Gaza Foodways [towards resilient women-led urban agroecological food systems] is a transdisciplinary research collaboration between: the Palestinian Hydrology Group, the Gaza Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture Platform, the University College of Applied Science (Gaza), and the Centre for Agroecology, Water & Resilience, Coventry University (UK) to contribute toward a ‘just transition’ to diversified low-carbon urban food...

La tesis central que se defiende en este libro, es que: el poder agrocapitalista ha diseñado dos poderosas matrices, a través de las cuales produce y reproduce dos tipos de paisajes agrarios, para lo cual, históricamente se ha apropiado, además de cuerpos y territorios, de un saber agronómico que dicho...

Hundreds of smallholder farmers gathered in the city of Morogoro on November 17 and 18 for the 27th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Mtandao wa Vikundi vya Wakulima Tanzania or the National Network of Small-Scale Farmers Groups in Tanzania (MVIWATA).  The organization was founded in 1993 by self-organized farmers in the...

Galería de fotos para medios de comunicación de la 37.° período de sesiones de la Conferencia Regional de la FAO para América Latina y el Caribe.

On 27 October at 12:00-14:00 UTC (14:00-16.00 CEST), the Transformative Partnership Platform on Agroecology (TPP) hosted an online event on ‘’Research on Agroecology: Current strengths and innovative futures for sustainable food systems’’.  The topic of agroecological transformation of agri-food systems and its link to the Sustainable Development Goals was one of the most prevalent at the United Nations...

Regenerative agriculture is gaining momentum worldwide among practitioners, scientists and policy makers, and it is often associated with agroecology. Indeed, regenerative agriculture has plenty in common with agroecology: e.g., soil and ecosystem restoration, reliance on biological interactions and ecosystem services, integration of domestic plants and animals, efficient use of the...

On the occasion of International Women’s Day, CIDSE and the Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience (CAWR) from Coventry University launch a podcast mini-series of 3 episodes exploring feminist agroecology.  As part of its advocacy and storytelling around agroecology, CIDSE has highlighted how its social and cultural dimension, including a feminist...

The United Nations has declared 2022 as the International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture (IYAFA 2022) to highlight the importance of artisanal fishing and aquaculture. Over the past ten years, and even more so since the pandemic, blue economy initiatives have been blooming. The 2021 UN Food Systems Summit...

On 7 June 2022, the Access Agriculture team received the 2022 Arrell Global Food Innovation Award in the category of Community Engagement Innovation in Toronto, Canada. The team comprised Josephine Rodgers, Executive Director; Paul Van Mele, Director for International Development; and Jane Nalunga, Coordinator of the Rural Entrepreneur Programme, who...

Chef, Writer and TV Host, Sophia Roe lives in Brooklyn, New York and is passionate about food. She loves to discover where her food comes from, the cultures that produce it and how to make nutritious and tasty dishes accessible to all - one zesty recipe at a time.  From food...

En esta ficha de contexto se mencionan los aspectos importantes de la cadena de yuca 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. Más Información: Bibliografía completa de la corporación Editorial Agrosavia Repositorio...

The pace and scale of agrarian changes that have taken place in Preah Vihear in the last two decades are unprecedented. The province has exhibited transformations that are characteristic of dynamics observed widely across Cambodia. Central to these transformations is a process of agrarian expansion driven by boom crop export markets...

Ministers from Latin America and the Caribbean met today to foster healthy diets, galvanize inclusive rural development and promote sustainable and resilient agriculture in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as to discuss ways to mitigate the impact of rising food and fertilizer prices on the region, the...

The global impacts of the climate crisis are becoming ever clearer, and natural resources and ecosystems are being depleted. Despite some progress, hunger and poverty persist, and inequalities are deepening. The world is realizing that unsustainable high external inputs and resource-intensive industrialized systems pose a real danger of biodiversity loss,...

  Since 2018, European Space Agency Astronaut (ESA) Thomas Pesquet has been working with FAO to advocate for greater food security, the fight against hunger and climate change, and more efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable agrifood systems. After officially being nominated an FAO Goodwill Ambassador in 2021, he sent a message...

Le lien supposé entre intensification des productions animales et fréquence grandissante des maladies humaines émergentes à potentiel pandémique est une des controverses majeures qui touchent le système alimentaire mondial. Historiquement, les animaux domestiques ont contribué à l’apparition de maladies humaines majeures et sont le réservoir ou l’hôte intermédiaire de plusieurs...

Shexian dryland stone terraced system is a rain-fed agricultural system in the mountains, developed by the local ancestors through adapting to and transforming the harsh natural environment and inherited from generation to generation. The dryland terrace system has outstanding soil and water conservation abilities. This practice explains the process of...

FAO Agroecology Newsletter of October 2022

A l’occasion du Salon international de l’agriculture 2022, le Cirad lance son podcast « Nourrir le vivant », avec une première saison intitulée L’alimentation change le monde. Au cours de six épisodes, chacun rythmé par une expérience de terrain au Sud, découvrez différents leviers de transformation de nos systèmes alimentaires....

The purpose of the guide is to provide guidance on designing and developing e-learning-based solutions for trainers and instructional designers who are new to e-learning design. The guide also provides basic concepts and information on the processes and resources involved in e-learning development, which may be of interest to human resource and capacity-development...