de miombo, dégradé par l’urbanisation, la production de charbon de bois...

The global food system is failing to deliver sufficient and nutritious food to all, while damaging the earth and unsustainably drawing down its resources. We argue that trees and forests are essential to solving these challenges. We outline the current contributions of trees and forests to the global food system...

Agriculture makes up nearly 20% of Sub-Saharan Africa’s economy—a higher percentage than any other region worldwide. From Nigeria to the fertile land across the East African Rift Valley, the continent is home to 60% of the world’s uncultivated arable land. Given the massive role of agriculture across the region, this...

This guide is specifically intended for Producer Organisations (POs) located in countries outside the European Union (EU), as well as for AVSF’s technical teams working with them.Its objective is to describe the different stages of organic certification, and to highlight the difficulties that can be encountered, in order to anticipate...

Though essential to food security on the continent, Africa’s small-scale farmers are often under-resourced and impoverished while also baring the brunt of climate change and biodiversity loss. With the Ukraine war raising fears about food insecurity and hunger, it’s never been more critical to help remove whatever barriers exist for this...

This handbook provides a comprehensive and systematic overview of the role that members of parliament and parliamentary advisors can play in the creation of reliable, coherent, and transparent “enabling environments” in the range of areas related to investment in agriculture and food systems. It offers two different paths: a short...

Countries in the Asia-Pacific region have rich experience in Special Agricultural Products (SAPs) development and expressed strong desire to share knowledge on SAPs development. Responding to the request of Member States in the region, hosted by FAO's Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, the OCOP Regional Knowledge Platform aims...